Partnering with Microsoft to drive ambitious sustainability outcomes

By Toby Bowers, General Manager Product Marketing, Industry, Apps, and Data Marketing

July 6, 2022

Building a more sustainable future—together

We’ve learned a lot throughout our sustainability journey at Microsoft over the last decade—especially about the difference sophisticated digital solutions can make. In the lead-up to the launch of Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, we were excited to bring an extensible platform to market that would enable organizations to build or find solutions that would help them accelerate their own sustainability progress. The response we’ve seen since Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability has become generally available has confirmed that companies across industries are eager to adopt solutions that help them unify data intelligence, build a sustainable IT infrastructure, reduce the environmental impact of their operations, and create sustainable value chains.

The early success of Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability is due in no small part to the efforts of our global partner ecosystem. We are energized to be collaborating with this unmatched pool of industry experts to drive faster, broader sustainability transformation. Independent software vendor (ISV) partners deliver the industry-specific functionality our customers need to accelerate sustainability outcomes. Global system integrator (GSI) and Advisory partners help customers plan, design, and implement strategies to achieve sustainable growth and business model transformation. Together, these offerings give organizations the edge needed to positively impact fiscal performance and societal impact.

When organizations partner with Microsoft, customers aren’t the only winners. There are boundless opportunities associated with enabling Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability. Partners can unlock revenue and business opportunities, build new—and enhance existing—solutions on the platform with composable capabilities, and scale their go-to-market by aligning to Microsoft marketing and sales motions, just to name a few of the value aspects of the partnership.

We’ll overview these business opportunities and more from July 19 to 20, 2022 at Microsoft Inspire. During Microsoft Inspire, attendees will have the chance to participate in a variety of sessions, such as executive roundtables and product and solutions discussions, and can find information on new resources available to support onboarding into the partner ecosystem.

A growing ecosystem of sustainability partners

Our partner ecosystem for sustainability continues to grow and evolve rapidly. Several key partners have already brought offerings to market to help bring Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability to life.

ISV partners extend Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability value with rich features and capabilities for mutual customers. The following industry-leading ISV partners have developed solutions to pave the way for sustainability innovation.

Our GSI and Advisory partners help customers digitally transform their businesses with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability while unlocking new revenue and services opportunities for themselves. The following GSI and Advisory partners are already providing the support customers need along their sustainability and business model transformation journeys.

Learn more about our sustainability partners at Microsoft AppSource. Find the right sustainability solution for your organization from ISV partners such as ABB, Bentley Systems, BlueYonder, Ecolab, EcoVadis, Honeywell, ICONICS, Johnson Controls, and Transparency-One. Trusted advisers like Accenture, Avanade, Capgemini, EY, PwC, and Tata Consultancy Services are helping organizations plan, design, and implement strategies to enable sustainable growth.

Join our partner ecosystem and connect with us at Microsoft Inspire

We invite you to join our sustainability ecosystem as we continue to respond to customer demand, provide transparency through customer value chains, and deliver industry relevance in this rapidly evolving space. And we hope you will connect with us from July 19 to 20, 2022 at Microsoft Inspire to learn more about these opportunities. In the meantime, take advantage of key resources to begin to unlock, build, and scale intelligent and connected sustainability capabilities with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability.