Sustainability Software – The Bloomington Group

Category: Sustainability Software

Blog – Business and Ecological Wins in the Canadian Construction Sector

Posted on July 17, 2024December 17, 2024 by Indira Brown

🌱🌎 What a good moment it was this week for us as we had the pleasure of signing the final contracts on behalf of The Bloomington Group Ltd. for an important foray into the Canadian construction industry. The project is with one of Canada’s largest commercial, industrial, and residential construction firms, and the software to be implemented is IBM Envizi. What’s so exciting about all of this is that IBM Envizi, which includes IBM WatsonX AI features, is in a class of its own in terms of enabling businesses to track, analyse and adjust course on energy efficiency, business optimization, and sustainability.

One of the most exciting features of Envizi is that it can be used to help organizations track and manage Green House Gas Protocol Scope 3 carbon emissions levels deep into their value and supply chains. Envizi enables important sustainable practices in other spheres as well, covering all Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) areas.

Given that the construction industry is such an important sector in Canada, with such complex value and supply chains, and with such an impact on how our built spaces are set up to operate, this is a real ecological, business efficiency, and economic win for all.

At The Bloomington Group Ltd., we hope to do more and more work alongside our partners and colleagues at IBM in this area, both within the Canadian, US, and international construction industries, and in other sectors as well.

Blog – Adventures in the American Southwest

Posted on June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 by Webmaster

Introducing Buiness Leaders to the latest innovations in Supply Chain Intelligence and Order Management Systems

It’s been an amazing couple of weeks spent in Dallas and Austin, Texas meeting with clients and business leaders in the automotive, music, and apparel industries. We were also especially inspired as we participated in events at the IBM Innovation Studio in Dallas with our IBM colleagues and partners.

We’re so pleased to be able to introduce clients based in the American Southwest to some of the latest innovations in supply chain intelligence, order management systems, inventory management and optimization, and the AI technologies that can turbo charge these platforms.

These technologies all work to help businesses manage costs, optimize operations, and increase profitability — effectively and sustainably.

Thanks to our whole team at The Bloomington Group Ltd. and our IBM colleagues for their efforts, both client facing and behind the scenes.

Blog – Deep Dive with IBM Sustainability Team

Posted on May 24, 2024May 27, 2024 by Indira Brown

Deep Dive with IBM’s Sustainability Software Team from Across Canada – An amazing Business Partnership

🌎 Great session today with IBM’s Sustainability Software team from across Canada! At The Bloomington Group Ltd., we’re feeling inspired and energized about how we can take clients to the next level with some of the world’s best AI enabled enterprise technologies, doing so in a way that helps them optimize efficiency, save energy, manage costs, and boost revenue — all while making great strides on their sustainability goals.

We help clients implement a wide range of AI enabled systems that sit directly behind their commercial/institutional operations:

=>order management, starting with their customers’ purchases or orders
=>inventory management and visibility
=>warehousing and distribution
=>supply chain visibility and management (including food and agricultural supply chain transparency and tracing)
=>facilities and physical assets management
=>weather risk management and mitigation
=>climate risk management and mitigation
=>and the management of an organization’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) sustainability goals and reporting – including measuring carbon emissions and carbon footprint reduction

We’re so pleased to be able to help our clients implement technologies that drive business efficiencies and success, while at the same time better protecting the Earth and its ecosystems.

Shout out and huge thanks to all of our collaborating partners at IBM!

Blog – Climate Positive AI Tech

Posted on May 1, 2024June 25, 2024 by Indira Brown

Advancing Climate Positive AI Technology at IBM Innovation Studio – 51 Astor Place, NYC

🌎🌱 Great environmental technology meetings this week with some of IBM’s brightest and most passionate thinkers! This is why, at The Bloomington Group Ltd., we’re so happy to work closely with IBM on our green sector projects.

I personally found it so energizing and inspiring to engage, along with Judson Sinton, our visionary CEO and Chief Architect, with our IBM partners (including colleagues from IBM Canada) and clients to discuss and launch projects that will help businesses and regions become more climate positive.

Our working meetings were held at the IBM Innovation Studio at 51 Astor Place – a quite cool Manhattan location which serves as the headquarters and think tank for IBM’s WatsonX AI technology. WatsonX is the super smart descendant of Watson and also of IBM’s Deep Blue AI which once famously defeated the great world champion chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. These days, the even more advanced genius of IBM’s WatsonX AI is focused on powering the technological platforms of some of the world’s largest and most innovative corporations and institutions.

Discussions this week were all about the use of IBM’s WatsonX AI, the IBM Environmental Intelligence Suite (EIS), and IBM blockchain technology in projects that will serve to protect some of the Earth’s most delicate and vital ecosystems.

The future looks bright! At The Bloomington Group Ltd. — we’re excited.
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Blog – Blockchain, Safety, and Trust

Posted on April 25, 2024May 30, 2024 by Webmaster

Our CEO & Chief Architect on Blockchain, Safety, and Trust

“As an underlying data model, Blockchain has a lot of potential because of its immutability which lends to trust, and trust is so important when you are talking about food safety. I do think that’s probably the most significant innovation in the traceability space.” – Judson Sinton, CEO & Chief Architect, The Bloomington Group Ltd., Xtalks, On Location at the 18th Annual Canadian Summit on Food Safety.

We’re excited about the work we’re doing to enable Food Safety and Traceability across North America, both as a Gold Sponsor of the 18th Annual Canadian Summit on Food Safety, 2024 and in bringing our clients onto the IBM Food Trust platform, one of the many powerful applications of the AI and blockchain driven IBM Supply Chain Intelligence Suite which we bring to our clients across industries from aerospace to automotive to agriculture and food – all industries where the ability to track and trace products with precision and speed is vital.

Blog – Gold Sponsorship Food Safety Summit

Posted on April 24, 2024May 28, 2024 by Webmaster

Gold Sponsorship – 18th Annual Canadian Summit on Food Safety

Great kick off sessions on food safety, tracking, and tracing …

At the Bloomington Group Ltd., we’re thrilled to be a Gold Sponsor at the 18th Annual Canadian Summit on Food Safety, 2024 — such an important topic in our times. The conference is off to a great start!

Are you interested in learning about the IBM Food Trust initiative and how AI and blockchain enabled technology can turbo charge supply chain management and traceability as well as enable numerous other other sustainable practices?

Come to our booth and talk to our CEO, Judson Sinton or our President, Indira Brown about how our firm can help you.

We’re there with our IBM partners, Wiggs Civitillo, Program Director of IBM Food Trust and Dave Persaud, AI Systems Engineer, IBM Sustainability Suite.

Jud, Dave, and Wiggs will also be speaking on Day 2 of the conference.

Blog – IBM Food Trust

Posted on April 19, 2024May 27, 2024 by Webmaster

Leveraging the IBM Food Trust Platform in Jamaica for Food and Agriculture Traceability

🌎The past week for us was all about the wonderful food products of beautiful Jamaica – supply chain management, transparency, traceability, and secure immutable tracking using IBM AI and Blockchain enabled technology…

Some of our team were so pleased to be in beautiful Jamaica, along with our business partners at IBM and bSMARTe Logistics, meeting with food and agriculture sector businesses, members of parliament, and the board of the Jamaican Manufacturing and Export Association — so many passionate and super smart people.

We’re excited to be promoting and working to implement IBM Food Trust, an initiative that’s all about enabling sustainable food ecosystems. The AI and blockchain driven technology platform improves supply chain transparency dramatically — farm to table secure immutable tracking of food products to ensure quality, pedigree, traceability, and capture data regarding sustainable practices. This in turn also supports efficiency, better supply chain management, regulatory compliance, and better access to markets for the farmers, food producers, distributors, and sellers involved.

And yes, when it comes to Jamaica, that’s all about so many incredible delights … from scotch bonnet peppers, to jerk sauce, to the juiciest delectable mangoes, to delicious ackee fruit (which some on our team have only just discovered), to lovely teas, yams, cane sugar, rum, and so much more.

In the immortal words of a quite famous pirate, “Where’s the rum?”

Blog – Securing Food Safety, Quality & Pedigree with Supply Chain Tech

Posted on April 8, 2024May 27, 2024 by Webmaster

Securing Food Safety, Quality, and Pedigree with IBM AI powered Supply Chain Technology | Changing Regulatory Environments | The Future is Here🌱

At The Bloomington Group Ltd., we’re pleased to be promoting and working with clients to implement IBM Food Trust, a state-of-the-art AI and blockchain powered software platform that enables safe and highly efficient food supply chain ecosystems.

Precision supply chain track and trace technology is so important for businesses these days — especially in the agricultural and food industries.

By moving to the IBM Food Trust platform, agriculture and food industry businesses can ensure the quality and integrity of their products while also adhering to sweeping new FDA, emerging CFIA, and other international regulations.

We’re excited to be speaking with industry leaders about this technology at the upcoming IBM Sustainability – New Tech for the New Rules events in Kingston, Jamaica, April 17-23 and then in Toronto the following week at the 18th Annual Canadian Food Safety Summit, April 24, 25. We’re especially pleased to be a Gold Sponsor at the Toronto event and to be co-hosting the Jamaica events with our partners at IBM and Jamaica based bSMARTe.

If your business is engaged in food production, procurement, distribution, or sales and is interested in learning more, please reach out to us. We’d love to meet you and see how we can help.

Blog – Preserving the Rainforest | NASA Data & AI

Posted on March 1, 2024May 28, 2024 by Indira Brown

Leveraging NASA LiDAR Data from the ISS Space Station and WatsonX AI Tech to Preserve Some of the World’s Most Important Ecological Domains

At The Bloomington Group Ltd., we’re feeling so hyped and inspired after a recent visit to South America. The work there is part of our Sustainability / Green Sector portfolio. We travelled down the Amazon River and its tributaries by boat, spent time in the Amazon Rainforest, and visited the incredible Ballestas Islands in all their biodiversity.

Our projects in South America include introducing and implementing ahead-of-the-curve IBM WatsonX AI enabled technologies with our clients to help monitor and preserve some of the continent’s and the world’s most important ecological domains, including, most vitally, the Amazon Rainforest.

In addition to using IBM block chain technology with various tracking projects, we’re especially thrilled to be rolling out IBM’s state-of-the-art AI enabled Environmental Intelligence Suite (EIS), which provides powerful analytics leveraging NASA LiDAR data from the ISS Space Station, on-the-ground sampling and other scientific data.

How precious and wondrous these ecosystems are – and what a thrill it is to be engaged in these conservation and preservation efforts, all while helping our clients to thrive sustainably and achieve great things.