How RISE With SAP and GROW With SAP Contribute to SAP’s Net-Zero Journey

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / July 17, 2023 / SAP:

Feature by Michael McComb

SAP aims to be a net-zero enterprise by 2030. To achieve this, SAP needs to move the majority of customers to the cloud in order to reduce overall emissions and have better emissions management capabilities. RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP, two flagship solutions designed to help our customers migrate to cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP), are essential elements in SAP's net-zero journey.

SAP is now the second-fastest growing cloud company, having successfully moved thousands of customers to the cloud over the past several years as part of the company's strategic transformation.

"Our customers want flexibility, reliability, and security from SAP, but they also want sustainability," said Scott Russell, member of the Executive Board of SAP SE, Customer Success. "Our RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP solutions help customers move to cloud data centers, which play a significant role in helping them achieve their net-zero targets and deliver more sustainable practices throughout their business processes."

SAP and other cloud providers are increasingly investing in building and operating green data centers. Green data centers prioritize sustainability, aiming to minimize environmental impact and carbon footprints. To minimize the negative environmental impact, SAP-owned data centers run with 100% renewable electricity. The company achieves a "green cloud" by investing in high-quality, EKO energy-certified energy attribute certificates (EACs) to support renewable energy generation. These facilities incorporate energy-efficient design principles, use renewable energy sources, and employ eco-friendly cooling methods.

Moving SAP's data centers to more energy efficient cloud computing is a key part of our own carbon emissions management. SAP's net-zero commitment goes far beyond SAP's internal data center usage. SAP aims to reduce or ensure renewable electricity for all cloud computing usage by customers, including partner hyperscaler data centers running SAP solutions. Even when RISE with SAP and GROW with SAP customers opt to use hyperscalers, the partner data center's emissions relating to SAP customer usage is accounted for in SAP's own scope 3 emissions reporting.