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# End To End Sustainability Tracking and Reporting for SMBs

> Business Central sustainability tracking for SMBs: a 19-minute Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability Technical Summit 2024 demo covering the Sustainability Role Center, chart of sustainability accounts, scorecards and goals, sustainability journals, emissions on purchase invoices, built-in emissions reports, the no-code financial reporting tool for ESG, and ERP posting integration. It covers all three emission scopes. Water and waste management features are announced for a later release.

[Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA) · Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (YouTube) · 2024-11-28 · 19:20 · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

The video presents Microsoft's sustainability solution for small and medium businesses, built on Microsoft cloud and part of Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability for SMBs. It explains that regulations like CSRD also affect SMBs, and that the solution covers all three emission scopes with a focus on reducing carbon footprint. It also tracks other greenhouse gases such as methane and nitrous oxide. Pricing is given as 70 per user per month for access to all sustainability features.

The demo walks through the Sustainability Role Center, scorecards and goals, the sustainability chart of accounts, emission factor and formula configuration, and the built-in emissions reports. It then shows how emissions are recorded through sustainability journals and purchase invoices, how the no-code financial reporting tool builds custom ESG reports, and how sustainability entries appear next to general ledger, vendor and tax entries in the posting preview. Water and waste management features are described as coming in a later release.

## Key points

- The solution covers all three emission scopes, tracks gases such as methane and nitrous oxide, and includes carbon equivalent calculations.
- Pricing quoted in the video: $70 per user per month for access to all sustainability features and the full ERP solution if needed.
- The sustainability chart of accounts catalogs emissions by scope or other groupings; scorecards track goals with baseline periods, reporting periods and target values, and one goal is set as the main goal used in Role Center KPIs.
- Emissions can be calculated by formulas (fuel, distance, kWh and similar inputs), and partners can add specialized formulas. Emission factors are configured in account subcategories and can be marked as renewable energy related.
- Emissions can be recorded in the sustainability journal, which validates against incomplete entries, or directly on purchase invoices or orders linked to sustainability accounts, so data is not entered twice.
- The built-in financial reporting tool is no-code and can combine sustainability, financial and social data, for example emissions per dollar earned or internal carbon fees in profit calculations.
- Previewing posting shows sustainability entries together with general ledger, vendor and tax entries. Water and waste management features are announced for a future release.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=0s) Introduction and goals
- [0:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=40s) Solution overview and capabilities
- [1:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=99s) Emission scopes and current features
- [2:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=170s) Pricing and feature overview
- [4:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=252s) Sustainability Role Center demo
- [6:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=380s) Scorecards, goals, and chart of accounts
- [8:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=515s) Emissions tracking configuration
- [10:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=633s) Reports and financial reporting tool
- [13:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=805s) Recording emissions via journals and invoices
- [16:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=962s) ERP integration and posting
- [17:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=1049s) Summary and resources

## Features

| Feature | Status | At |
|---|---|---|
| Sustainability Role Center | status not stated, demoed | [4:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=252s) |
| Sustainability Chart of Accounts | status not stated, demoed | [3:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=206s) |
| Three Emission Scopes Coverage | status not stated | [1:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=99s) |
| Water and Waste Management Features | status not stated | [2:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=123s) |
| Emissions Formulas | status not stated, demoed | [3:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=219s) |
| Scorecards and Goal Tracking | status not stated, demoed | [5:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=335s) |
| Sustainability Journal | status not stated, demoed | [14:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=849s) |
| Emissions Recording via Purchase Invoices | status not stated, demoed | [15:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=908s) |
| Financial Reporting Tool for ESG | status not stated, demoed | [12:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=722s) |
| Built-in Emissions Reports | status not stated, demoed | [10:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=633s) |
| ERP Integration for Sustainability | status not stated, demoed | [16:02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=962s) |
| Emission Factor Configuration | status not stated, demoed | [10:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=605s) |

## 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.

- other "Sustainability Chart of Accounts" at [3:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=206s)
- other "Sustainability Journal" at [14:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=849s)
- other "Sustainability Ledger" at [3:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=236s)
- other "Sustainability Role Center" at [4:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=252s)
- other "Total Emission Report" at [10:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=633s)
- other "Emission by Category Report" at [10:59](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=659s)

## Quotes

- [1:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=99s) "the core of Microsoft sustainability solution for smbs is its coverage of all three emission scopes with the focus of reducing carbon footprint"
- [2:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=123s) "the next B we'll introduce water and waste management features offering smbs even much more sustainability tools"
- [2:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=170s) "for 70 per user per month you gain access to all sustainability features"
- [3:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=206s) "the sustainability chart of account provide a structure framework to cataloge and log emissions data by scope or other groupings"
- [16:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=973s) "if you preview the posting results you will see Erp standard information like general ledger entries vendor entries tax entries so on everything in"
- [17:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=1049s) "this solution is built on Microsoft cloud and it is a part of Microsoft cloud for sustainability for smbs it is embedded in theam"
- [18:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=1089s) "regulation like csrd aren just for large Enterprises they also affects smbs with this tool Microsoft support businesses of all sizes in their sustainability"

## Disclaimers in the video

- [2:03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uan4dV9eVCA&t=123s) coming-later: the next B we'll introduce water and waste management features offering smbs even much more sustainability tools

Presenters (as heard): Alexander Toich.