Microsoft moved its carbon-reporting software into Dynamics 365, its ERP suite. The AI assistant inside is still labelled a preview.
Microsoft moved its carbon, water, and waste product into its enterprise resource planning (ERP) portfolio, ERP Today reported.
The company refers to the software as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sustainability.
The product applies calculation models to produce Scope 1 emissions from a company's own direct emissions, Scope 2 from the energy it buys, and Scope 3 from its value chain of suppliers and customers, Microsoft says.
Obtaining Scope 3 data from partners can often be hard, ERP Today reported. Microsoft says the tool supports frameworks including the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive so teams can prepare compliance disclosures.
Microsoft is deepening the connection with its Dynamics 365 Finance business software to create a green ledger view, which tracks environmental impact alongside financial data, the vendor announced. An executive offered two hypothetical examples of a procurement team weighing sustainability next to cost, ERP Today reported.
The publication named no customer, no price, and no date for the green ledger. The Microsoft product page labels its Copilot artificial intelligence features as preview, ERP Today reported.
ERP Today named no customer, no price and no date for the green ledger. For finance teams that must file these disclosures, the hard part stays the same: Scope 3 numbers still have to come from suppliers.
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