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News Releases

Beca and Planet Price Strategic Partnership to Enhance Client Understanding of Planetary Impact

August 1, 2023 – Beca and Planet Price are delighted to announce they have formalised their existing collaboration through a strategic partnership agreement. Through the partnership, Beca – a leading multi-disciplinary

Renowned Sustainability Expert Debbie O’Byrne Joins Planet Price as Co-Founder

April 18, 2023 – Planet Price™, a leading for-influence, AI-based sustainability company that helps organizations reduce the environmental and social impact of their supply chains and operations, is proud to announce

Planet Price Welcomes Tech Veterans Mike Capps and Steve Herrmann as Co-Founders

April 12, 2023 – Planet Price (planetprice.io), a leading for-influence, AI-based sustainability company that helps organizations reduce the environmental and social impact of their supply chains and operations, is pleased to

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Planet Price in the News

What’s the Real Cost of Doing Business?

Business leader, sustainable investor and founder of Planet Price, Andy Hill reflects on his journey to climate action, realising his purpose in the development of Planet Price, a climate impact tracker.

Circular economy: Breaking our ‘take-make-waste’ model

We have to do things differently, says circular economy expert and Planet Price co-founder Debbie O’Byrne. If every country used as many resources every year as NZ does, we’d need three planets; our throwaway economy is a big cause of our emissions.

Industry News

New California climate law pulls in private companies

Companies not subject to the SEC’s proposed carbon reporting regime might be surprised to find the Golden State expects them to track emissions, including Scope 3.

Wall Street Journal, September 21, 2023

California just forced the corporate hand on Scope 3 reporting

It’s perhaps the biggest climate news this week, despite New York Climate Week taking place on the other U.S. coast, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meeting.

Fortune, September 21, 2023

Carbon-disclosure rules for U.S. companies are coming sooner than expected

Many big U.S. companies have been fighting in Washington to block rules requiring them to disclose their greenhouse-gas emissions. They picked the wrong fight.

Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2023

If 90% of you problems came from one place, wouldn't you do something about it.

When it comes to environmental impacts, for many companies, that’s exactly the case. According to leading consultancy, McKinsey (2019), ‘more than 90% of companies’ environmental impact comes from their supply chains.

General Mills reduced its emissions more than 30% in three years. Now comes the hard part

Most of the company's greenhouse gas emissions are outside of the Golden Valley-based company's direct control.

Scope 3 data and “involuntary greenwashing”

Absence of greenwashing intent can be down to ignorance of need, but it can also be down to the complexity of the Scope 3 data collation process.

How Robust Procurement Practices Support Sustainability Objectives

Taking just a few measures can set the right foundation for a meaningful program that helps your organization meet its goals in this area

Procurement's role in developing a circular economy

Procurement has an increasingly important role to play in developing a more circular economy, according to panelists speaking at the recent Ivalua NOW 2023 conference.

What are Scope 3 Emissions and Why Disclosure is Important?

Investors were used to looking for companies to cut only their operational emissions and indirect emissions from energy purchases. But now they’re focusing on the entire business supply chain, meaning Scope 3 emissions are becoming more significant.

The challenges of Scope 3 data collection

Companies can be excused for not getting their heads around Scope 3 data collection just yet - but it's coming your way, so how do you deal with it?

Why Sustainability Must Be a Top Priority for Chief Procurement Officers

You may think that sustainability programs are all about packaging: Reduce single-use materials, redesign packages, and incorporate recyclable components. But that was 10 years ago.

The Planet Price Algorithm

The heart of Planet Price is the algorithm, which analyses procurement spend and other data to produce a single metric, expressed monetarily, to help large organisations make more sustainable procurement decisions.

About Planet Price: Calculating the Real Cost of Everything

We all know that everything has a price, but is what you pay the real price? Planet Price aims to provide an algorithm that can calculate the real cost of everything.

Events

Reset Connect Conference

July 27-28
London England

SPLC Summit 2023

August 14-16, 2023
Atlanta, Georgia

Verge 2023

October 24-26
San Jose, CA

Circularity 2023

November 20-21
Melbourne, Australia

News and Events

News Releases

Beca and Planet Price Strategic Partnership to Enhance Client Understanding of Planetary Impact

Renowned Sustainability Expert Debbie O’Byrne Joins Planet Price as Co-Founder

Planet Price Welcomes Tech Veterans Mike Capps and Steve Herrmann as Co-Founders