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# What's New in Sustainability: Value Chain in Projects (2025 release wave 2)

> Sustainability value chain automation in Business Central projects (2025 release wave 2): emissions posted through project journals and purchase invoices with project numbers, sustainability fast tabs on items and resources, and emissions in project statistics. Works only with carbon equivalent, not other gases.

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2025-10-01 · 6:54 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

The video extends value chain automation, introduced for embedded carbon footprint in a previous wave, to projects. Emissions can be posted from project journals or from purchase invoices that carry a project number, which supports end-to-end scope three coverage.

The demo covers the sustainability configuration, posting a project journal, and reviewing results in project statistics. Value chain tracking is switched on with one field in the procurement fast tab of Sustainability Setup. The presenter notes that it works only with carbon equivalent, not with all gases.

## Key points

- Value chain tracking is enabled with a single field in the procurement fast tab of the Sustainability Setup page; emissions are then calculated and tracked automatically.
- Emissions can be posted through a project journal or a purchase invoice that has a project number.
- Posting a purchase invoice for a project generates two lines: a purchase line and a negative adjustment entry that goes into sustainability value entries.
- Items have a sustainability fast tab for a standard account number and a default CO2 emissions number, and the system calculates total CO2.
- Resources have a sustainability fast tab for adding accounts and default CO2 emission numbers.
- Posted information is exposed on project statistics and task lines, which show the calculations for everything posted to the project.
- The feature works only with carbon equivalent; other gas emissions are converted to carbon equivalent for the value chain.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=0s) Introduction and Overview
- [0:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=31s) Evolution of Sustainability Features
- [1:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=60s) Projects Extension and Business Value
- [1:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=100s) Technical Implementation Details
- [2:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=161s) Demo Setup - Sustainability Configuration
- [3:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=237s) Demo - Project Journal Posting
- [5:24](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=324s) Demo - Project Statistics and Results
- [6:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=375s) Closing Remarks and Resources

## Features

| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Value Chain Automation in Projects | status not stated, demoed | [1:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=60s) |
| Sustainability Fast Tab on Items | status not stated, demoed | [3:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=201s) |
| Sustainability Fast Tab on Resources | status not stated, demoed | [3:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=237s) |
| Project Statistics with Emissions Data | status not stated, demoed | [5:49](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=349s) |
| Scope Three Coverage via Value Chain | status not stated | [1:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=89s) |
| Procurement Setup for Value Chain Tracking | status not stated, demoed | [2:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=147s) |

## AL objects mentioned

As heard in the captions. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.

- [page 6221 "Sustainability Setup"](../objects/page/6221.md) at [2:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=173s)
- page "Items" at [3:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=201s)
- page "Resources" at [3:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=237s)
- page "Project Journals" at [4:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=267s)
- page "Projects" at [5:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=327s)
- page "Project Statistics" at [5:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=359s)

Not found in BC28-30: page "Items", page "Resources", page "Project Journals", page "Projects", page "Project Statistics".

## Quotes

- [0:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=46s) "We enabled this value chain automation for carbon footprint embedded. So this is something what we already introduced in previous wave."
- [1:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=89s) "So what are business values with this functionality will really cover end to end scope three coverage."
- [1:51](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=111s) "It is important to remember it doesn't work with all gases only with the carbon equivalent."
- [2:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=124s) "So you can post emissions using project journal or purchase invoice. When you post purchase invoice for project you know you will get two"
- [2:16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc8eGyMkBTA&t=136s) "It will be once when you uh finish where information will be exposed on a project statistic."

Presenters (as heard): Alexander Toto, Jacob Bang.