SAP aims to slash greenhouse gas emissions

Software giant SAP AG plans to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half during the next decade as part of a broad sustainability initiative. The Walldorf, Germany-based company (NYSE: SAP) is striving for a 51% reduction of its direct and indirect emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases by 2020. Hitting the target would return SAP to its year-2000 emissions level of 250,000 metric tons of CO2.
In addition to slashing its carbon emissions, SAP plans to roll out software that would help its more than 80,000 customers in 120 countries track their energy consumption as well as manage environmental risks in their supply chains. The firms account for about 5 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases, which is one-sixth of the total amount generated by humans and 10,000 times the amount generated by SAP. Read on...