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“BECAUSE MORE THAN 80 % OF CARBON EMISSIONS ARE SCOPE 3 EMISSIONS LOCKED AWAY IN YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN , YOU FUNDAMENTALLY NEED TO GET ACCESS AND AGGREGATE THIS DATA ”

GUNTHER ROTHERMEL CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER AND CO-GENERAL MANAGER , SAP SUSTAINABILITY says Mendelsohn . “ With so much of the regulation and ambition oriented around reporting and transparency , our challenge is to make reporting easier so they can focus on transitioning their business activities to be more sustainable .”
Data is core to the overall ESG foundation , she adds . The data has to be accessible , accurate and stable to be effectively integrated with other corporate data and used for strategic planning or in-the-moment operational decisions .
“ What the sustainability stack at SAP does is go from data aggregation to data analytics ,” she says . “ The ability to connect the data , see it and use it from
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