{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"153631","rtpr_id":"nBwxnKlQa-20260928","ticker":"ACN","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["ACN"],"title":"Accenture and osapiens Make DS Smith’s Global Supply Chain More Transparent and Ready for Evolving EU Regulation","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-09-28T06:59:00.097Z","article_body":"Accenture and osapiens Make DS Smith’s Global Supply Chain More Transparent\nand Ready for Evolving EU Regulation\n\nSupply chain program spans more than 250 plants in over 30 countries\n\nAccenture (NYSE: ACN) and osapiens have worked with DS Smith, a leading\ninternational sustainable packaging company, to gain full transparency into\nthe origin and movement of European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)\n-relevant materials, across its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) supply\nchain.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260927678573/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260927678573/en/)\n\nAccenture and osapiens worked with DS Smith to improve supply chain\ntransparency and establish an auditable foundation for compliance with\nevolving EU sustainability regulations, including the European Union\nDeforestation Regulation (EUDR).\n\nThe program prepares DS Smith for compliance with forthcoming sustainability\nand regulatory requirements of the EUDR, which come into force at the end of\n2026. Its improved supply chain governance and data management help establish\na foundation for DS Smith to meet future sustainability and product compliance\nrequirements.\n\nThe collaboration has delivered measurable improvements across DS Smith’s\noperations. The company can now trace EUDR-relevant materials throughout its\nEMEA supply chain, from origin through production and distribution, with\nclear, auditable proof of where the materials in the packaging come from.\nSuppliers are onboarded digitally, and traceability and compliance information\nis managed through a centralized system, providing greater visibility into\nsupplier and material data.\n\n“Nearly 80% of supply chain leaders\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accenture.com%2Fpulseofchange&esheet=54610998&newsitemid=20260927678573&lan=en-US&anchor=Nearly+80%25+of+supply+chain+leaders&index=1&md5=20a3446679178e68dcc16d0d9ef55bd8)\ntell us that uncertain geopolitical regulatory requirements have made\noperating their businesses more difficult over the past six months. That\npressure is not going away,” said Matias Pollmann-Larsen, Global Risk,\nResilience and Sustainable Value Chain lead, Accenture. “What DS Smith has\ndone with Accenture and osapiens is build the data foundation needed to stay\nahead of these challenges, rather than simply responding to the next\nregulation when it arrives.”\n\nTogether, DS Smith, Accenture and osapiens reviewed sourcing, manufacturing,\nlogistics and sales processes across more than 250 plants and facilities in\nmore than 30 countries. Accenture helped drive process transformation,\nsupplier enablement, systems integration and program scaling, while osapiens\nprovided the technology platform supporting the initiative. The companies then\nestablished a more consistent approach for managing DS Smith’s supplier and\ntraceability data. Previously separate supply chain systems, onboarding and\nreporting processes were integrated into a single platform, the osapiens HUB.\n\nSince implementation, more than 25,000 supply chain workflows have been\nexecuted, nearly 25,000 land plots have been monitored automatically, and\nalmost 10,000 compliance-related cases have been managed through automated\ncase management processes on the osapiens HUB.\n\n“For an organization operating across as many countries and facilities as DS\nSmith, having reliable, consistent data about your supply chain is not\nstraightforward,” said Sakis Miliotis, IT director for Paper, Paper Supply\nChain, Recycling and Sustainability, DS Smith. “Working with Accenture and\nosapiens, we have built something that works at scale. Our teams can now\naccess the information they need, suppliers can submit data through a\nstreamlined process, and we have a clear, auditable view of EUDR-relevant\nmaterials from source to delivery. That gives us a strong foundation we can\nbuild on as compliance requirements evolve.”\n\n“The challenge for most organizations is not a shortage of supply chain\ndata, but rather that the data sits in too many places, in too many formats,\nwith too many gaps,” said Stephan de Barse, chief revenue officer, osapiens.\n“This project shows what becomes possible when those challenges are\naddressed: with the osapiens HUB, more than 1,000 suppliers engaged through a\nsingle process, compliance managed proactively and reporting made\nsignificantly more efficient.”\n\nBuilding on their work with DS Smith, Accenture and osapiens have also\nexpanded their partnership to help clients around the globe address growing\nsupply chain complexity, strengthen operational resilience and improve supply\nchain transparency across multiple sectors. Their joint offering combines\nAccenture’s industry expertise, technology capabilities and global delivery\nexperience with the osapiens platform to provide capabilities including\nmulti-tier supplier mapping, supplier intelligence, continuous risk monitoring\nand automated compliance.\n\nAbout Accenture\n\nAccenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their\ndigital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for\norganizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner\nof choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and\nto be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world.\nWe bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with\nproprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and\nleading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable\noutcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise\nacross Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song,\nSupply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and\nData, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000\nclients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at\naccenture.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.accenture.com%2F&esheet=54610998&newsitemid=20260927678573&lan=en-US&anchor=accenture.com&index=2&md5=257bb27fa18403cc51f0dfb815f55fdc)\n.\n\nAbout osapiens\n\nosapiens is an AI platform for compliance and supplier intelligence that\nenables companies to manage risk and become more resilient. With osapiens’\nsolutions, companies can verify their products, know their suppliers, trace\ntheir goods, own their footprint, and report with confidence, all on a single\nAI platform. The osapiens HUB, a multi-tenant platform designed to enable\ncross-company collaboration and AI automation, combines more than 25 solutions\ninto seven product suites. These solutions enable companies to centrally\nmanage and automate their supplier relationships, compliance requirements, and\nglobal supply chains, as well as optimize their maintenance, service, and\ndistribution processes to improve operational performance and maximize global\ncompetitiveness. Today, more than 2,500 customers worldwide entrust their most\ncritical business processes to osapiens, from SMEs to global enterprises\nacross industries. Headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, with offices across\nEurope and the United States, the company works with an international team of\nover 650 employees. Visit us at https://osapiens.com/en\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fosapiens.com%2Fen&esheet=54610998&newsitemid=20260927678573&lan=en-US&anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fosapiens.com%2Fen&index=3&md5=8c3d9a461090be8a27866ee029c5b247)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260927678573/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260927678573/en/)\n\nAlem Tedeneke\n\nAccenture\n\n+1 646 204 9191\n\nalem.tedeneke@accenture.com (mailto:alem.tedeneke@accenture.com)\n\nSumedha Mahorey\n\nAccenture\n\n+91 9820192152\n\nsumedha.mahorey@accenture.com (mailto:sumedha.mahorey@accenture.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBwxnKlQa-20260928","title":"Accenture and osapiens Make DS Smith’s Global Supply Chain More Transparent and Ready for Evolving EU Regulation","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"ACN","created":"2026-09-28T06:59:00.097Z","tickers":["ACN"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Accenture and osapiens Make DS Smith’s Global Supply Chain More Transparent\nand Ready for Evolving EU Regulation\n\nSupply chain program spans more than 250 plants in over 30 countries\n\nAccenture (NYSE: ACN) and osapiens have worked with DS Smith, a leading\ninternational sustainable packaging company, to gain full transparency into\nthe origin and movement of European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR)\n-relevant materials, across its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) supply\nchain.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260927678573/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260927678573/en/)\n\nAccenture and osapiens worked with DS Smith to improve supply chain\ntransparency and establish an auditable foundation for compliance with\nevolving EU sustainability regulations, including the European Union\nDeforestation Regulation (EUDR).\n\nThe program prepares DS Smith for compliance with forthcoming sustainability\nand regulatory requirements of the EUDR, which come into force at the end of\n2026. Its improved supply chain governance and data management help establish\na foundation for DS Smith to meet future sustainability and product compliance\nrequirements.\n\nThe collaboration has delivered measurable improvements across DS Smith’s\noperations. The company can now trace EUDR-relevant materials throughout its\nEMEA supply chain, from origin through production and distribution, with\nclear, auditable proof of where the materials in the packaging come from.\nSuppliers are onboarded digitally, and traceability and compliance information\nis managed through a centralized system, providing greater visibility into\nsupplier and material data.\n\n“Nearly 80% of supply chain leaders\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.accenture.com%2Fpulseofchange&esheet=54610998&newsitemid=20260927678573&lan=en-US&anchor=Nearly+80%25+of+supply+chain+leaders&index=1&md5=20a3446679178e68dcc16d0d9ef55bd8)\ntell us that uncertain geopolitical regulatory requirements have made\noperating their businesses more difficult over the past six months. That\npressure is not going away,” said Matias Pollmann-Larsen, Global Risk,\nResilience and Sustainable Value Chain lead, Accenture. “What DS Smith has\ndone with Accenture and osapiens is build the data foundation needed to stay\nahead of these challenges, rather than simply responding to the next\nregulation when it arrives.”\n\nTogether, DS Smith, Accenture and osapiens reviewed sourcing, manufacturing,\nlogistics and sales processes across more than 250 plants and facilities in\nmore than 30 countries. Accenture helped drive process transformation,\nsupplier enablement, systems integration and program scaling, while osapiens\nprovided the technology platform supporting the initiative. The companies then\nestablished a more consistent approach for managing DS Smith’s supplier and\ntraceability data. Previously separate supply chain systems, onboarding and\nreporting processes were integrated into a single platform, the osapiens HUB.\n\nSince implementation, more than 25,000 supply chain workflows have been\nexecuted, nearly 25,000 land plots have been monitored automatically, and\nalmost 10,000 compliance-related cases have been managed through automated\ncase management processes on the osapiens HUB.\n\n“For an organization operating across as many countries and facilities as DS\nSmith, having reliable, consistent data about your supply chain is not\nstraightforward,” said Sakis Miliotis, IT director for Paper, Paper Supply\nChain, Recycling and Sustainability, DS Smith. “Working with Accenture and\nosapiens, we have built something that works at scale. Our teams can now\naccess the information they need, suppliers can submit data through a\nstreamlined process, and we have a clear, auditable view of EUDR-relevant\nmaterials from source to delivery. That gives us a strong foundation we can\nbuild on as compliance requirements evolve.”\n\n“The challenge for most organizations is not a shortage of supply chain\ndata, but rather that the data sits in too many places, in too many formats,\nwith too many gaps,” said Stephan de Barse, chief revenue officer, osapiens.\n“This project shows what becomes possible when those challenges are\naddressed: with the osapiens HUB, more than 1,000 suppliers engaged through a\nsingle process, compliance managed proactively and reporting made\nsignificantly more efficient.”\n\nBuilding on their work with DS Smith, Accenture and osapiens have also\nexpanded their partnership to help clients around the globe address growing\nsupply chain complexity, strengthen operational resilience and improve supply\nchain transparency across multiple sectors. Their joint offering combines\nAccenture’s industry expertise, technology capabilities and global delivery\nexperience with the osapiens platform to provide capabilities including\nmulti-tier supplier mapping, supplier intelligence, continuous risk monitoring\nand automated compliance.\n\nAbout Accenture\n\nAccenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their\ndigital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for\norganizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner\nof choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and\nto be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world.\nWe bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with\nproprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and\nleading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable\noutcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise\nacross Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song,\nSupply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and\nData, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000\nclients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at\naccenture.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.accenture.com%2F&esheet=54610998&newsitemid=20260927678573&lan=en-US&anchor=accenture.com&index=2&md5=257bb27fa18403cc51f0dfb815f55fdc)\n.\n\nAbout osapiens\n\nosapiens is an AI platform for compliance and supplier intelligence that\nenables companies to manage risk and become more resilient. With osapiens’\nsolutions, companies can verify their products, know their suppliers, trace\ntheir goods, own their footprint, and report with confidence, all on a single\nAI platform. The osapiens HUB, a multi-tenant platform designed to enable\ncross-company collaboration and AI automation, combines more than 25 solutions\ninto seven product suites. These solutions enable companies to centrally\nmanage and automate their supplier relationships, compliance requirements, and\nglobal supply chains, as well as optimize their maintenance, service, and\ndistribution processes to improve operational performance and maximize global\ncompetitiveness. Today, more than 2,500 customers worldwide entrust their most\ncritical business processes to osapiens, from SMEs to global enterprises\nacross industries. Headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, with offices across\nEurope and the United States, the company works with an international team of\nover 650 employees. Visit us at https://osapiens.com/en\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fosapiens.com%2Fen&esheet=54610998&newsitemid=20260927678573&lan=en-US&anchor=https%3A%2F%2Fosapiens.com%2Fen&index=3&md5=8c3d9a461090be8a27866ee029c5b247)\n.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260927678573/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260927678573/en/)\n\nAlem Tedeneke\n\nAccenture\n\n+1 646 204 9191\n\nalem.tedeneke@accenture.com (mailto:alem.tedeneke@accenture.com)\n\nSumedha Mahorey\n\nAccenture\n\n+91 9820192152\n\nsumedha.mahorey@accenture.com (mailto:sumedha.mahorey@accenture.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-28T06:59:00.154175343Z","server_sent_at_ms":1790578740154},"received_at":"2026-09-28T06:59:00.205Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260927678573/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"142428","press_release_id":"153631","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"IT Consulting & Other Services","sector":"Information Technology"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"partnership","narrative":"Accenture and osapiens built an EUDR-compliance and traceability program for packaging client DS Smith, spanning more than 250 plants in over 30 countries ahead of the EU Deforestation Regulation taking effect at the end of 2026.\n\nThe program has executed more than 25,000 supply chain workflows, monitored nearly 25,000 land plots, and managed almost 10,000 compliance cases on the osapiens HUB, with more than 1,000 suppliers onboarded through a single process.\n\nAccenture and osapiens have also expanded their partnership to offer joint multi-tier supplier mapping, risk monitoring, and automated compliance capabilities to global clients -- a modest but positive proof point for Accenture's supply chain practice.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"EU sustainability regulation (EUDR) is becoming a services revenue driver for Accenture's supply chain practice."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"plants_covered":"more than 250 plants in over 30 countries","accenture_clients":"approximately 9,000","suppliers_engaged":"more than 1,000","workflows_executed":"more than 25,000","accenture_headcount":"approximately 799,000","land_plots_monitored":"nearly 25,000","accenture_fy25_revenue":"approximately $70 billion","compliance_cases_managed":"almost 10,000","eudr_compliance_deadline":"end of 2026"}},"quotedText":"What DS Smith has done with Accenture and osapiens is build the data foundation needed to stay ahead of these challenges, rather than simply responding to the next regulation when it arrives.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Matias Pollmann-Larsen","role":"Global Risk, Resilience and Sustainable Value Chain lead, Accenture"},{"name":"Sakis Miliotis","role":"IT director for Paper, Paper Supply Chain, Recycling and Sustainability, DS Smith"},{"name":"Stephan de Barse","role":"chief revenue officer, osapiens"},{"name":"Alem Tedeneke","role":"Accenture media contact"},{"name":"Sumedha Mahorey","role":"Accenture media contact"}],"products":["osapiens HUB"],"companies":[{"name":"Accenture","ticker":"ACN","relationship":"filer / consulting partner"},{"name":"osapiens","relationship":"technology partner"},{"name":"DS Smith","relationship":"client"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"approximately $70 billion","context":"Accenture FY25 revenue"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":2,"reasoning":"A client success story and expanded osapiens partnership for Accenture; no financial terms disclosed and the engagement is not quantifiably material to Accenture's ~$70B revenue base. 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