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SOLVE THE EU SUSTAINABILITY REGULATION NOW WITH AEP SOLUTION4!

Around 50,000 European companies will be obliged to report from 2025/26.
This means for you:
Complex preparation of ESG reports
Precise calculations and data for sustainability required
High additional workload for controlling and sustainability departments

Core problems of the EU-REGULATION

From 2025, a large number of companies in Germany and the EU must be able to report complex reports on sustainability, CSRD and EU taxonomy to the auditor. Many small and medium-sized enterprises are also indirectly affected as suppliers to industry.

01
Complex regulation difficult to understand

Many thousands of pages of EU regulations govern the implementation of sustainability and its reporting in very convoluted legal formulations. The responsible employees need a lot of time to work through this.

02
Increasing flood of data from new data sources

The EU reporting requirements mean that new data sources are required in addition to in-house data, and at the same time additional data from suppliers, customers, logistics providers, hazardous substance databases, etc. must be queried.

03
Consolidation of many upstream systems necessary

The new reporting system requires the linking of many internal and external data sources and the resulting enormous increase in heterogeneous data is pushing controlling and sustainability departments to the limits of their resources.

04
Sustainability calculation required for investments and projects

In future, it must be possible to check upcoming projects and investments for sustainability KPIs in addition to their profitability. Banks, for example, will also take this into account when granting loans.

05
PCF and taxonomy mandatory even for very complex products

The product carbon footprint must be determined for all sales items. This is very time-consuming for complex products and assemblies or a wide range of products. The individual products must also be checked for their taxonomy capability and reported separately.

06
Small and medium-sized suppliers also affected

Smaller companies are also indirectly affected by the reporting obligation. As suppliers to the industry, they will in future be obliged to provide customers with certain data, such as the PCF of their products. Anyone who cannot provide this data could be delisted.

SOLUTION4 simplifies YOUR ESG reporting and controlling

Keep an eye on all your data!

We help companies to overcome the problem of EU regulations with regard to planning, management and reporting and to achieve significant competitive advantages as part of sustainable corporate management.

Program-internal implementation of regulatory requirements

All processes and reports are based on the applicable regulations and are constantly being developed further so that they are always in line with the current correct business management standard and can be used in an audit-proof manner.

Consolidation of all relevant data sources

Automated processing of any data sources and enrichment of internal data, for example with external data such as hazardous substance databases, material databases, supplier information, etc.

Flexible interfaces and processes

Relief for employees and significant time savings when dealing with reporting. Freely definable interfaces and automatically generated audit-proof reports are also available to Controlling for planning, simulations and reporting.

Calculating the profitability of projects

The program logic also enables automated calculation of economic, environmental and social KPIs for planned and future projects. This means that sustainable investments can also be reported transparently for investors.

Mapping of even complex products and machines

Based on the ERP data, even complex assemblies and machines can be easily calculated for their sustainability at the touch of a button, for example to show this in the taxonomy report.

Simple operation and automation

Even medium-sized companies without a large controlling department can use Solution4 to create the necessary reports and the PCF for the products themselves and make them available to the industry as suppliers.

Triple bottom line as an integrated overall solution

ADVANTAGES of Solution4

Connecting different data models – a fully harmonized and integrated data model data model (economic, ecological, social) synchronized in one application

One overall solution instead of many individual solutions – seamless, fully integrated complete solution automatically connects all areas of the company (production, finance, strategy)

Integrated statutory EU reporting – automatically delivers all statutory reports in accordance with CSRD and EU taxonomy and permanently relieves employees

Consideration of many data sources – seamless connection of upstream systems including public databases, supplementation of the ERP

Complete Ecodesign Directive – PCF, energy consumption, data preparation for digital product passport

Secure significant competitive advantages – Comprehensive system for green controlling, planning, simulation, KPIs and reporting enables the identification of successful products and processes

We offer a unique and innovative software solution for legally required sustainability planning, monitoring and reporting for SMEs (CSRD/ESRS, EU taxonomy, materiality analysis) as well as planning, simulation and reporting in traditional controlling.
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Our Solution4 software in use
01.
Carbon border adjustment (CBAM) for all suppliers

Do you also have a wide range of suppliers from third countries outside the EU? Then you have to report certain key figures as part of sustainability reporting. With the help of your article and supplier master data, enriched with our system-internal databases, the CBAM values are automatically calculated and transparently displayed for all production stages.

02.
Energy management

Do you want to visualize your energy requirements in production? Using various machine data, including real-time data, the energy consumption is not only determined, but its economic impact is also calculated. This means that every production scheduling can be ecologically calculated and economically evaluated in advance.

03.
CSRD/ESRS Simulation & Reporting

Do you need to report different scopes within the ESRS? With the help of our ESRS structure tree, with workflow-supported processing status and the predefined scopes, their calculation and automatic inclusion in reporting such as the Company Carbon Footprint is automated. Much of the required data (materials, hazardous substances, etc.) is already available in our system and can also be enriched with external data sources.

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Determination of the PCF on the basis of work plans and parts lists

Every manufacturing company has data in its ERP system that is not only suitable for costing, but also for the product carbon footprint. Using the resource lists for each item, the CO2 load or other pollutants can be easily determined in Solution4. This also applies to very complex assemblies or machines. We therefore supplement the ERP data and carry out the calculation in our system.

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HR management in accordance with ESG reporting

With regard to ESG reporting, HR management must provide a wide range of business data and KPIs in accordance with ESRS Scope 1 for reporting purposes. Solution4’s Payroll module provides a comprehensive HR management solution that integrates cost accounting, capacity utilization and ESRS reporting. Data, e.g. for employee commuting with regard to Scope 3 GHG emissions, is also calculated automatically.

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EU taxonomy

Do you have an extensive product catalog and need to assign it to your economic activities and report their turnover in the course of the EU taxonomy? With many thousands of sales items, manual allocation is simply not possible. Solution4 has therefore already implemented and integrated a unique allocation system that automates this allocation and makes it possible in the first place.

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Materiality analysis

Do you need to prepare a materiality analysis in accordance with ESRS for your company? Solution4 makes it easier for you to fill the existing structure tree in the system with your sustainability aspects using workflow-supported processes. You can not only define targets here, but also calculate and simulate their effect on results in Solution4. All required information and calculated KPIs are automatically fed into the reporting.

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CAPEX

EU taxonomy-compliant investment and financing planning is complex and requires the consideration of many business and ecological parameters. Solution4 offers a detailed solution that includes cost accounting, capacity utilization and various forms of financing. The requirements of the EU taxonomy are fully taken into account. Environmentally relevant data such as electricity, oil, gas and water consumption are also taken into account in order to calculate greenhouse gas emissions and product carbon footprints.

HOW TO BEGIN?

A 15-minute introductory meeting will show you how Solution4 can be seamlessly integrated into your systems and processes, enabling you to take your controlling to the next level.

We can help you with EU sustainability regulation!

Ready for efficiency and process reliability? Let’s work together to make your company sustainable.

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