By Adetutu Audu

Energy and Natural Resources Consultant, Endurance Benard Olowo, has introduced an innovation that helps businesses compete effectively in a low-carbon global economy. The solution, known as ScopeShift, is designed to help companies manage complexity, align stakeholders across the value chain, and build sustained momentum for climate action.

According to Olowo, ScopeShift offers an adaptable roadmap that guides organizations from their initial sustainability efforts to long-term transformation. The framework is intentionally flexible, allowing businesses across different industries, sizes, and levels of climate maturity to adopt it at their own pace. This makes it especially relevant for emerging markets such as Nigeria and other African economies, where businesses are increasingly being drawn into global supply chains with rising sustainability expectations.

As a Nigerian professional and MBA candidate at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Olowo brings a global perspective to local climate challenges. He emphasizes that African companies, much like their counterparts worldwide, must prepare for a future in which carbon-conscious trade and investment practices become standard. ScopeShift helps them do just that by turning sustainability into a source of competitive advantage.

In today’s global economy, regulations such as the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) are beginning to shape trade flows. These policies impose financial costs on carbon-intensive imports, which can present risks for exporters in Africa, the United States, and beyond. At the same time, major investors around the world are demanding credible and science-based climate strategies from the companies they fund. Olowo notes that for African exporters and multinational suppliers, aligning with such expectations is no longer optional, but essential to long-term growth.

ScopeShift enables businesses to meet these external demands while converting them into opportunities. By embedding Scope 3 emissions reduction into day-to-day operations, companies can unlock supply chain efficiencies, lower operational costs, and qualify for preferred supplier status in global markets that prioritize sustainability. The framework also strengthens business resilience by reducing exposure to policy shifts, climate risks, and supply chain disruptions.

This innovation positions African businesses to not only respond to international climate standards, but also shape new markets and investment opportunities. As Olowo points out, building capacity for climate action is increasingly linked to market access, financing, and global competitiveness. ScopeShift provides a way forward that connects environmental responsibility with business growth and long-term economic value.

In a world that is rapidly transitioning to low-carbon systems, ScopeShift offers African and global companies alike a strategic advantage. It supports not only compliance and risk management, but also innovation, economic inclusion, and leadership in the evolving climate economy.