SAP Sustainability Footprint Management (SFM) helps organizations calculate their corporate and product carbon footprints (CCF & PCF) using actual SAP ERP data. The solution integrates seamlessly into your business processes, enabling data-driven decisions and scalable decarbonization. Whether you're just starting or ready to roll out globally, BearingPoint supports you with proven SAP SFM implementation expertise.

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What it is:
  1. Corporate and product footprint calculations
    Assess your corporate carbon footprint across all GHG Protocol scopes (1, 2, and 3), and evaluate product carbon footprints across your portfolio, including materials, transportation, and production.
     
  2. Integration for highly granular calculations
    Pull in existing master and transactional data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud, integrate supplier data, third party sources, and facility energy flows for accurate footprint results.
     
  3. Decarbonization driven by ERP
    Integrate footprint results into key business processes like procurement, supplier management, finance, operations, planning, and reporting to enable data-driven, transparent, and sustainable decision-making.

How it works:

With SAP Sustainability Footprint Management (SFM), you can efficiently measure, manage, and reduce your corporate and product carbon footprints (CCF & PCF) across all GHG Protocol scopes using real business data. The solution leverages existing ERP data and integrates carbon insights directly into your processes to enable impactful decarbonization.

  • Setup & Configuration
    We configure SAP SFM in your SAP BTP environment, enabling standardized CCF and PCF calculations.
     
  • Data Integration & Footprint Calculation
    We analyze, prepare, and load relevant business and emissions data to calculate carbon footprints based on actual ERP data – cradle-to-gate for products and company-wide for corporate reporting.
     
  • Emission Factor Management
    We define where to use primary or secondary emission factors and, where available, connect SAP SDX for automated PCF data exchange. Optionally, we support the integration of high-quality LCA datasets from providers like ecoinvent and CarbonMinds to enhance data accuracy and completeness.
     
  • Validation & Documentation
    We validate the calculation results, derive key sustainability KPIs, and ensure that SAP SFM makes the carbon footprint data consistently available within the system for analysis, reporting, and integration – in full alignment with the GHG Protocol.
     
  • Enablement & Rollout Planning
    We train your key users, conduct a lessons-learned workshop, and help plan for scaling and future integration.
     

Benefits from SAP Sustainability Footprint Management:

  • From strategy to execution – with deep SAP SFM implementation know-how
    We combine in-depth sustainability knowledge with hands-on SAP delivery expertise. With dozens of successful SFM rollouts across industries, we turn complexity into tangible results.
     
  • Bridge Between Sustainability and IT
    Our consultants speak both business and IT. We translate your sustainability goals into SAP-native solutions that integrate seamlessly with your landscape.
     
  • Fast results through a structured approach
    Benefit from our proven methodology to accelerate your time-to-value – from first PCF/CCF calculations to decision-relevant insights.
     
  • Standardized, yet tailored to you
    We ensure full alignment with GHG protocol, SAP standards, and your industry, while customizing the setup to match your data availability, system architecture, and process maturity.
     
  • From footprint to compliance and strategy
    We help you translate your SAP SFM results into actionable insights for achieving your SBTi and net-zero targets. Beyond calculation, we support you in integrating footprint data into ESRs-compliant sustainability reporting and in identifying where the results can be used effectively, from strategy definition to disclosure across relevant reporting sections.
     
  • Expertise in emission factor management
    We provide activity-based and spend-based emission factors and support you in applying primary or secondary data depending on supplier input and data availability.
     
  • Empowerment, not dependence
    Through tailored enablement and knowledge transfer, we ensure your internal teams can confidently operate, scale, and improve the solution long after go-live.
     
  • Sustainability as a business driver
    We help you move beyond reporting, turning footprint transparency into operational improvements, cost reductions, and competitive advantage.
     
  • Connected SAP sustainability solutions 
    Sustainability control tower, SAP sustainability data exchange, or SAP green ledger, to build a cohesive and future-ready carbon management system. This enables you to use calculated footprint data from SFM for enterprise-wide steering, ESG reporting, and continuous performance monitoring – all within your SAP landscape.

With BearingPoint, you don’t just implement a tool – you implement a carbon strategy.

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  • Use case: Proof of concept – Industrial equipment manufacturer

    To support strategic decision-making around sustainability technology investments, a leading manufacturer of industrial equipment engaged in a structured Proof of Concept (PoC) with our team. The aim was to explore the value and capabilities of SAP Sustainability Footprint Management (SFM) for Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculations within a complex, multi-site manufacturing environment.

    Approach
    As part of the Proof of Concept, the client was provided with a temporary SAP SFM tenant hosted by our team for non-productive use. Selected product and emissions data were used to perform initial cradle-to-gate PCF calculations. Throughout the process, our experts conducted hands-on working sessions with key users to demonstrate SAP SFM functionalities, data flows, and how the solution supports GHG Protocol-compliant calculations across Scope 1, 2, and 3.
    Outcome
    The PoC enabled the client to assess the system’s fit, data readiness, and usability in a realistic setting. It provided internal stakeholders with a solid understanding of how SAP SFM can support operational sustainability and reporting requirements. Ultimately, the PoC offered a low-risk opportunity to explore SAP SFM’s potential, helping the client build a solid business case for future expansion.

  • Use case: Pilot implementation – Global trailer manufacturer

    A globally leading trailer manufacturer partnered with our team to pilot the implementation of SAP Sustainability Footprint Management (SFM) and SDX as part of their long-term decarbonization strategy.

    Approach

    As part of the pilot project, our experts set up and configured SAP SFM in the client’s system landscape and supported the definition of a tailored carbon management approach aligned with international standards such as the GHG Protocol. The project included:

    • Cradle-to-Gate Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculations for selected products
    • Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF) calculations covering total GHG emissions across Scope 1, 2, and 3
    • Implementation of SAP Sustainability Data Exchange (SDX) to enable the secure exchange of PCF data with supply chain partners

    A technical go-live was achieved, allowing the client to use SAP SFM productively in a controlled scope and to integrate first results into internal sustainability and reporting processes.

     
    Outcome

    The pilot provided the client with clear insights into the capabilities of SAP SFM and SDX for both calculations – PCF and CCF – including data requirements, integration workflows, and reporting logic.

    It served as a proof of applicability for the client's industry-specific needs and supported their ambition to meet science-based targets (SBTi) and achieve a Net-Zero emissions strategy. Based on the results, we jointly designed a target system architecture and global rollout strategy, enabling the client to scale SAP SFM and SDX across business units, product lines, and regions as part of their long-term decarbonization roadmap.

  • Use case: Global rollout – Construction materials manufacturer

    A globally operating manufacturer of construction materials partnered with our team to implement SAP Sustainability Footprint Management (SFM) at scale. The objective: to establish a harmonized solution for calculating both Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) and the Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF) in alignment with global climate targets and reporting requirements.

    Approach

    Following a successful pilot, our experts supported the client through a global rollout of SAP SFM, including full configuration and localization for multiple regions. Key activities included:

    • Implementation of cradle-to-gate PCF calculations across a broad range of materials and production sites
    • Calculation of the CCF covering total GHG emissions (Scope 1, 2, and 3)
    • Review and refinement of ERP master and transactional data to ensure suitability and completeness
    • Seamless integration with the client’s ERP system to enable automated data exchange and reduce manual effort
    • Client-specific adaptations to tailor SAP SFM functionalities to business processes, reporting logic, and organizational structure
    Outcome
    With SAP SFM fully integrated and globally deployed, the client now benefits from automated, standardized carbon footprint calculations across all relevant operations. By aligning and enhancing ERP data for sustainability use cases, the solution delivers reliable, GHG Protocol-compliant results for both internal performance tracking and external disclosure. The project laid the foundation for data-driven decarbonization, increased transparency, and long-term alignment with Net-Zero goals – fully embedded into operational workflows.

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