SAP announced that cloud-based ERP will help the world become more sustainable and intelligent enterprises can achieve sustainability by participating in SAP’s network.

SAP Korea held a press conference at the InterContinental Seoul Parnas on the 30th and shared in-depth insights on digital supply chain innovation and sustainability.

The event was attended by Thomas Saueressig, Head of Product Engineering and Member of the Executive Board of SAP, and Paul Marriot, President of SAP Asia Pacific.

Thomas Jauerresig, the first to speak, highlighted SAP's efforts to help companies survive in rapidly changing markets and environments.

SAP helps companies solve their biggest challenges, including automating business processes, strengthening supply chain resilience and transforming into sustainable enterprises, said Jaueresig.

As part of this effort, SAP is helping companies of all sizes and industries, including small and medium-sized businesses, address challenges they face with its recently launched GROW with SAP and SAP DataSphere.

SAP also provides solutions that businesses faceTo overcome the challenges we face, we introduced the global SAP Labs Network, which includes SAP Labs Korea, emphasizing innovation on a global scale.

“SAP is helping the world become more sustainable, not only by enabling intelligent enterprises, but now by joining SAP’s network, they can also advance sustainability,” said Jaueresig. “SAP’s midmarket is driving this business transformation and continues to enable continuous innovation within SAP.”

He also mentioned that Korea is at the center of global innovation, and that Hana Cloud itself was developed in Korea and is a very important part of SAP.

Paul Marriott, Chairman and CEO, then made the announcement, emphasizing that SAP Labs is the foundation of SAP’s innovation and the importance of the Asia Pacific region as one of the fastest-growing regions in the world.

In particular, the Korean market is an important market where government-led efforts for digital transformation, such as the Digital New Deal 2.0 Promotion Plan and the Republic of Korea Digital Strategy, are underway, highlighting its strategic importance.

Paul Marriott, Chairman and CEO, said making progress in the fight against climate change is fundamental to SAP's strategy, noting that the Asia Pacific region produces 17 billion tonnes of carbon, half of global emissions.

There was also talk about AI.

Paul Marriott, CEO, said that SAP has applied AI to its cloud, and that when anomalies or abnormalities are detected in a process, appropriate automated processes are executed accordingly, and optimized support is provided within that process to immediately determine recommended action items or support for the user within the system.

We will also be leveraging ChatGPT technology in the future and will be announcing it at the Sapphire event in May.He mentioned that.

Meanwhile, SAP has been making efforts to establish and achieve sustainability goals since 2009, and has been disclosing sustainability-related results in its integrated report since 2012. Since 2014, it has been implementing the Green Cloud, which operates 100% of the electricity used in SAP’s data centers and all offices using renewable energy.

Additionally, SAP plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2023 and net-zero carbon emissions across its value chain by 2030.

SAP provides solutions that help companies achieve sustainable operations not only within their organizations but also across their entire value chain. SAP offers a variety of solutions, including SAP Product Footprint Management to measure the actual carbon emissions generated by a company’s entire supply chain from Scope 1 to Scope 3, SAP Responsible Design and Production to support the transition to a circular economy, and SAP Sustainability Control Tower to support the adoption of more sustainable business models.