Accenture announces sustainability collaboration with Planet Labs

Accenture (ACN), through its Accenture Ventures Project Spotlight initiative, has entered into a collaboration agreement with Planet Labs (PL) to help power decision-making at organizations across myriad industries including agriculture, consumer packaged goods, energy, forestry and government. By combining Planet’s high frequency satellite imagery data with Accenture’s array of sustainability services and industry and technology expertise, the two companies will collaborate on an array of sustainability and impact initiatives, including measurement, traceable supply chain strategy and data-based climate risk assessments to mitigate disruption across global value chains. The collaboration with Planet is aligned with Accenture Ventures’ Project Spotlight, an engagement and early investment program that connects emerging technology startups with the Global 2000 to fill strategic innovation gaps.