Patrick Long, Director in Opportune LLP’s Process & Technology practice, Randy Whitaker, CFO and Co-Founder of Viridis Chemical, and Bhavesh Patel, Senior Manager Strategic Projects at HELM AG – Americas, discuss why ESG strategies benefit chemical manufacturers and suppliers, their employees, and their customers, why putting ESG strategies into practice enables transparency with business partners and builds trust throughout the supply chain, and why consumer awareness and behavior are influencing how companies integrate ESG strategies in their supply chains and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Ross Benton, Director in Opportune LLP’s Process & Technology practice, and Chris Baker, Production Manager at Ensign Natural Resources, discuss why integrating Salesforce’s CRM and cloud-based solutions can transform business operations quickly and efficiently, why Salesforce integrations allow companies to maximize opportunities through data-centric decision-making, and why Salesforce offers a customizable, out-of-the-box solution for improving business operations, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Byrony Coan, Principal, Kyle Luong, Manager, and Kyle Blair, Director at Opportune LLP, discuss why utilizing legacy data warehouse solutions help companies stand out from the competition with digital differentiation, why accessing and storing accurate historical data in one location is key to maximizing efficient operations, and how Opportune developed an innovative tool that helps prioritize and simplify how companies and their stakeholders access and interact with information that spans a variety of systems and/or acquisitions, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Byrony Coan, Principal, Katie-Rose Herd, Director, and Maggie Caldwell, Director, at Opportune LLP, discuss why there are unlimited opportunities for women in the energy industry, why careers in energy span nearly every interest or skill, from marketing to operations, and why diversity is a focus for many companies, including energy, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Dave Loucks, Principal in the Complex Financial Reporting practice at Opportune LLP based in Denver, discusses what the Standardized Measure of Oil and Gas (SMOG) is and why it’s essential to the oil and gas industry, why public and private energy companies can benefit from outsourcing SMOG reporting, why accounting for inflation needs to be factored in SMOG calculations and reports, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Gregg Laswell, Managing Director in Opportune LLP’s Complex Financial Reporting and Restructuring practices, and Allison Firestone, Director in Opportune LLP’s Restructuring practice, discuss why quality of earnings reports constitute a key area of importance in financial due diligence involving M&A transactions, why there are key differences in quality of earnings reports that are different from standard financial disclosures and reports, how key red flags can be uncovered in quality of earnings reports, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Teresa Kroh and Brad York, Directors in Opportune LLP’s Process & Technology practice, discuss why companies need to make ETRM upgrades a priority to achieve optimal performance and mitigate risk, why effective data management is key for accurate inventory tracking, billing, and scheduling, and why management and employee buy-in are critical to a successful ETRM system implementation, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Steve Hendrickson, President, and John Beaird, Vice President, of Ralph E. Davis Associates, an Opportune LLP company, discuss why the Class VI permitting process with state and federal regulators for carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) projects are lengthy and costly, why not all carbon dioxide is created equal, and why capturing and storing carbon dioxide isn’t economical without tax incentives, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Patrick Long and Steve Roberts, both Directors in Opportune LLP’s Process & Technology practice, discuss why current supply chain disruptions appear to be more pronounced than in years past due to supply/demand imbalances and the COVID-19 pandemic, how digitalization and technology can help address lingering supply chain issues to make it more resilient in the face of natural disasters and other chaotic events, why long-term supply chain efficiency requires a shift away from traditional supply chain models to one of robustness of process and resiliency, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.

Kent Landrum, Managing Director at Opportune LLP, Steve Roberts, Director at Opportune LLP, and Richard Loew, CEO at BlueBox, discuss why scope and complexity are the biggest hallmarks of a downstream M&A IT integration process, why getting IT leadership involved early and often in the M&A integration process is key to a successful transition, and why small, lean, multi-disciplinary teams typically work best in downstream M&A transaction processes, and more. For more podcasts from Opportune, visit https://opportune.com/insights/podcast.