Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability Features

Allows preset and custom thresholds to be determined for legal emission levels, and generates alerts when legal limits are exceeded.

Monitors levels of various emissions and pollutants in either real-time or through manual updating.

Stores emission sample data to monitor resource usage and quality over time.

Coordinates site inspection workflow and scheduling for compliance purposes.

Records historical data around previous resource emission audits, and analyzes trends over time.

Assists with building and storing mandatory compliance plans that adhere to standards like SWPP, HMBP, and SPCC.

Stores layout maps for each site to help inspectors.

Provides a central dashboard to analyze data and monitor compliance health.

Offers standard and ad hoc report templates to demonstrate sustainability data trends over time.

Integrates with hardware tools that capture resource usage and emission level data.

Define processes to track and manage a company’s carbon footprint

Provide customizable templates for emissions tracking and decarbonization activities

Ensure compliance with regulations and industry standards such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Include customizable workflows that define who does what and when to track emissions and limit their impact

Allow users to create decarbonization plans aimed at reducing carbon emissions

Provide the option to buy and sell carbon credits, which allow companies to emit a certain amount of greenhouse gases

Monitor decarbonization activities and provide corrective actions to keep the process on track

Gather and analyze carbon emissions data from multiple sources, external and internal

Create forecasts for carbon emissions using historical data and compare them with benchmarks

Provide KPIs and metrics that are specific to carbon accounting and decarbonization

Integrate with enterprise software such as ERP and supply chain management

Integrate with compliance software such as GRC Platforms or ESG reporting

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input