o9 is committed to deepening our commitment to sustainability through the o9 Digital Brain platform and our social impact by leading and participating in inspired and inclusive initiatives. Within o9, we embrace social impact values through our participation in initiatives like EcoVadis, SBTi, UNGC or Pledge 1%, our partnership with Tree-Nation allowing us to plant more than 33,354 trees to date, and our ambitious long-term goal of achieving net zero emissions company-wide before 2040.
Social Impact
Sustainability and social impact: good for business ... better for the planet.
o9’s commitment to Social Impact
All companies have a responsibility to act in a sustainable, socially responsible manner to protect our world. As a leader in supply chain planning, we have a significant role to play as our purpose is to help our customers optimize their raw material usage, eliminate wasteful processes, identify labor anomalies, and devise ways to recycle and reuse products at the end of their lifecycle.
At o9, Social Impact is a fundamental company value, extending beyond product functionality to improve our customer’s sustainability metrics and to inspire and enable our employees to take actions that improve their communities, both locally and globally. Whether it’s a social impact program that gives back to those in need or a sustainability project that preserves our planet, the importance of being a steward of our world is front and center in everything we do.
All our efforts align to the three pillars of our Social Impact strategy
Engage
- Employees
- Clients
- Communities
- Partners
Educate
- Employees
- Other stakeholders
Transform
- o9 on the path to net zero
- Our clients’ sustainability journey through our Sustainability solutions
Pledge 1%
Pledge 1% is a global movement that inspires, educates, and empowers companies, and employees to be a force for good. o9 is excited to join Pledge 1%’s network of founders, entrepreneurs and other members around the globe that have committed to giving back. As part of Pledge 1%, o9 has committed to donating 1% of our time and 1% of our product. Social impact is an integral part of our DNA and Pledge 1% helps us put this into action.
Recognition
o9 Solutions was awarded an EcoVadis Gold Medal in June 2023. Receiving a Gold Medal puts o9 in the top five percent of organizations that are reviewed by EcoVadis across four categories including environment, labor and human rights, business ethics, and procurement practices.
o9 Forest
It aims to accelerate forest restoration as a nature-based solution to support communities and the environment. To date, we have:
Have a walk in the o9 forest
o9 Sustainability Solutions
At the core of our corporate values are protecting our planet and enabling our customers to find the most sustainable ways to run their businesses. Our Sustainability Solutions puts that into practice by integrating environmental and social sustainability attributes and measures across all core processes in o9’s platform.
o9’s Sustainability Solutions allow our clients, which operate some of the largest and most complex global supply chains, to incorporate international standards-based sustainability metrics, analytics and KPIs into the AI-enabled o9 Digital Brain platform, powered by its patented Enterprise Knowledge Graph technology for best-in-class supply chain modeling. Integrating full-spectrum sustainability data into the o9 platform enables companies to assess their performance against sustainability targets within all planning and operational activities, as well as the ability to identify and make data-driven decisions around tradeoffs between financial costs, service levels and sustainability initiatives.
“Technology is needed to support supply chain leaders in their efforts to set sustainability goals not only to protect brand reputation but also to reduce their vulnerability to future supply chain disruptions related to climate change, taxes levied on carbon emissions and other sustainability regulation implications,” said Igor Rikalo, President and COO, o9 Solutions. “At o9, we understand the deeply interconnected nature of sustainability, optimal supply chain performance and technology. We are excited to open the o9 platform up to a rapidly growing market for sustainability solutions and most importantly, fulfill our mission of helping the world’s largest organizations create environmentally and socially sustainable supply chains that will benefit all of humanity.”
Learn moreDownload India CSR Policy
o9 is proud to share our achievements so far and our ambitious goals driving sustainability in supply chains in second ESG Report.
Read our ESG Report 2022Read our ESG Report 2021
o9 commits to become a net zero company by 2040.
In 2023, we submitted our decarbonization targets to the Science Based Target Initiative.
Partnerships
