{"id":3030,"date":"2023-05-31T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/innovation\/blog\/ms-industry\/delivering-powerful-esg-insights-with-partner-data-connectors\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T20:48:43","slug":"delivering-powerful-esg-insights-with-partner-data-connectors","status":"publish","type":"ms-industry","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-cloud\/blog\/general\/2023\/05\/31\/delivering-powerful-esg-insights-with-partner-data-connectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Delivering powerful ESG insights with partner data connectors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As we continue to expand the capabilities of Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability<\/a> to accelerate net-zero, we\u2019re leaning into the strengths of our global partner ecosystem to accomplish even more, faster. We\u2019re actively working with partners who provide Microsoft Sustainability Manager solutions<\/a>, including specialized connectors, to streamline ingestion, collection, and aggregation of Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 data.1<\/sup> The resulting insights will play a critical role in helping organizations meet growing regulatory requirements<\/a> and their own sustainability goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizations need to import environmental data from all their sources <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Sustainability Manager<\/a> helps customers import and store emissions data<\/a> for all three scopes of impact, with prebuilt calculation methodologies for Scopes 1, 2, and most categories of Scope 3 (The balance of Scope 3 categories will be covered soon). It also provides a growing set of water data management<\/a> capabilities. Waste data management capabilities are coming soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solution can be integrated with virtually any business system, enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or platform\u2014connecting directly to data sources, breaking down data silos, and helping to automate data integration with the publicly available Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability data model. Beyond prebuilt data connectors and dynamic calculation methodologies, Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability also provides flexibility to use outside connectors, emission factors, and formulas.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importing data from partner solutions<\/a> is essential for capturing more of an organization\u2019s operational footprint. To this end, we\u2019re building a robust catalog of prebuilt and custom data connectors from third-party providers. We\u2019re prioritizing prebuilt connectors to partner solutions that aggregate data across key emission categories to scale the benefits to as many customers as possible; and we\u2019re enabling custom connectors that address more specific data scenarios to be built, using an in-app experience for importing data. Here are details on some of those. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arcadia: Empowering grid decarbonization <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re pleased to announce the preview of the Arcadia Data Connector, now available in Microsoft Sustainability Manager, to help streamline data collection and eliminate time-consuming, error-prone manual processes.\u202fArcadia is a tech company empowering energy innovators and consumers to fight the climate crisis. The company\u2019s software and APIs unlock energy innovation by creating unprecedented access to data and clean energy that\u2019s needed to decarbonize the grid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today\u2019s businesses need accurate data to take control of their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting, but the process of gathering that data can be difficult, confusing, and time-consuming. Additionally, without access to the right data, it can be challenging for businesses to understand the effectiveness of their sustainability efforts and ROI.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arcadia\u2019s Arc platform aggregates historical, current,\u202fand ongoing\u202fdata from thousands of utilities in more than 50 countries to save time and resources\u202fand provide valuable insights. This automated access to monthly energy, water, and gas consumption data is essential to powering accurate and consistent environmental reporting and validating ongoing efforts around a company\u2019s environmental impact.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arcadia Data Connector (preview) in Microsoft Sustainability Manager helps organizations streamline data collection and eliminate time-consuming, error-prone manual processes.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seeq: Leveraging operational data analytics and virtualization  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Seeq Solution for Microsoft Sustainability Manager<\/a> enables sustainability managers, business managers, and environmental engineers to monitor, manage, and report on Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, leveraging the Seeq advanced analytics platform on Microsoft Azure<\/a> and Microsoft Sustainability Manager integrated and automated sustainability management capabilities.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Manufacturing and energy companies using the Seeq platform<\/a> will be able to access operational data from their manufacturing sites, cleanse and contextualize the data, perform monitoring and root cause analysis, and automate the reporting of those analyses in Microsoft Sustainability Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Seeq Solution for Microsoft Sustainability Manager is the latest of our solutions built on the Seeq platform to make time series data insights available to all stakeholders for improved outcomes in process manufacturing<\/em>.\u201d\u2014Megan Buntain, Vice President of Cloud Transformation, Seeq.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Johnson Controls: Automating emissions data collection to centralize insights<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Johnson Controls (JCI) OpenBlue smart spaces technology<\/a> integrated with Microsoft Sustainability Manager automates partner integrations and data collection activities while visualizing emissions across an organization\u2019s operational data sources through a single dashboard. This helps free up time to focus on energy consumption and emissions tracking toward carbon reduction goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solution is available on Microsoft AppSource and is on demonstration at Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs)<\/a>. At MTCs, visitors can explore the solution\u2019s data pre-processing and carbon footprint calculation features for onboarding environmental data and accelerating progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Johnson Controls\u2019 OpenBlue Enterprise Manager provides a single-pane-of-glass, enterprise-wide management platform.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cognite: Powering more sustainable, data-driven industrial operations  <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cognite Data Fusion\u00ae<\/a>, also available through AppSource and on demonstration at MCTs, liberates data from siloed sources and gives it context that subject matter experts, data scientists, and AI can understand\u2014helping to accelerate full-scale digital transformation to improve the dependability and sustainability of operations. Using it, customers and partners can quickly and reliably build and scale new analytics dashboards, production solutions, and digital twins.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cognite Data Fusion\u00ae creates open, unified, real-time industrial data models that humans and machine learning applications can easily access, empowering data-driven operations to increase production, reduce waste, and make their operations more sustainable. It\u2019s purpose-built for industry, intuitively designed, and helps organizations lower the costs and complexity of scaling solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cognite Data Fusion\u00ae industrial data solution<\/em> liberates and contextualizes industrial data, creating an industrial data foundation that anyone can use to discover and generate data-driven insights.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mesa: Advancing organizational ESG progress and compliance <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mesa\u2019s IMPACT platform<\/a>, available on AppSource, helps companies enhance their sustainability management by efficiently overseeing ESG processes and environmental and social performance, ensuring compliance with international standards. This results in risk minimization and enhanced corporate value creation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMPACT is integrated with Microsoft 365, Power BI, Azure AI, and Microsoft Teams. It\u2019s also seamlessly integrated with Microsoft Sustainability Manager, making it possible to:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n