Two Ways in Which sentra.world Drives Top Line Growth for Industrial Businesses

sentra.world is an ESG SaaS platform for industrial businesses. Their enterprise products, sentra.calculus, and sentra.network, provide steel businesses with the tools they need to measure, mitigate, monitor, and monetize their ESG and decarbonization efforts. Sentra aims to make a significant difference in the fight against climate change. Their efforts align with the global imperative of the steel sector’s decarbonization, striving for a >50% reduction by 2050, in line with the global climate goals. During an interaction with Vidushi, Harsh Choudhry & Vikas Upadhyay, Co-Founders of sentra.world discussed how the company is helping steel industries on their path to net zero emissions and meet global climate goals.

How does sentra.world support industrial businesses on their journey to achieve net-zero emissions?

sentra.calculus, through its sector-specific modules, helps industrial companies measure their emissions across 3 scopes via recognised methodologies integrated with company data systems. It provides corporate level and product carbon footprint. It sets targets and tracks projects. Through its 50+ KPI dashboards, companies can view ESG performance over 260 metrics and millions of data points. The data backed approach makes compliance reporting easy across major standards including GRI, BRSR, CDP, SASB, CBAM. Additional modules deliver specific outcomes sentra.network brings suppliers into the sustainability journey via real-time monitoring

• trace uses blockchain to trace emissions along the value, from mines to customers’
• certify eases the process of green product certification via ISO 14067
• reduce takes a marketplace-based approach to help companies reduce their emissions
• finance enables sustainability-linked finance sentra.carbcred help generate carbon credits from decarbonisation projects

Kindly explain how you assist industrial businesses in reducing their carbon footprint and making informed decisions regarding sustainability initiatives.

Our software solution integrates directly with the data systems of industrial companies, and uses advanced tools like AI, satellite imagery, and blockchain, is the one-stop shop for industrial companies on their net zero journey.

Could you elaborate on the ways in which sentra.world contributes to driving top-line growth for industrial businesses in the context of sustainability and decarbonization?

There are two ways in which sentra.world drives top-line growth for industrial businesses

A) Green products: Certified green products demand a price premium. For example, Northern Europe reports €200-300 per tonne premium for Green Steel. SSAB estimated a premium of €300 for its low carbon steel. sentra.world, using the extensive data platform, provides for product carbon footprint, at scale, which is the basis for ISO14404 or ISO14067 certificates.

B) Access to net markets: Recently, EU has formalized the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism regulations, by which importers of steel (and 5 other products), need to disclose product carbon footprint at the installation level, for the period starting October 2023. sentra.world has the calculation engines required to carry out the reporting effortlessly, thereby creating an opportunity for Indian industrial companies not only maintain their EU markets but also grow using carbon reporting as a source of competitive advantage

How can sentra.world tailor its solutions to the unique issues that the Indian steel sector has in lowering emissions intensity and reaching climate goals?

The Indian steel sector is diverse in the types of products and grades within flat and long segments, the production routes including BF-BOF, DRI-EAF, Scrap-EAF/IF, re rolling, fuel usage. sentra.world’s steel product, sentra.calculus.steel has 60+ different processes and 200+ drivers of emissions specific to the steel sector modelled in, making the product specific to each steel company and provide deep insights to help steel companies decarbonise.

Many organizations are becoming increasingly concerned about the financial consequences of failing to address ESG problems. How does Sentra World assist industrial businesses in saving money while also boosting their environmental and social responsibility efforts?

At sentra.world, we believe that sustainability has to create top-line and bottom-line value. India is entering a high growth phase, for example, steel production is expected to grow to 2.5X in the next 7 years. To fund this growth, sustainable companies can get capital at a lower cost (approx. 25-50 basis points), which directly impacts the bottom line. Several sustainability initiatives help reduce energy and materials cost. sentra.world, supports industrial companies on both these fronts.

What are some concrete instances of monetizable use cases that industrial enterprises may harness through your platform, and how have these use cases proven beneficial in achieving sustainability and decarbonization goals?

Certified green products, which can sell at a higher premium or capture climate-sensitive markets. Sustainability at an organizational level will help drive valuation and lower the cost of capital. Decarbonisation projects create resource savings and can be made eligible for carbon credits. All of these are enabled through the sentra.world platform.