Bridge the gap!

This “sustainability data gap” can make it difficult for your organization to fully understand and report on its environmental impact, and can also hinder your efforts to implement effective sustainability strategies. At Beezzz, we understand the challenges you are facing and are committed to helping you bridge this gap and provide you with the tools and resources you need to make informed decisions about your sustainability practices.

We have developed a range of services and solutions that can help your organization accurately track and report on its energy use and emissions, and identify opportunities for improvement. By working with us to address the sustainability data gap, you can not only meet the new ESG regulations that are coming into effect, but also go above and beyond in your efforts to be a sustainable and socially responsible company.

At Beezzz, we are proud to be a partner in this important work and to help our clients make a positive impact on the world. If you are investigating how to improve your sustainability practices and meet the new regulations, we encourage you to reach out to us and learn more about how we can support you.

The Digital Age

The digital age is disrupting social systems and driving transformations at a scale and pace unparalleled in history. Decades ago, philosopher and media theorist Marshall McLuhan inspired the aphorism: “We shape our tools, and following our tools shape us.”

The Digital Divide

Nowadays, digital technologies are shaping everything. And they shape what we read, consume, our votes, and how we interact with each other and the world around us. Many risks and uncertainties emerge, including threats to individual rights, social equity, and democracy. All amplified by ‘the digital divide’ – the differential rate of internet penetration and access to digital technologies around the world.

The digital SDG

Along with the high risks of harm comes massive opportunities to leverage the digital age capabilities to steer society towards our common goals, as expressed through the SDGs, including net-zero carbon emissions and a more equitable global society. In the digital age, power can be decentralized from the top to the stakeholders. Social norms of consumption can be shifted towards low carbon products, and society’s mindset changed from fossil fuels to renewables. We need a new digital SDG — SDG18 — focused on the digital age, which outlines clear targets for leveraging this transformative force to benefit both people and the planet.

Sustainability in the Digital Age

The United Nations recently released a roadmap for enhancing global digital coordination in support of humanity. This sets out a much-needed framework to begin to address the digital governance gap.  Which lays a base to effectively leverage the digital sector to tackle the climate crisis and broader sustainability goals.

The Montreal Statement

However, a collective statement has just been issued by leaders from business, government, civil society, and researchers: The Montreal Statement on Sustainability in the Digital Age. This Statement calls on society to recognize that tackling the climate crisis, building a sustainable world, and working toward a just and equitable digital future are inherently interconnected agendas. And above all, it lays the foundation for what could define an action agenda for the missing SDG 18.

Five near-term actions for a digital SDG

The Statement outlines five near-term actions to overcome the digital age’s profound risks and leverage its transformative capabilities to build a climate-safe, sustainable, and equitable world. These include the need to:

• Build a new social contract for the digital age, which addresses individual rights, justice and equity, inclusive access, and environmental sustainability;
• Ensure open and transparent access to data and knowledge critical to achieving sustainability and equity;
• Foster public and private collaborations to develop and manage AI and other technologies in support of sustainability and equity;
• Promote research and innovation to steer digital transformations toward sustainability and equity; and
• Support targeted communication, engagement, and education to advance the social contract.

The Statement was first formulated during an international workshop in Montreal in September 2019 as part of the CIFAR AI & Society series. It was subsequently shared, reviewed, and revised by others worldwide, working in the digital and sustainability sectors.

Unfulfilled aspirations

Motivating all this work is a realization. A realization that the initial aspirations of the digital revolution – democratization of information, the strengthening of governance through broader citizen engagement, a more equitable and greener sharing economy – were never fulfilled. Because we, as a society, failed to anticipate how the digital revolution would unfold. We did not foresee the scale of changes that would result from the new business models, governance systems, and communications systems. Nor the new types of societal challenges posed by such large-scale change. As a result, we now live in a digital age that threatens individual rights, has facilitated the propagation of disinformation, undermines trust, and can ultimately threaten democracy.

Let the digital force work for good

In conclusion, we are in a moment of unprecedented disruption. Which opens up opportunities for transformative change. Among the most potent forces defining our future are those of the digital age. We must put this force to work for people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnerships.

We develop for you

When we started Beezzz, the first thing we agreed on was that users are leading in our development process. We believe that if you actively involve your users, we can keep the application clean. Continuously, we will ask for your suggestions for the user interface, workflows, data models, and more. Of course, our architects guard the architecture and design principles of the solution.

Your suggestions for Beezzz

In the user-community, you can suggest new functions for Beezzz. Just create a free account and enter your suggestions. Your email will only be used to update you on votes and comments on your request. Your email will never be visible to visitors of our website. You will also receive an update when we start working on your request. When creating your suggestion, you can pick a category so other users can easily found your request.

Reviewing the request of other users

You can also visit the user community to check suggestions from other users. You can vote on their suggestions if you really like it. Next to voting, you can also comment on the suggestions. For instance, to clarify what is exactly meant by suggesting to give more examples from your own context. If you receive comments on your own suggestions, you will be alerted by email to react using the platform.

The roadmap

Your feedback is crucial for us. So each request is studied carefully, and if we agree this is something that fits the architecture, design, and purpose of Beezzz, we will include your suggestion in our roadmap. You can view our roadmap here.

A better app for a better world

Please share your best ideas by posting your best suggestions. Inspire other people with your ideas. This way, we achieve something much bigger. By helping each other, we can improve and speed sustainable development.