Sustainability, Health, and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Innovation belongs to all of us. Yet, according to our partner UNICEF, thirty percent of the world’s young people are not connected to the digital economy.* SAP Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is tackling this issue head-on, powering opportunity for all people through digital inclusion initiatives. 

SAP’s education initiatives help people attain the relevant 21st-century skills to thrive and secure decent meaningful work, including entrepreneurial pursuits, in a digital world. To date, our digital skills and coding programs trained 56,000 teachers, engaged 4.5 million young people and spanned 105 countries.

SAP CSR carefully selects nonprofit and social enterprise partners primarily in the areas of quality education, workforce preparedness, and youth entrepreneurship. We provide skills, technology expertise, and access to markets to accelerate these partners’ ability to drive sustainable social impact and systemic change. In 2019, SAP built capacity for over 1,200 innovative nonprofit organizations and social enterprises through in-kind contributions of €3.4 million impacting a minimum of 950,000 lives across the globe.

93% of SAP employees acknowledge the importance of pursuing purpose and sustainability. SAP CSR empowers them to take action around causes they care about. In 2019, 20,000+ SAP employees volunteered, dedicating more than 270,000 hours of service in more than 58 countries. 55% of all volunteer hours were skills-based in support of our innovative programs building digital skills, workforce readiness, and youth entrepreneurship. 

We believe in a world where education, training, and age-appropriate employment should be accessible to all young people – and we are partnering with UNICEF in support of Generation Unlimited to make it happen. While our journey begins in India, Turkey, and Viet Nam, we hope to scale sustainable change in digital education throughout the world. Together, we can build a future-ready generation.

SAP Social Sabbatical is a pro bono volunteering program designed to utilize and develop SAP talent, while helping nonprofit organizations and social enterprises that focus on digital inclusion run at their best.