Putting Sustainability at the Center of Business

Today’s business leaders know that managing environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is crucial to both limiting risk and ensuring future growth. Companies are under increasing pressure from supply chain partners, consumers, employees, investors, and regulators to be more transparent about their sustainability actions. They want to see real progress across areas like climate action, circular economy, and social equity. This is compelling businesses to transform how they operate, collaborate, and use technology to run more sustainably.

In this series sponsored by SAP, we’ll take a closer look at what it means to put sustainability and social impact at the heart of business strategy. We’ll unpack the data companies should be gathering and how they can use it to drive decision-making and steer positive environmental and social impact through the way they do business. (Image credit: mavoimages/Adobe Stock)

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Environment

SAP, One of the World’s Largest Tech Companies, Aims to Tackle Scope 3 Emissions
Companies are increasingly being regulated to lower their greenhouse gas emissions and produce net-zero strategies. In some cases, reducing emissions is relatively straightforward. Once you start diving into what achieving net zero entails, however, the waters can get murky

Environment

The Secret to Accurate Scope 3 Accounting Is Sharing Trusted, Auditable Carbon Data Across Networks
Around the world, there is a growing realization that companies, not consumers, are key to the rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions needed to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change.

AI & Technology

'Best-of-Breed' Sustainability Software May Be The Worst Solution
There is no easy road to meeting corporate sustainability goals. But many companies are inadvertently making that work harder on themselves by looking at the challenge in silos.

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