SAP
“Sustainability is firmly rooted in SAP’ s corporate strategy, philosophy and purpose”
Gunther Rothermel, Chief Product Officer and Co-General Manager, SAP
are widely recognised for embedding sustainability into business processes, enabling our customers to operate sustainably themselves. Sustainability is therefore firmly rooted in SAP’ s corporate strategy, philosophy and purpose.
What is the role of AI at SAP? At SAP, we refer to our approach as SAP Business AI, which is an open concept. We use a range of AI technologies, including the latest large language models from our key partners, and then apply this technology to the business environment. We feed it with data from our applications and data foundation, so it is always contextualised for business. This is the essence of SAP Business AI.
We apply this philosophy fully to sustainability as well, embedding AI within our applications to increase productivity by operating on sustainability data we generate. Additionally, we use AI agents to orchestrate compliance with regulations and drive further optimisation. In essence, we always strive to apply cutting-edge technology within the business context of sustainability.
60 January 2026