SAP’s 2024 CSR eBook Highlights How Real Impact Takes Root in North America

If you want to understand how big change begins, look to the places where partnerships have deep roots. In North America, businesses, communities, and changemakers are reimagining what growth looks like, with purpose at the center.

Our 2024 SAP Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) eBook – Helping the World Run Better, Together – captures this momentum. It brings together stories from across the globe, including powerful examples from North America and Canada, where connection fuels transformation and ecosystems — not isolated initiatives — drive lasting impact.

At SAP, we believe real change begins with deep connection: between companies and communities, between bold ideas and practical infrastructure, and between those willing to take risks and those who benefit from them. That’s the thread which runs through our initiatives.

Championing Social Procurement as a Driver of Change

With over $300 billion spent each year by the Canadian government, alongside billions in private sector procurement, this collective purchasing power holds the potential to advance social and environmental progress. Through SAP’s social procurement initiatives, we are helping build a movement which redirects purchasing power towards businesses prioritizing people and planet over profit, creating a positive change across Canada and beyond.

Globally, this approach has opened access to a $500 billion opportunity for social enterprises. In Canada, SAP supports Buy Social Canada, which in 2024 celebrated a decade of impact with the release of a national guide for social enterprises – a resource to help them start, sustain, and scale their efforts.

By shifting supply chains to prioritize impact, businesses can help build a more resilient and inclusive economy.

Rethinking Procurement for a Better World

What if every business decision could make a difference? That’s one idea being discussed by our CPO Think Tanks – a global initiative uniting Chief Procurement Officers and supported by SAP. From Johannesburg to Ottawa, social enterprises, sustainable suppliers, and industry procurement leaders gathered to reimagine the role of procurement. These sessions offered pragmatic ways for businesses to rethink sourcing as a tool for resilience, community support, employee and customer engagement, and long-term value creation.

It’s a simple but powerful shift: procurement can drive impact.

Immersive Learning with Purpose: The Skill Immersion Lab

Launched in 2021 in partnership with JFF Labs, the Skill Immersion Lab continues to reimagine how technology can empower educators and young people across the United States. In 2024, SAP and JFF focused on scaling their impact, deepening engagement with educators, and surfacing real-world stories of growth and transformation.

One of the year’s key milestones was the launch of the Skill Immersion Lab Insights Portal, a dynamic digital platform highlighting more than 550 stories from students and educators across four years. These insights, centered around emotional growth, co-creation, and the shifting role of educators, are shaping how immersive learning is adopted at scale.

Expanding Impact Through Partnership: SAP and NPower Canada

Additionally, through a new partnership launched in 2024, SAP is supporting NPower Canada in its mission to help underserved job seekers access digital skills training and meaningful employment. By enabling NPower’s core programs and alumni services, SAP is contributing to a more inclusive and resilient workforce.

One of the many lives impacted is that of Ehiwe Idehen. Diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and adjusting to a new start in Ottawa, Ehiwe joined NPower’s Junior IT Analyst program in 2023 during an incredibly challenging time. With access to mentorship, certifications, and professional development, he found a path forward. Today, he’s in remission and thriving as a Scrum Master and Technical Project Manager at ADGA Group Consultants.

What’s clear to us at SAP is that impact doesn’t scale through vision alone, but through ecosystems, standards that build trust, and partnerships that unlock lasting value. We invite you to explore our 2024 CSR eBook and see for yourself what’s possible when we all collaborate and when we choose to help make the world run better, together.

[Read the 2024 SAP CSR eBook]: https://dam.sap.com/mac/u/a/6TT38rs?rc=10&doi=SAP1198932