Industries

The transformation of the homes and buildings industry encompasses a wide range of changes from net zero buildings to competitive intensity in smart home solutions. These strategic imperatives impact all industry participants, necessitating convergence with cross-industry players to advance homes and buildings. This calls for innovation in value pr...

Irrigation enables a controlled and supervised provision of water to vegetation, avoiding water waste because of evaporation, wind, drainage, or overflow, ensuring an even distribution of resources. Managed water use is aligned with sustainability concerns and prevents the over- and under-irrigation of landscapes and fields that can have a negative...

The analysis assesses the influence of artificial intelligence in the homes and buildings industry, defining the role of AI across residential and commercial segments while explaining the opportunities for industry stakeholders. The primary aim is to analyze and highlight the prevailing and prospective AI applications, use cases, AI investments, an...

The global approach to sustainability and circular economies hinges on increased efficiency, fit-for-purpose solutions, and greater transparency with data sharing to enable meaningful actions. Digitalization will figure largely in this transition, enabling data integration for measuring, managing, verifying, and communicating actions as well as for...

Globally, water utilities face unprecedented weather patterns, urbanization trends, and various disruptive events that affect their service quality and asset sustainability. In response, utility operators are exploring various solutions to ensure resilience and are taking major steps toward circular economy and net zero goals to ensure long-term en...

In a global landscape where companies are increasingly prioritizing transparent reporting on environmental and social concerns, initiatives for corporate ESG reporting and control are flourishing, spurred by growing awareness and concern for sustainability goals. ESG investing, propelled by its perceived ability to provide financial returns and ali...

The Frost Radar on smart water metering solutions in North America offers a competitive benchmarking of 14 providers by highlighting disruptive innovation and visionary growth that proactively leverages megatrends and business models or strategies that ensure strong growth potential. Considerations include revenue growth between 2020 and 2023; inn...

Cities are responsible for approximately 70% of the world s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and are recognized as key players in the transition to a low-carbon economy. The global net zero approach creates growth opportunities for cities to partner with a diverse set of businesses across the value chain to move from decarbonization planning to actio...

The polycrisis that characterizes the current state of global affairs affects almost all areas of societal development, including but not limited to climate-related risks. Attempting to alleviate some of these symptoms, several standards and policies have been devised to facilitate an international convergence of practices that promote climate re...