SAP Certified Associate - Positioning SAP Sustainability Solutions as part of SAP Business Suite
Last exam update: Nov 18 ,2025
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Question 1
What is the main purpose of SAP Responsible Design and Production?
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To use generative AI to design more sustainable products.
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Designing products with environmental and social impacts in mind (life-centered design).
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Managing plastic taxes and Extended Producer Responsibility regulations.
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To ensure that during the transition from ethical product design to final production, no negative environmental problems occur.
Answer:
C
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Question 2
How can AI help businesses meet ESG standards? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
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By enabling businesses to create a story that most enhances their green story.
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By accelerating processes to save time and reduce risks associated with ESG reporting.
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By amplifying expertise through predictive insights and recommendations.
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By automating complex and time-consuming tasks.
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By ‘outsourcing’ all sustainability activities to AI and allowing employees to concentrate on their core business.
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B,C,D
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Question 3
Which of the following are capabilities of SAP Green Ledger? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
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Planning and simulating the impact of plastic packaging.
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Ensuring traceability and audibility in carbon accounting.
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Applying financial principles to greenhouse gas data.
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Drilling down into revenue, cost, and emissions.
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Tracking biodiversity loss at a transactional level.
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B,C,D
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Question 4
Which of the following represents the current market state for sustainability solutions according to SAP?
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Most major innovation has been done and solutions are becoming commoditized. Therefore, SAP competes mainly on price and not capabilities.
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Pure-play vendors are just starting to enter the market, and SAP has an opportunity through integrated business processes and data, and also its extensive AI portfolio.
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The sustainability solutions market is still developing, with significant potential for growth and evolution. This stage of maturity provides SAP with substantial opportunities to shape and dominate the market.
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The sustainability solutions market has minimal competition, as SAP’s competitors are still evaluating their response to growing regulation.
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B
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Question 5
What business risks do customers face if they avoid engaging with their corporate sustainability challenge according to SAP? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
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The risk of increased compliance costs, associated with the increasing number and scope of sustainability regulations.
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The risk that productivity drops due to increased temperatures.
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Difficulties in attracting and retaining talent who are concerned with sustainability issues.
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The risk that their plants and buildings end up exposed to flooding and other climate impacts.
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The risk of reputational damage as customers increasingly choose to move to companies more aligned with their sustainable values.
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A,C,E
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Question 6
What are examples of disadvantages of using a data-lake approach to ESG reporting? Note: There are 3 correct answers.
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Lower motivation: It has been shown that dedicated solutions are associated with increased employee engagement in contrast to spreadsheets.
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Higher costs: Increased total cost of ownership (TCO) due to the need to maintain separate systems for ESG and financial reporting & steering.
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Complex auditing: Limited data lineage increases audit costs.
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Data quality issues: Poor data alignment with financial processes and master data.
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Disconnected processes: Separation of the data lake from business processes supports the independence of the sustainability officer.
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B,C,D
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Question 7
Which of the following is an example of how SAP can help its customers embed sustainability into corporate decision making? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
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Integrating carbon emissions data into ERP processes
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Using SAP Sustainability Footprint Management to calculate carbon footprints at a product level to support sustainable procurement and product design.
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Implementing reverse logistics processes with SAP Responsible Design and Production.
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Building custom metrics within SAP Sustainability Control Tower
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Using SAP S/4HANA for product compliance to track the financial impact of biodiversity loss.
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A,B,C
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Question 8
Which industries benefit most from SAP Sustainability Footprint Management? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
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Chemicals
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Industrial manufacturing
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Professional services
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Consumer products
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Finance and banking
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A,B,D
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Question 9
Which of the following solutions are specifically designed to support compliance with sustainability regulations and reporting requirements?
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SAP Business Technology Platform
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SAP Product Lifecycle Management
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SAP Sustainability Control Tower
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SAP's generative AI hub
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C
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Question 10
Which of the following are valid potential use cases for SAP Business AI with Sustainability? Note: There are 3 correct answers to this question.
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More accurate emissions factor mapping.
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Improving operational efficiency.
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Increased energy use due to AI modelling.
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Increased opportunity to greenwash the company’s environmental results.
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Better environmental forecasting models.
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A,B,E
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Question 11
What is one of the key areas addressed by SAP's sustainability solutions?
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Regulatory compliance and reporting
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Data transparency specifically for environmental NGOs
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Development of e-commerce campaigns
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Implementation of AI-powered marketing campaigns
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A
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Question 12
Which of the following SAP sustainability solutions allow our customers to ‘treat carbon like money’?
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SAP Green Ledger
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SAP Sustainability Data Exchange
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SAP Green Token
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SAP Sustainability Control Tower
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A
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Question 13
What is a key benefit of SAP's business process-centric approach to sustainability?
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Prioritizing sustainability over financial performance.
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Maintaining separate systems for sustainability and finance to avoid confusing two fundamentally different types of data.
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Disconnected business processes.
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Streamlined and efficient auditing and reporting process.
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D
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Question 14
Which SAP solution aligns carbon data with financial information?
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SAP Green Ledger
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SAP Responsible Design and Production
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SAP Sustainability Footprint Management
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SAP Sustainability Data Exchange
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A
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Question 15
What is ‘Double Materiality’?
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The sustainability impact of procured materials and components is separated from the impact of the finally produced product.
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The emissions impact of materials and products are separated to separately evaluate their respective reuse potential.
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Companies take a ‘double-bookkeeping’ approach to emissions accounting to measure both debits (emissions) and credits (corporate offsets).
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Companies consider both the financial impacts of climate change and their impact on the environment and society.