Why are ERP specialists so
concerned about protecting
Elephants and Rhinos, and alleviating
poverty among rural People?
Because Africa is now tragically losing around 4 elephants per hour and 5 rhinos per day, a problem largely created by poverty.
If this is not a crisis, what is?
ELEPHANTS
million killed
in the last 60 years.
Early 20th Century:
10 million
elephants in the wild
in Africa
1979 1.3 million
2016 352,000
RHINOS
Rhino population at
start of 20th century:
500,000
Population in 1970
70,000
African species population today:
Southern white rhino
19,682
Black rhino
5,042
PEOPLE
Price for one pair of
average male elephant tusks:
$ 50,000
Price for a rhino horn:
$60,000 per kg
$240,000 for an average 4kg horn.
This is thousands of times the per capita income in poor rural areas in Southern Africa.
Our group is characterized by a primary strategic imperative in terms of which we go 'Beyond Corporate Purpose' in our day-to-day activities.
We have broadened the definition of ERP.
Our primary not-for-profit and impact investment focus areas are the preservation of at-risk Elephants and Rhinos, through alleviation of poverty among rural People in areas adjacent to the threatened species, or ERP, if you will.
Our model is predicated upon creating wildlife and ecotourism economies through private-community partnerships.
Our projects are carefully selected based upon their potential for preservation and protection of threatened Elephants and Rhinos and for the creation of powerful economic engines that can alleviate poverty among rural People, leveraging community-owned restituted land that can enable the creation of substantial wildlife corridors and conservation areas.
We fund the operating costs of the not-for-profit operations, run them like businesses, and channel 1% of revenues from new for-profit projects into activities that benefit Elephants and Rhinos, and alleviate poverty among rural People. There is a 100% pass-through to the beneficiaries of the projects undertaken by our not-for-profit teams.
We have an unconventional approach to philanthropic activity. Rather than simply donating funds to charities, in ‘Beyond Corporate Purpose’ we have a multi-zoned operating model (comprising for-profit, not-for-profit and impact investment zones) that provides us with a professional, institutionalized delivery capability in the area of not-for-profit activity, and impact investment in support thereof.
Zone 1
Business critical, non-core software and services based on ERP systems
Zone 2
Not-for-profit
Zone 3
Impact investment
1% of revenue
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Elephants, Rhinos & People (ERP.ngo)
groupelephant.com
Beyond Corporate Purpose: Elephants, Rhinos & People
Zone 1
Business-critical, non-core software and services
based on ERP and allied systems
Advance
Bespoke software development, mobility, data services and IoT
AiR
Advance IoT Router, ‘AiR’, is a Cloud-based hardware and software IoT solution designed to dramatically simplify and lower the cost of data acquisition, for myriad industries and IoT use cases
BI Brainz
Leaders in Analytics, BI, Data Storytelling & Data Visualization services and Education
Camarade
A worldwide ‘gig’ economy-based staff augmentation platform
ClearSky
Global Infor HCM and Finance services, application management, proprietary software products and implementation accelerators
EPI-USE &
EPI-USE Global Services
Comprising multiple service lines in the area of Human Capital Management
EPI-USE Analytics
Group Reporting & Analytics
EPI-USE Labs
Propriety software, landscape transformation services and Cloud migration servicess
Evolutio
Operationalizes data platforms like AppDynamics and Splunk to monitor, troubleshoot and secure enterprise systems
G3G
SAP Enterprise Management - Finance, Logistics and Analytics - services with an emphasis on new-generation Cloud-based HANA technology, digital transformation, application management, infrastructure technical services and hosting
i/Con
Specializing in middle-market Human Capital Management and Payroll in Germany, and German-language markets
iD2
Smart Metering solutions - hardware and software, for power utilities
iLAB
Software Quality Assurance services
iSphere
Cloud hosting and associated managed services
Kreon
IoT solutions, electronic component development, integration of electronic subsystems, embedded hardware and software development
LogBox
Electronic Medical Record Systems
Magnisol
Focusing on SAP payroll solutions for nonprofit organizations
Metagrated
Provides business-critical security and integration services through trusted security networks and technology
Rivor
Business Process Outsourcing and Advisory services
Sapconet
SAP Finance-based custom development, integration, mobility, data services and the IoT
Stratview
Hyperion-based Group Reporting, Enterprise Performance Management and Oracle HCM Cloud
Zimele
SAP-based Utilities, Real Estate, Building and Energy Management solutions, products and outsourcing
Zone 2
ERP - not-for-profit
A professional insitutionalized not-for-profit capability focused on the preservation
protection of Elephants, Rhinos, and alleviation of poverty among rural People (ERP)
Zone 3
Companies focused on ecotourism asset management and wildlife-related property developments in furtherance of the objectives of ‘Beyond Corporate Purpose: Elephants, Rhinos & People’.
