Radical collaboration: How partners turn sustainability goals into results
Posted: February 20, 2026
Reaching sustainability goals requires more than ambition. It requires visibility, collaboration, and the right partners. This blog explores how Kaiser Permanente and Newmont are using integrated data and partner analytics to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and make measurable progress toward net-zero goals.
As the 2030 net-zero milestone approaches, organizations across every industry are scrambling to close the gaps in their scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. According to the World Economic Forum, more than 10,000 organizations have now made net‑zero commitments, but fewer than 7% have strategies capable of achieving their goals.[i]
As regulations grow stricter and stakeholder expectations rise, industry leaders understand the importance of sustainability performance as a key driver of competitiveness, cost efficiency, and brand trust. Yet many companies still lack unified visibility into their sustainability KPIs. Without this visibility, they’re hampered from taking meaningful action on their goals.
This is where system integration and analytic partners come in. Partners can play a critical role in helping customers surface the right information and the tools to analyze that data. Whether it’s centralizing siloed facilities data or applying analytics to diagnose inefficiencies, partners can help set companies up to measure, track, and meet sustainability KPIs. At AVEVA, we call this radical collaboration.
Collaboration is essential. When we engage with customers today, there are two agendas that dominate everything. One is digitalization. The second is decarbonization. [They both require] radical collaboration. Why? When you decarbonize, a large part of your footprint is in scope 3. That means collaborating with your whole ecosystem—suppliers and customers.[ii]
Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest healthcare providers in the U.S., operates 40 hospitals, hundreds of medical office buildings, data centers, and serves millions of patients nationwide. Hospital facilities demand significant, continuous energy use, and Kaiser’s small energy and environmental team of four is committed to setting a new benchmark for integrated, transparent sustainability in healthcare.
The team’s long-term vision: A unified ecosystem of sustainability KPIs between healthcare organizations to collaborate, share learnings, and continuously advance environmental progress together. To achieve this, Kaiser’s small energy and environmental team of four has partnered with DERNetSoft, a SaaS provider for Distributed Energy Resource (DER) management, to analyze energy usage across 80 million square feet of facilities.
Before DERNetSoft could analyze energy use, Kaiser’s first needed to consolidate the pertinent data. This meant bringing together AVEVA™ PI System™ data across utilities, fuel cells, solar systems, and EV charging stations on CONNECT, AVEVA’s industrial intelligence platform.
DERNetSoft helped Kaiser eliminate data silos by providing a platform to simultaneously manage onsite solar projects across 118 sites, optimize 1500 EV charging systems, and track 44 facilities. As a result, Kaiser was able to avoid millions in excess energy costs from oversized fuel cells, reduced natural gas use by 12%, and saved over $6M by identifying underperforming solar panels.[iii]
In one major use case, Kaiser believed that its fuel cells were overproducing. DERNetSoft aggregated data across energy, gas, and fuel‑cell billing systems to generate clear, actionable analytics that allowed Kaiser to pinpoint exactly which sites were generating excess energy. After comparing daytime and nighttime consumption across its facilities, Kaiser discovered that multiple office buildings—intended to operate only from 9 to 5—were consuming nearly the same amount of energy overnight. Armed with this insight, the team quickly implemented corrective measures to eliminate the unnecessary usage, saving $1.4M/year in electricity consumption in Southern California alone.
We've saved millions of dollars from our excess energy production… This is the tip of the iceberg; we've only done 52 buildings… We're demonstrating measurable reductions in scope one and two emissions.
Kaiser’s progress demonstrates how a powerful, strategic partnership can drive real impact in sustainability. This partnership enabled rapid problem-solving, optimized energy performance, and millions in cost savings—all while advancing industry standards in sustainability transparency.
Newmont and Cerebulb partner to reduce mining fleet emissions
Newmont—a world‑leading gold and copper company—operates one of its mines in Lihir, Papua New Guinea, an open‑pit operation on a volcanic site. Lihir runs seven shovels, 49 haul trucks, and a complex processing plant for crushing, grinding, particle flotation, pressure oxidation, and conventional leaching.
Although the mine was highly productive, Newmont saw an opportunity to strengthen data integration and operational visibility—especially in a remote operating environment. The fleet posed a particular challenge: managing around 40 trucks generating roughly 300 million data points per day and consolidating fragmented ERP, FMS, and telematics streams made timely, reliable decisions difficult.
To solve this, Newmont partnered with Cerebulb and used the AVEVA™ PI System™ and its asset framework feature to help connect and integrate data across its fleet. The team worked closely with Caterpillar to establish a robust data-sharing model by pulling data from each truck’s PLE box. The unified data model brought together telematics, ERP, and fleet management systems—creating a holistic view of operations.
With contextualized data in place, Cerebulb provided metadata and then layered in analytics and prescriptive insights. The analytical model also lets Newmont view information across countries, sites, mining methods, and business functions, while still drilling down to subcomponents, equipment families, and process metrics.
This data integration delivered significant results. By identifying boost leaks in fuel systems, Newmont reduced excess diesel use by about 59,000 liters per month—cutting fuel consumption by 5% and saving roughly $1.5 million annually. Predictive monitoring also helped prevent major transmission failures and engine issues, reducing downtime and maintenance costs while improving fleet availability by 3%.[iv]
AVEVA PI system was the solution to implement and capture the mobile fleet data... The result is an availability improvement of 3% and a fuel reduction opportunity identified at 5%–and also significant tons of CO2 saved, which is part of Newmont's sustainability goals and support.
Through close collaboration, Newmont and Cerebulb broke down data silos, integrated multiple systems, cut down costs, and established a single source of truth for mobile‑fleet data. The partnership positions the mining company to adapt quickly and meet rising expectations as 2030 approaches.
Why radical collaboration is becoming essential to sustainability
These stories demonstrate that the future of sustainability depends not only on a company’s own commitment but also on the strength of its partner ecosystem. Kaiser and Newmont—two organizations from vastly different industries—prove that while approaches may differ, the ultimate goal remains the same. They didn’t simply deploy tools; they collaborated with partners to integrate data, align standards, and redefine benchmarks for sustainability. This is radical collaboration in action. In an AI-driven, digital-first era, this approach isn’t optional—it’s essential. When industrial organizations partner effectively, they create a connected operational foundation for sustainability, competitiveness, and a profitable path to net zero.
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References:
[i] Garcia Nebra, N. (2025, November 18). We’re not on track for net zero by 2050. How do we get there? World Economic Forum. http://weforum.org/stories/2025/11/not-on-track-for-net-zero-2050-how-we-get-there/
[ii] AVEVA. (2024). Presentation: Why industries’ next leap forward will be founded on radical collaboration. AVEVA. https://www.aveva.com/en/perspectives/presentations/2024/why-industries--next-leap-forward-will-be-founded-on-radical-collaboration/
[iii] AVEVA. (2025). Presentation: Supporting Kaiser Permanente’s Energy Transition and Decarbonization Through a Platform Approach. AVEVA. https://www.aveva.com/en/perspectives/presentations/2025/supporting-kaiser-permanente-s-energy-transition-and-decarbonization-through-a-platform-approach/
[iv] AVEVA. (2025). Presentation: Fuel Optimization and Sustainability: Newmont's $1.5M Diesel Savings and 3% Uptime Improvement. AVEVA. https://www.aveva.com/en/perspectives/presentations/2025/supporting-kaiser-permanente-s-energy-transition-and-decarbonization-through-a-platform-approach/
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