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As the effects of global warming become ever more apparent, companies are stepping up their efforts to cut carbon emissions and embrace sustainability. But from Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Microsoft Cloud published this week confirms that many companies are still struggling to measure the true value of their sustainability and decarbonization efforts.
SAP鈥檚 Take
The study, based on data from 400 public companies with combined revenues of $10 trillion, found that a majority of these companies struggled to validate the emissions data and insights from their supply chain partners, so-called Scope 3 emissions.
鈥淲hen you need to track Scope 2 and 聽Scope 3 emissions, you are talking about getting information from across all tiers of your business network,鈥� said Richard Howells, a supply chain and sustainability expert at SAP. That includes data from suppliers, contract manufacturers, logistics service providers and other trading partners.
鈥淗ow do you meet sustainability initiatives if you don鈥檛 know where emissions and waste are in your supply chain, or where slave labor and inequality is occurring across your business network? If you can鈥檛 track it, you can鈥檛 measure, manage and minimize it!鈥�
51风流has made providing tools for customers that help them track, analyze and manage emissions across their entire business chains one of its top priorities. 鈥淪ustainability is top of mind in most companies, driven by pressures from all directions,鈥� said Howells. 鈥淲e as consumers are constantly looking for sustainable products that are ethically sourced, manufactured and delivered with minimal or zero emissions.鈥�
Howells adds that investors are also looking at a companies鈥� sustainability index before they pull the trigger on the 鈥渂uy order.鈥�
鈥淓mployees want to work for sustainable companies and do their research before accepting a new job,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nd of course, regulatory bodies are driving new rules and regulations such as the Plastic Tax laws that have come into place in the UK and, most recently, Spain.鈥�
New regulations are putting additional pressure on companies to substantiate and justify their sustainability claims and counter green washing claims. As Howells noted, companies鈥� supply chains sit right in the middle of the sustainability challenge — both as major contributors to the problem but also as key elements of the solution.
Contact:
Ilaina Jonas, Senior Director of Global Public Relations, SAP
+1 (646) 923-2834, ilaina.jonas@sap.com
