Through the years, SAP has been driving initiatives that champion inclusivity. The SAP Global Corporate Social Responsibility has brought technology innovation and education to the youth and young workforce, focusing on three strategic program pillars– building digital skills, accelerating nonprofits and social enterprises, and connecting employees with purpose.

SAP CSR partners with select nonprofit and social enterprises in the areas of quality education, workforce preparedness, and youth entrepreneurship. The German software company aims to accelerate selected partners’ ability to drive sustainable social impact and systemic change by providing skills, technology expertise, and access to markets.

SAP Korea Empowering the Youth

In Korea, SAP has recently partnered with JUMP, a non-profit educational social venture, for a mentoring program aptly called SAP Value Start Mentoring. Broadly similar to SAP CSR’s thrust on powering opportunity through digital inclusion, JUMP aims to bridge the educational gap among young people with the vision of fair educational opportunity without discrimination.

Joining SAP Korea in the SAP Value Start Mentoring program are SAP Labs Korea and KSUG. Together, they will support the JUMP Alumni to become exceptional young professionals.

Eui-Hun Lee, CEO of JUMP, said:

“I am deeply grateful that global companies such as SAP Korea are taking the lead in nurturing future generations at a time when young people are struggling with employment due to COVID-19. I hope that the JUMP Alumni who worked hard for this mentoring program will grow into members of society who have a good influence.”

KSUG Chairman Kim Hong-ki expressed:

“I am very happy that KSUG can participate in this ‘SAP Value Start Mentoring’ and realize the meaningful social value of ‘Providing Fair Opportunities’ with partners. We will continue to work hard to achieve greater social innovation through cooperation and communication between them.”

Instilling Purpose

In SAP, 94{aa282f308afcc222aaa21b0478c79e01a8fedd01972e2180867097bd93930f22} of employees recognise the importance of pursuing purpose and sustainability. In 2020, amid the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic, more than 20,000 SAP employees dedicated 136,000 hours of service across the world engaging in volunteerism and learning experiences. SAP has also built capacity for 1,567 innovative nonprofit organisations and social enterprises across 80 countries and has impacted 8.3 million lives through the company’s CSR programs last year.

The SAP Value Start Mentoring program is one example of SAP CSR initiatives that empower employees to realise their sense of purpose. From June to December, employees of SAP Korea, SAP Labs Korea, and KSUG get to participate in the social project as mentors. Conducted as non-face-to-face, the program has two categories: Career Explorer and Small Group Mentoring. 

Career Explorer is designed for job seekers and college students crafting their future career pathways. Participants will take part in the 4-6 weeks of intensive mentoring focused on job competency and career development. On the other hand, Small Group Mentoring is designed for mentees and mentors sharing the same interests. During the program, they will tackle specific topics and exchange insights about their career goals. It will be held 2 to 3 times a month, for a total of 20 engagements.

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The project was part of an ongoing SAP social investment program offering much-needed business expertise to non-profits as well as leadership experience to key employees.

As of 2015, a total of 221 SAP employees from 36 nations had donated more than 75,000 pro-bono service hours to 71 organisations worldwide through the SAP Social Sabbatical program.

In the latest round of the program, SAP employees from Australia, China, Czech Republic, United Arab Emirates and the US brought their expertise in project management, data management, HR and marketing to assist Bhumi, Hand in Hand, Villgro Innovations Foundation and Arunodhaya.

“Employees participating in SAP’s Social Sabbatical program get an opportunity to solve business challenges for the entrepreneurial or education sector in emerging markets, while developing leadership, cross-cultural as well as entrepreneurial skills and mindset,” said Dilipkumar Khandelwal, managing director, SAP Labs India Pvt Ltd.

“This initiative is helping SAP strengthen strategic social investments in key markets,” he said.

“We thank SAP for helping us define and align our communications internally and crafting a marketing and communications plan for an external audience,” said Dr. Prahalathan, co-founder, Bhumi.

“Before our partnership with SAP Social Sabbatical, our internal and external processes lacked some systems and implementation methodology,” said PR Ganapathy, president (India), Villgro.

“We were struggling with an IT system that couldn’t meet our needs. It resulted in inefficiencies, duplications of effort and unnecessary, time-consuming manual effort,” said Virgil D’Samy, CEO, Arunodhaya. “Collaborating with SAP helped us in implementing comprehensive data management plans after a critical review with proper recommendations.”

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