With the changing trends and weather patterns across the globe, the world is facing the impact of global warming and ‘Climate Action’ is one of the biggest obstacle as well as an opportunity that is currently present in this century.
Today, industries of almost every sector recognize the significance of climate action and their impact in the near future. With operations moving towards a more conservation-friendly approach to operations, sustainability leaders are seeking solutions that would help them innovate and decrypt the task at hand.
The major driver today is ‘growth’ that needs to be aligned with effective emission norms and neutral environmental footprint, via effective management of carbon emission while maintaining regulatory compliance.
Now, with SAP’s Climate 21 solution, companies finally have a holistic approach, allowing them to track the footprints via their operations and allow them to streamline the same with right measures and more detailed level assessment capabilities.
The SAP’s Climate 21 solution handles the ‘Footprint Management’ aspect of business while holistically addressing components like emissions, sustainability measures, process efficiency, and several other performance drivers, enabling businesses to manage and assess their carbon footprint impact.
To strategize an organizations carbon footprint and effectively reduce it, the Climate 21 solution uses five key functionalities:
Product Footprint Data Collection
To begin with, the SAP Product Footprint Management solution, first inputs all the information acquired through master and transactional data from SAP S/4HANA, to its activity metrics.
Sustainability Content Management
Secondly, the functionalities of SAP Product Footprint Management allow organizations to evaluate their footprints, based on categories such as energy, carbon, water, or land use, beginning with carbon.
Product Footprint Assessment
In its third phase, the solution runs down through the footprint via the bottom-up calculation and top-down allocation, simplifying the required quality data.
Product Footprint Analysis
With the acquired data, the overall outcome from the assessments is put in the form of a visualization, the users can later track the progress made via the suggested initiatives.
Integration into Business Processes
In the last process step, the data gathered around the footprint is later transferred to the Climate 21 solution. By integrating the footprints with the end-to-end processes, the organizations using Climate 21 are able to make informed decisions and reach the required footprint target levels against baselines.
With the Climate 21 simplifying carbon footprint measurement and visibility, businesses will have a clear vision of their target and present state. They no longer have to run processes with a deadline but operate at their own pace, while achieving their carbon footprint goals.
