Symbiosis - Part 2: Technical Report

As set out in Part 1, the first goal of Project Symbiosis is to explore how advanced data techniques and artificial intelligence (AI) can be leveraged to more accurately collect, interpret and calculate scope 3 emissions and other impact data in corporate supply chains.

The project performed applied technology research that explores and explains the AI techniques that could be used to achieve this aim. The project's second goal is to explore approaches for identifying opportunities to reduce such scope 3 emissions. The third goal is to design a "matching engine" to match suppliers with funding sources to decarbonise the supply chain (referred to as financeable emissions reduction opportunities).

For the purpose of these goals, the project developed a proof of concept (POC) referred to as the Novel Emissions Optimiser or NEMO.