SAP technology and solutions aim to accelerate sustainable development and climate action, in accordance with the key themes within the 12th Malaysian Plan (12MP).
Last January, Sindhu Gangadharan, Senior Vice President, SAP User Enablement and Managing Director at SAP Labs India, outlined five tech trends to watch out for this year. In the article, she asserted that technology serves as both a crucial driver and a key multiplier in the pursuit of sustainable development at a faster rate than would otherwise be possible. In addition to the top and bottom lines, Gangadharan stated that forward-thinking companies are including sustainability as a third dimension to driving corporate success through the Green Line initiative.
The German enterprise software giant has been leading the way for businesses of all sizes and across sectors to transition into sustainable, intelligent enterprises by leveraging its broad portfolio of cloud-based solutions around the world. With this, SAP has introduced several industry-specific solutions to partners and customers, including SAP data management solutions, designed to drive sustainability at scale and support the circular economy.
In Malaysia, sustainable technology is a particularly rising topic, made even more significant by the fact that it is a major theme under the 12th Malaysian Plan (12MP) — the country’s follow-through program for the development plan called Vision 2020, as well as the 11th Malaysia Plan. SAP continues to build on the momentum of its business strategy in Malaysia, which is aligned with the country’s most recent national initiative. Concentrating on shared prosperity, the program addresses three important aspects, including economic empowerment, environmental sustainability, and social re-engineering, amongst other things.
Accelerating Malaysia’s Sustainability with SAP Technology and Solutions
Given the unprecedented changes in digital transformation, Kok Cheong Hong, Managing Director at SAP Malaysia, noted that customers are now shifting their preferences toward more environmentally friendly products and services. He said that individuals are also making career decisions depending on their employer’s commitment to environmental responsibility. As a result, Hong believes it is critical to invest in innovation that takes into consideration natural resources while also promoting economic and social progress.
“As an enabler, we aim to provide products and services to our customers to reduce their carbon emissions, while also paving the way toward a low-carbon future together,” he remarked.
For instance, SAP customer Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd, an electrical corporation that creates, transmits, and distributes power in Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan, migrated its SAP landscape to SAP HANA with the help of Synnove Systems which provides SAP consulting services in the region. Hong dubbed Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd as “a good example of a forward-thinking organisation on its way to becoming a world-class utility.”
Sharing more about how sustainable technology remains one of the most important trends that are expected to scale up for organisations’ wider and more synchronous technological adoption, Hong further explained:
“What could have quickly taken another decade or so was made possible overnight in a lot of industries. This digital mandate isn’t new; it’s simply been brought into sharp focus during the pandemic. Before the pandemic, a paradigm shift towards digitisation and servitisation of the economy was already underway.”
“The chaos induced by the pandemic has simply accelerated this drive, as is evident by the marked shift in organisational spending towards digital businesses,” he concluded.
