Sustainability
Sustainable business is a continuous practice of carrying out an organization’s necessary activities in coherence to the conditions that define sustainability. S+M.ai Sustainability segment has been established to provide guidance on how to increase organizations’ sustainability performances in light of scientific principles & international standards. Our approach is unique in that it is composed of methods & techniques, grounded in sustainability science, operations research, systems theory, econometrics, & statistical learning theory to increase robustness. We provide scientific means to develop sustainability policies or strategies , increase, & monitor the effectiveness of their policies & strategies.
2030
US to prepare for a 50% emissions reduction target; China to spend 35% of its $600 billion stimulus package on sustainability; EU to target 40% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030.
75%
More than 75% of Americans expect companies to take action against the climate crisis, and more than 70% of American consumers make a purchasing decision favoring such actions.
20%
Companies that integrate sustainability into their businesses see up to a 20% return on investment.
Key Areas of Our Sustainability Services
Data-driven Sustainability Analytics for Transportation
Sustainability analytics fueled with data is one of the most powerful means that help businesses achieve this aim. Data-driven sustainability analysis provides the insights needed to learn from the past, implement in the present, and design the future.
Sustainable Transportation & Climate Change
UN’s Sustainable Development Goal “encourages companies to adopt sustainable practices & integrate sustainability information into their reporting cycle.” Integrating sustainability into businesses not only helps companies reduce their operational & material costs, but it also helps them contribute to mitigating the adverse climatic effects.
Circular Economy
& Waste Management
A shift to a circular economy has already started, and waste management is one of the key factors in operationalizing this crucial concept. We can help companies understand where on the scale of linear to circular they stand and then help them to seize important environmental and economic opportunities.
Sustainable Supply
Chain Management
Supply chains play a critical role in determining the overall sustainability performance of businesses. Hence, increased sustainability of supply chains becomes a key differentiator over business competitors. Systems thinking in sustainable supply chain is crucial given the fact that the sustainability impacts are unevenly dispersed in the first, second, third, or even higher tiers of a supply chain.
Our Promise
Technology
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GREET
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AFLEET
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BatPac
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Simulation modeling
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Life-cycle assessment simulation tools
Standards
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ISO 14040/44 Life Cycle Assessment
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ISO 14046 Water Footprint
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Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
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Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
Our Senior Advisors
Dr. Burak Sen
Burak is an Industrial Ecologist & Sustainability Scientist who has been striving to contribute to the efforts made to transform the transportation system to be safer and more sustainable. He has conducted several projects about electric vehicles, sustainability, material-energy transportation, battery, system dynamics, and agent-based modeling.
Dr. Tolga Ercan
Tolga is a Transportation Scientist who is expert in connected vehicles & Intelligent Transportation Systems, with experience in ITS design, traffic operations, & multi-modal planning. He conducted several projects during the last years. He manages all ITS field operations & device installations, including RSUs, video camera systems, & sensors.
Dr. Murat Kucukvar
Murat is a Sustainable Systems Scientist who has conducted several projects on the sustainability of socio-technical systems at various spatiotemporal scales. He has published over 100 publications in various topics including sustainability analysis, systems engineering, modeling and simulation, energy systems, sustainable production and supply chain management.
Dr. Nuri C. Onat
Nuri is a Transportation Scientist who has been improving the sustainability field by broadening the scope of assessment framework with the integration of social & economic indicators, & dynamic modeling. Applications of his work cover sustainable transportation, emerging/ alternative fuel vehicle technologies, & renewable energy systems.
Dr. Soheil Sohrabi
Soheil is a Transportation Scientist who has an extensive experience in safety, sustainability, health, and equity implications of Next-Generation Transportation Systems' technologies from the planner & policymaker perspective. He has conducted several projects with the overarching goal of having a safe and sustainable transportation system that can promote public health & social equity.
Sustainability Case Studies
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