Join us at SAP Labs Munich for the SAP & TUM Research Talk 2026, taking place on June 16, bringing together industry professionals, academics, and students to discuss current research and practical perspectives on the future of carbon accounting, sustainability, and finance.
As carbon emissions increasingly translate into direct financial consequences, companies are under growing pressure to integrate carbon accounting seamlessly with financial accounting, comply with evolving regulations such as CBAM, and build reliable, decision‑useful sustainability processes. At the same time, new technologies—particularly artificial intelligence—are reshaping how sustainability and finance functions operate in practice.
During the event, Professor Dr. Jürgen Ernstberger (TUM) and Bastian Distler (SAP) will present key insights from joint research on integrating carbon and financial accounting, including approaches to transactional carbon accounting and the automation of CBAM‑related processes.
Further academic perspectives will be provided by Dr. Christoph Ernst (University of Mannheim), who will share updates from the Carbon Accounting Standards Initiative (CASI) and discuss emerging directions in corporate and product‑level climate accounting standards.
From an industry and implementation perspective, experts from Deloitte and SAP will explore current challenges in operationalizing carbon data and demonstrate pathways toward embedding ESG directly into ERP processes — from purchase orders to e‑invoicing — with a specific focus on SAP Green Ledger.
In addition, SAP experts will discuss how artificial intelligence is transforming Finance and Risk functions, enabling real‑time decision support, advanced automation, and embedded compliance, and how AI can support more scalable and robust carbon accounting in the future.
The presentations will be followed by an interactive discussion, giving participants the opportunity to engage directly with speakers from academia and industry. Join us for an in‑depth exchange on how research, technology, and practice can jointly shape the next generation of carbon accounting and sustainability management.
The Event will be held in English and is free of charge.
| Marc Astor, SAP |
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Ernstberger, TUM Chair of Financial Accounting & Bastian Distler, SAP SE Carbon emissions and their mitigation increasingly have direct financial implications for firms. In a joint research effort, TUM and SAP have extensively investigated how carbon accounting can be integrated with financial accounting, as well as how the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and carbon credits can be accounted for. We have been developing detailed guidance on CBAM, including its integration with transactional carbon accounting, and exploring approaches to automate CBAM accounting processes. |
Dr. Christoph Ernst, Uni Mannheim The Carbon Accounting Standards Initiative (CASI) is a collaborative effort bringing together academia and practice to develop robust, decision‑useful standards for integrated corporate and product‑level carbon accounting. This session provides updates on CASI’s latest insights, discussions, and ongoing work, highlighting current developments and emerging directions in climate accounting standards |
Julia van Oss, Deloitte Tristan Werner, Deloitte Philipp Nies, Deloitte Carbon accounting is no longer optional. Recent Deloitte research in collaboration with TUM University highlights key challenges: carbon data is often delayed, inaccurate, and difficult to operationalize. This breakout session explores Deloitte’s proposed end-to-end solution architecture and pathway to SAP Green Ledger—showing how to embed ESG directly into your ERP processes, from purchase orders to e‑invoices, to achieve real‑time, actionable sustainability insights. |
Kornelia Maier, SAP Deutschland Artificial intelligence is reshaping Finance and Risk functions, shifting them from traditionally reactive and transactional roles into forward‑looking, intelligence‑driven partners to the business. Organizations are moving beyond siloed data and partly automated workflows toward real‑time decision support, advanced process automation, and embedded compliance. We will explore how AI, powered by harmonized data and seamlessly embedded into next‑generation operational processes, becomes a critical enabler of Finance and Risk excellence—delivering consistent insights, strengthening control and compliance, elevating forecasting accuracy, and driving faster, more confident enterprise‑wide decisions. |
| Building on the preceding presentations, the session offers participants the opportunity to engage directly with all speakers, raise practical questions, and discuss open issues around implementation, data quality, regulation, and the role of artificial intelligence. Join the panel for an open exchange and deepen the dialogue on how carbon accounting can evolve into a robust, decision‑relevant element of corporate sustainability management |
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