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Through topics of transportation, utilities and acquiring a new company, sustainability was clearly on the mind of SAP Co-CEO Jim Snabe on Thursday. (more…)

Mobile technology from SAP is helping streamline operations of a leading hunger relief organization in the U.S., the company announced Thursday. Truck drivers for Feeding America use SAP Mobile Platform-powered mobile handheld devices nationwide to instantly see how their daily inventory compares to the needs of food pantries and shelters. (more…)

In very large U.S. urban areas, the average commuter spends $16 and 52 minutes traveling 32 miles round trip to work each day. For many organizations – and employees that endure long, solo commutes – it all adds up to lost productivity, wasted resources and additional expenses. (more…)

Over the past several years, we have talked at SAP about how we cannot limit ourselves by merely trying to create a sustainability strategy. Instead, we have been working to make our corporate strategy more sustainable. (more…)

One number stands out amidst the uncertain talk of economic recovery: 500 million. According to a recent Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) survey sponsored by SAP, that’s the number of new jobs needed by 2020 to get people back to work, whether they’re unemployed now or youth joining the workforce. (more…)

Early in the process, the London 2012 management team made a number of promises to the International Olympic Committee about the Sustainability of the 2012 Olympics. (more…)

After spending a week working at ASMARE, an association of “catadores” or garbage collectors in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, I have come to truly appreciate the staff’s unrelenting commitment and passion to reduce poverty and homelessness. (more…)

The third largest city in Brazil, Belo Horizonte (BH), is no different than any other city or town in the world in that it produces tons of trash each day. (more…)

Even though I believe in building a more sustainable future, it comes with a healthy dose of skepticism. (more…)

I am often asked about the changes that I have seen in the sustainability market since SAP formally launched its efforts in early 2009. (more…)