Trace Id is missing
A green energy source with a blue and green background.

Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability

Data and AI capabilities to help you transform for the future using environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data intelligence. 
 
Drive insights with Microsoft Sustainability Manager—now with Microsoft Copilot (Preview).
Try Premium for free Watch overview
OVERVIEW

Accelerate your journey from data collection to insights and action

Centralize and standardize complex ESG data for analytics and reporting. Unlock critical data intelligence to help you move forward.

Improve ESG data transparency to accelerate results

Build your ESG data estate with automated inputs to enable faster analytics and more efficient reporting.
Deliver insights to take action on sustainability initiatives
Use advanced ESG data intelligence to power better decisions and outcomes, and confidently address goals.

Create new opportunities to grow sustainable business

Harness data and AI to enable new sustainability-based solutions within the emerging climate economy.
CAPABILITIES

Tools for your transformation

Discover capabilities that help you overcome ESG data complexity to drive faster insights for reductions and growth.
  • Integrate data from disparate operational and value chain sources. Standardize the data using common data models. Quantify your impacts including product lifecycle, carbon, water, and waste.
  • Combine your organization’s ESG, biodiversity, and enterprise data for holistic analysis. Analyze and report on your Microsoft cloud usage–based emissions. Centralize your ESG metrics and analytics.
  • Enable ESG data audit trails, workflow management, and governance.
  • Gain visibility into supplier sustainability performance and data around cloud emissions, product carbon footprint, and circularity practices such as product and materials reuse, repurposing, and refurbishment. Enable automated data-sharing with value chain partners.
  • Simplify reporting against evolving stakeholder, regulatory, and voluntary ESG disclosure requirements with prebuilt templates, extensible dashboards, scorecards—and Microsoft Copilot.
Back to tabs
A yellow and black object on a white background.
SOLUTIONS

Explore the latest Cloud for Sustainability solutions

  1.
A woman with long hair sitting on a chair looking at a laptop on a desk in front of a window.
Try for free

Microsoft Sustainability Manager

Connect, analyze, and take action on your environmental impact data with Microsoft Copilot and AI.
Try Premium for free Learn more
A woman smiling while holding a tablet.
Try for free

Sustainability data solutions in Microsoft Fabric

Build a comprehensive ESG data estate, improve data accuracy and visibility, and simplify reporting.
Try Microsoft Fabric Learn more
A woman with glasses looking down at a windmill model.
Download app

Emissions Impact Dashboard

Calculate your cloud footprint with Emissions Impact Dashboard apps for Azure and Microsoft 365.
App for Azure App for Microsoft 365
A man wearing a hat and glasses.
Preview

Environmental Credit Service

Help trace and standardize the origination process for carbon credits and other environmental assets.
Learn more
A man in a yellow vest standing in front of solar panels.
Preview

CSRD template in Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager

Prepare for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) by collecting required data.
Learn more
a man kneeling in the mud
Preview

Azure Data Manager for Agriculture

Drive innovation and insights with agricultural data connectors and capabilities. Build AI agents.
Sign up Learn more
Back to Solutions section
Background image
ANALYST RECOGNITION

See why IDC MarketScape named Microsoft a Leader

IDC MarketScape names Microsoft a Leader in Worldwide Carbon Accounting and Management Applications 2024 Vendor Assessment.
Read the excerpt
SUCCESS STORIES

See how others are using their ESG data for resilience and growth

See all stories
  1. Allegiant Stadium Logo
  2. Mitsubishi Electric logo
  3. htc logo
  4. Text KINGFISHER written in blue on a white background.
  5. Schaeffler Logo
  6. Cosmo Logo
A large round stadium in the middle of a city with a blue sky.
Allegiant Stadium Logo
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT
Allegiant Stadium and Las Vegas Raiders drive sustainable operations with Microsoft
Through trend analysis, stadium operators can achieve more cost- and energy-efficient operations while keeping 65,000 fans more comfortable.
Read the story
A man looking at the building
Mitsubishi Electric logo
MANUFACTURING
Mitsubishi Electric advances energy-saving buildings with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
Mitsubishi uses an Azure IoT solution with Sustainability Manager to help track and reduce energy usage, helping to power five additional buildings.

115%

Less energy used in sustainable energy buildings
Read the story
Some people standing below plant
htc logo
ELECTRONICS
Powering environmental goals with data, using Sustainability Manager
Learn how the device creator uses an automated solution to manage data from 500-plus suppliers, reducing multi-day processes to one click.
Read the story
A hand holding a cell phone.
Text KINGFISHER written in blue on a white background.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Kingfisher reduces its digital carbon footprint with Microsoft Sustainability Manager
The next-gen mobile experience company collects, records, and calculates its environmental data from multiple sources to assess its impact.
Read the story
Someone doing something on the screen with hands
Schaeffler Logo
MANUFACTURING
Schaeffler uses Sustainability Manager for systematic planning of decarbonization measures
The agile platform enables rapid adjustments in a dynamic environment and a forward view of sustainability targets through Power BI dashboards.
Read the story Watch the video
A man explaining on the board with sticky notes on it
Cosmo Logo
ENERGY
Cosmo Energy Holdings gains ESG insights with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
After streamlining data collection, the energy company wants to use the hours saved to focus on environmental initiatives rather than data management.

2 weeks

Faster data aggregation
Read the story
Back to Success Stories section
RESOURCES

Explore the latest news, resources, and more

  1.
A man and woman in safety vests and hardhats looking at windmills.
Guide

Cloud for Sustainability Guided Tour

Learn how sustainability solutions from Microsoft, including next-generation AI, can help unify your data estate to turn data insights into action.
Take the tour
A woman holding a phone and using a laptop.
E-book

Drive Business Value with Sustainability Data

Learn how to build an ESG strategy that is tailored to your unique business.
Get the e-book
A person holding a tablet and stylus.
Blog

Discover the latest features

Keep up on continual data and AI enhancements to help you meet your goals faster.
Read the blog
A woman holding a tablet.
Learn

Cloud for Sustainability documentation

Get an in-depth look at the technical details of Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability.
Read documentation
A woman holding a tablet.
Connect

Cloud for Sustainability community 

Explore discussion forums, get answers, and connect with peers and experts. 
Go to the portal
A man monitoring the plants while looking at the tablet
Assess
ESG Data Readiness Assessment
Get a clear view of your data readiness to help meet your ESG reporting requirements.
Take the assessment
Back to carousel navigation controls
A white rectangle with black lines.
A women walking on the garden wearing hard hats.
Partners

Explore Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability partners

Build for the future with experienced solution providers. See all partner solutions.
Visit AppSource
INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS

Discover more Microsoft sustainability solutions for your industry

  1.
A close-up of a black and white object.

Automotive

Connect people, products, and processes with technology that supports automotive sustainability.
Learn more
Close-up of a solar panel under a blue sky with clouds.

Energy

Explore Microsoft technologies that help drive the global transition to cleaner energy.
Learn more
Two men standing together, one in a red shirt and the other in a green shirt, both smiling.

Financial services

Accelerate transformation, manage risk, and add value while creating a more sustainable future.
Learn more
A man in a safety vest and hard hat writing on a clipboard.

Manufacturing

Drive sustainability while reducing costs and improving safety in your operations.
Learn more
A woman in a red shirt using a tablet.

Retail

Improve energy management and reduce environmental impacts with innovative retail solutions.
Learn more
A close-up of a window with a building in the background.

Sustainable buildings

Optimize the ways in which buildings, campuses, and cities consume and deliver resources.
Learn more
Back to Industry Solutions section

Take the next steps on your sustainability journey

A green planet covered with flowers.
Connect

Stay informed about Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability

Sign up to receive emails about Microsoft sustainability technology.
Sign up
A woman holding a potted plant.
Solution Center

Find Cloud for Sustainability solutions

Access free trials, tools, and setup files for all Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability solutions. Microsoft account required to access Solution Center.
Browse sustainability solutions
A group of people sitting at a table.
Business Solutions Hub

Find the right Microsoft Cloud solution

Browse the Microsoft Business Solutions Hub to find products and solutions that can help your organization reach its goals.
Explore all solutions

Follow Microsoft