Energy & Utilities Face Rising T&E Automation Compliance Pressure
A SAP Concur blog post notes that energy and utilities companies must comply with safety mandates such as NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection standards and sustainability guidelines including CDP, SASB and GRI. A survey found 34% say their current T&E solution will not meet evolving requirements over the next two years, 33% use a solution without sustainability tracking, and 44% treat sustainability data capture as a requirement of their T&E solution. The post argues automation and AI can cut manual errors, strengthen audit and cybersecurity, citing SAP Concur data that AP automation saves 12 hours per week per finance employee.
Impact and considerations
In regulated industries, T&E systems are shifting from back-office tools to compliance infrastructure. If current solutions cannot support sustainability data and real-time compliance checks, companies risk fines, lost certification or contracts, making system upgrades a pressing question for finance and travel manage…
Key points
- Energy and utilities companies must comply with safety mandates such as NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection standards and follow sustainability reporting guidelines including CDP, SASB and GRI.
- 34% of respondents say their current T&E solution will not meet evolving requirements over the next two years; 33% use a solution that does not support sustainability tracking.
- 44% treat sustainability data capture as a requirement of their organization's T&E solution, while 96% of industry leaders say their organization follows specific sustainability guidelines.
- SAP Concur data says AP automation can save 12 hours per week per finance or accounting employee, versus about 13 hours spent weekly processing vendor invoices.
- Automated tools can enforce compliance checks in real time, identify anomalies and fraud, and support audit and sustainability data reporting.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- SAP Concur
- Other sources
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- First source publication
- 28 Aug 2025, 23:58
- Page published
- 13 Aug 2026, 08:31
- Last updated
- 28 Aug 2025, 23:58
- Original links
- SAP Concur Blog：Ensuring compliance with travel & expense automation in energy & utilities (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 28 Aug 2025, 23:58