For 13 years, we have been shining a light on the people and organizations doing breakthrough work. Today, it鈥檚 my pleasure to announce the 2026 麻豆原创 Innovation Award finalists.

What distinguishes this year’s innovators is their ability to use 麻豆原创 technology to run, adapt, and innovate in the face of change and complexity. From using AI to unify financial and sustainability data to redesigning value chains for resilience and predicting risks rather than reacting to them, they are closing the “say-do” action gap and making innovation real.

Meet the 2026 finalists

The day we announce these finalists is always a highlight because we see how organizations are leveraging the 麻豆原创 landscape to make a tangible difference. This year, our finalists are setting benchmarks across 11 key categories:

• AI Excellence: harnessing 麻豆原创 Business AI to revolutionize processes and unlock new levels of productivity
• Cloud ERP Champion: embracing cloud ERP to future-proof operations
• Customer Experience Innovator: transforming businesses with cloud technologies to create standout experiences
• Financial Futurist: revolutionizing financial processes to deliver new business models and reduce risk
• People Experience Pioneer: reimagining the employee journey through digital transformation
• Procurement Visionary: automating procurement to manage spend for better control and greater value
• Supply Chain Catalyst: building strong, well-orchestrated supply chains that are resilient and compliant
• Sustainability Hero: harnessing the power of data to build an inclusive economy and shape a sustainable future (My personal favorite!)
• Technology Pathfinder: implementing 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform to solve business problems with measurable impact.
• Transformation Impact: generating critical business value and strengthening transformation capabilities to remain resilient
• Industry Leader: leveraging multiple 麻豆原创 solutions to reinvent business models, collaborate across ecosystems, and create meaningful societal or environmental impact (Note: All entries are also automatically considered for the Industry Leader category, recognizing modernization within specific verticals from consumer industries to public services.)

The road ahead

To our finalists: congratulations.

You were selected by our distinguished panel of judges because you aren’t just comparing today against the peak of the hype cycle; you are building for the reality of the future. You have demonstrated case creativity, tangible outcomes, and the true spirit of the intelligent enterprise.

What comes next? The winners will be announced on April 14, 2026. Winners will receive a trophy and the option of a $1,000 charitable donation voucher or an admission ticket to 麻豆原创 Sapphire Orlando or Madrid, where we will hold the 麻豆原创 Innovation Awards reception.

But beyond the trophies, these finalists represent a signal to the market. They show us that while short-term risks are noisy and reactive, long-term value is built by those who integrate, automate, and adapt.

Let鈥檚 stay engaged, stay inspired, and keep closing the gap between saying and doing.

Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer at 麻豆原创.

In 2026, that distinction is becoming increasingly blurry.聽Extreme heat, water scarcity, flooding, wildfires, and energy volatility are affecting cost structures, disrupting supply chains, and constraining labor productivity and capital planning. These factors increasingly show up in routine operational and financial decisions and interact with broader economic dynamics. Climate impacts intersect with聽geopolitical competition, supply-side volatility, and regional fragmentation.聽At the same time, the transition to a low-carbon economy continues to progress unevenly across markets, with carbon increasingly subject to pricing, regulation, and disclosure expectations.

Together, physical climate impacts and transition pressures are influencing how companies plan, invest, and聽operate. Many organizations are approaching adaptation and mitigation as an integrated business capability, on par with聽financial management,聽supply chain聽planning,聽or cybersecurity.

Why adaptation and mitigation demand sustained leadership attention

聽projects that physical climate risks could more than triple corporate financial exposure by 2050, driven by asset damage, supply disruptions, and productivity losses. Despite this growing聽exposure,聽however, fewer than one in five companies have implemented adaptation measures at scale.

This widening gap between risk and readiness has profound implications for CEOs and聽boards, who聽recognize this threat. A聽聽found that business leaders聽identified聽extreme weather events as the greatest long-term business risk, with cascading effects across economic stability, supply chains, and social cohesion.聽Climate risk is now:

• Financial, affecting margins, asset values, insurance availability, and cost of capital
• Operational, disrupting production,聽logistics, and workforce availability
• Strategic, influencing where companies invest, source, and grow
• Reputational, shaping trust with investors, customers, regulators, and employees

For many leadership teams, climate adaptation and mitigation have become part of the broader challenge of enterprise readiness.聽In some cases, they are also influencing access to capital, insurance terms, talent聽attraction,聽and long-term market positioning.

Going beyond the contingency mindset

A common constraint on progress is how climate adaptation is still framed inside organizations.

When it is treated primarily as contingency planning, it tends to be reactive and episodic. Plans are developed, documented, and revisited only after disruption occurs, while ownership is often spread across risk, sustainability,聽operations,聽and finance teams with limited integration into core decision-making.

A capability-based approach works differently. Business capabilities are embedded and聽inform聽everyday decisions, supported by data, systems, governance, and incentives.

Climate capability聽emerges聽when organizations integrate climate risk, resilience, and carbon considerations into the core of how the enterprise runs.

The four pillars of climate capability

1. Supply chains designed for disruption

Global supply chains are increasingly exposed to climate volatility and regulatory pressure. Highly optimized, linear supply chains designed primarily for cost efficiency have shown limitations under these conditions. Many organizations are adjusting value chains to improve resilience and address emissions. Supplier diversification, regionalization, circular material flows, and better data sharing can reduce exposure to physical disruption and, in many cases, lower Scope 3 emissions. In practice, efforts to improve decarbonization and resilience often reinforce one another.

What this requires is more reliable,聽timely聽data across supply chains, so that COOs are empowered to turn insights into meaningful outcomes.

2. Assets and infrastructure built for a changing climate

Facilities, equipment, and聽logistics聽networks are increasingly exposed to chronic stresses, such as heat and water scarcity as well as acute events like flooding. At the same time, carbon-intensive assets face growing transition risk as energy systems and regulations evolve.

A capability-based approach evaluates assets through a dual lens: physical climate exposure and carbon intensity. This informs where companies聽locate聽facilities, how they聽maintain聽them, and when they invest in retrofits, electrification, or renewable energy.

Investments in energy efficiency and clean energy can reduce emissions while also moderating exposure to energy price volatility and supply disruptions.

3. Workforce resilience as a business priority

Climate impacts are also affecting people. Rising temperatures and extreme weather are already reducing labor productivity and increasing health and safety risks in many roles and regions.

聽estimates聽that heat stress alone could result in the equivalent of 80 million full-time jobs lost globally by 2030 under a 1.5掳C warming scenario. Organizations that treat workforce resilience as a core business issue are adjusting schedules, working conditions, training, and safety protocols, protecting people while maintaining productivity.

4. Financial decision-making informed by climate reality

Despite growing awareness, climate data is often still disconnected from financial planning and analysis.聽聽that while聽67% of companies聽identify聽climate-related risks with potential聽financial impact, only a fraction can quantify those risks with enough precision to guide investment decisions.

A capability-based approach incorporates carbon and climate risk into financial models. This allows leaders to assess physical risk, transition risk, and return on investment together, turning climate action into a disciplined, value-driven decision process.聽, like聽听补苍诲听, can empower organizations to drive actionable climate strategies and unlock measurable impact by helping them integrate sustainability into core business processes through the combination of trusted financial data and granular carbon insights.

A C-suite framework for climate capability in 2026

Across industries, five leadership actions will define those organizations building true climate capability:

1. Embed climate and carbon assumptions into core business planning and governance.
2. Redesign value chains for resilience and emissions reduction.
3. Protect assets and people with predictive, forward-looking insight.
4. Align mitigation and adaptation with financial strategy.
5. Measure resilience and emissions together, not in isolation.

Together, these actions help shift climate efforts from parallel initiatives into a managed enterprise capability, one that聽determines聽operational continuity, financial resilience, and long-term competitiveness.

聽about how you can build a more compliant, sustainable, and resilient business with 麻豆原创 Sustainability solutions.

Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer at 麻豆原创.

This brings us to the , the yearly celebration that honors customers using 麻豆原创 technologies to innovate with purpose and achieve meaningful outcomes. The awards recognize industry innovators and honor the individuals and teams who make transformations happen, amplifying their stories to a global audience.

Submissions for the 2026 麻豆原创 Innovation Awards are now open. Organizations utilizing 麻豆原创 technologies to tackle real-world challenges are encouraged to submit their innovation stories today, demonstrating how these innovations help solve economic, environmental, and social challenges.

New avenues for growth and innovation

In the past, the 麻豆原创 Innovation Awards have been described as a tribute to 鈥渂old innovators in challenging times.鈥� This is even more true today, given changing global landscapes and the increasing necessity to telegraph鈥攁nd circumvent鈥攐bstacles in advance, combined with the acceleration of AI and other groundbreaking technologies.

The 2026 麻豆原创 Innovation Awards have 16 total categories for innovators, with participants encouraged to select one of the following 11 to best describe their submitted transformation:

• AI Excellence: For customers that are harnessing 麻豆原创 Business AI to transform operations, elevate efficiency, and shape the future of work through intelligent automation and smarter processes.
• Cloud ERP Champion: For customers that embrace 麻豆原创 Cloud ERP to transform, future-proof, and unlock new avenues for growth and innovation.
• Customer Experience Innovator: For customers that have transformed their businesses with cloud technologies, creating standout experiences that delight customers and fuel growth.
• Financial Futurist: For customers that are leveraging our finance solutions to revolutionize financial processes, deliver new business models, optimize working capital, increase efficiency, and reduce risk.
• People Experience Pioneer: For customers that are reimagining the employee journey through AI-enabled, cloud-powered transformation, crafting exceptional experiences that inspire and empower their workforce.
• Procurement Visionary: For customers that are leveraging our spend management solutions to automate procurement processes and actively manage indirect and direct spend for better control, greater value, more savings, and operational efficiencies.
• Services Superstar: For customers that have leveraged our services to accelerate their business goals by enabling organizational learning, increasing user adoption, enhancing productivity, and maximizing the overall value of their 麻豆原创 solutions.
• Supply Chain Catalyst:聽For customers that are using our supply chain management solutions to build strong, well-orchestrated supply chains. With 麻豆原创鈥檚 supply chain management solutions, companies can realize increased visibility across their supply chains, improve efficiency and compliance with regulations, and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Sustainability Hero: For customers that are harnessing the 麻豆原创 Sustainability portfolio and the power of connected apps, data, and AI for improved efficiency, streamlined compliance, and business growth for a sustainable and resilient future.
• Technology Pathfinder: For customers that have implemented 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (麻豆原创 BTP) to solve a business problem or unlock an innovative use case that results in a positive, measurable impact on the community or society.
• Transformation Impact: For customers that are leveraging 麻豆原创 Signavio solutions, 麻豆原创 LeanIX solutions, and WalkMe solutions to generate business value and strengthen their transformation capabilities. These organizations are consistently advancing critical dimensions鈥攕uch as processes, applications, people, and data鈥攖o ensure they remain resilient and well-prepared for the future.

It should be noted that, in 2026, the 麻豆原创 Innovation Awards will no longer recognize the Partner Paragon category. Details surrounding partner recognition can be found here on the  site with more updates expected shortly.

Reshaping the planet

There are five remaining categories, and candidates are automatically entered based on their industry. The 鈥淚ndustry Leader鈥� grouping is focused on customers that are reinventing business or industry models, streamlining operations, engaging customers or serving constituents in new ways, collaborating across ecosystems, and creating meaningful societal or environmental impact. This category is divided into the following areas:

• Consumer Industries
• Discrete Industries
• Energy & Natural Resources
• Public Services
• Service and Financial Services Industries

A call for submissions, a call to action

Transformative change has become a regular, rather than a sporadic, occurrence. And it is the people on the ground who are not only generating this reframing but using the vast assortment of available tools to make these innovations accessible.

In the tradition of 麻豆原创, the 2026 麻豆原创 Innovation Awards will highlight those positively shaping business, culture, and the planet. This is your chance to showcase yourself as you help your organization and the world move forward.

I truly hope you will to the 2026 awards for the world to see and celebrate.

Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer at 麻豆原创.

By embedding sustainability into core business applications, unifying fragmented data across the enterprise, and amplifying human expertise through AI, 麻豆原创 is transforming how organizations turn sustainability commitments into competitive advantage.

Across the C-suite, leaders face pressure to make good on their organizations鈥� sustainability commitments while ensuring these initiatives create tangible value for their specific business units and departmental operations.

COOs grapple with maintaining resilient supply chains while embedding sustainability metrics for better risk prediction. CFOs struggle to gain visibility into integrated financial and non-financial data needed to manage reporting and drive sustainable growth. CPOs seek transparency of suppliers鈥� sustainability footprints across the source-to-pay process, while CHROs work to engage talent with authentic sustainability performance. Meanwhile, CROs need verified sustainability data to build brand trust and enable green premium pricing, and CIOs face the complex challenge of integrating sustainability data while managing governance, cost, and AI-driven innovation.

What鈥檚 missing is not awareness, but actionable, decision-grade sustainability data worthy of sitting alongside financial and operational metrics. This is why we build sustainability directly into our applications, generating new, usable data at the source of business activity.

Organizations find themselves constrained by financial systems, inconsistent data, and business processes that were not designed to address sustainability鈥檚 multifaceted nature. By ensuring this sustainability data becomes part of customers鈥� larger data story and drives core processes, we overcome these constraints.

This isn鈥檛 a peripheral issue; sustainability now intersects every critical business function, and the thoughtful organization of sustainability data. Its application to business processes prepares organizations for their agentic AI future, where sustainability metrics contribute to broader business intelligence tools like margin optimization agents rather than being siloed in sustainability-only solutions.

In this environment, 麻豆原创 emerges as a strategic partner that combines sustainability data with business processes to drive real change. By harnessing the power of 麻豆原创 Business AI and 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud, we translate intricate sustainability challenges into clear, executable strategies.

This week, we introduced a new evolutionary step of sustainability solutions that go beyond traditional software updates. These solutions are designed to bridge the critical gap between organizational ambition and tangible outcomes. We help businesses manage risk, ensure compliance, and unlock meaningful enterprise-wide value.

This is more than a technological upgrade; it’s a strategic framework for sustainable business innovation. And now, we’re translating that strategy into action, through AI-powered innovations that scale.

AI for sustainability at scale: New innovations for EHS and product compliance

Beginning in August 2025, new capabilities will be available in beta, embedded within key sustainability applications to help customers ready their data, automate processes, and amplify their expertise. These AI-driven innovations streamline operations across environmental, health and safety (EHS) and product compliance workflows, driving measurable and scalable impact.

Here鈥檚 a look at what鈥檚 coming:

• AI-assisted permit management in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA for EHS environment management simplifies and automates permit handling by capturing and extracting key data from permit documents and automatically proposing relevant follow-up tasks to ensure compliance.
• AI-assisted safety observation reporting with , 麻豆原创鈥檚 AI copilot, in , enables seamless, intuitive incident reporting through a conversational interface, reducing barriers to shop floor safety documentation.
• AI-assisted safety instruction generation in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA for EHS workplace safety suggests appropriate safety instructions based on risk assessments and job hazard analyses, supporting proactive and preventive measures.
• AI-assisted compliance information processing in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA for product compliance automates the extraction and mapping of critical data from declarations, certificates, and safety data sheets, improving accuracy and freeing teams from tedious manual work.

These features will be available in beta and will be part of the new , reflecting 麻豆原创鈥檚 commitment to delivering embedded, business-ready AI that drives real outcomes.

AI that鈥檚 already delivering value

麻豆原创 customers are already leveraging Business AI to supercharge their sustainability efforts, including:

• In , AI accelerates environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report generation with editable templates, generative text, and visualizations, freeing teams to focus on ESG execution, not formatting.
• In , AI automates emission factor mapping by intelligently matching products to thousands of lifecycle assessment database entries, complete with confidence scores.
• In , AI automatically validating and extracting data from International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS supplier declarations, minimizing errors and increasing speed.

These intelligent capabilities help customers reduce costs, mitigate risk, and drive business performance across reporting, carbon management, circularity, and regulatory compliance.

What鈥檚 next: unlocking enterprise-wide sustainability insights

In the second half of 2025, 麻豆原创 will make 麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower available as an Intelligent Application within . This will unify sustainability data and business operations on a single platform, enabling consistent reporting, deeper insight, and smarter decision-making across the enterprise.

A technology preview of these solutions will be made available to selected customers before general availability.

One sustainability data model: From complexity to clarity

麻豆原创 is also introducing new sustainability data products throughout 2025 as part of our strategy to deliver hundreds of curated and governed datasets across . These data products, accessible via 麻豆原创 Business Data Cloud, will include:

• Structured emissions data (air, water, wastewater) from 麻豆原创 EHS Management and 麻豆原创 S/4HANA for product compliance
• Additional datasets from 麻豆原创 Sustainability Footprint Management

This unified sustainability data model will empower customers to strengthen compliance, simplify analytics, and scale sustainability programs with confidence and clarity.

Process intelligence meets sustainability intelligence

True progress does not just come from better data, it comes from better processes. That is why 麻豆原创 is embedding sustainability impact metrics into the starting in autumn 2025. These new capabilities will include:

• 麻豆原创 Signavio Value Accelerators: Pre-built process models and industry best practices tailored for regulatory-specific use cases
• 麻豆原创 Signavio Process Intelligence: Analytics tools that identify opportunities to optimize business processes and embed sustainability at scale

With these additions, customers can align process transformation efforts with environmental goals, helping close the gap between strategy and execution.

Your best, made real

With 麻豆原创, transforms from a compliance checklist into a lever for innovation, resilience, and growth. By embedding sustainability into applications, unifying data across the enterprise, and enabling intelligent automation through AI, we empower organizations to be sustainable while accelerating performance.

From frontline safety to carbon reporting, from real-time data to boardroom insights, this is what 鈥測our best, made real鈥� looks like.

Welcome to a new era of sustainable enterprise management, powered by 麻豆原创.

Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer at 麻豆原创.
Gunther Rothermel is chief product officer for 麻豆原创 Sustainability.

Business leaders worldwide now face some of the toughest challenges: adapting to shifting geopolitical environments, diversifying supply chains, and making the leap to cleaner energy solutions.

As chief sustainability and commercial officer, I鈥檓 watching these challenges unfold with urgency as we face the rising waters, raging fires, and heavy storms of today鈥檚 reality. It is a sobering reminder that the world around us is changing faster than we can sometimes keep up.

It is also a powerful call to action, one that drives the very spirit of innovation that the 麻豆原创 Innovation Awards celebrate.

Meet the finalists of the 麻豆原创 Innovation Awards for 2025

are trendsetters, future-proofing their businesses with cutting-edge technology.

By harnessing the power of data, applications, and AI, they are setting new standards in operational efficiency, enhancing employee and customer experiences, fostering sustainability, and driving innovation across the entire value chain. It is the remarkable blend of all these factors paired with ambition and impact that caught the judges鈥� attention. 

The innovation advantage in sustainability

Globally, we are seeing more and more companies waking up to the fact that sustainability is so much more than a trend or compliance duty. It鈥檚 the bedrock of stronger, more resilient, and efficient business operations. Put simply: sustainability drives competitive edge. 

To leverage this advantage, innovators are capitalizing on intelligent solutions, from carbon capture and storage technologies to smart energy grids and vertical farming.  

What is lighting up the business landscape today is the power of AI to seamlessly integrate sustainability data, not only helping leaders automate complex, time-consuming tasks, but also to gather, analyze, and evaluate risks and possible outcomes with greater accuracy.聽

麻豆原创 solutions are the roots that nourish transformative business approaches. In sustainability, for example, we don鈥檛 just collect data, we embed it directly into companies鈥� operational centers. Intelligent business decisions do not happen in the dark 鈥� they are driven by high-quality data.聽

I passionately believe the finalists of the 2025 麻豆原创 Innovation Awards will not just respond to challenges. They will shape the future and unlock more efficient, sustainable solutions — the question is how.

Instruments of transformation

By exploring the cloud, businesses can discover a world of AI-powered possibilities that 麻豆原创 offers. It is just one of many tools available for sparking every kind of innovation. 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (麻豆原创 BTP), for example, empowers teams with generative AI-powered development, automation, integration, data, and analytics across 麻豆原创 applications and beyond.

The day we announce the 麻豆原创 Innovation Award finalists is always a highlight because we see how these organizations have leveraged the wide spectrum of 麻豆原创 technologies as instruments of transformation to make a difference across the following 10 categories: 

1. Industry Leader: Modernizing organizations, and even industries, by offsetting challenges while providing resiliency, transparency, and sustainability across supply chains聽
2. Partner Paragon: Developing a next-generation application by taking advantage of 麻豆原创 BTP; partners can license the solution via 麻豆原创 Build, a business application development and automation solution, or the company鈥檚 tech adoption program, which improves ability to adopt cloud solutions聽
3. Transformation Titan: Solving business problems while accelerating change聽
4. Business Network Innovator: Future-proofing by transforming supply chains, processes, or networks聽
5. Cloud ERP Champion: Reaping unparalleled benefits from 麻豆原创 cloud ERP opportunities聽
6. Customer Experience: Enriching customer interactions by streamlining operations and making adaptations in real time聽
7. People Experience: Optimizing 麻豆原创 cloud resources to improve user enablement and productivity 
8. AI Excellence: Channeling the power of 麻豆原创 Business AI to revolutionize business processes while supercharging efficiency and new levels of productivity 
9. Sustainability Hero: Helping to build an inclusive economy, shape a sustainable future, and positively impact the environment and society (my personal favorite!)
10. Services Superstar: Adopting 麻豆原创 cloud solutions to meet or exceed business goals, optimize IT resources, increase user enablement, and improve productivity or learning

Stay tuned for the winners 

Congratulations to our finalists! Winners will be announced on April 23, 2025, and will receive a tribute event, trophy, and the option of choosing either a $1,000 charitable donation voucher or an admission ticket to 麻豆原创 Sapphire in Orlando, Florida, or Madrid, Spain.

Finalists and winners are selected by our distinguished judges鈥� panel, made up of industry thought leaders, influencers, community members, and 麻豆原创 experts. The criteria they use to identify our trailblazers and ultimately the winners are as follows:聽

• Case creativity: The ways the submission is both compelling and disruptive
• Tangible outcome: The significance of the outcome, as well as its impact on individuals and society
• Intelligent enterprise: The way the submission enables an organization to empower employees, reduce risk, anticipate and respond to client needs, seamlessly achieve desired outcomes, and invent new business models and revenue streams

We will celebrate winners that embody these attributes with the opportunity to be featured in media interviews, blogs, podcasts, speaking engagements, and on other platforms. Just like sustainable business transition, innovation is a continuous journey, one that requires constant reinvention.

As we continue to face the unknowns of today鈥檚 reality, let鈥檚 stay engaged, stay inspired, and together push the boundaries of what is possible with innovative ideas.

Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer at 麻豆原创.

If we can cut through the noise, proactive business leaders can not only prepare for these changes but seize the opportunity to drive strategic business value and even transformation.

My key takeaways for business:

• Large companies still have to report, while SMEs can gain an advantage through voluntary reporting
• Streamlined and integrated data management remains key for compliance and business value creation
• Get ahead by starting today

Sustainability regulations have been on a rollercoaster ride lately. To address concerns about the administrative burden, harmonization, and competitiveness, EU lawmakers have undertaken critical reviews of key policies, most notably the (CSRD).

Initial reactions to the Omnibus package ranged from celebratory to cautionary, with some media outlets pointing out “costly confusion” and even “catastrophic changes.” The slightest changes to any regulatory framework can spark confusion, but there is no need to panic. While still subject to final approval, the Omnibus package should provide companies extra time to prepare and reduced metrics to track.

Despite these proposed changes, business leaders should ensure their data management systems are equipped to handle the required sustainability metrics. Systems and processes for data management need to be instituted, KPIs identified, stakeholders managed — all of which takes time. As a rule of thumb, auditors recommend two years of preparation time before a reporting deadline hits. From automated collection and reporting to insights that drive measurable business value, an integrated data system has the potential to make sustainability data so much more than a mere component of compliance.

What are the changes in the Omnibus?

The Omnibus adjusts compliance thresholds, shifts reporting timelines, and removes the burden of CSRD reporting for small and midsize enterprises. Proposed changes include:

• Companies not yet required to report on FY 2024 will have a two-year delay (until 2028) before they must report with the CSRD
• Companies must have 1,000 employees and 鈧�50 million net turnover, or 鈧�25 million balance sheet to meet CSRD reporting threshold
• Limited assurance requirements are implemented in place of reasonable assurance
• Sector-specific reporting mandates have been eliminated
• Value chain data is only required from suppliers that also meet the reporting threshold
• Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) due diligence intervals increased from each year to every five years

All proposed changes are still subject to final approval.

What remains untouched in the Omnibus proposals?

Large European companies — those that were required to report with the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) — are still required to report with the CSRD this year for FY 2024, and are required to continue reporting despite the proposal. The pool of companies required to report will still expand, but now with a two-year delay and the timeline for non-EU parent companies has not changed. Companies with a two-year delay will still need to start preparing at least 12 months ahead of their new reporting deadlines.

Supply chain emissions, double materiality assessments, KPI identifying and tracking, and transition planning are all still fundamental to the CSRD. Supply chain data insights are still requirements of the CSDDD and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

The metrics on which companies are required to report are likely to be reduced and simplified, but regulatory compliance still remains a data challenge that requires integrated solutions. For companies that are no longer required to report, voluntary reporting can prove beneficial if data insights are deployed strategically. With the right solutions, sustainability data can unlock valuable insights to improve business performance.

How can sustainability data improve business performance?

With all the new compliance measures businesses have to navigate, it can be easy to get reporting tunnel vision and lose sight of the wider goal: sustainable business outcomes and value creation for the business.

Rigorous sustainability reporting should drive operational efficiency. Combined with a wealth of sustainability data, supply chain scrutiny and systems analysis lay the groundwork for deriving strategic business value. For example, sustainability data supports effective risk management through visibility into risks and their strategic and financial impacts, lowers costs by creating efficiency gains, and provides the insights needed to take action.

Collecting and managing data to comply with sustainability regulations requires data management software. The bare bones solution is the helpful, yet error-prone, Excel spreadsheet, while at the opposite end of the data management spectrum is the ERP-centric system.

The spreadsheet might manage to painstakingly serve the compliance function, but it lacks the ability to provide real-time insights that align sustainability goals with financial goals. What鈥檚 worse is that after data is collected and reported, it lives — and dies — on the spreadsheet, offering no added value, and certainly driving no business transformation.

In contrast, by using an ERP-centric system, data needed to comply with sustainability regulations can be pulled, aggregated, and integrated into business systems like finance, procurement, and HR. In fact, an ERP-centric system can provide access to as much as 85 percent of the quantitative data required for CSRD compliance.

ERP systems are the catalyst for strategic business transformation and streamlined regulatory compliance. ERP combined with 麻豆原创 Sustainability solutions can provide access to sustainability data that permeates all business functions. Business leaders obtain the necessary insights to reduce carbon and material usage, accelerate CSRD compliance, and accurately measure the financial and sustainability impact of their decisions.

Get ahead by starting today

To stay ahead of current and upcoming regulations, streamlined and integrated management of data from operations and supply chain is essential. An ERP-centric approach can drive both sustainability and financial performance, with compliance being just the tip of the iceberg for ERP-centric sustainability data benefits.

Even with CSRD timelines extended for some companies, forward-thinking businesses have much to gain by continuing CSRD-aligned sustainability reporting now. This delay offers an opportunity to develop a strategic, technology-enabled approach to sustainability reporting that drives long-term business value.

Take action now and leverage 麻豆原创 Sustainability solutions to transform your data management and sustainability reporting, ensuring your business not only complies but thrives in the evolving regulatory landscape. To learn even more about the Omnibus changes and how an ERP-centric system can benefit your business, read 麻豆原创鈥檚 latest white paper on mastering CSRD.

Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer at 麻豆原创.

The energy transition is creating a profound shift across industries and global economies. Amplified by technological innovation and intense competition, it is reshaping sectors and shifting economies toward renewable energy. This change is not only an environmental necessity but also a catalyst for economic growth, challenging the traditional dominance of fossil fuels. With capital investments increasingly directed toward renewable energy infrastructure, investors are aligning their priorities with sustainability, signaling that profitability and environmental stewardship can coexist. Yet, the ongoing prominence of oil and gas underlines the complexity and scale of this transition. 

In parallel, the circular economy is gaining momentum as businesses address the dual challenges of material scarcity and carbon reduction. At COP29, there was significant discussion about how a circular approach focused on rethinking supply chains, redesigning products, and optimizing resources could reduce dependency on finite materials while driving sustainable economic growth. By adopting circular economy principles, businesses can minimize waste and keep valuable materials in circulation, contributing to a more resilient and sustainable future. 

The Role of Business in Transforming Climate Commitments into Tangible Outcomes 

One of the central discussions at COP29 was the need for harmonizing global standards for carbon reduction and accounting. Foreign policy players, along with the private sector, stressed the importance of mobilizing finance for sustainable capitalism. In particular, there was a call for clearer and standardized reporting frameworks to simplify the process and ensure transparency. One critical area was the importance of accurate data collection for carbon markets and product-level carbon accounting, which can help businesses engage consumers and reduce emissions. 

There are three ways technology plays a pivotal role in addressing some of these challenges: 

• is available in every organization鈥檚 ERP system, so it鈥檚 time to start automating data collection and reporting processes to ease some of the regulatory burden.
• Companies should leverage IT spending to support sustainability initiatives, specifically to optimize climate solutions and create circular products.
• Companies must shift focus on the to pinpoint areas with the most significant impact.

From Policy to Practice: How Technology and Global Standards Can Accelerate Climate Action 

Empowered by technology and guided by clear policies, businesses have a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between high-level climate commitments and actionable, on-the-ground strategies. 

Central to this is aligning sustainability and financial priorities. Effective demands collaboration between chief sustainability officers and chief financial officers, as climate change has evolved from an ethical and environmental issue to a pressing financial imperative. 

To accelerate progress, we need globally harmonized policies, rigorous carbon accounting frameworks, and advanced technology solutions. By embedding AI-driven innovation, robust reporting standards, and actionable insights into business operations, we can ensure that COP events, such as COP29 in Baku, are remembered as turning points 鈥� not just discussions. While the challenges ahead are formidable, the opportunities for transformative action are even greater 鈥� and is here to lead the way on a low-carbon, future. 

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Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer at 麻豆原创.

At our customer flagship event, 麻豆原创 Sapphire, we’re discussing how we support customers with their biggest challenges, looking at future trends, and unveiling the latest product innovations.

This makes the event the perfect opportunity to highlight how we are redefining the way companies manage sustainability through our ERP-centric, cloud-based, AI-enabled approach.

ERP-Centric

For true business model transformation, sustainability needs to be at the core of how companies operate. At 麻豆原创, we integrate sustainability data into cloud ERP business processes, which helps companies connect financial and non-financial information and thus treat carbon like money. This makes all decisions financially and environmentally sound while enabling customers to record real impacts and report audit-ready environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics seamlessly.

Cloud-Based

Instant access to fast-evolving innovations is only possible through the cloud. Our modern cloud-based solutions ensure that businesses can quickly adopt new functionality and stay ahead in a rapidly changing environment.

AI-Enabled

Business AI is revolutionizing the way we approach sustainability. At 麻豆原创, AI takes complex sustainability tasks reliant on sustainability data and ERP data and makes them automated and auditable. It enables companies to improve operational efficiency, foster greater transparency around supply chain emissions, design and plan more effectively, and automate time-consuming tasks. 麻豆原创 Business AI is built on the data and processes that run the business world, including sustainability related information from both inside and outside the company鈥檚 walls, making our solutions smarter, faster, and more effective.

With 麻豆原创 Business AI, we support our customers鈥� efforts to optimize for sustainable impact. This year at 麻豆原创 Sapphire, we are thrilled to announce two new AI-driven sustainability use cases:

• Emission Factor Mapping with AI: Available in 麻豆原创 Sustainability Footprint Management, this feature enhances the accuracy and speed of carbon footprint calculations through automated, intelligent suggestions. By reducing the manual effort involved in mapping emission factors, businesses can achieve more precise measurements and make informed decisions faster.
• ESG Report Generation with AI: This capability allows for the automatic generation of ESG reports based on the data within 麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower. This not only streamlines the reporting process but also helps ensure that the data is reliable and actionable, providing a clear picture of a company鈥檚 sustainability performance.

Our comprehensive approach to carbon management is becoming a reality as we introduce new sustainability tracking, monitoring, and reporting features within the 麻豆原创 cloud ERP portfolio as well as a new solution that will help customers manage sustainability commitments and comply with global regulations.

• Advanced Carbon Calculator Engine: This powerful tool featured in 麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower and 麻豆原创 Sustainability Footprint Management integrates ERP data from 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud and other sources and embeds results back into business processes for informed decision-making. As such, it allows customers to meet Greenhouse Gas Protocol reporting standards, offering advanced, granular calculations of both product and corporate carbon footprints.
• 麻豆原创 Green Ledger will be released at the end of 2024. The solution will help customers connect their emissions data and financial data, allowing customers to easily understand the correlation between emissions and finances, model sustainable business scenarios, and then act with decisions that are both financially and environmentally sound.

At 麻豆原创, we believe that the future of business is inextricably linked to sustainability. This is why sustainability is a key pillar of our growth strategy. Businesses must recognize that sustainable practices are not just ethical choices, but strategic financial decisions that drive innovation, reduce costs, and mitigate risks.

Moreover, sustainable transformation opens up significant economic opportunities. By transforming their operations around sustainability, businesses can create a modern, low-carbon, circular economy that benefits both the environment and their bottom line, enhancing overall resilience.

This transformation aligns business success with global sustainability goals, paving the way for a more sustainable, valuable, and prosperous future.

Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer at 麻豆原创.

Specifically, companies registered with the SEC now must disclose their Scope 1 and 2 emissions, as in those resulting from both their direct emissions and purchases of electricity and fuel.

Critics of the ruling say it adds to the burden of reporting to multiple government agencies. Others believe the SEC is not going far enough, as its decision does not require the disclosure of Scope 3 emissions, which are generated by a company鈥檚 suppliers and customers.

Among the reasons the SEC decided against mandating the disclosure of Scope 3 emissions was the potential difficulty in collecting and measuring this data as well as potential high costs.

At 麻豆原创,聽 we embrace the SEC鈥檚 ruling not just as a regulatory measure, but as a promising avenue for companies to thrive by leveraging technology to harness the power of business data.

We are not merely observing from the sidelines; we are actively partnering with our customers to empower them in accurately monitoring emission, reducing energy costs, and streamlining their business processes.

Our commitment goes beyond compliance — we are dedicated to enabling companies to stay agile in both voluntary and mandatory reporting, recognizing the ever-evolving landscape of emissions disclosure regulations. This sentiment is underscored not only by the recent SEC rule but also by the stringent laws such as the one and the EU鈥檚 (CSRD).

麻豆原创 has the technology to make Scope 3 emissions accurate, granular, and stable. We are seeing customers adopt digital technologies that will enable them to comply with all existing and anticipated regulatory requirements around the world up and down their value chains to track emissions accurately, including Scope 3, where applicable.

From our experience, sustainability management solutions from 麻豆原创 can benefit businesses while helping them stay compliant with local and global regulations. 麻豆原创 makes end-to-end carbon management seamless by embedding it into business processes through a cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. This offers companies the ability to create a by connecting their financial data with accurate and verifiable emissions data. When this data is connected, they can innovate their operations and supply chains to be more sustainable and competitive.

The essence of the SEC鈥檚 impact lies in our unwavering belief in collaboration. Our business-to-business network enables our customers to meet the challenge of disclosing emissions data under various reporting requirements. This ability to accurately track emissions allows companies鈥� stakeholders, including their supply chain partners, to access that information on public websites or mobile apps so they can meet and even exceed the most stringent reporting requirements.

With 麻豆原创鈥檚 enterprise solutions, companies can operate today while increasing the overall availability and transparency of carbon data. These same solutions also allow for the proactive identification of supply chain partners so companies can further decrease their carbon emissions. Concurrently, government agencies can easily access companies鈥� emissions data using already available enterprise software to improve their emissions reduction goals.

麻豆原创鈥檚 Holistic Approach to Cloud-Based Sustainability and Business Transformation

The reality of our future economy is that it is cloud-based and sustainable. That鈥檚 why we see our customers transitioning to more agile business models that drive sustainable outcomes.

麻豆原创 guides them through this new reality by providing the technology that allows for their business process shifts across their value chains. Whether they are new local or regional emissions rules, plastic taxes or , 麻豆原创 is ready to work with customers to minimize any disruptions with these new reporting requirements.

With a comprehensive and integrated approach to sustainability, 麻豆原创 solutions move beyond compliance and operationalize sustainability across companies鈥� operations. Customers can build on their ERP solutions over time, transforming business processes for maximum sustainable impact. Companies can also deploy to inform, predict, and optimize sustainable outcomes. These same tools can leverage sustainability regulations and help companies achieve business process transformation.

We are hopeful that governments will advance carbon accounting globally. Taking that step will harmonize regional and global reporting frameworks and ensure optimal reuse of companies鈥� existing data flows and business processes.

This SEC decision makes it more important than ever for companies to use digital technologies to track their emissions accurately and not rely on estimated data that often undercounts carbon emissions.

Regulations can actually . We are in a world where businesses must pivot quickly due to externalities like economic shocks, political shifts, and climate-related disasters. 麻豆原创 has the technology to help companies rapidly adapt to these changes and new regulations.

Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer and co-general manager for 麻豆原创 Sustainability. 

Across industries, accurate data is the foundation for both auditable disclosures and reliable insights to steer sustainable transformation. But environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data aggregation and validation can be a daunting challenge given that most companies have not fully integrated their ESG data recording and control into their core financial, procurement, supply chain management, and human resources systems.

For over 50 years, 麻豆原创 has helped businesses master complexity. With today鈥檚 evolving ESG regulatory landscape, including the arrival of the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), 麻豆原创 is again rising to the complex challenges of enabling customers to record, report, and act on their sustainability obligations. This includes the difficulties in collecting accurate emissions data across internal operations and global supply chains.

Achieving Competitive Advantage with 麻豆原创 Sustainability Solutions Powered by 麻豆原创 Business AI

By鈥痠ntegrating sustainability data with cloud ERP, 麻豆原创 can uniquely enable businesses with the鈥痑gility鈥痶o keep pace with rapidly evolving ESG standards; link disparate data sources鈥痶o share trusted, real-time insights with sustainability decision-makers; and achieve their net-zero ambitions.

Companies can start today by adopting 鈥� integrated with 鈥� for ESG data management and reporting. They can extend sustainability management with and to help accelerate their journey to the , managing the carbon entering and leaving their systems and balancing their “carbon books” the same way they balance their financial books.

麻豆原创 Business AI can take the value of our sustainability solutions to the next level by helping our customers set data-driven ESG and net-zero strategies, increase the transparency of supply chain emissions, automate sustainability reporting, achieve regulatory compliance, find and mitigate ESG-related risks, and better communicate the value of sustainability to their customers 鈥� all powered by the world’s largest and most comprehensive pool of foundational business data.

Combined with partner services for customer-specific data and reporting requirements, 麻豆原创 Sustainability solutions can offer new levels of business insight for executive-level decision-making to help businesses reach their sustainability goals and comply with CSRD and other regulatory frameworks.

CSRD Toolbox

Companies operating in the EU face pressure from the expanding ESG regulations under CSRD to disclose their sustainability performance with a data granularity and auditability that 鈥� over time 鈥� will bring sustainability reporting on par with financial reporting. CSRD requirements will first impact large public-interest companies with over 500 employees that need to report in 2025 on 2024 ESG performance. Requirements cascade to small and midsize enterprises in coming years.

Under CSRD, companies will need to report based on the requirements of both the EU Taxonomy, which classifies sustainability disclosures for investors, and the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), the disclosure rules set by the European Financial Reporting Financial Group (EFRAG), a standard-setting body of the EU. With 麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower, companies can comply with both the EU Taxonomy and ESRS, gaining agility through the convergence of ESG data management and cloud ERP 鈥� and soon AI-driven business process optimization.

麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower: A Trusted ESG Data Foundation for EU Taxonomy and ESRS

With 麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower, you can assess activities in line with the EU Taxonomy, reporting on KPIs for eligibility and alignment.

• Enable a holistic view of EU Taxonomy reporting through shared use of data  
• Kick-start EU Taxonomy data management and reporting with pre-built and adaptable templates  
• Simplify the EU Taxonomy process with integration with 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud 
• Integrate customer or partner extensions via APIs 

You can also streamline ESRS disclosures, integrating ESG data across systems and extending content and functionality.

• Gather ESG data and determine KPIs 
• Meet evolving ESG and financial disclosure requirements including ESRS 
• Set, track, and achieve targets to support sustainable business 
• Obtain a limited external assurance and prepare for reasonable assurance 

Act Now

Businesses need to start now to be prepared not only for CSRD compliance, but for gaining the insights to steer sustainability investments and future-proof long-term value. 

For over 50 years, 麻豆原创 has been enabling the world鈥檚 leading businesses to master complexity, delivering the integration and innovation needed for industry-leading performance. With 麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower and other cloud-driven innovations, 麻豆原创 and its partners can help companies master CSRD as well and build the foundation for the evolution of their long-term sustainability strategies.  

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Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer and co-GM for 麻豆原创 Sustainability. 

Reflecting on the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), the scale of 麻豆原创鈥檚 transformative potential 鈥� helping companies record, report, and act on net-zero targets and beyond 鈥� has never been clearer.

I observed two key trends that will advance climate action in meaningful ways 鈥� a shift towards simplifying data sharing and a transition to sustainable energy 鈥� where 麻豆原创 is poised to help.

A Shift Towards Simplifying Data Sharing

In recent years, more and more companies have made net-zero commitments 鈥� often before knowing how to execute these lofty goals. At COP28, I saw business leaders wrestling with how to deliver on these commitments and publicly report on progress amid growing public pressure. They face two significant data challenges: the need for cooperation across the value chain and collaboration around a common language for data exchange.

While many companies successfully measure their own emissions, reaching net zero requires an understanding of Scope 3 emissions, indirect emissions that occur in the value chain, where approximately of carbon emissions fall. This means that to get to net zero, businesses need to share emissions data across the value chain. This requires a high level of collaboration and information sharing among businesses and their suppliers. 麻豆原创 Sustainability Data Exchange can simplify this process by tracking actual Scope 3 carbon emissions data, not averages and estimates, and facilitating cross-company data sharing.

With solutions like 麻豆原创 Sustainability Data Exchange, more companies can measure their carbon emissions data and share it across the value chain. However, this proves futile if companies cannot exchange data in a common format. They need to exchange information and understand what it means. Today, many emissions and accounting technology solutions fail to speak the same language with one another. To overcome this obstacle, 麻豆原创 works closely with the (PACT), hosted by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), to create a harmonized data exchange system. Together, we are establishing the methodology and technical infrastructure for product-level greenhouse gas emissions data exchange and measurement so businesses can share real carbon footprints across the supply chain with increased interoperability. 

No entity can conquer the decarbonization challenge alone. But, with cooperation across the value chain around Scope 3 emissions and collaboration around standardized carbon emissions data, we can move close to net zero together.

A Transition to Sustainable Energy

Given the focus on how to deliver on net-zero commitments and decarbonize operations, businesses look to energy as one crucial path to accelerate progress. Beyond aiming for net zero, geopolitical tensions underscore the urgency of bolstering energy security and diminishing reliance on overseas providers. As governments pursue energy independence and implement emissions regulations, corporations are compelled to adhere and transparently track their progress.

As companies face growing pressure from all sides, the pace of the sustainable energy transition intensifies, realizing unanticipated benefits along the way. For example, firms experience enhanced reputations and boosts to market value. And, in the search for cost-effective and efficient energy mixes, many companies find improved operations. A surge in production efficiency often accompanies reduced emissions. These changes inspire more diverse business models, identify new revenue streams, attract new clients, and yield a broader customer base.

As businesses move toward alternative energy sources, fostering transparency and trust through accurate data tracking and measurement proves challenging. Take green hydrogen as an example. Generated by the electrolysis of water using renewable sources like solar or wind energy, it offers a carbon-emission-free energy solution. However, fostering demand for green hydrogen requires a high level of transparency to ensure authenticity, build trust among consumers, businesses, and governments, and measure its environmental impact. 

麻豆原创 works closely with governments, the CEO Alliance for Europe, H2Global, and Hydrogen Europe to address the critical need for transparency across the entire lifecycle of green hydrogen 鈥� from production to distribution. Establishing a digital layer for green hydrogen guarantees its authenticity and differentiation from other grades of hydrogen aiding certification and proof of origin. This creates a clear market for green hydrogen, helping consumers understand its intrinsic value and positive environmental impact. utilizes an energy-efficient blockchain method that helps provide this visibility into the hydrogen journey and can enable auditable volume movements among various partners.

While digital technologies actively drive the transition to renewable energy, we recognize the indispensable role of collaborative, action-oriented partnerships in propelling these efforts forward. Ahead of COP28, 麻豆原创 joined global efforts led by the to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, accelerate the clean energy transition, and scale up investments in renewables. 麻豆原创 also supports the , a business initiative urging governments to phase out fossil fuels. The future requires collaboration with all stakeholders 鈥� value chain partners, NGOs, industry groups, and more.

As the conference concludes, the real work begins. Reflecting on last week and the resounding call for global climate action, 麻豆原创 remains committed to helping our customers simplify data sharing and transition to sustainable energy. The technology and the data exist. Now, we need to deploy these tools effectively and harness them to drive meaningful impact across a vast ecosystem of organizations. A sustainable future starts today, and the responsibility lies with each one of us doing our part.

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Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer and co-GM for 麻豆原创 Sustainability.

麻豆原创 understands this urgency and is ready to help. Our daily conversations with customers have shown us what they need and expect when managing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data and emissions footprints. One thing is clear: the speed and agility of cloud delivery combined with the ability to integrate sustainability data into the core enterprise resource planning (ERP) system will optimize customers鈥� sustainability and financial performance and form the foundation for their future business success.

Sustainability Footprint and ESG Data Management Now Available in RISE with 麻豆原创  

With the new premium plus edition for RISE with 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, private edition, customers can accelerate innovation, infuse artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, adapt to market changes, and address complex, evolving ESG regulations and reporting requirements. With the inclusion of and in the premium plus edition, organizations can gain significantly enhanced sustainability outcomes. 

麻豆原创 Sustainability Footprint Management allows organizations to get highly granular footprint calculations on product and corporate emissions across scope 1, 2, and 3, gaining detailed carbon footprint insights. With emissions data embedded beside operational and financial data in 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, business functions including procurement, supply chain, operations, and finance can see the broader context of their sustainability impacts, enabling better business decisions.  

With 麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower, organizations can combine different data sources for one trusted view of their ESG data. By automating the collection and integration of sustainability data, companies can set targets to steer their business to achieve sustainability goals holistically, monitor progress and gain actionable insights from dependable data, and enhance trust by establishing robust and auditable ESG reporting to global standards.  
 
麻豆原创 Sustainability Footprint Management and 麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower are built on 麻豆原创 Business Technology Platform (麻豆原创 BTP) and can seamlessly integrate with 麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud. With a cloud deployment, both solutions receive ongoing innovation updates, a critical benefit particularly when facing a global set of evolving ESG regulatory standards. Other benefits include leveraging automation 鈥� and soon AI 鈥� to help simplify compliance, reporting, and auditability.  

The Foundations of a Green Ledger in the Cloud 

麻豆原创 S/4HANA Cloud, 麻豆原创 Sustainability Footprint Management, and 麻豆原创 Sustainability Control Tower are the building blocks of your sustainability stack. They can provide a path to the concept, where companies can treat carbon like money, managing the carbon entering and leaving their systems and balancing their “carbon books” the same way they balance their financial books. 

Harnessing quality data worthy of the green ledger will take time. But organizations need to start now to be prepared. By integrating sustainability data in the cloud, they can gain insights to steer towards a low-carbon business model, avoiding manual reliance on spreadsheets across differing sources of data and disparate lines of business. 

Future-Proofing Agile Innovation with the Cloud 

It is our mission to support customers in pursuing sustainability-focused opportunities and innovation, preparing to mitigate climate and social-related risks, and driving long-term business value. With our cloud-driven innovations, we help customers build the foundation for the evolution of their long-term sustainability strategies by giving them the tools to be agile and responsive, maintain control of integration and data flows, and master the complexity of sustainability challenges 鈥� and to achieve our collective goal of creating a more sustainable world.鈥� 

To learn more, read 鈥�麻豆原创 Diversifies Cloud Offerings to Accelerate Customer Innovation鈥� and visit .

Sophia Mendelsohn is chief sustainability and commercial officer and co-GM for 麻豆原创 Sustainability.
Gunther Rothermel is chief product officer and co-GM for 麻豆原创 Sustainability.