Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability

Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability empowers organizations to accelerate sustainability progress and business growth by bringing together a set of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) capabilities across the Microsoft cloud portfolio plus solutions from our global ecosystem of partners.

Together, we’re enabling organizations to gain the transparency and insights they need to manage their environmental footprint, embed sustainability through their organization and value chain, and create new value in a changing landscape. (continue reading here)

Resources

Getting started

• Partner readiness material https://aka.ms/mpnsustainability
• Our Microsoft journey: 2021 Environmental Sustainability Report | Microsoft CSR
• Our solutions: Microsoft Sustainability - Products for a Sustainable Future
• Docs: Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability documentation | Microsoft Learn
• Common data model
• A set of learn modules that we have curated for you
• Extend Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability (⬅️ Great for partners that want to build solutions on top of Cloud for sustainability!!)

understanding carbon accounting

• https://aka.ms/carbonmathvideo

Carbon reporting with/on Microsoft services:

• https://aka.ms/MicrosoftEmissionsImpactDashboard: Simplify carbon reporting with easy access to report on Scope 3 emissions from your use of Azure cloud services
  • API: https://aka.ms/sustainabilityAPI
• https://aka.ms/M365-Emissions: Tracks emissions related to using Microsoft 365 core cloud services including Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams, and other services

News

• 12 Oct 22: What’s new with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability - Microsoft Industry Blogs
• Ignite: https://aka.ms/IgniteCollectionBRK60
• Cloud for Sustainability water data model (Preview)
• Microsoft will be carbon negative by 2030
• Microsoft’s commitment to sustainability

Environments for experimenting and giving demos

There are 2 ways to get started:

1. The first is a (30 day) trial, which comes with demo/sample data: Free Trial | Microsoft Sustainability Manager (in case no tenant: Microsoft Sustainability Manager trial FAQ | Microsoft Learn)
2. [Preferred option] Request a sandbox environment via https://experience.dynamics.com/requestlicense/.
   1. fill out all the fields
   2. For promotional offer, select Discounted Offer (Available to all MPN partners) (unless one of the other offers apply to your org)
   3. For License, select Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
   4. Review the “fine print” and submit

Learning

• ESG Basics (LinkedIn Learning)

• Navigating Environmental Sustainability (LinkedIn Learning)

• Azure sustainability guidance: Get started with Azure sustainability guidance for the Well-Architected Framework (WAF) today

  • https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/framework/sustainability/