SAN FRANCISCO, California - April 16, 2024 - The Open Group Open Footprint Forum has announced the release of the Open Footprint Data Model Standard, Version 1.0, Snapshot 1. The standard sets out to define a common standard by which companies can effectively manage and communicate emissions information, regardless of the complexity of their global footprint and regulatory environment. Organizations are challenged to reduce their carbon footprint across complex value chains and adapt to a growing number of emissions regulations and reporting demands. With ever more requirements for data sharing, the current patchwork approach to data recording, reporting, and sharing is becoming inefficient and an obstacle in the mission to reach net zero emissions goals.
The Open Footprint data model will help companies to seamlessly account, store, report, and share emissions-related data across value chains, industries, and national borders. Upon implementation, companies will be able to lower their administrative burden across their entire network and focus on reducing global emissions more effectively. The standard will be delivered with reference Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and database schemas and will be continuously evolved to include support for existing and emerging emissions regulations and standards. Jim Hietala, VP Sustainability and Market Development, commented: “Publishing the first snapshot of the Open Footprint Data Model Standard is an important milestone for the Forum.
We’re excited to receive industry feedback and continue to enhance emissions data management as businesses around the world progress towards a net-zero future.” Snapshots are draft documents, which provide a mechanism for The Open Group to disseminate information on its current direction and thinking to an interested audience and represent the interim results of activities that advance the Standard. A copy of the Open Footprint Data Model Standard, Version 1.0, Snapshot 1 is available for download here .
