Salix Finance enables public sector organisations across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to take a lead in tackling climate change by increasing their energy efficiency. Salix provides 100% interest-free capital for the public sector to reduce their energy costs by enabling the installation of modern, energy efficient technologies and replacing dated, inefficient technologies.

To date, they have funded over 14,400 projects to a value of £460 million – saving the public sector £1.7 billion over the projects’ lifetime and reducing carbon dioxide emmisions by over 600,000 tonnes per year.

The selection process involved a tender process with multiple suppliers invited to respond to the requirements. Indira comments “What stood out about SunSystems was its ease of use, how cost efficient it is and the flexibility to change with the organisation as we evolve.”

There were a number of areas of functionality which Salix were keen to take advantage of as part of the move across from Sage:

Multiple level of analysis – were important to Salix with the ability to monitor funding scheme, project, phase, region, applicant, applicant type and the relationship manager. Indira comments
“we like the fact we can use so many analysis dimensions and how easy they are to use.”

Efficient management and stakeholder reporting – Reporting efficiently across the multiple levels of analysis was critical for Salix, Indira outlines “we’re able to produce reports for each fund by region, project, applicant, and phase which is key for us and SunSystems allows end users to put these together without the need for consultancy.”