CA3135266A1 - Digital platform for sustainability - Google Patents
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"Digital Platform For Sustainability" will help in boosting the sustainability industry by providing one of its own kind data aggregator, repository builder, recommendation engine, innovation hub, and a marketplace, along with several innovation accelerators like pre-trained machine learning models. This platform will:
= Harness the power of advanced computing technologies such as data science (DS), machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), and artificial intelligence (AI) to seamlessly aggregate, organize and synthesize sustainability-related data globally on three dimensions (economic, societal, and environmental) to provide a ready to use information ecosystem = Not only help in effortlessly developing a wide variety of meaningful, impactful, and easily understandable sustainability solutions and services, but also greatly assist in evaluating the existing tools, technologies, and frameworks to assess their tangible impact on sustainability = Reduce entry barriers for the sustainability industry and spur innovation while simultaneously standardizing and benchmarking several loosely defined concepts to better define and assess "Sustainability" for enterprises, governments, and consumers
= Harness the power of advanced computing technologies such as data science (DS), machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), and artificial intelligence (AI) to seamlessly aggregate, organize and synthesize sustainability-related data globally on three dimensions (economic, societal, and environmental) to provide a ready to use information ecosystem = Not only help in effortlessly developing a wide variety of meaningful, impactful, and easily understandable sustainability solutions and services, but also greatly assist in evaluating the existing tools, technologies, and frameworks to assess their tangible impact on sustainability = Reduce entry barriers for the sustainability industry and spur innovation while simultaneously standardizing and benchmarking several loosely defined concepts to better define and assess "Sustainability" for enterprises, governments, and consumers
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Digital Platform For Sustainability Background of The Invention Today climate poses an existential threat for humanity. There is mounting scientific consensus that Earth systems are under unprecedented stress and social fabric is at a position to tear us apart. Scientists have identified nine "processes and systems(that) regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth System", and say four of the nine ¨ climate change, loss of biosphere integrity, land-system change and altered cycles in the globe's chemistry ¨ have now crossed "threshold" levels, due to human activity. Additionally, the following findings, as well as observations and predictions, backed up with scientific data are alarming:
= Today's greenhouse gas levels may be the highest in 3 million years = The chemistry of the oceans is changing more rapidly than at any time in perhaps 300 million years, as the water absorbs anthropogenic greenhouse gases. The resulting ocean acidification and warming are leading to unprecedented damage to fish stocks and corals = If current Paris Agreement pledges are kept, global average temperatures in 2100 are still expected to be 3 C above pre-industrial levels, well above the targets to avoid the worst impacts of climate change Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
= Today's greenhouse gas levels may be the highest in 3 million years = The chemistry of the oceans is changing more rapidly than at any time in perhaps 300 million years, as the water absorbs anthropogenic greenhouse gases. The resulting ocean acidification and warming are leading to unprecedented damage to fish stocks and corals = If current Paris Agreement pledges are kept, global average temperatures in 2100 are still expected to be 3 C above pre-industrial levels, well above the targets to avoid the worst impacts of climate change Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
2 = The Earth is losing its biodiversity at mass-extinction rates. One in five species on Earth now faces eradication, and it is estimated that this will rise to 50% by the end of the century = Current deforestation rates in the Amazon Basin could lead to an 8%
drop in regional rainfall by 2050, triggering a shift to a "savannah state", with wider consequences for the Earth's atmospheric circulatory systems = By 2030, we may fall 40% short of the amount of freshwater needed to support the global economy as pollution and climate change affect the global water cycle = Around 92% of the world's people live in places that fail to meet World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines. The WHO has reported that around 7 million people die annually from exposure to air pollution ¨ one death out of every eight globally For humanity, by now it's clear that to preserve the planet for future generations we need a sustainability revolution. So, overall, the ethical living movement is increasingly becoming mainstream and consumers are looking for tools/technologies/solutions to make positive decisions, as well as ways to reduce the adverse impact of consumerism on the world and its communities.
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drop in regional rainfall by 2050, triggering a shift to a "savannah state", with wider consequences for the Earth's atmospheric circulatory systems = By 2030, we may fall 40% short of the amount of freshwater needed to support the global economy as pollution and climate change affect the global water cycle = Around 92% of the world's people live in places that fail to meet World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines. The WHO has reported that around 7 million people die annually from exposure to air pollution ¨ one death out of every eight globally For humanity, by now it's clear that to preserve the planet for future generations we need a sustainability revolution. So, overall, the ethical living movement is increasingly becoming mainstream and consumers are looking for tools/technologies/solutions to make positive decisions, as well as ways to reduce the adverse impact of consumerism on the world and its communities.
Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
3 At a national and international level, the regulatory environment is tightening up as well. And, investors are also leaning towards sustainable companies. Moreover, enterprises themselves are seeing a plethora of innovation opportunities by embracing sustainability in their products and services. They are, therefore, taking sustainability concerns more seriously.
In sum, enterprises, investors, governments, NG0s, and most importantly consumers are taking sustainability more seriously. As none of them want to encourage bad business practices and consumer behaviors that may directly or indirectly lead to any of the above-described sustainability-related challenges. As a result, a whole new "Sustainability" industry is evolving.
The following are a few visible developments in this industry:
= The emergence of a wide variety of corporate sustainability reporting tools (SRTs) to help enterprises in shifting their focus from the single bottom line (profit) to the triple bottom line (people, planet, and profit) = The embedment of green and circular economies = The incorporation of CSR (corporate social responsibility) at the heart of core business strategies = The prevalence of ethical sourcing initiatives, as well as the launch of more and more sustainable products and services = The ubiquitousness of voluntary reporting on sustainability practices Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
In sum, enterprises, investors, governments, NG0s, and most importantly consumers are taking sustainability more seriously. As none of them want to encourage bad business practices and consumer behaviors that may directly or indirectly lead to any of the above-described sustainability-related challenges. As a result, a whole new "Sustainability" industry is evolving.
The following are a few visible developments in this industry:
= The emergence of a wide variety of corporate sustainability reporting tools (SRTs) to help enterprises in shifting their focus from the single bottom line (profit) to the triple bottom line (people, planet, and profit) = The embedment of green and circular economies = The incorporation of CSR (corporate social responsibility) at the heart of core business strategies = The prevalence of ethical sourcing initiatives, as well as the launch of more and more sustainable products and services = The ubiquitousness of voluntary reporting on sustainability practices Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
4 = The rise of numerous tools, technologies, and educational platforms to assist consumers that want to purchase products and services from sustainable brands. As well as, help them in seeking out ways to make positive decisions about what they buy. The examples of such tools, technologies, and educational platforms are:
o Advanced digital technologies (Mobile Apps and/or websites) based Carbon footprint calculators and waste reduction platforms o The introduction of Blockchainl to provide transparency in supply chains = The appearance of several certifications, standards, laws, rules, and regulations at the national and international level The development of this industry, however, is facing many challenges that can be broadly categorized into three major categories: "Minimal or Confusing Information/Standard", "Limited Awareness", and "Non-Existent Solution Framework."
A blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, that are linked together using cryptography. It's also described as a "trustless and fully decentralized peer-to-peer immutable data storage" that is spread over a network of participants often referred to as nodes. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data (generally represented as a Merkle tree). The timestamp proves that the transaction data existed when the block was published in order to get into its hash. As blocks each contain information about the block previous to it, they form a chain, with each additional block reinforcing the ones before it.
Therefore, blockchains are resistant to modification of their data because once recorded, the data in any given block cannot be altered retroactively without altering all subsequent blocks.
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o Advanced digital technologies (Mobile Apps and/or websites) based Carbon footprint calculators and waste reduction platforms o The introduction of Blockchainl to provide transparency in supply chains = The appearance of several certifications, standards, laws, rules, and regulations at the national and international level The development of this industry, however, is facing many challenges that can be broadly categorized into three major categories: "Minimal or Confusing Information/Standard", "Limited Awareness", and "Non-Existent Solution Framework."
A blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, that are linked together using cryptography. It's also described as a "trustless and fully decentralized peer-to-peer immutable data storage" that is spread over a network of participants often referred to as nodes. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data (generally represented as a Merkle tree). The timestamp proves that the transaction data existed when the block was published in order to get into its hash. As blocks each contain information about the block previous to it, they form a chain, with each additional block reinforcing the ones before it.
Therefore, blockchains are resistant to modification of their data because once recorded, the data in any given block cannot be altered retroactively without altering all subsequent blocks.
Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
5 CAT EGORY 1 => Minimal or Confusing Information/Standard For better understanding, this category can further be divided into the following five (5) broader areas:
= The Missing Common Denominator A common definition of sustainability is not available and thus, subject to various interpretations. The unavailability of a universal set of criteria across industries, companies, and markets creates a lot of confusion and ambiguity in the sustainability industry.
= Unavailability of Benchmarked Data Without the benchmarked data assessing and comparing the sustainability performance of any product, service or solution is meaningless. Moreover, such assessments and comparisons can be misleading and far away from reality.
= Sole focus on the environment Most sustainability practices lean heavily to water and energy usage, also to carbon footprint and greenhouse gases emission to some extent. But economic and social considerations are left behind in the majority of the cases.
= Unsynchronized Standards Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
= The Missing Common Denominator A common definition of sustainability is not available and thus, subject to various interpretations. The unavailability of a universal set of criteria across industries, companies, and markets creates a lot of confusion and ambiguity in the sustainability industry.
= Unavailability of Benchmarked Data Without the benchmarked data assessing and comparing the sustainability performance of any product, service or solution is meaningless. Moreover, such assessments and comparisons can be misleading and far away from reality.
= Sole focus on the environment Most sustainability practices lean heavily to water and energy usage, also to carbon footprint and greenhouse gases emission to some extent. But economic and social considerations are left behind in the majority of the cases.
= Unsynchronized Standards Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
6 A wide variety of standards are available and many of them contradict, instead of complement each other.
= Merely Feel-Good Initiatives Current sustainability initiatives are mere feel-good efforts that address only a part of the problem.
CAT EGORY 2 => Limited Awareness For easy understanding, "Limited Awareness" can be split into the following three (3) key sections:
= Lack of awareness While sustainability is gaining traction in big corporations and elite individuals, many firms (primarily small to midsize) and mass populations are still not fully on board with sustainability practices and their benefits.
= The misconception that Sustainability kills profits Contradictory to reality, most enterprises/people perceive that profit and sustainability cannot exist together.
= Heavy on Technicalities Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
= Merely Feel-Good Initiatives Current sustainability initiatives are mere feel-good efforts that address only a part of the problem.
CAT EGORY 2 => Limited Awareness For easy understanding, "Limited Awareness" can be split into the following three (3) key sections:
= Lack of awareness While sustainability is gaining traction in big corporations and elite individuals, many firms (primarily small to midsize) and mass populations are still not fully on board with sustainability practices and their benefits.
= The misconception that Sustainability kills profits Contradictory to reality, most enterprises/people perceive that profit and sustainability cannot exist together.
= Heavy on Technicalities Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
7 Sustainability-related reports and claims are usually written and presented in a high-end technical language. Consequently, for the majority of the population, it is next to impossible to decode them in an understandable way.
CAT EGORY 3 => Non-Existent Solution Framework The unavailability of standardized frameworks invites the following two challenges:
= Solutions are expensive & Riskier to Incorporate Accommodating the business case for sustainability usually involves high costs and risks for both consumers and corporations.
= Cumbersome and Manual to get any meaningful information In addition to the points discussed in the "Heavy on Technicalities"
section, building sustainability agenda and verifying sustainability-related processes, policies, and practices are largely manual.
Clearly, the lack of a trusted digital platform that can primarily:
,./ Seamlessly aggregates and synthesize sustainability-related data globally from a wider variety of sources to make otherwise not available information available to the fingertips of Enterprises, Governments, and common people when they need them, where they want them Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
CAT EGORY 3 => Non-Existent Solution Framework The unavailability of standardized frameworks invites the following two challenges:
= Solutions are expensive & Riskier to Incorporate Accommodating the business case for sustainability usually involves high costs and risks for both consumers and corporations.
= Cumbersome and Manual to get any meaningful information In addition to the points discussed in the "Heavy on Technicalities"
section, building sustainability agenda and verifying sustainability-related processes, policies, and practices are largely manual.
Clearly, the lack of a trusted digital platform that can primarily:
,./ Seamlessly aggregates and synthesize sustainability-related data globally from a wider variety of sources to make otherwise not available information available to the fingertips of Enterprises, Governments, and common people when they need them, where they want them Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
8 ,./ Provide a readymade ecosystem that immensely helps not only in effortlessly developing a wide variety of sustainability-related tools, technologies, solutions, and services but also greatly assist in evaluating the existing ones to assess their tangible impact (positive or negative) on the sustainability ,./ Offer a smart solution framework to:
o Systematically assess the effectiveness of sustainability-related processes and policies o Understand the technical intricacies of sustainability-related certifications in an easy-to-understand way o Validate the effectiveness of rules, laws, and regulations. As well as, help policymakers and regulators to validate the sustainability related claims is hampering the development of the Sustainability Industry.
Summary of The Invention "Digital Platform For Sustainability" aims to strengthen the foundation of the sustainable economy. The platform will level and standardize the global playing field for enterprises, investors, consumers, NG0s, and Governments. The platform would arm them with information and Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
o Systematically assess the effectiveness of sustainability-related processes and policies o Understand the technical intricacies of sustainability-related certifications in an easy-to-understand way o Validate the effectiveness of rules, laws, and regulations. As well as, help policymakers and regulators to validate the sustainability related claims is hampering the development of the Sustainability Industry.
Summary of The Invention "Digital Platform For Sustainability" aims to strengthen the foundation of the sustainable economy. The platform will level and standardize the global playing field for enterprises, investors, consumers, NG0s, and Governments. The platform would arm them with information and Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
9 knowledge in the sustainability arena that is otherwise unavailable in one place.
The availability of the platform would be crucial to not only making well informed sustainability-related decisions but also succeeding in the sustainability agenda in a tangible way. The platform would also foster a friendly environment that encourages sustainability-related actions and minimizes risks.
Detailed Description of The Invention "Digital Platform For Sustainability" will primarily have five components: "Data Collection & Processing Engine", "Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Data Analytics Layer", "Microservices", "Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)", and a "Portal."
Data Collection & Processing Engine This engine will gather and prepare structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data on sustainability, in an established systematic fashion. This component will work in the principle of extract, load and transform (ELT) on cloud. This engine will enable the "Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Data Analytics Layer" to answer complex questions, test hypotheses, evaluate outcomes, and provide recommendations. This solution component will have the ability to consume as well as stream, structured and unstructured data from a wide variety of sources to aid further insights into sustainability related Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
The availability of the platform would be crucial to not only making well informed sustainability-related decisions but also succeeding in the sustainability agenda in a tangible way. The platform would also foster a friendly environment that encourages sustainability-related actions and minimizes risks.
Detailed Description of The Invention "Digital Platform For Sustainability" will primarily have five components: "Data Collection & Processing Engine", "Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Data Analytics Layer", "Microservices", "Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)", and a "Portal."
Data Collection & Processing Engine This engine will gather and prepare structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data on sustainability, in an established systematic fashion. This component will work in the principle of extract, load and transform (ELT) on cloud. This engine will enable the "Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Data Analytics Layer" to answer complex questions, test hypotheses, evaluate outcomes, and provide recommendations. This solution component will have the ability to consume as well as stream, structured and unstructured data from a wide variety of sources to aid further insights into sustainability related Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
10 metrics and indicators. The following are some of the key data sources on which this engine would rely on:
= Reports - The engine would collect and infer knowledge from several publicly as well as privately available reports such as:
o Regulatory filing reports. A few notable data sources for such reports are: securities markets like Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) in the USA and Tax authorities' databases like Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the USA
o Voluntary filing reports that can be accessed from various national as well international "Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VS S)"
or similar databases o Media Reports o Research reports. A few prominent data sources for such reports are: Google Scholar, CORE, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), E-Theses Online Service (EThOS), and WorldWideScience = Standards, Guidelines & Certifications - The engine would collect and infer knowledge from organizations/boards/non-profits that offer or establish sustainability related standards, guidelines & certifications such as:
o Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) o International Sustainability Standards Board (IS SB) o B Corps Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
= Reports - The engine would collect and infer knowledge from several publicly as well as privately available reports such as:
o Regulatory filing reports. A few notable data sources for such reports are: securities markets like Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) in the USA and Tax authorities' databases like Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the USA
o Voluntary filing reports that can be accessed from various national as well international "Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VS S)"
or similar databases o Media Reports o Research reports. A few prominent data sources for such reports are: Google Scholar, CORE, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), E-Theses Online Service (EThOS), and WorldWideScience = Standards, Guidelines & Certifications - The engine would collect and infer knowledge from organizations/boards/non-profits that offer or establish sustainability related standards, guidelines & certifications such as:
o Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) o International Sustainability Standards Board (IS SB) o B Corps Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
11 o WHO's Sustainable Development Goals o Sustainability Certification Databases = Rules, Regulations, and Compliance ¨ The engine would also decode governments-imposed/enacted rules and regulations, also their compliance at industry/organization/project level. Government databases would be the key data source to obtain such information.
Additionally, the engine would also help in forming and synthesizing several proprietary data repositories that will greatly assist the "Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Data Analytics Layer" internally. Identifying sustainability indicators (qualitative, quantitative, and warning), their weightage, and their linkage for a particular use case is one of the prominent examples of such proprietary data repositories.
The data collection and processing engine will utilize the state-of-the-art data collection and management technologies like data lakes along with best in breed big data ELT tools. A stringent and proprietary Data quality framework would enhance the trustability of data, also would greatly assist in controlling other data issues like bias.
Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Data Analytics Layer This component of the solution will act as the brain of the system to provide sustainability related meaningful, actionable insights for a set of Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
Additionally, the engine would also help in forming and synthesizing several proprietary data repositories that will greatly assist the "Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Data Analytics Layer" internally. Identifying sustainability indicators (qualitative, quantitative, and warning), their weightage, and their linkage for a particular use case is one of the prominent examples of such proprietary data repositories.
The data collection and processing engine will utilize the state-of-the-art data collection and management technologies like data lakes along with best in breed big data ELT tools. A stringent and proprietary Data quality framework would enhance the trustability of data, also would greatly assist in controlling other data issues like bias.
Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Data Analytics Layer This component of the solution will act as the brain of the system to provide sustainability related meaningful, actionable insights for a set of Date recue/date received 2021-10-21
12 services, products, projects, and solutions. in specific geographies. Not only it will provide insights, it will also provide useful recommendations to optimize the sustainability footprint in the same scenario.
Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Data Analytics Layer will be the primary processing hub to resolve different measures of sustainability related information from available data through proprietary regression, classification, and clustering models. This will constantly track and refine those models based on feedback and available data. This will also provide a data visualization component which will provide the ability to present information in a meaningful way to the appropriate stakeholders.
Additionally, this layer will provide some leading and lagging indicators to guide Sustainability related initiatives so that users can validate their hypothesis. Likewise, Data Collection & Processing Engine this layer will also leverage a set of technologies to store data into a distributed data storage (like Hadoop, Spark) in forms of data lake(s) consisting of structured as well as unstructured data.
Furthermore, this layer will also store users' interactions with the system and analyze that data for better user experience, security risks identification, and personalization.
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Artificial Intelligence (Al) & Data Analytics Layer will be the primary processing hub to resolve different measures of sustainability related information from available data through proprietary regression, classification, and clustering models. This will constantly track and refine those models based on feedback and available data. This will also provide a data visualization component which will provide the ability to present information in a meaningful way to the appropriate stakeholders.
Additionally, this layer will provide some leading and lagging indicators to guide Sustainability related initiatives so that users can validate their hypothesis. Likewise, Data Collection & Processing Engine this layer will also leverage a set of technologies to store data into a distributed data storage (like Hadoop, Spark) in forms of data lake(s) consisting of structured as well as unstructured data.
Furthermore, this layer will also store users' interactions with the system and analyze that data for better user experience, security risks identification, and personalization.
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13 Microservices To follow information technology (IT) industry best practices, the whole platform will be decomposed into discrete services that implement specific business functions. Each service will communicate with each other and outside environment via standard application programming interfaces (APIs).
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) This platform will provide several APIs with an open architecture to provide extensibility to other applications. APIs will be utilized mostly for retrieving sustainability information from the platform for any product, service, and solution. For example, there will be a set of APIs to retrieve sustainability score for a platform supported product, service, and/or solution.
Portal Similar to any other standard web portal, this component will provide a user interface to better interact with all the components and features of the "Digital Platform For Sustainability." The portal would support a wide variety of personas. Enterprise Users, Government Employees, Researchers, and Application Developers, Product Managers to name a few are the example of supported personas. The portal would have several advanced inbuilt technical frameworks such as IT (Information technology) Security, SSO (single sign on), Personalization, Digital body language, and Configuration management among many others.
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Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) This platform will provide several APIs with an open architecture to provide extensibility to other applications. APIs will be utilized mostly for retrieving sustainability information from the platform for any product, service, and solution. For example, there will be a set of APIs to retrieve sustainability score for a platform supported product, service, and/or solution.
Portal Similar to any other standard web portal, this component will provide a user interface to better interact with all the components and features of the "Digital Platform For Sustainability." The portal would support a wide variety of personas. Enterprise Users, Government Employees, Researchers, and Application Developers, Product Managers to name a few are the example of supported personas. The portal would have several advanced inbuilt technical frameworks such as IT (Information technology) Security, SSO (single sign on), Personalization, Digital body language, and Configuration management among many others.
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Claims (13)
1. A digital platform that is also a/an :
a. Data Aggregator b. Repository Builder c. Recommendation Engine d. Innovation Hub e. Market Place
a. Data Aggregator b. Repository Builder c. Recommendation Engine d. Innovation Hub e. Market Place
2. A "Data Aggregator" (cited in claim 1-a) that a. Continually collects sustainability related data (structured, unstructured and semi-structured) on three dimensions (economic, societal, and environmental) from a wide variety of sources (private as well as publicly available) globally, as well as validate and synthesize this data. Also, infer the otherwise not available sustainability related knowledge from this data b. Apply data science (DS), artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision (CV), and machine learning (ML) based principles and concepts to provide a meaningful and actionable information from the inferred knowledge with the combination of proprietary data elements (cited in claim 3-a) based on users' unique needs and requirements c. Decode sustainability related standards and certifications in nontechnical terms to increase the transparency in the sustainability arena
3. "Repository Builder" (cited in claim 1-b) that Define, develop, and maintain proprietary data repositories that help to measure the sustainability footprints effectively and efficiently for any product, service and/or project. These data repositories would assist in developing sustainability related recommendations, as well as validating the 360-degree impact of existing sustainability related processes, policies, rules, regulations, and practices.
The following are some of such data repositories:
i. Taxonomy A database that name, define (circumscribe) and classify the followings based on their sustainability related shared characteristics = Geographies = Industries = Technologies = Companies = Products = Parts = Services = Projects ii. Bill of Material (BOM) An inventory of the raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, parts, and the quantities of each needed to manufacture an end product or provide a service.
Product Life Cycle A comprehensive catalogue of products, and services life cycle. Most products and services life cycle may begin right from the extraction of natural resources from the earth and may go all the way to the end until product or service is being disposed of - in other words, went back to the earth.
The platform will capture that information and extracts sustainability footprints from each phase of their life cycle.
iv. Supply Chain Sustainability Footprints A list of paths that every component mentioned in "Bill of Material" follows along with their sustainability footprints on all three dimensions i.e., economic, social, and environmental. This list will also consist of several other minor details on the supply chain of raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, and parts mentioned in the "Bill of Material (BOM)" database.
v. Sustainability Metrics related to Themes A dynamic and ever evolving collection of sustainability related themes based on its three dimensions.
Some of the identified themes would further take a split in several other sub-themes. The following are a few examples:
This collection may also consist of what all metrics should matter (minimum, average or most) for each identified theme.
vi. Sustainability Indicators A catalogue of leading indicators of different sustainability related metrics (qualitative, quantitative, and warning) along with their linkage and weight for each and every theme identified in the "Sustainability Theme"
database. For example, the rate of mobile recharge in poor economies is a leading indicator for jobs and economic improvement in that geography.
The following are some of such data repositories:
i. Taxonomy A database that name, define (circumscribe) and classify the followings based on their sustainability related shared characteristics = Geographies = Industries = Technologies = Companies = Products = Parts = Services = Projects ii. Bill of Material (BOM) An inventory of the raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, parts, and the quantities of each needed to manufacture an end product or provide a service.
Product Life Cycle A comprehensive catalogue of products, and services life cycle. Most products and services life cycle may begin right from the extraction of natural resources from the earth and may go all the way to the end until product or service is being disposed of - in other words, went back to the earth.
The platform will capture that information and extracts sustainability footprints from each phase of their life cycle.
iv. Supply Chain Sustainability Footprints A list of paths that every component mentioned in "Bill of Material" follows along with their sustainability footprints on all three dimensions i.e., economic, social, and environmental. This list will also consist of several other minor details on the supply chain of raw materials, sub-assemblies, intermediate assemblies, sub-components, and parts mentioned in the "Bill of Material (BOM)" database.
v. Sustainability Metrics related to Themes A dynamic and ever evolving collection of sustainability related themes based on its three dimensions.
Some of the identified themes would further take a split in several other sub-themes. The following are a few examples:
This collection may also consist of what all metrics should matter (minimum, average or most) for each identified theme.
vi. Sustainability Indicators A catalogue of leading indicators of different sustainability related metrics (qualitative, quantitative, and warning) along with their linkage and weight for each and every theme identified in the "Sustainability Theme"
database. For example, the rate of mobile recharge in poor economies is a leading indicator for jobs and economic improvement in that geography.
4. The "Recommendation Engine" (cited in claim 1-c) is the heart of the "Digital Platform For Sustainability" that:
a. Apply several ML (machine learning) and DL (deep learning) based algorithms (regression, classification, clustering, and association) on the top of "Data Aggregator" and "Repository Builder" created/generated data to design, and develop sustainability practice related recommendations b. Deliver various kinds of recommendations based on users' unique needs and requirements c. Serve the following personas, intents and use cases:
a. Apply several ML (machine learning) and DL (deep learning) based algorithms (regression, classification, clustering, and association) on the top of "Data Aggregator" and "Repository Builder" created/generated data to design, and develop sustainability practice related recommendations b. Deliver various kinds of recommendations based on users' unique needs and requirements c. Serve the following personas, intents and use cases:
5. The "Innovation Hub" (cited in claim 1-d) opens "Digital Platform For Sustainability" to the rest of the world for experimenting with their sustainability related ideas. It:
a. Provide technical resources for further developing brand new digital applications or creating extensions for existing applications b. Act as a global network for sustainability related digital apps and solutions c. Host several pretrained machine leaming based models.
d. Develop, maintain, and host numerous datasets that can be used for a wide variety of purposes like benchmarking enterprises, NGOs, Governments, and Societies based on their sustainability practices e. Serve the following personas, intents and use cases:
a. Provide technical resources for further developing brand new digital applications or creating extensions for existing applications b. Act as a global network for sustainability related digital apps and solutions c. Host several pretrained machine leaming based models.
d. Develop, maintain, and host numerous datasets that can be used for a wide variety of purposes like benchmarking enterprises, NGOs, Governments, and Societies based on their sustainability practices e. Serve the following personas, intents and use cases:
6. The "Market Place" (cited in claim 1-e) would:
a. Function in the same as any other standard digital marketplace like Facebook would do. The only exception would be its exclusivity for Sustainability.
b. Support numerous personas some of them are listed in the following table:
a. Function in the same as any other standard digital marketplace like Facebook would do. The only exception would be its exclusivity for Sustainability.
b. Support numerous personas some of them are listed in the following table:
7. A digital platform that breaks any product, project, or service to much granular level in order to calculate not only the whole supply chain of a particular product/project/service but also their subparts
8. A digital platform that offers ways to calculate customized sustainability indexes for any physical or digital product, project, and service
9. A digital platform that is accessible from many digital channels such as web portal, application programming interface (API), microservices, and various kind of feeds
10. A digital platform that provides a provision to calculate several otherwise not available measurements at economic, social, and environmental level for any project, product or service. The following are some of such measurements:
11. A digital platform that listens to feedback and continuously improves on
12. A digital platform that reports sustainability price tag for projects, products, or services
13. A digital platform that calculates the sustainability footprints on all three dimensions for digital technologies and their implementations
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