SAP Sustainability Footprint Management offers an ERP-centric approach to calculating the carbon footprint of products and the entire company and integrates the results into business processes via outbound integrations. SAP Green Ledger is a financial solution that SAP introduced at the end of 2024. The integration of both solutions enables customers to align their carbon accounting and financial accounting and make informed decisions. With SAP Green Ledger, financial and CO2 data can be captured and assigned to profit centers, business units or other financial categories. The solution does not offer functions for calculating the company-related and product-related CO2 footprint.

The PCF (Product Carbon Footprint) examines the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused by a product in the various phases of its life cycle. The greenhouse gas emissions are assigned to a specific unit of a product. PCFs are calculated for the following use cases, among others: Supporting voluntary standards such as PACT V2, creating low-carbon supply chains in networks such as Catena X or manufacturing low-carbon products.

The CCF (Corporate Carbon Footprint) considers the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly or indirectly by a company’s activities. The emissions are usually calculated for a specific period, e.g. a calendar year. CCFs are usually calculated in accordance with the GHG Protocol, whereby a distinction is made between Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions. CCFs are calculated for the following use cases, among others: Compliance with legal requirements such as the CSRD, creating transparency for decarbonization or achieving net zero targets.