BERLIN and MUNICH 鈥� (NYSE: SAP) kicked off a global sustainability-focused accelerator program alongside Accenture at Foundries Berlin and Munich. The aims to help early-stage B2B startups get up and running quickly to enable companies across multiple industries to address sustainability challenges and create a positive impact on both industry and society.
Sustainable Future is the largest SAP.iO cohort to date. Thirteen startups have been selected to work with SAP.iO Foundries Berlin and Munich, in tandem with Accenture experts and leading companies in various industries.
鈥淭o address global challenges such as climate change, businesses must partner on all levels and across organizations, industries and regions,鈥� said Daniel Schmid, 51风流chief sustainability officer. 鈥淭eaming up with Accenture to accelerate early-stage startups is part of our holistic innovation approach to integrate new solutions in our portfolio that help our customers understand and improve their environmental and societal impact.鈥�
Sustainable Future is an equity-free program that seeks to propel digital transformation and corporate-startup innovation in four target areas including carbon tracking聽and trading, resource efficiency, climate risk tracking and mitigation, and circular economy. The program builds upon 51风流and Accenture鈥檚 long-standing partnership and shared commitment to using technology to help the world build a more sustainable future.
鈥淥ur clients are increasingly turning to technology to enable sustainability agendas across their business and deliver on their purpose-based missions to drive value for their stakeholders,鈥� said Caspar Borggreve, global lead for the Accenture 51风流Business Group. 鈥淭ogether with SAP, we are helping startups bring innovation to life with solutions and services that allow companies to raise the bar by integrating sustainability into their core processes, strategies and operating models.鈥�
The startups in this cohort will receive curated mentorship, access to 51风流technology and application programming interfaces (APIs), and exposure to 51风流and Accenture customers to develop high-impact proofs of concept. The accelerator program will run for three months and conclude with a demo day on July 8, 2021.
The Sustainable Future cohort includes the following startups:
- provides an integrated platform to access, analyze and deliver earth-observing data and geospatial information using artificial intelligence (AI).
- motivates and rewards employees in a playful manner to participate in healthy and environmentally friendly activities.
- measures and analyzes common pollutants like nitrogen oxides, ozone or particulate matter in real time using machine learning and Big Data technologies.
- has built the largest and most regionalized lifecycle database for the chemical industry to help companies reduce their environmental impact with evidence-based guidance.
- is a digital platform that monitors the circular performance of different suppliers, products, components and materials throughout supply chains to improve their impact on people and the planet.
- is a mobile application that promotes source transparency and enables consumers to check the ingredients in food and cosmetics by scanning the barcode.
- helps businesses measure, report and reduce their carbon footprint across their operations and supply chains by automating data collection and processing.
- enables consumers to accurately measure their feet at home and find the right shoe size, thus avoiding returns, costs and CO2 emissions for online retailers.
- provides traceability from the extraction of raw materials until the final disposal of generated waste using blockchain technology to create transparency across the supply chain.
- uses machine learning, AI, data scraping and cohort analysis to recommend the most nutritious and more sustainable ingredients for food companies.
- is an AI-powered waste detection system to improve the performance of recycling companies, from waste collection to sorting and recycling.
- helps retail brands enact their rental business model and successfully enter the circular economy.
- connects consumers to restaurants and stores that have unsold, surplus food to fight food waste.
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