Ashden Adopts PULSE to Track progress and Impact of Award Winners

Broomfield, CO, February 09, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Ashden, a UK-based non-profit, has recently partnered with Application Experts to adopt the PULSE metrics tracking software platform to track metrics related to Ashden Award winners. Ashden makes Awards to organizations that have achieved significant success in the field of sustainable energy. With the help of PULSE, Ashden will be capturing both quantitative and qualitative data on the future progress and impact of each of their Award winners. Ashden is using (IRIS) indicators in addition to its own metrics to track the impact of the awards over time.

Since Ashden's inception in 2001, it has championed the achievements of more than 130 sustainable energy pioneers. Promoting practical, local energy solutions that cut carbon, protect the environment, reduce poverty and improve people’s lives, the Ashden Awards have become an internationally recognized sign of excellence in the field of green energy.

Application Experts, LLC (App-X) is the leading provider of flexible web-based solutions for Alternative Asset Fund Managers and Institutional Investors.

In 2009, App-X won the bid to develop and take to market PULSE, a cloud-based social impact tracking system developed by Acumen Fund with help from Google, Rockefeller Foundation, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Deloitte, among others. Today, App-X implements and supports PULSE for various members of the impact community including non-profits, foundations, and corporate sustainability and responsibility managers.

In 2011, App-X was awarded certified B Corporation status, joining B Corp companies around the world in a commitment to solve social and environmental problems through the power of business. B Corps differ from traditional businesses in that they meet comprehensive and transparent social and environmental performance standards, meet higher legal accountability standards, and build business constituency for good business.

Today, App-X has over 60 clients and nearly 900 individual users using our AIM and PULSE products. App-X is headquartered outside of Denver with offices in Boston and Chicago.

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