Best practices for designing sustainability APIs to expose carbon footprint data in SAP PLM

klaussql
Sun, 25 May 2025 17:35:55 +0000

Audit trail is critical for sustainability data. Every API response should include metadata about calculation method version, data collection timestamp, and certification status. We implement this as response headers plus a separate audit log endpoint. When external systems query carbon data, we log the request, response snapshot, and consuming system identity. This creates an immutable record for compliance audits. Also consider rate limiting and authentication to control who accesses sensitive sustainability metrics.