SAP Human Rights Commitment

As a signatory of the UN Global Compact since 2000, SAP believes business has a responsibility to respect human rights throughout all business operations.

At SAP, we respect and support the values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work by integrating human rights considerations into our standard business practices.

For this, we see three major areas of impact:

• Our employees
• Our ecosystem
• Our solutions and services

For more information, see our Global Human Rights Commitment Statement

SAP Global Health and Safety Management Policy

SAP is committed to promoting health, safety, and mental and emotional well-being in order to become a role model for sustainable people management.

The SAP Global Health and Safety Management Policy supports business processes and leadership behavior by addressing, health, safety, well-being, and stress-management topics. Together with our managers and employees, we want to achieve – among others – the following objectives:

• Promote and enable health, safety, well-being, and the ability to perform well
• Support managers in their obligation to act responsibly in this regard
• Engage with our suppliers, partners, and customers to promote the topic
• Comply with and go beyond all the applicable statutory and legal regulations
• Provide products that are safe for our customers and employees to use

For more details, see the SAP Global Health and Safety Management Policy

SAP’s Environmental Policy

SAP commits to continuously improve our environmental performance and to protect our environment.

Our target is to become a role model for sustainability including environmental aspects. We will concentrate our efforts on the following:

• Assess, monitor, manage and report on our operations' and products' ecological impact.
• Comply with the requirements of environmental legislation and approved codes of practice
• Raise awareness, encourage participation, and train employees in environmental matters
• Introduce environmental standards for suppliers and contractors
• Participate in discussions and raise public awareness on climate change issues
• Help define environmental standards in collaboration with our stakeholders
• Collaborate with external parties, including local governments and civil society, in cooperative efforts to provide a healthy environment in the regions around our operations
• Develop innovative solutions helping customers embed environmental sustainability into their business strategies

SAP Supplier Code of Conduct

SAP encourages its suppliers to adopt sustainable business practices as set forth in the Supplier Code of Conduct.

SAP regards our supplier base as a critical and necessary extension of our operations and success. To help our suppliers, we created the SAP Supplier Code of Conduct, a statement of integrity that SAP expects from its contractors, consultants, suppliers, vendors, and all other third-party companies that comprise SAP's supply chain ("Suppliers"). All work performed for SAP must be in full compliance with this SAP Supplier Code of Conduct and all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and policies.

We encourage our contractors, consultants, suppliers, and agents to:

• Comply with regional and federal laws, rules, and regulations
• Uphold the human rights of workers and to treat them with dignity and respect as understood
• Operate with sustainable business practices and mindful, responsible use of environmental resources
• Provide a safe and professional work environment that protects SAP's intellectual property
• Refrain from any action that may be considered a conflict of interest

The following code of conduct is in place for SAP AG, parent company of the SAP Group, and all its entities:

"SAP Supplier Code of Conduct" › (PDF)

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires companies listed in the United States to declare whether they have a code of ethics that, at minimum, applies to certain levels of management. SAP Supplier Code of Conduct meets the standards set by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the regulations pursuant to the act.

To learn more about the Code or to report potential violations, e-mail SAP at global-compliance-office@sap.com or call us at +1 877-587-8605 (toll free in the U.S.) or +49 6227 7 60396 (Germany).

SAP Partner Code of Conduct

This code is a statement of integrity that SAP expects from all its partners.

SAP regards our partner base as a critical and necessary extension of our operations and future success. SAP has created the SAP Partner Code of Conduct to help our partners understand what is expected of them. This code is a statement of integrity that SAP expects from its partners that comprises all partners, including technology, solution, service (e.g., consulting, implementation, system integration, hosting, education), channel (Value Added Reseller, distributor and other reseller) and all other partners that collaborate with SAP or are part of any partner program of SAP after having been offered global or local partnership by SAP in any strategic business area or for any customer need in all market segments and then being nominated as Partner by SAP and all employees of the so-defined partners.

SAP has a strong commitment to integrity and sustainability. In line with this, we encourage our partners to:

• Comply with all regional and federal laws, rules, and regulations
• Uphold the human rights of workers and treat them with dignity and respect
• Operate with sustainable business practices and mindful, responsible use of environmental resources
• Provide a safe and professional work environment that protects SAP's intellectual property
• Refrain from any action that may be considered a conflict of interest

Partners doing business in the market as a nominated SAP Partner  must be in full compliance with this SAP Partner Code of Conduct and all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and policies as noncompliance might be regarded as a violation of the partner agreement.

• View the "SAP Partner Code of Conduct" › (PDF)

To learn more about the Code or to report potential violations, e-mail SAP at global-compliance-office@sap.com or call us at +1 877-587-8605 (toll free in the U.S.) or +49 6227 7 60396 (Germany). (Please note that the SAP Global Compliance Office can answer questions with regards to the Partner Code of Conduct but cannot give legal advice.)