{"id":97945,"date":"2022-10-12T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/industry\/blog\/?p=97945"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:43:11","slug":"driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving innovation for ESG progress with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The realities of climate change are increasingly hitting home, regulations are rising, and&nbsp;environmental, social, and governance (ESG) assets are growing upward of 15 percent annually (Bloomberg, 2022).<sup>1<\/sup> With all this happening, organizations are looking to quickly advance their own sustainability progress and opportunities, but recording and reporting that progress remains challenging for many. Measuring and monitoring sustainable transformation at scale requires data-driven solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on more than a decade of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/corporate-responsibility\/sustainability\/report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">work to reduce<\/a> our own environmental footprint, we introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/sustainability\/cloud\">Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability<\/a> to help other organizations accelerate their sustainability progress. With support from our partners, we\u2019re continuing to add ESG capabilities and release updates to our extensible platform. The goal is to help organizations around the globe unify sustainability data intelligence and more easily track and reduce the environmental footprint of their operations and value chains. Here\u2019s what\u2019s new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"reining-in-more-elusive-scope-3-emissions-data\">Reining in more elusive Scope 3 emissions data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/sustainability\/cloud\">Microsoft Sustainability Manager<\/a>, organizations can store and report on emissions data across Scopes 1 and 2 as well as harder to track Scope 3 indirect value chain emissions that account for a disproportionate share of most organizations\u2019 footprints. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/industry\/sustainability\/calculate-scope3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scope 3 emissions calculation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make it easier for organizations to calculate emissions accurately, the solution includes prebuilt calculation methodologies for Scopes 1 and 2 and more than half of the 15 categories of Scope 3, so far. The latest calculation models added include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Category 5: Waste generated in operations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Category 8: Upstream leased assets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Category 13: Downstream leased assets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>With this update, we\u2019re enabling organizations to ingest <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/dynamics365-release-plan\/2022wave1\/industry-clouds\/sustainability\/report-scope-3-category-5-emissions-waste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">waste data<\/a>, track waste partners, track disposal methods and materials, and make required calculations based on out-of-the-box or tailored models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers can also track any fuel- or power-related emissions that occur within their operations from a <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/dynamics365-release-plan\/2022wave1\/industry-clouds\/sustainability\/report-scope-3-categories-8-13-emissions-leased-assets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leased facility or asset<\/a>, calculate the emissions according to activity and reporting needs, and set and track goals for future efficiencies and reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"other-enhancements-to-help-customers-boost-and-scale-their-efforts\">Other enhancements to help customers boost and scale their efforts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft Sustainability Manager now provides richer capabilities for usability, security, goal tracking, and more. New features enhance user role assignment and access management capabilities and improve error handling with even more actionable error messaging. Users can better analyze and understand emissions by comparing monthly performance year over year and drilling into <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/industry\/sustainability\/report-deep-analysis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">emissions sources and activities<\/a> by organizational unit, to six levels deep, through a new deep analysis page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/industry\/sustainability\/reports-scorecards-goals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scorecards and goals<\/a> now support the addition of subgoals and the creation of timebound parameters for goal status. For example, a rule can be created to show a goal as \u201con track\u201d or \u201cat risk\u201d when emissions reach a certain level within a specific period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re also expanding Microsoft Sustainability Manager availability in the <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/dynamics365-release-plan\/2022wave1\/industry-clouds\/sustainability\/sustainability-manager-now-uk-apac-regions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United Kingdom and Asia Pacific regions<\/a> to better serve customers in those areas soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/dynamics365-release-plan\/2022wave1\/industry-clouds\/sustainability\/planned-features\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get more details<\/a> about these enhancements and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"expanded-data-model-enables-tracking-of-water-data-and-finer-configurability\">Expanded data model enables tracking of water data and finer configurability<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The publicly available Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability data model that centralizes customers\u2019 sustainability data in the cloud with a common data language has already been helping customers streamline calculations and reporting. We\u2019ve updated the data model to enable the addition of custom entities, ingesting unique attributes like leaked emissions from a lab or emissions caused by electrified fleet modernization. This enables customers to tailor calculations to address their unique business needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Building on our promise to support organizations\u2019 ability to address a broad scope of sustainability issues, we\u2019re excited to announce the expansion of the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability data model schema for <a href=\"https:\/\/go.microsoft.com\/fwlink\/?linkid=2208805\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">water data<\/a> as well as carbon emissions data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/industry\/sustainability\/datamodel-intro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">data model<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tracking-emissions-from-using-microsoft-cloud-services-is-now-easier-than-ever\">Tracking emissions from using Microsoft Cloud services is now easier than ever<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now generally available, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/sustainability\/emissions-impact-dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Emissions Impact Dashboard for Microsoft 365<\/a> helps organizations quantify emissions related to using Microsoft 365 core services (including Exchange Online, SharePoint, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and other services). Using the app, they can also estimate emissions they\u2019ve already avoided by using the cloud instead of on-premises versions of Exchange and SharePoint. A new carbon intensity tab allows organizations to quickly quantify average emissions per active user and compare those to other common sources of emissions like driving a gas-powered vehicle. <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/Microsoft365-Emissions-GA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the announcement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve updated the&nbsp;Emissions Impact Dashboard for Microsoft Azure&nbsp;that enables&nbsp;Microsoft customers to view and analyze Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions generated by&nbsp;Microsoft based on their use of Microsoft Azure cloud services. New visualizations make it easier to view reports on carbon emissions, cloud usage, and carbon intensity based on Azure subscription, Azure service, and Azure region. New options make it easier to interpret information and prepare reports while reducing the size of data exports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;re excited to announce the upcoming preview of the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability application program interface (API) to help Azure customers gain transparency into the carbon impact of their cloud usage with easy access to their emissions data by scope, Azure subscription, Azure service, and Azure region.&nbsp;Access to APIs will be available via a self-serve portal from <a href=\"https:\/\/solutions.microsoft.com\/Microsoft%20Cloud%20for%20Sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Cloud Solution Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"environmental-credit-service-to-enable-end-to-end-esg-asset-lifecycle-tracking-now-in-preview\">Environmental Credit Service to enable end-to-end ESG asset lifecycle tracking\u2014now in preview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Voluntary environmental markets, including carbon markets, are struggling to mature and scale to meet the rising demand for trustworthy and traceable environmental products like carbon credits, which organizations are seeking on their path to net zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With Environmental Credit Service, we\u2019re overcoming these challenges with a common infrastructure to help optimize the supply ecosystem. The service will help decrease time to market and increase the quality and quantity of credits by automating, simplifying, and better securing the lifecycle processes that are used by ecological project owners, verifiers, and registries\u2014ultimately giving credit purchasers more confidence and fueling marketplace momentum. Stay tuned for emerging details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"moving-forward-in-lock-step-with-our-partners\">Moving forward in lock step with our partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing sustainability challenges is a global undertaking. We\u2019re grateful for our growing ecosystem of partners delivering <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sus-partners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability solutions<\/a> to help customers unlock data, build impact reduction initiatives, and create more sustainable outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/about-us\/new-at-mckinsey-blog\/mckinsey-and-microsoft-join-forces-to-accelerate-decarbonization-transformations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McKinsey<\/a>, for example<u>,<\/u> recently announced the creation of an integrated solution that combines sustainability data intelligence from Microsoft Sustainability Manager with decarbonization planning and an execution engine using McKinsey Sustainability\u2019s Catalyst Zero. This technological collaboration will enhance companies\u2019 sustainability transformations by integrating their data from activities that produce emissions with initiatives to abate them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"join-the-sustainability-knowledge-frontier-with-online-learning-paths\">Join the sustainability knowledge frontier with online learning paths<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To stay up to date on how sustainability affects their organizations and how they can reduce their environmental impact, we\u2019re inviting customers to find sustainability-related LinkedIn Learning modules and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/sustainability\/cloud?rtc=1\">Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability<\/a> learning paths through <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/solutioncenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Cloud Solution Center<\/a>. We\u2019re also introducing new technical guidance in the <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/WAF\/sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Well-Architected Framework<\/a>, helping customers and partners&nbsp;learn how to achieve sustainability goals using Azure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With integrated capabilities from Microsoft and our partners, we\u2019re enabling organizations to gain the transparency and insights they need to manage their environmental footprint, embed sustainability through their organization and value chain, and make strategic business investments that drive value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re very excited about all of these <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/industry\/sustainability\/whats-new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new developments<\/a>\u2014and the continued innovation they\u2019ll enable. <a href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/sus-stay-informed\">Stay informed<\/a> as we continue to roll out new ways to help organizations around the world build a more sustainable future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>1<\/sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/company\/press\/esg-may-surpass-41-trillion-assets-in-2022-but-not-without-challenges-finds-bloomberg-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ESG May Surpass $41 Trillion Assets in 2022, But Not Without Challenges, Finds Bloomberg Intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability is expanding quickly\u2014with new features and services to help organizations unify data intelligence and reduce the environmental footprint of their operations and value chains. Here we share what\u2019s new and coming soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":100030,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ms_queue_id":["sustainability-content-sync"],"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3966],"post_tag":[],"content-type":[1483],"coauthors":[4087],"class_list":["post-97945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sustainability","content-type-thought-leadership","review-flag-1593580772-268","review-flag-1-1593580433-637","review-flag-2-1593580438-395","review-flag-3-1593580443-547","review-flag-5-1593580454-255","review-flag-8-1593580469-325","review-flag-new-1593580249-279","review-flag-percent","review-flag-the-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What&#039;s new with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability - Microsoft Industry Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn more about the new ways to help organizations around the world build a more sustainable future with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What&#039;s new with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability - Microsoft Industry Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn more about the new ways to help organizations around the world build a more sustainable future with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Microsoft Industry Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-12T16:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-24T18:43:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-social.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"969\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Shefy Manayil Kareem\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-social.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Shefy Manayil Kareem\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 min read\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/\"},\"author\":[{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/author\/shefy-manayil-kareem\/\",\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@name\":\"Shefy Manayil Kareem\"}],\"headline\":\"Driving innovation for ESG progress with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-12T16:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-24T18:43:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/\"},\"wordCount\":1228,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-header.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sustainability\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/\",\"name\":\"What's new with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability - Microsoft Industry Blogs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-header.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-12T16:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-24T18:43:11+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn more about the new ways to help organizations around the world build a more sustainable future with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-header.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-header.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":778,\"caption\":\"Expansive view of ocean coast at sunset across the foothills in Mount Tamalpais State Park, Mill Valley, California\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Driving innovation for ESG progress with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Industry Blogs\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Microsoft Industry Blogs\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png\",\"width\":259,\"height\":194,\"caption\":\"Microsoft Industry Blogs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What's new with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability - Microsoft Industry Blogs","description":"Learn more about the new ways to help organizations around the world build a more sustainable future with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What's new with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability - Microsoft Industry Blogs","og_description":"Learn more about the new ways to help organizations around the world build a more sustainable future with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/","og_site_name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs","article_published_time":"2022-10-12T16:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-24T18:43:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":969,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-social.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Shefy Manayil Kareem","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-social.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Shefy Manayil Kareem","Est. reading time":"5 min read"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/"},"author":[{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/author\/shefy-manayil-kareem\/","@type":"Person","@name":"Shefy Manayil Kareem"}],"headline":"Driving innovation for ESG progress with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability","datePublished":"2022-10-12T16:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-24T18:43:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/"},"wordCount":1228,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-header.jpg","articleSection":["Sustainability"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/","name":"What's new with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability - Microsoft Industry Blogs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-header.jpg","datePublished":"2022-10-12T16:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-24T18:43:11+00:00","description":"Learn more about the new ways to help organizations around the world build a more sustainable future with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-header.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CLO22_NatureExpansive_002-header.jpg","width":1200,"height":778,"caption":"Expansive view of ocean coast at sunset across the foothills in Mount Tamalpais State Park, Mill Valley, California"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/sustainability\/2022\/10\/12\/driving-innovation-for-esg-progress-with-microsoft-cloud-for-sustainability\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Driving innovation for ESG progress with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/","name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#organization","name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Microsoft-Logo.png","width":259,"height":194,"caption":"Microsoft Industry Blogs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"msxcm_display_generated_audio":false,"msxcm_animated_featured_image":null,"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Microsoft Industry Blogs","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97945"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121774,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97945\/revisions\/121774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_tag?post=97945"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=97945"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=97945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}