Transferring forward with highly effective waste information options—and new Tech Talks

With the important want to realize world net-zero emissions and tackle rising reporting necessities, corporations are focusing an excellent deal on lowering carbon emissions. However they’re additionally rising efforts round water, waste, and different areas of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efficiency.

On this weblog, study this month’s preview updates to Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, enabling extra highly effective waste information administration. And uncover Tech Talks, a brand new dialogue sequence geared toward serving to organizations implement and drive worth from Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability quicker.

Monitor your group’s waste information administration effectivity (preview)

The brand new waste capabilities in Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor allow you to simply meet waste disclosure necessities and perceive your waste administration effectivity at a corporation or facility degree primarily based on commonplace metrics. Monitor your waste depth, restoration fee, and diversion fee KPIs in waste-related studies.

Assist circularity with updates to the waste information mannequin (preview)

The Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability waste information mannequin allows organizations to unify, standardize, and put together waste sustainability information to make progress towards net-zero waste sustainability targets. Utilizing waste information mannequin entities, which allow storing waste amount and high quality traits and sustainability reference information, you’ll be able to extra effectively report waste sustainability disclosures in compliance with varied regulatory requirements. And you may streamline your reporting course of, guarantee correct waste metrics, and show your dedication to sustainable practices.

With our newest updates to the waste information mannequin, you’ll be able to monitor round financial system (or circularity) metrics, resembling these included in GRI-301 and CSRD ESRS E5, that are primarily based on materials influx and outflow associated to items manufacturing. Report and report metadata and exercise information round using non-virgin (reused or recycled) and renewable uncooked supplies, together with components, to fabricate completed merchandise and the diploma of circularity of the completed merchandise, together with packaging materials.

The information mannequin consists of entities that assist document manufacturing and circularity-related metadata that’s required to calculate the weights of renewable, reused, and recycled uncooked supplies in completed merchandise.

Tech Talks: Get extra out of Microsoft sustainability expertise, quicker

There’s a ton to study sustainability innovation to speculate effectively and drive worth quicker. For organizations that wish to velocity up their studying about Microsoft sustainability applied sciences, we suggest our new Tech Speak sequence on Microsoft Be taught.  

These expert-driven, actionable discussions introduce you to the individuals behind the applied sciences. Get wealthy views on high-level ideas in addition to deeper product data, dwell demos, and advisable actions. We base Tech Talks on actual buyer questions so you’ll be able to speed up your breakthroughs whereas we maintain refining the applied sciences. 

Right here’s a snapshot of our first three episodes, hosted by Gina Kirby, a World Black Belt with the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability workforce who works instantly with prospects. Have a watch.

Shaping the longer term with scorecards and targets

Gina usually hears the query: “What’s the aim of a scorecard?” In easy phrases, a scorecard in Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor is a container for associated targets. It may be used to trace targets related to a single class, like lowering Scope 1 emissions, or extra broadly to trace sustainability targets for a set interval, resembling the present reporting interval or a future timeframe. No matter your focused outcomes, targets in Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor are invaluable for serving to to outline, monitor, and make selections round them.  

On this Tech Speak, Principal Program Supervisor Kevin Magarian reveals you methods to create a sustainability scorecard (spoiler: it’s tremendous easy) and targets. Discover the completely different values assigned to targets and the most effective methods to trace and monitor the standing of those targets. Depart the session able to deal with your organizational sustainability targets for fulfillment. 

Get solutions to questions like:  

• What’s the aim of a scorecard? 
• How do I set up and monitor in opposition to a baseline? 
• How can I robotically monitor progress? 

Importing information effectively, each time

Relating to sustainability expertise, information represents the beating coronary heart of progress—and environment friendly information importing is vital. In spite of everything, how can we enhance our ESG practices if we don’t keenly perceive the place we stand? To get to this understanding, and furthermore to behave on it, first we should successfully harness information that’s scattered and various. 

On this session hear from Tafazzul Khan, a Principal Program Supervisor for Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, concerning the significance of knowledge within the sustainability journey. See how Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor helps you optimize administration of carbon, water, and waste information whereas standardizing processes and adaptability for information ingestion and administration. Grasp the necessity for consistency and scalability in managing your information. Acquire from related product demos. And study associate options obtainable that can assist you expedite progress. 

Bust these misconceptions about information ingestion: 

• Delusion #1: Information ingestion is sophisticated. 
• Delusion #2: Information perfection is required earlier than you begin. 
• Delusion #3: Importing information is a one-time course of. 
• Delusion #4: Importing information is a one-size-fits-all course of. 

Demystifying carbon accounting towards world net-zero

Whether or not you’re aware of carbon accounting or new to it, this session with Laila Moretti, a Senior Program Supervisor with Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, gives perspective on the method of quantifying greenhouse gases produced instantly or not directly by a corporation that’s so essential for our collective progress to net-zero. Find out about the advantages—from figuring out baselines to discovering alternatives for enchancment, making quicker and higher selections, and reaching transparency for shoppers and shareholders.

You’ll additionally get an summary of carbon accounting inside Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor, together with loading reference information, ingesting exercise information, operating calculations, and reviewing emissions information. Watch an in depth demo of establishing an emissions calculation and go away with suggestions for finetuning your personal calculations.

Keep tuned for upcoming classes on Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor and past

We’re cranking out extra Tech Talks to reply your urgent questions, beginning with three episodes about Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor, coming quickly.  

In Introducing Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor, Principal Group Program Supervisor for Microsoft Sustainability Robin Smith demonstrates the product’s scope of capabilities, its strengths and usefulness on your group, and the way it works in a buyer situation. 

Attending to Worth Rapidly with Alejandro Gutierrez, Sustainability Principal Program Supervisor, covers the implementation journey—from putting in and establishing Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor to utilizing built-in studying options, demo information, and the Microsoft Cloud Answer Heart.  

Introducing Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor Water Information Capabilities options Sourav Chakraborty, Principal PM Supervisor. Get data to onboard a facility or website to trace and report water amount information, gather water amount information, set water sustainability targets, report sustainable water use for ESG disclosures, and extra. 

Examine Microsoft Studying for these and different classes, protecting a broad vary of sustainability matters. Not but utilizing Microsoft Sustainability Supervisor? Attempt it free and study extra.

Speed up your sustainability progress with further sources

Increase your all-up sustainability information. The sustainability journey is rife with studying alternatives. No matter your space of curiosity or information hole, discover data to handle it on the Microsoft Sustainability Studying Heart.

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