SAP Will Cut Carbon Emissions, but Calls for More
SAP aims to cut its employees' contribution to global warming by 60 percent by 2020, co-CEO Léo Apotheker said at the Cebit trade show on Tuesday.
However, the effect of SAP's internal efforts will be small: No matter how hard the IT industry works to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions, they still account for only 2 percent of world emissions, he said, speaking at the Cebit Global Summit, a conference running alongside the show.
A more effective way to limit global warming is to use IT to improve the performance of everything else: "We need to help companies to reduce the other 98 percent of greenhouse gas emissions," he said. "Sustainable business processes are key to that."
Green IT is one of the themes of the show this year. While there are plenty of power-saving servers on display, it's not all about energy efficiency: Exhibitors are illustrating Apotheker's point by showing how IT can contribute to reducing pollution and waste, eliminating unnecessary travel, and promoting innovation in other industries.
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