Sakthi Norton is the Scheme Manager of SEQual, a pre-qualification scheme operated by LOGIC (a subsidiary of Offshore Energies UK) on behalf of the offshore energy industry. Sakthi fulfils an operational and strategic leadership role, ensuring SEQual brings together the buying and supplying communities in reducing risk and supporting effective procurement. With over ten years in the industry, Sakthi has worked with a wide range of stakeholders to deliver collaborative services in data, education, and procurement for the UKCS.

Wednesday 11:50  Are You Ready for ESG Data Management?
- Francesca Bell, Senior Investor Relations Advisor
  Sakthi Norton, SEQual Scheme Manager, Offshore Energies UK (OEUK)
ESG; Environment, Social, Corporate Governance; evolving value of data. Recognising that E,S&G is here to stay and the management of this dataset will eventually become a routine part of business, what can we learn from the evolution of geotechnical and operations data management in the energy sector? What might an analytics-ready application for capturing E,S&G data look like?

Abstract - The data we have gathered for years has a new context, in an evolving energy and finance landscape being driven by a transition in societal and business values. Environment, Social, and Corporate Governance (E,S&G) covers a broad scope and has to be analysed collectively rather than as individual data points. The people responsible for the capture, analysis, and exchange of this data must embrace a wide spectrum of data types, formats, and vintages from across technical and non-technical sources.  Recognising that E,S&G is here to stay and the management of this dataset will eventually become a routine part of business, what can we learn from the evolution of geotechnical and operations data management in the energy sector? What might an analytics-ready application for capturing E,S&G data look like? We propose that supplier pre-qualification datasets are a rich and undervalued source of E,S&G (and other) data across the industry. Using the SEQual portal as a case study, we discuss the considerations for designing an analytics-ready service fit for current and future needs.