Software Goes Green

German business software titan SAP is buying a Sterling,Virginia environmental concern.SAP is adding Clear Standards to its portfolio in order to assist customers with environmental impact information.Clear Standards specializes in measuring and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions,as well as other environmental impacts.It employs 25 people in Sterling and Delhi,India.The purchase price was kept confidential.The deal should close in June.A carbon cap and trade system may be imposed by the U.S. Congress,making the collection and dissemination of such data a corporate necessity.