SAP Sustainability resources

Explore our library of articles, research, and insights focused on sustainability.
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Spotlight: the latest strategies for sustainability

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Assessing impacts on people and the environment

CSRD disclosures will ensure that stakeholders have the information they need to assess a company’s impacts on people and the environment, and for investors to assess the financial risks and opportunities arising from those impacts.

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Transform carbon accounting to become a future-ready business

Gain insights on how to comply with increasing sustainability regulations and understand the impact of greenhouse gas (GHG) liabilities. Learn how to bring financial-grade precision to your carbon accounting and how the green ledger initiative will help your company make granular, accurate, and timely decisions that are financially and environmentally sound.

Industry trends

Run a profitable and sustainable supply chain by minimizing your carbon footprint and reducing waste with efficient resource consumption. ​

Sustainability solutions for consumer products

Building sustainable consumer packaged goods companies

Learn how consumer packaged goods companies can embrace and implement a holistic sustainability strategy.

Future of packaging: From policy to impact

Learn how businesses are embedding circular economy principles into their operations to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate natural systems.

Making businesses regenerative

Discover the steps that put you closer to the most significant opportunities for ESG change and growth in the circular economy.

Sustainability solutions for automotive

Chasing zero with an industry network

Explore how industry innovation drives value from product carbon footprint data and identifies potential for lower emissions.

Sustainable mobility - data is the new oil

Learn how Intelligent data exchange can lower carbon emissions along the supply chain, during the charging process and in cities.

Transitioning to zero emissions and zero waste

Trace components, materials, and emissions in the sustainable supply chain to lower the carbon footprint and support the circular economy.

Sustainability solutions for manufacturing

Managing the product and equipment footprint

Calculate your product carbon footprint regularly and at scale throughout the product lifecycle with SAP Sustainability Footprint Management.

Sustainability solutions for life sciences

Building sustainable supply chains

Find out how you can add sustainable best practices across your supply chain with the assistance of SAP partner EcoVadis.

Reducing waste and saving costs

Hear the latest life sciences trends and innovations that can help produce products faster, more sustainably, and with less cost.

Sustainability solutions for oil, gas, energy, and utilities

Innovating for a sustainable future with AI

Learn how the utilities and energy sectors are transforming business models and meeting evolving customer expectations, by leveraging SAP’s AI-enhanced tools for predictive analytics and smart automation.

Intelligent asset management: unlocking the potential of sustainable energy transition

Asset management is a key aspect of sustainable energy transition, involving the replacement of high-carbon assets with renewable low-carbon alternatives. See its implications for several industries that are energy intensive.

Tracking asset availability and condition are key to energy transition and sustainability

Learn how companies with advanced digital journeys are integrating sustainability initiatives into their asset management strategies.

Sustainability solutions for professional services

Becoming one of the best sources of sustainability

Discover how professional services firms are navigating a balance between business as usual and business that supports a sustainable world.

Developing a systematic approach to sustainability

Learn how msg global is integrating sustainability into core business processes with transparent data and actionable insights.

Sustainability solutions for retail

Building green food and grocery retailers

Gain a structured perspective on how food and grocery retailers can embrace and implement a holistic sustainability strategy from the retail analyst Incisiv.

Accelerate innovation that drives sustainability

Explore the cutting-edge solutions from SAP.iO startups that help retailers achieve sustainable supply chain, food sourcing, and e-commerce operations.

Sustainability resource library

Discover the latest research, webinars, and white papers.

Meet sustainability goals with ERP-centered, AI-driven solutions

This IDC InfoBrief, sponsored by SAP, explores how to keep pace with sustainability compliance and manage ESG data with accurate, auditable results.

Read the IDC MarketScape Vendor Assessment

SAP Sustainability solutions are positioned in the Leaders category for worldwide carbon accounting and management applications in the 2024 IDC MarketScape Vendor Assessment.

Gartner recognizes breadth and depth of SAP Sustainability solutions

Our enterprise-wide, industry-specific functionality that’s embedded in core business processes is reviewed in the Gartner Sustainability Assessment.

Sustainable design for packaging

Hear from industry experts about voluntary design rules for sustainable packaging that can help businesses reduce waste, increase recycling, and support a circular economy for plastics.

Carbon accounting for sustainability and financial success

Learn how to bring your emissions data and finance data together to achieve transaction-level control that helps meet your business and sustainability goals.

Enabling CSRD compliance with SAP Sustainability solutions

See how the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) impacts your business and how our sustainability solution can help you now and in the future.

Are you ready for the coming wave of plastics regulation?

Join Dow Jones and SAP to see what’s happening in the transition to a new ecosystem of circular plastics that avoids waste, prolongs use, and recovers materials.

The future of packaging from policy to impact

Embed circular economy principles into your operations to eliminate waste and pollution, circulate products and materials, and regenerate natural systems.

Harnessing ESG data for long-term value creation

Find out how Powerlink Queensland, a leading Australian electricity transmission provider, partners with SAP for holistic sustainability and ESG management.

Why the “S” in ESG is becoming a business imperative

Hear from social responsibility leaders on why addressing human rights and social impact across the value chain are key factors that can make or break business.

Leverage ESG data, cloud ERP, and AI to make your business sustainable

Learn how to leverage ESG data and technology, such as cloud ERP and AI, to comply with the new ESG regulations, implement sustainable practices across your business, and gain an advantage over competitors.

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Using Technology to Illuminate the Path to Sustainability

Trellis and SAP explore how the right technologies can help organizations create a sustainable operating system that supports their business strategies.

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A call for transformation of the carbon accounting system

SAP and WBCSD make the case for credible emissions data to take real, targeted action on decarbonization across supply chains and measuring progress over time.

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ERP in the eco-conscious organization

IBM, SAP, and Oxford Economics found in a joint survey that organizations which integrate sustainability into their ERP are overperforming in profitability.

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Businesses Cultivating Sustainability: Meet the Resolutes

Discover how leading businesses are making environmental sustainability an integral part of their operations strategy and reaping substantial benefits.

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Tackling inequality: An agenda for business action

The Business Commission to Tackle Inequality (BCTI) provides a clear, compelling business case including 10 catalytic actions to address mounting inequality.

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The future of packaging: Five actions for long term success

Joint research from SAP and Accenture on the state of plastic packaging in consumer goods reveal five actions you can take to ensure circular packaging success.

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Five key areas of focus for carbon accounting precision

Achieving financial-grade precision to accurately measure, track, and report on the carbon flowing through every operational and supply chain transaction.

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Data is the new oil fueling the mobility industry

Intelligent data exchange can lower carbon emission across the transportation value chain – from supply chain and manufacturing operations to EV charging.