Global Environmental Policy 7.0
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SAP Global Environmental Policy
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Effective Date: January 23, 2026
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SAP Global Environmental Policy
Version Number: 7.0
Effective Date: January 23, 2026
Document Classification: PUBLIC
SAP Global Environmental Policy
Version 7.0, January 23, 2026
Document Classification: PUBLIC
The online version of this document is the officially released version. Any copies or print-outs are not controlled
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Contents
1. COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ................................ 3
1.1 SAP’s Global Environmental Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 3
2. GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR CORPORATE ACTION ............................................................................ 4
2.1 Environmental Protection .......................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Compliance............................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.3 Holistic Steering and Reporting............................................................................................................................................. 4
2.4 Employee Contribution ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
2.5 Partnerships ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
2.6 Continuous Improvement ........................................................................................................................................................... 5
3. FOCUS AREAS ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1 SAP Solutions .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 Data Center and Facility Operations ................................................................................................................................. 5
3.3 Supply Chain ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.4 On-Premise Customer Base ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
4. PURPOSE, SCOPE AND POLICY MANAGEMENT ................................................................................ 6
5. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................................................. 8
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Contents
1. COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE ................................ 3
1.1 SAP’s Global Environmental Objectives ......................................................................................................................... 3
2. GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR CORPORATE ACTION ............................................................................ 4
2.1 Environmental Protection .......................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.2 Compliance............................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
2.3 Holistic Steering and Reporting............................................................................................................................................. 4
2.4 Employee Contribution ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
2.5 Partnerships ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
2.6 Continuous Improvement ........................................................................................................................................................... 5
3. FOCUS AREAS ...................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1 SAP Solutions .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.2 Data Center and Facility Operations ................................................................................................................................. 5
3.3 Supply Chain ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3.4 On-Premise Customer Base ........................................................................................................................................................ 6
4. PURPOSE, SCOPE AND POLICY MANAGEMENT ................................................................................ 6
5. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS.............................................................................................................................. 8
SAP Global Environmental Policy
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Document Classification: PUBLIC
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SAP GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
1. COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Sustainability is an integral part of SAP’s purpose to help the world run better and improve people's lives and
crucial to our success. We strive to create positive environmental, economic, and social impact while respecting
planetary boundaries and human rights. We do this by embracing the dual role of being an exemplar and
enabler: we aim to lead by example in our own sustainable operations and provide solutions that enable our
customers to sustainably run their business and become intelligent, sustainable enterprises.
1.1 SAP’s Global Environmental Objectives
In support of our commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SAP pursues the following
key environmental objectives to foster a low-carbon, circular future:
Climate &
Energy
▪ Achieve net-zero emissions along our value chain in line with a science-based
pathway in 2030
▪ Continually improve SAP’s energy performance and renewable energy supply
▪ Design and manage SAP’s own facilities for climate resilience and biodiversity
Circularity
& Waste
▪ Improve SAP’s overall waste performance
▪ Strive towards zero e-waste in our own operations by 2030
▪ Include circular principles in our own operations and procurement decisions
Water ▪ Continually improve SAP’s water performance where relevant*
Employees ▪ Raise awareness for sustainability and enable employees to improve SAP’s
environmental performance
Innovation ▪ Develop solutions that enable customers to meet their sustainability goals and
opportunities
SAP’s leadership and entities commit to ensure that the necessary resources and information to achieve these
objectives and related targets are available, applicable compliance obligations are fulfilled, and SAP’s
environmental performance and related management systems are continually improved. They take
responsibility for ensuring that this Policy is implemented and for directing and supporting employees to
systematically integrate sustainability into business processes. All SAP employees shall strive to contribute to
sustainability in support of SAP’s objectives.
This Policy is available to all interested parties at sap.com.
Christian Klein
Chief Executive Officer
Member of the SAP Executive Board
Matthias Medert
Global Head of Sustainability
*SAP aims to reduce water withdrawal in large data centers and offices sited in water-stressed areas, according to the World Resources Institute
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SAP GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
1. COMMITMENT TO IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE
Sustainability is an integral part of SAP’s purpose to help the world run better and improve people's lives and
crucial to our success. We strive to create positive environmental, economic, and social impact while respecting
planetary boundaries and human rights. We do this by embracing the dual role of being an exemplar and
enabler: we aim to lead by example in our own sustainable operations and provide solutions that enable our
customers to sustainably run their business and become intelligent, sustainable enterprises.
1.1 SAP’s Global Environmental Objectives
In support of our commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), SAP pursues the following
key environmental objectives to foster a low-carbon, circular future:
Climate &
Energy
▪ Achieve net-zero emissions along our value chain in line with a science-based
pathway in 2030
▪ Continually improve SAP’s energy performance and renewable energy supply
▪ Design and manage SAP’s own facilities for climate resilience and biodiversity
Circularity
& Waste
▪ Improve SAP’s overall waste performance
▪ Strive towards zero e-waste in our own operations by 2030
▪ Include circular principles in our own operations and procurement decisions
Water ▪ Continually improve SAP’s water performance where relevant*
Employees ▪ Raise awareness for sustainability and enable employees to improve SAP’s
environmental performance
Innovation ▪ Develop solutions that enable customers to meet their sustainability goals and
opportunities
SAP’s leadership and entities commit to ensure that the necessary resources and information to achieve these
objectives and related targets are available, applicable compliance obligations are fulfilled, and SAP’s
environmental performance and related management systems are continually improved. They take
responsibility for ensuring that this Policy is implemented and for directing and supporting employees to
systematically integrate sustainability into business processes. All SAP employees shall strive to contribute to
sustainability in support of SAP’s objectives.
This Policy is available to all interested parties at sap.com.
Christian Klein
Chief Executive Officer
Member of the SAP Executive Board
Matthias Medert
Global Head of Sustainability
*SAP aims to reduce water withdrawal in large data centers and offices sited in water-stressed areas, according to the World Resources Institute
SAP Global Environmental Policy
Version 7.0, January 23, 2026
Document Classification: PUBLIC
The online version of this document is the officially released version. Any copies or print-outs are not controlled
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2. GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR CORPORATE ACTION
To foster sustainability and achieve our objectives, SAP defined six principles that guide all action:
2.1 Environmental Protection
We commit to protect our planet, prevent pollution, and manage our environmental impact to respect planetary
boundaries. In balance with the growth of our business and informed by the outcome of our double materiality
assessment (evaluation of environmental topics from both financial and impact perspectives), we continue to
implement practices to lower our emissions, reduce our resource use, restore ecosystems, and change
processes in aspiration for a world with minimal waste.
Climate Action
SAP pledges to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across our value chain emissions in line with a 1.5°C
pathway by 2030. This includes Scope 1 (direct emissions), Scope 2 (market-based energy-related indirect
emissions), and all other business-relevant indirect (Scope 3) value chain emissions —ranging from upstream
emissions (coming from direct and indirect supplier activities) as well as our downstream emissions from
products in use. SAP shall continue to implement its climate action plan and strategic Net-Zero 2030 program,
build capacities, and collaborate with suppliers, customers, and other key stakeholders to drive, monitor, and
report target achievement.
On our way to achieving net-zero emissions and in line with our historical efforts to protect nature, SAP commits
to annually finance external climate projects that reduce and remove more CO2 than our own operations
(including scope 1, 2 and business travel emissions) cause in the respective year. This climate finance
contribution also supports SAP’s goal to help plant 25 million trees for the benefit of people, climate, and
biodiversity by 2030. It includes restoring more land than our offices and SAP data centers occupy and
regenerating the natural environment in which we operate.
Circular Economy
We strive to act according to the three principles of circularity: eliminating waste and pollution, keeping
products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems. This means optimizing our waste performance
and promoting the sustainable reuse of resources. SAP is committed to operate free of single-use-plastics, and
we prioritize suppliers and partners that show a commitment to circularity.
2.2 Compliance
We commit to satisfy and comply with all applicable legal requirements and other obligations related to SAP’s
environmental and energy performance. This Policy is complemented by other policies, codes, and
commitments (see section 4).
2.3 Holistic Steering and Reporting
We commit to holistically steer our business and report our performance. This means connecting financial and
non-financial metrics to comprehensively analyze all dimensions of a company’s performance and working
toward their integration and harmonization. This approach includes the exchange of emission data along the
corporate value chain (i.e. suppliers to customers) via product carbon footprints, providing the foundation for
better balanced management decisions while positively impacting people and our planet. SAP reports its ESG
(environmental, social and corporate governance) and financial metrics within its SAP Integrated Report.
Moreover, executive board compensation is partly based on these metrics.
2.4 Employee Contribution
We commit to inspire sustainable change and enable employee contribution to our environmental goals
through global and local measures. To spark action and behavioural change, SAP will continue to raise
awareness for environmental challenges at work through dialogue platforms, events, volunteering, and more.
We foster transparency and sustainability engagement by providing monitoring tools and learning opportunities
that illustrate performance trends and how sustainability is engrained in SAP’s purpose, strategy, and business.
All employees are strongly encouraged to become active, act as role models and play their part in SAP’s
ongoing sustainability transformation.
Version 7.0, January 23, 2026
Document Classification: PUBLIC
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2. GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR CORPORATE ACTION
To foster sustainability and achieve our objectives, SAP defined six principles that guide all action:
2.1 Environmental Protection
We commit to protect our planet, prevent pollution, and manage our environmental impact to respect planetary
boundaries. In balance with the growth of our business and informed by the outcome of our double materiality
assessment (evaluation of environmental topics from both financial and impact perspectives), we continue to
implement practices to lower our emissions, reduce our resource use, restore ecosystems, and change
processes in aspiration for a world with minimal waste.
Climate Action
SAP pledges to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across our value chain emissions in line with a 1.5°C
pathway by 2030. This includes Scope 1 (direct emissions), Scope 2 (market-based energy-related indirect
emissions), and all other business-relevant indirect (Scope 3) value chain emissions —ranging from upstream
emissions (coming from direct and indirect supplier activities) as well as our downstream emissions from
products in use. SAP shall continue to implement its climate action plan and strategic Net-Zero 2030 program,
build capacities, and collaborate with suppliers, customers, and other key stakeholders to drive, monitor, and
report target achievement.
On our way to achieving net-zero emissions and in line with our historical efforts to protect nature, SAP commits
to annually finance external climate projects that reduce and remove more CO2 than our own operations
(including scope 1, 2 and business travel emissions) cause in the respective year. This climate finance
contribution also supports SAP’s goal to help plant 25 million trees for the benefit of people, climate, and
biodiversity by 2030. It includes restoring more land than our offices and SAP data centers occupy and
regenerating the natural environment in which we operate.
Circular Economy
We strive to act according to the three principles of circularity: eliminating waste and pollution, keeping
products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems. This means optimizing our waste performance
and promoting the sustainable reuse of resources. SAP is committed to operate free of single-use-plastics, and
we prioritize suppliers and partners that show a commitment to circularity.
2.2 Compliance
We commit to satisfy and comply with all applicable legal requirements and other obligations related to SAP’s
environmental and energy performance. This Policy is complemented by other policies, codes, and
commitments (see section 4).
2.3 Holistic Steering and Reporting
We commit to holistically steer our business and report our performance. This means connecting financial and
non-financial metrics to comprehensively analyze all dimensions of a company’s performance and working
toward their integration and harmonization. This approach includes the exchange of emission data along the
corporate value chain (i.e. suppliers to customers) via product carbon footprints, providing the foundation for
better balanced management decisions while positively impacting people and our planet. SAP reports its ESG
(environmental, social and corporate governance) and financial metrics within its SAP Integrated Report.
Moreover, executive board compensation is partly based on these metrics.
2.4 Employee Contribution
We commit to inspire sustainable change and enable employee contribution to our environmental goals
through global and local measures. To spark action and behavioural change, SAP will continue to raise
awareness for environmental challenges at work through dialogue platforms, events, volunteering, and more.
We foster transparency and sustainability engagement by providing monitoring tools and learning opportunities
that illustrate performance trends and how sustainability is engrained in SAP’s purpose, strategy, and business.
All employees are strongly encouraged to become active, act as role models and play their part in SAP’s
ongoing sustainability transformation.