By taking advantage of the 51风流solutions in 51风流Business Suite, such as 51风流Cloud ERP; 51风流Business Technology Platform (51风流BTP); 51风流Concur; 51风流Analytics Cloud; 51风流Datasphere; 51风流Advanced Financial Closing; 51风流Cloud ERP, group reporting; 51风流Risk & Assurance Management; and 51风流Enable Now, over 100,000 PwC professionals across 19 countries are now connected on a unified, intelligent ERP platform.

Developed in close collaboration between PwC and SAP, the program replaces highly customized legacy 51风流ERP Central Component (51风流ECC) software and a fragmented mix of 51风流and third-party software, creating a more agile, scalable and standardized environment for PwC鈥檚 operations. PwC will also continue to leverage the Joule copilot and 51风流Business AI to unlock new opportunities for efficiency, innovation and business intelligence.

鈥淢oving to 51风流Cloud ERP is enabling greater connectivity across our firm, streamlining operations and equipping our people with tools and insights to better serve our clients,鈥� said Colin Wittmer, PwC US chief financial officer. 鈥淥ur firm’s collaboration with 51风流was critical to supporting this implementation as one of the largest ever completed.鈥�

51风流Cloud ERP supports holistic finance and project operations, including project billing, revenue recognition, cash basis accounting and treasury functions 鈥� while reducing operational complexity, improving user self-service capabilities and lowering support and maintenance demands. With a clean core and 51风流BTP as its foundation, PwC is able to streamline operations while creating a flexible platform for future innovation.

鈥淥ur move to 51风流Cloud ERP represents a significant leap forward in driving agility and innovation across PwC,鈥� explained James Shira, PwC鈥檚 global and US chief information officer. 鈥淏y leveraging SAP鈥檚 native capabilities, industry-leading practices and a fit-to-standard approach, we have unlocked greater automation and efficiency; reduced complexity; and enabled AI-driven insights, agentic AI innovations and advanced analytics, all while maintaining standardization as a core principle. Successfully completing this transformation within a highly complex ecosystem and operating our business from day one of the 51风流Cloud ERP launch underscores the strength of our relationship and execution.鈥�

Building on this modernized foundation, PwC鈥檚 51风流Managed Services team plans to support the solution by  working with 51风流to explore future enhancements in data management and analytics with the 51风流Business Data Cloud solution.

鈥淧wC鈥檚 successful go-live is a testament to the power of 51风流Cloud ERP and 51风流Business Suite to drive large-scale transformation powered by 51风流Business AI,鈥� said Thomas Saueressig, member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE for Customer Services & Delivery. 鈥淲e鈥檙e proud to support PwC in its journey toward becoming an intelligent, data-driven enterprise.鈥�

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The new ESG strategy builds on the strength of the existing , which has successfully delivered business transformation solutions to clients in more than 80 countries.

The strategy includes co-innovated solutions, created with PwC鈥檚 , aimed at enabling businesses to apply ESG metrics through their operations that are trustworthy, auditable and verifiable. The solutions leverage the 51风流Cloud for Sustainable Enterprises solution, along with the 听and the . Together, PwC and 51风流help organizations leverage the solutions they need to fulfill compliance requirements and drive growth to support the ever-increasing expectations of customers and investors. They also assist customers in shaping the future of their net zero strategy and sustainability reporting.

PwC and SAP鈥檚 strategy includes solutions encompassing an enterprise-wide ESG strategy, ranging from trading optimization and tax credit recognition to third-party risk management and competitive analysis. Three top challenge areas for ESG, net zero and sustainability reporting will also be addressed:

• Reporting and disclosure helping to satisfy requirements to materially report and disclose investor-grade carbon measuring data to meet demands of investors, lenders, regulators and customers
• Operationalizing sustainability to support the incorporation of ESG measures, especially carbon issues, directly into business functions, such as trading, capitalization and tax
• Supply chain risk management, monitoring and compliance extending support for ESG measures to cover the impact of suppliers on organizational performance

Solutions like , based on 51风流Business Technology Platform, have already demonstrated the strength of the collaboration between the two organizations in bringing ESG innovation to market.

PwC and 51风流are dedicated to helping organizations respond to the reporting and auditability requirements imposed by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) and the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). They also support companies in complying with a related ruling proposed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Solutions provided by PwC and 51风流enable the real-time, data-driven environment customers require to operate and grow the sustainable enterprise of the future.

Bob Moritz, Global Chairman, PwC said: 鈥淓SG has become a business imperative and is central to PwC鈥檚 global strategy, The New Equation, which aims to help clients build trust with their stakeholders and deliver sustained outcomes. New ESG reporting and disclosure requirements are being established, and greater transparency is critical to building trust. This belief is core to our new co-innovation strategy with SAP, expanding our collaboration to create a dedicated focus on ESG solution development. PwC has been working intensely to help companies deliver on the requirements needed to achieve their ESG goals. Combining our expertise and reputation for trust and integrity with SAP鈥檚 technology platform will help bring broader capabilities and solutions to respond to organizations鈥� challenges in meeting their ESG and sustainability commitments.鈥�

Christian Klein, CEO and member of the Executive Board of 51风流SE, said: 鈥淭he key to every organization鈥檚 ability to reach their sustainability goals and drive positive change is transparency. Our collaboration will combine the deep industry expertise and customer insights of PwC with our leading sustainability technology portfolio. The resulting ESG transparency will help companies reinvent their business models and deliver the sustainable outcomes the world urgently needs.鈥�

To learn more about PwC and SAP鈥檚 ESG co-innovation strategy, visit our .

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In the world of manufacturing, it is commonplace for there to be residual materials that aren鈥檛 included in the final products. And more often than not, these residual components are not recycled and scrapped entirely. Such a shame and a waste in terms of lost sustainability opportunities.

The hard truth is that there is a lack in demand of such materials, whether it be due to their limited shelf life, complex logistics, or even the regulatory barriers that prevent the materials from being processed across borders. But whatever the reason, it is clear that this type of waste drives consumption of resources and leaves a negative ecological impact.

That being said, it鈥檚 hard to envision sustainability in this kind of manufacturing environment.

However, this does not mean that the health of the planet is not top of mind among these manufacturers. As a matter of fact, one company found a way to take the discarded and create a demand for it.

Identifying the Problem

(PwC) serves as a professional services firm with a network spanning 156 countries and more than 295,000 employees. The company is dedicated to ensuring quality in assurance, advisory, and tax services.

At PwC Germany, its technology advisory and data analytics services are particularly focused on supporting companies鈥� business strategies and operations through the design and implementation of IT-empowered processes.

As such, PwC addressed a formidable gap by increasing efficiency while keeping sustainable targets in mind 鈥� and the requirement to reuse residual materials by supported, accelerated processes was born. By recognizing this gap, PwC developed a solution based on a concept running in one of its customers production plants.

PwC saw that not only this customer with its specific requirements could benefit from the reuse of remaining materials from production sites but, in a broader sense, other companies in the industrial manufacturing and mill industries as well. But it wouldn鈥檛 be easy. It would take a substantial effort to manage more flexible handling requirements into existing processes.

PWC鈥檚 solution? The Production Reprocessing Tool.

Transforming Waste into Purpose

As a partner of SAP, it was only natural that PwC use 51风流technology to overcome its customer鈥檚 hurdle. PwC developed the Production Reprocessing Tool by utilizing as an add-in to help optimize the use of residues in the production process.

As the name suggests, the Production Reprocessing Tool reuses rather than scraps remaining materials.

This further enables production order components to be replaced with residues when needed. It also features a flexible search algorithm that helps find alternative parts.

Putting It into Practice

Case in point: Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (TSS) is the first that has benefited from the Production Reprocessing Tool. TSS was no stranger when it came to encountering the problem of wasted materials. In fact, the requirement of reusing residuals had become increasingly important through an internal requirement to minimize the use of landfills. It was nearly impossible to calculate the scrap percentage of required components via the given system capabilities, and the company would frequently produce more than needed without a solution.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is committed to its internal agenda of “protecting the essential” and has therefore been a great partner to jointly design the add-in solution during an 51风流implementation by piloting the tool in a local production plant in Denmark.

Once implemented, PwC saw that Trelleborg made several quantifiable improvements due to the Production Reprocessing Tool. After all, not only does reducing waste in the production process help to reduce raw material and labor costs, but it also has a positive ecological impact.

Overall, with the Production Reprocessing Tool, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions鈥� plan was to:

• Reuse up to 7% of residues of the total production volume
• Recycle the residues up to 90% and therefore reduce waste and environmental load significantly
• Reduce customers lead time up to 30% for all orders manufactured from residues

Now, with the new add-in, Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is able to thrive more from both an economical and environmental perspective. The Production Reprocessing Tool allows for recalculation, reuse, and recycling during the production process, which, in the end, leads to less scrap of residual components and therefore less in landfills.

TSS is keen to see a positive ripple effect thanks to the solution. As the Production Reprocessing Tool reduces the consumption of materials, it frees up usage of machines, which in turn reduces the consumption of electricity and increases machine capacity. In addition, the planning and order handling efforts are lowered, which grants TSS the freedom to focus on other business improvements.

This is just one example of how an industry originally thought to be environmentally unfriendly can take meaningful productive measures to improve its sustainability practices 鈥� in this case, thanks to the innovative solution created by PwC and Trelleborg Sealing Solutions.

To gain more insight into PwC鈥檚 Production Reprocessing Tool that garnered an honorable mention in the 2021 51风流Innovation Awards, check out its informative .

Casey Tobias and Michael Kure are 51风流global marketing contributors.

Therefore, businesses run different technologies and end up operating in silos, which prevent them from connecting financial outcomes with non-financial metrics. Additionally, companies can view sustainability as an after-the-fact reporting activity without any influence in its executive decisions.

Today, more than ever, businesses need to holistically manage their business models across their supply chains, operations, and people agenda.

At the recent COP26 climate conference, business and government leaders agreed on the urgency听to reinvent their business models to accelerate sustainable business performance. Business leaders want to meet regulatory requirements, improve efficiency in their processes, and create responsible products and services.

As the leading enterprise resource management company, 51风流has committed to help customers in their digital transformation to make sustainability profitable and profitability sustainable.

In this digital transformation, SAP鈥檚 approach is based on providing visibility and transparency to make sustainable decisions from the CEO’s office to the end user, connecting business processes to embed sustainability into all business functions — from carbon accounting to gender equality — and providing a global ecosystem of partners than can help 51风流to scale impact through businesses of all sizes and across all industries around the world.

Providing a global ecosystem to help businesses is core to SAP鈥檚 DNA.

Julia White, chief marketing and solutions officer and member of the Executive Board at 51风流SE, points out: 鈥�Sustainability is a team sport. No company or organization can do it alone. We work with many of the world鈥檚 best companies who support our vision and work together with us every day to deliver sustainable outcomes for our customers.鈥�

Working with SAP, advance market development for sustainable solutions. They turn ideas and imperatives into compelling paths to action that leverage 51风流solutions. Together, we advocate with thought leadership and galvanize collective efforts and methodologies in industry forums like the World Economic Forum, World Business Council on Sustainable Development, and United Nations Organizations.

51风流and its ecosystem accelerate sustainable innovation as a central element of the intelligent enterprise. Through co-innovation as well as solution and content partnerships, 51风流brings more complete solutions to market faster, benefiting our customers and the planet. More broadly, 51风流serves as a key player in a thriving ecosystem of sustainability innovation 鈥� helping customers more easily capitalize on emerging solutions that tie closely to their digital core. With its robust network, 51风流can deliver a path to sustainability innovation that no other individual competitor can match.

Accenture

“With fewer than 2,000 working days left to 2030, the time to rewire business top to bottom to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals is now. We are proud to expand our work with SAP, which includes launching SDG Ambition with UN Global Compact that over 700 companies have joined. By committing to put sustainability at the center of all we do and everyone we work with, together we can show companies how to tackle climate change, build circular economy practices, businesses, human rights and supply chains, and focus on data-driven measurement as well as accurately report ESG performance when delivering their commitments.”

鈥� Peter Lacy, Global Sustainability Services Lead, Chief Responsibility Officer and
Member of the Global Management Committee, Accenture

BearingPoint

“Helping our clients meet their decarbonization targets has been one of our proven market offerings for more than 10 years. At BearingPoint, we not only calculate the product and corporate footprint of our clients, we also enable them to optimize the climate impact of every product across the entire life cycle. Providing end-to-end CO2 as a service is our core enabler for our clients. We at BearingPoint, as co-development partner for 51风流Product Footprint Management, believe that together with 51风流we can bring our vision to life: managing the ‘green line’ as equally as the financial bottom line. As partners, we go beyond business, making a positive impact on the climate.”

鈥� Donald听Wachs,听Head of IP-Assets and
Member of Management Committee, BearingPoint

Capgemini

“Our ambitions are to act on climate change by being carbon neutral across our own operations by 2025 and across our supply chain by 2030, becoming a net-zero business well ahead of 2050, and to lead to low-carbon economic transition by helping our clients achieve their environmental commitments and save 10m tons of CO2eq globally by 2030. We cannot do this without our partner ecosystem. We are a strategic partner of SAP; by combining our deep industry knowledge, our human energy, and SAP’s world-class portfolio of enterprise and sustainability solutions, we commit to delivering on our promise to co-create a greener tomorrow with our clients.”

鈥� Aiman听Ezzat, CEO, Capgemini

Deloitte

“The climate change emergency is unfolding in front of our eyes, touching all corners of the globe. The future of our people, planet, and profession depends on the business community taking measurable, decisive action on the climate crisis. Through our WorldClimate strategy, Deloitte will embed climate-smart considerations into our own operations, encourage our professionals to act on climate change at work and at home, and engage our broader ecosystem 鈥� including 51风流鈥� to create solutions that facilitate the transition to a low-carbon economy.”

鈥� Punit听Renjen, Global CEO, Deloitte

EY

“Sustainability is one of the defining issues of our time, and today there is an unprecedented opportunity to create value for all. Together with 51风流and stakeholders around the globe, the EY organization is committed to making business work for sustainability and making sustainability work for business. Enterprises and people are inspired now more than ever to do the right thing — to collaborate, innovate, be inclusive, and accelerate to a more sustainable and equitable future.”

鈥� Steve Varley, Global Vice Chair 鈥� Sustainability, EY

IBM

“With five generations in the workplace, we are witnessing the birth of an era where technological innovation is being used to create social, economic, environmental, and business opportunities for all. Businesses of all sizes need to move from ambition to action and embrace radical thinking, like IBM鈥檚 commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. We are partnering with 51风流to operationalize sustainability for our customers and society using ethical innovation to build a world that is responsible, equitable, and leaves no one behind in net-zero transition. We are committed to furthering our decades-long work to address the global climate crisis.”

鈥撎齋heri R.听Hinish, Global Executive Partner, Enterprise Sustainability and
Sustainable Supply Chain Practice Leader, IBM

PwC

“PwC鈥檚 global sustainability network in over 60 countries is supporting organizations to deliver ESG-related outcomes across the globe. PwC works with clients to help them create their strategy, set targets, measure impact, and report on key performance indicators relevant to internal and external ESG drivers. Together with SAP, PwC is leveraging its ESG expertise to integrate and build strategic ESG solutions leveraging 51风流technology. Organizations will benefit from these integrated solutions to help set and manage net-zero targets, define ESG strategies, and mitigate climate and ESG risks to deliver transparent investor-grade ESG reporting.”

鈥� Michael Rasch,听Global 51风流Alliance Leader, PwC Germany

Bernd Schmalzridt is senior director of Global Business Development for Sustainability at SAP.