As the need for corporate sustainability efforts grows for many organisations across numerous industries, SAP solutions such as the Climate 21 Initiative and SAP Product Carbon Footprint Analytics — leveraging SAP data management capabilities — become equally important for businesses in today’s climate.
With the present environmental pressures to comply with current climate change regulations, more and more organisations are now implementing solutions that create long-term value for sustainability and optimal economic performance.
In a recent interview with GovInsider, U Chee Lioy, Industry Cluster Lead for Public Sector at SAP Southeast Asia, talked about the role of data in tackling climate change. For example, SAP Product Carbon Footprint Analytics helps measure the carbon footprint of agencies’ operations or assess the carbon footprint of products accurately.
Built on SAP S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, and SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Product Carbon Footprint Analytics provides carbon emission data for a company’s products by plant, profit center, and cost center. This technology provides carbon transparency for a product throughout its whole value chain. Leveraging SAP data management capabilities, producers can also analyse and understand emissions breakdowns by combining data from product databases and third-party solutions.
Chee Lioy has emphasised that SAP is committed to partnering agencies in their sustainability efforts. The software giant has launched the Climate 21 Initiative to foster discussions around sustainability and help organisations reduce their carbon footprint. Furthermore, SAP has pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by the end of 2023.
Shaping a Sustainable Future with Singapore
Similarly, Singapore has unveiled a national push to promote the country’s climate agenda and attain net-zero emissions as soon as possible. By 2025, the Green Plan aims to plant one million additional trees and construct eight electric vehicle-ready towns with charging stations in all public housing car parks.
The program also expands on Singapore’s 2030 goal of reducing waste transported to landfills by 30{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22}, with a goal of 20{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} reduction by 2026, as stated by a CNA report.
In relation, Chee Lioy explained that SAP supports governments’ climate efforts by embedding sustainability into its analytics applications. The tech giant connects customers to more environmentally friendly products while also providing visibility into waste flows to aid organisations in their efforts to achieve zero waste.
Singapore continues to lead the way in the second edition of the Top 50 Smart City Government rankings published by the Eden Strategy Institute this year. It has also earned the same accolade in the IMD Smart Cities Index published by Swiss business school IMD and the Singapore University of Technology and Design in 2019. In a LinkedIn blog post written by Chee Lioy, he said:
“SAP takes pride in being a strategic partner to the Singapore Government. We are gladdened by Singapore’s accolades as it’s also a testament that we are heading in the right direction with this nation-state.”
Helping Achieve UN SDGs by Leveraging SAP Data Management Capabilities
During this year’s SAP Sustainability Summit virtual conference, SAP has announced that it has joined the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) as an innovation partner in its Value Chain Carbon Transparency Pathfinder. The initiative aims to develop an effective model to decarbonise industry through data transparency as well as help realise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015.
SAP’s membership accelerates its momentum in sustainability leadership and innovation. Peter Bakker, President and CEO at WBCSD, said:
“We’re glad to be counting on SAP’s support, drive, and expertise across our programs and projects – especially in the Carbon Transparency Pathfinder, which is a perfect initiative for SAP because their software and data management solutions are used by many of the world’s largest companies to run complex supply chain and manufacturing operations.”
