IBM Envizi vs. SAP Sustainability Control Tower

IBM Envizi is suited for medium to large organisations with a complex carbon footprint, large amount of data points, wishing to prepare reporting in accordance with current and emerging regulatory requirements. It is also suitable for companies with a complex array of metering wishing to track their utility usage and associated emissions - a key application for this is in the real estate and building sector.

Incentivized

In case of a big organization that gathers data from other SAP applications on environmental aspects for instance, energy consumption, or social aspects such as HR data, SCT allows you to automatically retrieve that data and perform the calculations to then develop the company's ESG report. In case the company does not use other SAP applications it is still possible to enter the data manually in other formats but it is still possible

Incentivized

• Data lineage
• Reporting
• Scope 3 AI capability
• Ease of use out of the box, including clear organisational structure and managed emissions factors

Incentivized

• High-level summary of all required ESG metrics
• High-level comparison between actual and planned values
• Data can also be conveniently populated using CSV

Incentivized

• Bulk edits of existing accounts could be improved
• Native reporting could be more flexible/intuitive
• More flexible decarbonisation pathway modelling

Incentivized

• Implementing Custom Metrics: Support for all DPI dimensions needed
• Drill-Down Requirements: Full dimension availability via OData API
• Row Limit Issue: Request limit inadequate for data volume
• Breakdown by all dimensions for metrics not feasible

Incentivized

Same lack of industry-specific content on both, but SAP has the main advantage of direct connection to the ERP data so it saves significant efforts in comparison. Regarding dashboards look and feel and so on, it is more a matter of personal preference between PowerBi and SAP, we personally prefer SAP as it is a bit richer in ability to bring in more data and filter on it.

Incentivized

• 45% cut to error rate for Scope 3 categorisations
• Months of time savings in uploading manual data
• Ensured efficient assurance engagements

Incentivized

• Greater transparency around our sust strategies
• More engaged workforce
• Reduce OpEx by $350k in first month due to better decision in a particular area

Incentivized