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Automation: The Hero of theCorporate Sustainability Program

Sustainability is a core value for many companies, with most already reporting an establishedenvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) program or one in the works. Although there are manyreasons to implement an ESG program, compliance with regulations, such as concern about thepotential new SEC rules and the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, is the No. 1 adoption driver.
Automation plays a critical role in ESG program adoption, implementation, and monitoring. Besides
its logistical contributions to sustainability program implementation, automation brings several
additional beneﬁts, such as improved forecasting and resource optimization, to the business.°

Most companies have either implemented an ESG
program or are in the process of doing so…

27%

60%
Currently in place

Actively planning…or are implementing sustainability into
integrated key processes:

79%
Operations

62%
Data andcommunications

76%

By reviewing operational
processes or steps across thesupply chain that could bee˛cient and reduce usage

By looking at energy andwater procurement plus
materials

Procurement51%

Measuring the e˝ectiveness ofthe earlier initiatives andstrengthening any relatede˝orts by communicating themto customers, supply chain
partners, and other stakeholders

Retirement

Avoiding excess waste andobsolete items bydesigning products forupcycling and reuse

Sustainability has direct businessbeneﬁts, driving adoption…
53%
44%

Risk management
Proﬁtability

39%

Investor relations
0102030405060…but compliance with government regulations is theNo. 1 driver (67%), with a potential new SEC rule being
just one example of regulations driving change.

The e˜ectiveness of a company’s ESG programis measured in a variety of ways:

62%

53%

46%

Datafromequipment
Cloud-based supply chainsensors
and
other
internet
execution systems thatofthings(IoT)
devices
provide detailed analytics

Carbonaccounting

Automation plays a critical role in the successof an ESG program and its monitoring.
Sustainability initiatives have helped drive automation adoption (73%),
with many companies adopting automation for at least some aspect of theirbusiness processes over the past two years:

Data analytics
IT services
E-commerce

41%

Procurement

53%
51%
47%

41%

Warehouse management
0102030405060Among its many sustainability beneﬁts, automation reduces the need for
paper-based documents in the supply chain.

Companies have digitized about half of the
documentation processes in their supply chain.

Digitalizing procurement and supply chain
documents has resulted in major ortransformational beneﬁts in driving sustainability
outcomes in over half (55%) of companies.

Digitization, in turn, is resulting in signiﬁcant improvements:
51%

Reduction in overall errors

50%

Reduction in paper usage
Reduction in manual e˜orts

49%

Improved forecasting48%
0102030405060Companies are committed to measuring the impact of
their sustainability e˜orts — and that extends to thevendors they choose to do business with.

87%
The majority of companies have already
implemented or are planning to
implement a sustainability tracking
program to measure the impact of theire˝orts.

81%
Companies consider it very important or
crucial that their suppliers have asustainability monitoring program even
if they do not themselves.

To learn more about how you can positively impact theenvironment through your business and start achieving
your corporate sustainability goals, visit OpenText orcontact them here.
°Foundry “OpenText Sustainability Study,” 2022