SAP tops Global Sustainability ranking

As per a recent announcement, Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) has ranked SAP AG as the most sustainable software and services company for the seventh consecutive year. The company also achieved inclusion in the CDP’s Global 500 Climate Disclosure and Performance Leadership Indexes [PDF]. The rankings recognize the actions of SAP, which it has taken to embed sustainability across its business worldwide and its efforts to continuously reduce carbon emissions since 2007.

The accompanying Industry Leader Report [PDF] for DJSI said, In 2012, SAP AG published its first Integrated Report, merging its financial reporting from its Annual Report with its sustainability reporting procedures. Such a move demonstrated SAP’s commitment to integrating sustainability into the entire company’s strategy and business model.

At SAP, we are driven by the vision to help the world run better  through our solutions for customers and consumers, our own internal operations and by giving back to society. This week’s public recognition of SAP as a worldwide sustainability leader is result of our achievements in realizing this goal. This is a tremendous validation of our efforts to embed sustainability across the company globally and help ensure the long-term success of our customers’ and our own business, said Peter Graf, Chief Sustainability Officer, SAP.

SAP is further commended for its “internal efficiency measures that have contributed to a cumulative cost avoidance of EUR 220 million”, employee retention-focussed programmes and corporate social responsibility activities.