The time to act is now. We need to recon­sid­er our rela­tion­ship with plas­tic, espe­cial­ly sin­gle-use plas­tic. The con­cerns are valid with the asso­ci­at­ed pol­lu­tion and dis­pos­al to land­fills, streams, rivers, and the ocean. This urgency leads pub­lic poli­cies to imple­ment plas­tic tax­es and enable extend­ed pro­duc­er respon­si­bil­i­ties in post-con­sumer con­sump­tion. With only about 9% of plas­tics being recy­cled, we need to recon­sid­er the lin­ear mod­el of take-make-waste. Instead, we should imple­ment a cir­cu­lar mod­el that embraces the need to reduce, reuse, and recy­cle vir­gin mate­ri­als, min­i­miz­ing waste and pollution. 
 

Let’s exam­ine how SAP leads by exam­ple to enable a future with zero emis­sions, zero waste, and zero inequal­i­ty. Its suite of sus­tain­abil­i­ty solu­tions helps com­pa­nies bet­ter under­stand, track, trace, mea­sure, and report on their envi­ron­men­tal, eco­nom­ic, and social impact. SAP solu­tions enable and accel­er­ate com­pa­nies’ jour­ney to mea­sure and report against their goals as it relates to cli­mate change and prod­uct car­bon foot­print. These solu­tions also pro­mote respon­si­ble design and elim­i­nate waste and pollution.