The Beekly: The State of Carbon Accounting, with Optera Co-founder Ty Colman and Saks Global AVP of Sustainability Hiba Mooney
Carbon accounting software has become table stakes but beneath the surface, the gap between what platforms can actually deliver is widening fast.
On July 9, Beehive CEO Adriel Lubarsky is sitting down with Ty Colman, Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Optera, and Hiba Mooney, Associate Vice President, Head of Energy & Sustainability at Saks Global, for an unfiltered look at where enterprise carbon accounting stands today, what's working, what's still broken, and where the real differentiation lies.
Optera works with some of the world's most complex companies — Target, Intel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Georgia Pacific — tackling the hardest part of the emissions puzzle: Scope 3 and supply chain. Their approach combines a decade of consulting depth with purpose-built software, and some of the most granular corporate emissions datasets in the market.
Hiba leads energy management and sustainability at Saks Global, steering the strategy and vision for the organization's sustainability program. Operating across a large physical footprint and global supply chain, she needs the right technologies to bring that vision to life, and will share the processes that guide her work.
We'll cover:
Why Scope 1 and 2 are becoming commodities, and where the real differentiation is for carbon accounting software
What it actually takes to go beyond spend-based calculations and get product- and supplier-specific emissions data
The software-vs-consulting spectrum: what the right model looks like for teams of one to three
What CSRD, the Omnibus, and increasing regulatory complexity mean for how companies are buying and building their programs
Whether you're a sustainability lead trying to get control of your supply chain emissions, a CSO evaluating platforms, or a procurement team wondering where the industry is headed, this is the conversation to tune into.