Ensuring sustainable operations is quickly becoming one of today's top board-level priorities. Customers, employees, government bodies, non-governmental organizations, and shareholders are pressuring organizations to develop, communicate, and implement sustainable programs and strategies. At the same time, companies are facing a tough economic environment, where protecting your brand and revenue is more crucial than ever before.

How can you address the challenges of today's marketplace, while improving and communicating your sustainability efforts in a measurable, meaningful way?

SAP solutions and services can help you define and communicate your sustainability objectives. You can appropriately manage risks and report on your sustainability activities in a manner that reduces time spent collecting data and provides a foundation for action. As a result, you can help your company:

• Model and manage strategy and risks
• Merge financial and other sustainability data
• Provide transparency into sustainability progress
• Visualize and report for highest stakeholder impact
• Reduce reporting costs

SAP Solutions and Services for Sustainability Performance Management

SAP solutions for sustainability performance management combines sustainability reporting, strategic planning, and risk management into a single, unified solution – enabling you to report and manage sustainability information enterprise-wide.

SAP solutions and services can help you excel in:

• Sustainability reporting – Report corporate sustainability performance to all stakeholders and managers in a transparent, auditable, and repeatable manner.
• Strategy management – Define and integrate corporate goal and initiatives with your sustainability performance improvement efforts.
• Risk management – Monitor risks and your response to those risks to reduce any shortfalls in sustainability performance.

With SAP, you can improve how you protect your revenue, further build product and brand loyalty, and leverage your sustainable operations into a competitive advantage.

People interested in sustainability often find additional value in the following areas:

• Manage risk and compliance through embedded controls and real-time monitoring and exception-based analysis