SAP Sustains to Increase its Carbon Efficiency
Increases its carbon efficiency from 36.4 grams per Euro in 2010 to 34.3 grams per Euro in 2011
Feb 01, 2012
SAP AG has declared its preliminary sustainability performance results for 2011. As a leading provider of sustainability solutions, SAP also strives to implement sustainable business practices across its own global operations.
For the fifth consecutive year, SAP has increased its carbon efficiency from 36.4 grams per Euro in 2010 to 34.3 grams per Euro in 2011 (measured in emissions caused per Euro revenue). Due to software revenue increases of 25 percent at constant currencies, the company’s worldwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased eight percent to 490 kilotons in comparison to 455 kilotons, including Sybase, in 2010. Despite the increase in carbon emissions, SAP beat its published 2011 target by three percent and remains on track to achieve its target of reducing emissions to year-2000 levels by 2020. The company’s focused energy and sustainability initiatives have led to a cumulative cost avoidance of EUR190 million since 2008 and EUR25 million alone in 2011, in comparison to a business as usual extrapolation based on 2007.
“SAP has made sustainability its purpose, as business software innovation helps companies grow more profitably and responsibly,” said Peter Graf, chief sustainability officer, SAP AG. “In 2011, we’ve been able to make significant strides toward more sustainable business practices across the board. However, it is also clear that more work needs to be done to hit our long-term targets, including the reduction of our energy consumption and accompanying emissions to year-2000 level by 2020”.