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Carbon Neutrality In Our Own Operations
by 20231

Progress Report: Related Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in metric tons CO₂e
 

For our carbon neutrality target we consider the following emissions: Scope 1 net + Scope 2, location-based net + Scope 3 (limited value chain; reduced by renewable electricity and carbon offsets). For a detailed breakdown per scope, see table further below.

Base Year (2017) 327,000        
Target Year (2023) 0        
           
  2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Total net GHG emissions2 (rounded to 5,000 tons) 85,000 110,000 135,000 300,000 310,000
Year-over-Year change [in %] −23 −19 −55 −3 −5
Annual target3 95,000 110,000 150,000 285,000 333,000
Annual target achievement [in %] 112 100 111 95 107
Progress towards target year 2023 relative to base year 2017 [in %] 74 66 59 8 5
GHG Intensity          
Net GHG emissions [in tons CO2e] per employee [in full-time equivalent] 0.8 1.0 1.3 3.0 3.3
Net GHG emissions [n grams CO2e] per € revenue 2.8 3.9 4.9 10.9 12.6

1 Due to rounding, the sum of the numbers presented in the table might not precisely equal the totals we provide.

2 The value is reduced by renewable electricity (e.g., on-site produced renewables or Energy Attribute Certificates) and (2) carbon offsets.

3 For 2022, our outlook was updated in October 2022 to reflect the catch-up effects in business travel after the COVID-19 pandemic began to subside (adjusted target: 90-95 kilotons (kt); original target for 2022: 70 kt). In both preceding years, 2021 and 2020, we reduced our targeted outlook to reflect the expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on SAP’s business results. In July 2021, we reduced our carbon emissions outlook for 2021 from 145 kt to a range of 90 kt to 110 kt. In 2020, the latest target change entailed an update from the original level of 238 kt to 150 kt. Please note: The target achievement relevant for our short-term compensation of the Executive Board may differ, please see "Compensation Report".


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Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Overview and Breakdown of SAP's GHG Emissions (Carbon Neutrality scope)¹⁰
 

Related Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in totals and by scope in metric tons CO₂e (rounded to 100 tons)

  2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Total gross4 GHG Emissions5 440,900 344,900 410,500 793,700 733,300
Total net6 GHG emissions (location-based)7 86,800 107,900 133,400 300,500 310,200
Total net GHG emissions (market-based)8 86,800 149,600 166,800 398,600 392,000
           
Total amount of applied GHG reductions (renewable electricity: Scope 2 location-based and Scope 3) 257,000 219,500 198,300 219,600 212,900
Total amount of applied GHG reductions (renewable electricity: Scope 2 market-based and Scope 3) 207,300 147,500 127,500 99,100 109,600
Total amount of applied carbon compensation (carbon offsets; Scope 1, 2, and 3) 97,000 17,500 78,800 273,500 210,300
           

Scope 1

Scope 1 gross4 107,500 96,300 97,400 152,500 144,200
Scope 1 net6 78,200 91,200 94,300 126,200 123,100
Stationary combustion9
Stationary combustion (gross) 19,700 20,000 20,400 31,400 25,500
Stationary combustion (net) 0 20,000 20,400 23,900 20,200
Refrigerants Facilities
Refrigerants facilities (gross) 5,500 3,700 4,000 4,600 4,400
Refrigerants facilities (net) 0 3,700 4,000 4,600 4,400
Mobile Combustion Corporate Cars
Mobile combustion corporate cars (gross) 79,400 70,800 71,800 109,300 106,800
Mobile combustion corporate cars (net) 77,800 67,000 69,400 93,800 91,000
Refrigerants in Corporate Cars
Refrigerants in corporate cars (gross) 500 400 400 3,900 3,300
Refrigerants in corporate cars (net) 500 400 400 3,900 3,300
Mobile Combustion Corporate Jets
Mobile combustion corporate jets (gross) 2,500 1,300 700 3,300 4,200
Mobile combustion corporate jets (net) 0 0 0 0 4,200
           
CO2 emissions from the combustion of biomass (not accounted for in Scope 1; out of scopes) 686 375 1,000 872 782
           
Total amount of applied carbon compensation (carbon offsets) for Scope 1 29,300 5,100 3,100 26,300 21,100

Scope 2

  2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Scope 2 gross4 (location-based10) 175,300 111,500 125,000 154,000 157,100
Scope 2 gross4 (market-based11) 125,600 81,300 87,600 131,400 135,800
Scope 2 location-based12 1,500 1,700 800 700 600
Scope 2 location-based net7 0 1,700 800 700 600
Scope 2 market-based13 1,500 43,300 34,200 98,500 82,500
Electricity in Office Buildings
Electricity in office buildings (gross) 54,500 45,900 49,500 74,600 76,100
Electricity in office buildings (location-based) 0 0 0 0 0
Electricity in office buildings (market-based) 0 15,100 16,600 45,500 30,000
Electricity in Own Data Centers
Electricity in own data centers (gross) 50,400 64,000 74,700 78,700 80,300
Electricity in own data centers (location-based) 0 0 0 0 0
Electricity in own data centers (market-based) 0 26,600 16,800 52,400 51,900
Electricity in Co-Location Data Centers14
Electricity in co-location data centers (gross) 62,000 see 'Scope 3'
Electricity in co-location data centers (location-based) 0 see 'Scope 3'
Electricity in co-location data centers (market-based) 0 see 'Scope 3'
Home Office Electricity15
Home office electricity (gross) 5,500 n/a
Home office electricity (location-based) 0 n/a
Home office electricity (market-based) 0 n/a
E-Mobility15
E-mobility electricity (gross) 1,400 n/a
E-mobility electricity (location-based) 0 n/a
E-mobility electricity (market-based) 0 n/a
Purchased Heat, Steam, and Cooling
Purchased heat, steam, and cooling (gross) 1,500 1,700 800 700 600
Purchased heat, steam, and cooling (net) 0 1,700 800 700 600
           
Total amount of applied GHG reductions for Scope 2 (location-based) 173,800 109,900 124,200 153,400 156,500
Total amount of applied GHG reductions for Scope 2 (market-based) 124,000 37,900 53,400 32,900 53,300
           
Total amount of applied carbon compensation (carbon offsets) for Scope 2 1,500 0 0 0 0

Scope 3 limited value chain (reflecting a selective range of Scope 3 categories)16

  2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Scope 3 gross4 158,100 137,100 188,200 487,100 432,100
Scope 3 (reduced by renewable electricity) 74,800 27,500 114,100 421,000 375,700
Scope 3 (reduced by renewable electricity and carbon offsets) 8,500 15,100 38,400 173,800 186,400
 Category 1 - Purchased Goods and Services
Electricity consumed by Hyperscale Services17 (gross) 83,300 46,500 3,400 2,100 n/a
Electricity consumed by Hyperscale Services17 (reduced by renewable electricity18) 0 0 0 0 n/a
Electricity consumed by co-location data centers19 (gross) see 'Scope 2' 63,100 70,700 64,200 56,400
 Electricity consumed by co-location data centers19 (reduced by renewable electricity18) see 'Scope 2' 0 0 0 0
Category 4 - Upstream Transporation and Distribution20
Logistics (Paper, Parcel and Mail, Data Download) (gross) 1,000 900 1,400 13,200 10,900
Logistics (Paper, Parcel and Mail, Data Download) (net) 0 0 0 10,900 9,000
Category 6 - Business Travel
Business Travel (gross) 54,000 14,700 95,900 358,600 317,200
Business Travel (net) 8,500 3,200 21,600 116,700 133,300
Business Flights (gross) 48,900 12,600 91,300 339,600 298,800
Business Flights (net) 4,900 1,900 18,300 102,900 120,000
Rental Cars (gross) 3,100 1,000 2,700 11,900 11,300
Rental Cars (net) 3,100 1,000 2,700 11,900 11,300
Train Travel (gross) 500 300 600 1,900 2,000
Train Travel (net) 500 300 600 1,900 2,000
Business Trips with Private Cars (gross) 1,500 800 1,300 5,200 5,100
Business Trips with Private Cars (net) 0 0 0 0 0
Category 7 - Employee Commuting
Employee Commuting (gross) 19,800 11,900 16,800 49,200 47,600
Employee Commuting (net) 0 11,900 16,800 46,200 44,100
           
Total amount of applied GHG reductions (renewable electricity) for Scope 318 83,300 109,600 74,100 66,300 56,400
           
Total amount of applied carbon compensation (carbon offsets) for Scope 3 66,400 12,400 75,700 247,200 189,300

4 'Gross' refers to the fact that no GHG reductions (e.g., Energy Attribute Certificates) nor carbon offsets were taken into account.

5 The total consists of the following emission scopes: Scope 1 gross, Scope 2 gross (location-based), Scope 3 gross.

6 'Net' refers to the application of carbon compensation (carbon offsets).

7 The location-based net value is reduced by (1) renewable electricity (e.g., on-site produced renewables or Energy Attribute Certificates) and (2) carbon offsets.

8 The market-based net value is reduced by (1) renewable electricity (e.g., on-site produced renewables or Energy Attribute Certificates) and (2) carbon offsets. For the renewables, we consider a regional market-boundary approach since 2022. For more information see "Non-Financial Notes: Environmental Performance".

9 Includes the CH4 and N2O emissions of combustion of biomass (wood pellets in our co-generation unit / combined heat and power system.

10 The location-based gross value considers regional- or country-specific emissions factors.

11 The market-based gross value considers regional- or country-specific emissions factors if no market-based emission factors are available.

12 The location-based value is reduced by renewable electricity which is leveraged through on-site produced renewables and contractual instruments such as Energy Attribute Certificates. No consideration of carbon offsets.

13 The market-based value is reduced by renewable electricity which is leveraged through on-site produced renewables and contractual instruments such as Energy Attribute Certificates. No consideration of carbon offsets. For the renewables, we consider a regional market-boundary approach since 2022. For more information see "Non-Financial Notes: Environmental Performance".

14 In 2022, we re-evaluated the categorization of the former Scope 3 upstream category “Electricity in External Data Centers” and decided to re-categorize the emissions as Scope 2 due to the underlying leasing model and SAP’s operational control over the IT infrastructure. Before 2022, co-locations-related data can be found in section 'Scope 3'.

15 This GHG emissions category was introduced in 2022, hence no data is available prior to 2022.

16 For our carbon neutral commitment, we take into account a limited value chain perspective. This means, we defined which Scope 3 categories are in scope of our control and hence are in scope for our carbon neutrality target determined in 2017. For more information see Integrated Report, section "Non-Financial Notes: Environmental Performance."

17 With our business model evolving from on-premise solutions to Cloud business, the relevance of so-called Hyperscale services has been increasing. Consequently, this particular category was added for reporting year 2019 for the first time.

18 Due to the (still) very limited control over the energy / electricity procurement of our value chain partners, we maintain our approach to purchase high-quality EACs to compensate the electricity consumed by third party data centers.

19 In 2022, we re-evaluated the categorization of the former Scope 3 upstream category “Electricity in External Data Centers” and decided to re-categorize the emissions as Scope 2 due to the underlying leasing model and SAP’s operational control over the IT infrastructure. Starting 2022, co-locations-related data can be found in section 'Scope 2'.

20 In 2021, we established this sub-category under category 4 which consists of the following three emission sources: 1) Emissions caused by mail and parcel, 2) Emissions caused by the consumption of paper, and 3) Emissions caused by our customers downloading software data from our servers (originally a downstream emissions category). Due to their insignificant emissions impact, calculation is done based on an average factor ‘carbon emissions per FTE.’ This factor has been determined based on the emissions data of each category of the previous three years.


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Science-Based Target

Related Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions in metric tons CO₂e (rounded to 1000 tons)

Set first in 2017 and re-assessed in 2019, SAP has a SBTi-approved and 1.5°-aligned reduction target: SAP commits to reduce total scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions 40% by 2025 (near-term target), using a 2016 base year. This target is an important milestone in reducing emissions 85% by 2050, using a 2016 base year (see SBTi website: https://sciencebasedtargets.org/companies-taking-action). To accelerate our ambition, SAP aims to be net-zero along its value chain by 2030 in line with a 1.5°C climate change scenario – 20 years earlier than previously planned. To ensure an accurate and reliable baseline and reduction pathway as well as GHG emissions audited with reasonable assurance, we are currently re-assessing the scope and carbon calculation of our defined GHG footprint categories before submitting our net-zero target to the SBTi.

 

Base Year (2016) 9,188,000
Near-term Target Year (2025) 5,561,000
     
  2022 2021
Total GHG emissions21 5,987,000 5,780,000
Annual target   6,574,000 6,951,000
Annual target achievement [in %] 110 120
Progress towards target year 2025 relative to base year 2016 [in %] 93 96
     

21 Please note that SAP's validated target by the SBTi represents a subset of SAP’s gross GHG emissions along the full value chain disclosed in our Integrated Report, section "Non-Financial Notes: Environmental Performance".


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