30th October 2024
Faces of Shift
Faces of Shift with Sweep
Faces of Shift with Sweep
1. Tell us, who is Sweep and what does the company specialize in?
Sweep is the sustainability data management platform. Its market-leading, AI-powered software helps organizations understand all extra-financial data across their business and value chain to manage increasing disclosure requirements and take action to meet sustainable business goals. Co-founded by Rachel Delacour, Yannick Chaze and Raphael Guller, Sweep partners with enterprise, midmarket and financial institutions across the world, with customers including L’Oreal, Lacoste, and HP. Sweep is B Corp certified and a member of the World Bank’s Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, France Invest and The International Emissions Trading Association. For more information, visit sweep.net
2. Share with us the typical Sweep client or user and how they benefit from working with you?
We work with some of the “biggest agents of change” in the world economy, meaning some of the largest companies and financial organizations, which have the greatest power to enact change both within their own organizations and within their supply chains.
These can be in any industry, because all businesses generate impacts on our environment. For example, we have great partnerships with the multinational cosmetics company L’Oréal, the broadcaster QVC, the electronics company HP, the investment management firm Coatue, and the timeshare company Travel + Leisure Co.
What unites all of our customers is a desire to take control of their own sustainability data and use it to transform their business and reduce their negative environmental impacts.
3. What are your sustainability goals or objectives, and how do they guide your approach?
At Sweep, we empower businesses to take control of their own environmental impact, streamline their associated data, and then, take concrete actions towards improving their sustainability performance. We are motivated by helping companies transform their business with measurable and auditable actions to decrease their impact on the planet and seeing these strategic decisions as an opportunity to grow and thrive as a sustainable business. Not just now, but in the future. That’s what Sweep calls the “Forever Companies™”.
4. Explain how you all seamlessly streamline sustainability data in one platform
Sustainability is a data and a network problem. At Sweep, we streamline and automate data collection in even the most complex organizations to help you tackle your most urgent sustainability business challenges. The benefits include:
- Automated data collection: AI-powered tools allow you to focus on delivering real results.
- No more spreadsheets: Eliminate manual error-prone processes that hamper progress.
- Single source of truth: Overcome the challenge of complex de-centralized data structures.<//li>
- Trust in your data: Automatic data cleansing ensures you have no duplicates, errors or inconsistencies.
5. How does Sweep assist businesses in aligning with global sustainability standards?
Sweep allows you to view all data required for disclosure reporting. ESG disclosure regulations, such as CSRD, are putting pressure on organizations to ensure their climate data is accurate and reliable. At Sweep, we make it easy for you to take control of your data to meet requirements and disclose data accurately.
6. What unique value does Sweep offer to help companies achieve net-zero goals?
Sweep brings together Business Intelligence and sustainability expertise, in a mission-driven ethos as a a pure play sustainability provider and was named by IDC MarketScape as a leading software provider. Download the report. To illustrate how this plays out: our CEO Rachel Delacour previously founded the business intelligence software BIME Analytics which she later sold to the US company Zendesk. The company’s first employee was Renaud Bettin, our VP of Climate Action, who is recognized in his home country of France and far beyond as a leading voice on sustainability and carbon.
7. What measurable outcomes have companies experienced by using Sweep platform?
Here are some examples of measurable outcomes of Sweep customers:
- The Swiss telecoms company Swisscom reduced its customers’ emissions by more than 1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e) annually. Overall, Swisscom reduced its carbon emissions footprint by 10% in less than two years
- The watchmaker Withings has used Sweep to develop a lower-carbon product. Using the platform, they have compared different manufacturing materials and processes across each stage of a product’s life cycle. For example, they test different materials to design the most climate-friendly packaging.
8. How has joining Shift Workspaces contributed to the success of Sweep?
Joining Shift Workspaces has been invaluable for us as remote employees of a European company. Having access to a comfortable and friendly coworking environment allows us to come together regularly, providing an ideal setting for in-depth collaboration and tackling challenges face-to-face. The workspace’s reliability and welcoming atmosphere help us stay focused and productive, ultimately driving efficiencies in our projects and strengthening our collaboration.
9. What do you all enjoy most about your experience at Shift?
What we enjoy most about Shift is the combination of friendly faces, a strong sense of community, and regular events that add just the right amount of fun to our workday, making it a truly enjoyable place to be productive!
10. Tell us some of your favorite things to do in Denver!
In Denver, some of our favorite things include biking and checking out the local farmers’ markets. We also love getting together with friends at the park or catching live concerts—especially at Red Rocks. The mix of outdoor adventure and community fun makes Denver such a great place to be!
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