Hitachi Consulting has unveiled a new Environmental Sustainability Solutions practice intended to  help companies measure and manage their environmental impact reduction initiatives, using strategy, research and implementation services. The new practice offers companies a unified set of solutions designed to help them profitably shift to a model where greater resource efficiency and environmental responsibility drive continued success.

Todd Price, national leader of the new practice, believes the tangible progress made by Hitachi Ltd., in Asia, and Hitachi Consulting, in Europe, is helping companies balance sustainability improvement and profitability performance and is now setting a benchmark for leading companies in the United States.

"In addition to our consulting services, we are now poised to selectively help introduce sustainable product innovations from sister companies, including Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi Power Systems and Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems," says Price.

Hitachi Consulting will be tailoring its new services offering to a set of target industries to address immediate sustainability requirements. This includes industrial products for responding to EPA greenhouse gas mandatory reporting regulations, consumer products companies responding to retailer carbon footprint transparency reporting initiatives, aerospace and defense adopters of the EPA Climate Leaders program, and federal agencies reporting on emissions and waste pursuant to Executive Order 13514.

Concurrent with the new sustainability practice, Hitachi Consulting is offering new services based on SAP Carbon Impact. Included is an assessment and delivery of a proof-of-concept, provided within a few days. Hitachi Consulting uses the results to help customers create a blueprint for an enterprise-wide environmental impact reporting strategy, based on SAP Carbon Impact.

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