Corporate Sustainability with EDI Solutions

Transforming artificial intelligence into business intelligence offers added value to economic, social and environmental development. On the other hand, every business, as a locomotive of the economy, should show sensitivity in its activities in order to protect and enrich the limited resources and values of our world in the long term, with the awareness that it is a part of our society and our world. All strategic activities developed based on this approach are gathered under the concept of corporate sustainability.

The concept of corporate sustainability is defined as “taking into account economic, environmental and social factors in corporate activities and decision-making mechanisms through corporate governance principles and effectively managing the risks associated with these factors in order to create long-term value in companies“¹. The element of “creating long-term value” emphasized in this definition means that businesses take strategic action in sociological, environmental, and economic terms within the framework of business models in their planning for all future activities. In this way, businesses aim to contribute to a sustainable world in the long term by saving in different ways or creating solutions within their means for the balanced consumption of the world’s limited resources. The concept of corporate sustainability arising from this sensitivity is analyzed on three main bases: environmental, economic and social sustainability.

With technological developments, data flow has taken its place in all operational processes of businesses from every sector, from production to sales, from communication to supply. Nevertheless, artificial intelligence, which makes life easier, enables these operational processes to be implemented more effectively and efficiently. Instead of working on electronic data flow through manual efforts, working with artificial intelligence not only contributes to the workflow, but also allows for breakthroughs in terms of corporate sustainability.

In corporate sustainability, the preference for solutions such as renewable energy and recyclable products, as well as the preference for data transmission through artificial intelligence, play a major role in encouraging businesses to balance their corporate and individual carbon footprint. Businesses leading their employees in this sense also contributes to the increase of social sensitivity in general and universal sensitivity in the final framework.

With business-specific artificial intelligence solutions designed by integrating EDI solutions designed for businesses, there is a chance to seize various opportunities in combating universal problems. In periodic and periodic studies, transferring documents to electronic media supports the reduction of paper usage. Thanks to EDI users all over the world, millions of electronic documents are produced every year, contributing to environmental sustainability.

When information sharing and data storage requirements are adapted to digitalization by businesses, energy savings increase due to time savings. The increase in electronic waste due to the increase in the use of electronic devices can be solved by energy efficiency saving measures. In this way, a circular savings model can be created. Moreover, by receiving software consultancy, businesses that ensure that their work is constantly optimized can take a step forward in their corporate sustainability by achieving privileged solutions such as using faster working technological systems, such as using code blocks that work faster, as well as saving more in energy use.

Another important intersection area in corporate governance where corporate sustainability activities can be achieved through EDI is the economic sustainability dimension of the issue. Although economic sustainability brings to mind activities that provide profitability and prosperity in the long term, it should actually be perceived as rational risk management to ensure that the way a business increases its profitability does not conflict with long-term ethical and reputation management. Strategic management, which plays a critical role in creating such a balance, can prevent human errors that have the potential to damage reputation by creating a standardization through automation with the supporting EDI system. In this way, it is possible to carry out a rational and long-term risk management policy by eliminating possible crises and minimizing the risk rate in a common language through artificial intelligence.

An organization is responsible not only to its shareholders, but also to its interlocutors with whom it maintains communication in every dimension, from individual relations to mass relations. In other words, it is responsible to its customers, suppliers, employees, other stakeholders, society and ultimately the whole world. In this sense, the social meaning of an enterprise’s efforts on the basis of corporate sustainability is shaped by the awareness of this responsibility.

Instead of overwhelming their employees with paperwork, fair corporate managements that offer artificial intelligence support that provides a basis for job satisfaction by supporting them to develop their workforce can lead the understanding of socially conscious organizations. With this approach, supporting sustainability initiatives with EDI solutions supports organizations to reach their goals faster and more meaningfully.

Automation solutions in the procurement system facilitate paper-based interaction with interlocutors encountered in B2B and B2C business models. Thanks to the EDI system, businesses that provide their employees with ease of automation to increase their work efficiency, thus contributing greatly to social sustainability by encouraging the creativity, productivity and participation of their employees, increasing their work motivation, and treating their employees ethically and fairly.

Thus, rooting the workforce in the EDI system helps to improve and support not only employees, but also stakeholders, society and ultimately all global contacts. In the long run, the EDI system, which is effective in supporting primarily the employee and the society at large and the global economy in general, both in strategic perception management and corporate culture development of organizations, contributes to strengthening the hand of corporate sustainability.