Half of the energy used by software giantSAPnow comes from renewable sources, moving the company closer to its goal of shrinking its carbon footprint 5 percent this year.
Virtualization tools are also helping the company use energy more efficiently in 2010, but an uptick in business activity has pushed business travel figures higher than they were one year ago. As a result, limiting employee air travel has become a top priority for SAP as it continues its long-term efforts to halve its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.