We bring ESG reporting into SAP: carbon accounting with SAP Green Ledger and Sustainability Footprint Management, ESG data collected from your SAP processes rather than spreadsheets, and reports for investors, regulators and tender requirements.
Carbon accounting
with SAP Green Ledger and Sustainability Footprint Management
From SAP data
ESG figures from your processes, not spreadsheets
Audit-ready
the same rigour as financial reporting
For every audience
investors, regulators, customers and tenders
Investors, regulators and customers now ask for emissions numbers with the same confidence as revenue. That only works when ESG data comes from the same systems as your financial data.
What we deliver
Choose an area to see the problems we solve, what we deliver and the SAP solutions we use.
Carbon accounting
The problem
- Emissions estimated once a year in spreadsheets
- No link between emissions and the business activity behind them
- Numbers auditors can’t trace
What we deliver
- Emissions recorded alongside financial postings
- Scope 1, 2 and 3 calculation based on the GHG Protocol
- Emission factors managed centrally
- A traceable audit trail for every figure
- SAP Green Ledger
- S/4HANA
- SAP Cloud ERP
The result: Carbon numbers you can trace like financial numbers.
Product and corporate footprints
The problem
- Customers asking for product carbon footprints
- No view of which products or plants emit most
- Supplier emissions unknown
What we deliver
- Product carbon footprints from your bills of material and processes
- Corporate footprint by plant, entity and product
- Supplier emission data collection
- Hotspots identified for reduction
- SAP Sustainability Footprint Management
- SAP Business Network
The result: Footprints you can share with customers, and hotspots you can act on.
ESG data collection
The problem
- ESG data gathered by email from every site
- Energy, water and waste data in different formats
- Social and governance data spread across HR and legal
What we deliver
- Energy, water and waste data from SAP processes and meters
- Workforce data from SuccessFactors
- One ESG data model across environmental, social and governance
- Data owners and approval steps
- SAP Datasphere
- SAP SuccessFactors
- SAP Integration Suite
The result: ESG data collected once, from the source.
Reporting and disclosure
The problem
- Every framework asking for different numbers
- Reports built manually each year
- Tender questionnaires answered from scratch
What we deliver
- Reports aligned with frameworks such as the GHG Protocol, GRI and ISSB (IFRS S1 and S2)
- Support for regional requirements, such as stock-exchange ESG disclosure guidelines in the Gulf and BRSR in India
- Dashboards for leadership and sustainability teams
- Reusable answers for customer and tender requests
- SAP Analytics Cloud
- SAP Sustainability Control Tower
The result: Reports produced from data, not rebuilt every year.
Targets and reduction
The problem
- Targets set without a plan to reach them
- Reduction projects not tracked
- No link between ESG and business decisions
What we deliver
- Targets broken down by site, product and process
- Reduction initiatives tracked against targets
- Emissions shown next to cost in decisions
- Regular progress reviews for leadership
- SAP Analytics Cloud
- SAP Sustainability Control Tower
- SAP Green Ledger
The result: Targets with a plan, and progress you can show.
How we deliver
Assess
Frameworks, data sources and current reporting.
You get: An ESG data map
Design
Data model, calculations and controls.
You get: A signed-off design
Build
Configure SAP and connect data sources.
You get: ESG data flowing
Report
Dashboards and disclosure reports.
You get: Reports from data
Improve
Targets, reduction tracking and support.
You get: Progress you can show
Before and after
ESG reporting today
- Spreadsheets emailed from every site
- Emissions estimated once a year
- Each report built from scratch
- Numbers hard to audit
ESG with INK and SAP
- Data from SAP processes and meters
- Emissions recorded with every transaction
- Reports produced from one data model
- A full audit trail
Frameworks and requirements vary by country and company; we confirm which apply to you. Related: Finance, Treasury & Group Reporting · Data & Analytics · Manufacturing & Asset Management
Make your ESG numbers as solid as your finance
Tell us which reports you need and where your data comes from today. We’ll show you how SAP can do the heavy lifting.
Frequently asked questions
What is SAP Green Ledger?
SAP's solution for recording actual carbon emissions alongside financial transactions, so emissions can be reported and audited like financial data.
Which frameworks can you report against?
We design ESG data to support frameworks such as the GHG Protocol, GRI and ISSB, and regional requirements such as stock-exchange ESG disclosure guidelines in the Gulf and BRSR in India. We confirm which apply to you.
Can you calculate product carbon footprints?
Yes. With SAP Sustainability Footprint Management we calculate product and corporate footprints from your bills of material, processes and supplier data.
Do we need S/4HANA for this?
S/4HANA or SAP Cloud ERP gives the best results, because emissions can be linked to real transactions. We can also start with data from other systems.