Closing the gap: turning Scope 3 CO₂ data into actionable insights directly in SAP

Today, companies face the challenge of not only defining sustainability goals but also making them measurable – with data that is reliable, up to date, and usable within core processes. Especially for climate-relevant Scope 3 emissions, many encounter a gap: the data exists, but not where decisions are made – in the ERP system.

The collaboration between sustamize x T.CON closes this gap: By directly integrating scientifically validated CO₂ data at component and process level into the SAP-based PLC-COCKPIT, sustamize and T.CON create a central, seamless, and reporting-ready data foundation – for procurement, controlling, product development, and sustainability management.

Starting Point: Two Partners, One Shared Goal

At a family-owned, mid-sized metal processing company, both partners were already in use:

• sustamize with a validated CO₂ database at component and process level
• T.CON as the SAP expert with PLC-COCKPIT for end-to-end product cost calculation

What was missing was a shared data and analytics foundation that makes sustainability information available directly where departments work – within SAP. The key question was therefore:

“How can sustamize data be embedded in SAP where decisions are made, without media breaks?”

The Challenge: More than Just Technical Integration

Scope 3 emissions are among the most complex areas of CO₂ accounting. They arise largely outside of a company’s own organizational boundaries and require data that ERP systems often do not provide by default. The challenge was twofold:

1. Technical integration of sustamize data into SAP
2. Functional embedding into existing calculation and reporting processes so that procurement, controlling, development, and sustainability teams can benefit immediately, even without being LCA experts themselves

The Solution: Combining Expertise, Connecting Data

In a short, agile coordination phase, both partners combined their strengths:

• sustamize provided validated, scientifically grounded CO₂ data at component and process level, which automatically flows into PLC-COCKPIT via this API.
• T.CON used PLC-COCKPIT as the technical and process foundation and extended it so that the sustamize API is directly integrated as standard.

The result: Scope 3 data is now available in SAP without media breaks, seamlessly embedded into existing processes, and expandable at any time.

The Added Value: Making Scope 3 Data Operational

For the first time, Scope 3 emissions are now directly available in product cost calculation. This means:

• Accurate PCF calculation (Product Carbon Footprint) based on verified, updated, and dynamic data
• Unified data foundation for procurement, controlling, development, and sustainability management
• Less manual effort - no more Excel interim solutions, no duplicate data maintenance

Conclusion: Partnership as the Key to Success

The success of the project lies in consistent collaboration at eye level: sustamize and T.CON combined their core competencies to deliver measurable added value for customers – the operational use of Scope 3 data within the SAP system.

This makes climate transparency not only possible, but an integral part of daily decision-making processes.

Seamlessly integrate Scope 3 data into SAP – for greater transparency and less manual effort.

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