“Clear Standards was established with the vision to help global organizations manage their operations with the added dimension of sustainability as a true driver of growth and innovation,” says Betsy Atkins, Chairman and CEO of enterprise carbon management solutions vendor Clear Standards, Inc. With the acquisition of Clear Standards, SAP adds a set of tools its widely used ERP suite that will allow enterprises to optimize their sustainability strategies.
For SAP, power management and sustainable development are becoming as important to the enterprise as financial optimization. “It is essential that organizations gain actionable insight into their carbon emissions, water consumption, energy use and other environmental factors so they can lower their environmental impact,” according to SAP AG Co-CEO Léo Apotheker. “Having this ability also correlates to an organization’s efficiency and competitiveness.”
The web-based Clear Standards software allows for the consolidation of all emissions data across the enterprise, including greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption and waste, providing detailed visualization of emissions data. Clear Standards applications will be able to tap into financial and other data stored in solutions such as SAP Business Suite 7 software and the SAP Environment, Health, and Safety Management application, allowing businesses to accurately determine and report their total environmental impact for compliance with legal or voluntary sustainability objectives.
