Compliance with environmental regulations is not just a cost of doing business, but a business opportunity. This is the view of Luke Jacobs, the CEO and co-founder of Encamp, a software company that helps businesses track and manage ESG reporting needs. In this episode of the ESG Report, Jacobs explains how his company is creating a unified data layer that could revolutionize environmental reporting and ESG compliance in the next decade.

Luke Jacobs is the co-founder and CEO of Encamp, a software platform that helps companies maintain compliance with environmental regulations. With over a decade of experience in environmental compliance, Luke has a deep understanding of the challenges faced by businesses when it comes to regulatory compliance. Luke is committed to building a unified data layer that makes it easy for organizations to collect, aggregate and report on environmental data to regulatory bodies, with a long-term vision to expand Encamp's reach to international jurisdictions. Under his leadership, Encamp is creating opportunities for businesses to turn regulatory compliance into a business advantage.

Key insights and takeaways:

KEY QUOTES:

"I do think part of this is actually turning what is viewed as a cost of doing business right now, which is maintaining compliance with your environmental regulations and using systems and technology to actually unlock efficiencies in that, so that you're not only able to comply with all those regulations more easily and more quickly, you can actually serve the business more effectively as well." - Luke Jacobs

"An emerging value driver in businesses that EHS teams are actually tapping into, is the data they're working with is often actually some of the most useful data." - Luke Jacobs

"Our end-to-end system more or less helps companies understand at each site in real-time what waste they are producing at that location." - Luke Jacobs

Resources

Luke Jacobs at LinkedIn | Twitter | Email

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