Is your company struggling to translate high-level sustainability goals into tangible planning activities? You can use SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) as a platform to enrich your sales and operations planning process with carbon emission data, so you can make business decisions which support your sustainability strategy.
The current challenge
Tackling climate change is currently at the top of the agenda of most countries to comply with the Paris Agreement and meet the 1.5°C target. Additionally, the severity of the climate crisis together with the opportunities brought about by a low-carbon future have led an increasing number of companies to commit to “net zero” and set the goal of becoming carbon neutral within a certain time frame.
It all sounds good on paper, but when turning these commitments into something actionable, supply chain leaders and executives often lack the visibility necessary to translate the corporate sustainability strategy into concrete planning decisions. This is a big problem, since planning is what drives execution activities such as purchasing, production and transport, and these activities are often the ones contributing to most of a company’s emissions.
Although many organisations recognise the need for decarbonisation and have the willingness to take an active role in making their supply chains more sustainable, planners may struggle to connect financial and operational targets with emission reduction targets in their day-to-day jobs. However, it does not need to be this way: if planners have access to the right information and tools, they can steer the company’s operations in the right direction.
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