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Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability - Simply Explained
Jul 24, 2026 ·
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Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability - Simply Explained
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Asked to report your company's carbon footprint but buried in utility bills, spreadsheets and supplier data? This episode explains to business leaders and ESG teams how Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability...
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Asked to report your company's carbon footprint but buried in utility bills, spreadsheets and supplier data? This episode explains to business leaders and ESG teams how Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability collects that data, calculates emissions with built-in factors and produces reports for frameworks like CSRD.
In this episode
Key takeaways
Worth quoting
“Right now, most companies cannot tell you their carbon footprint. Not because they don't want to or don't care, but because the data is a complete mess.” – Mirko Peters (00:16)
“The platform has three main jobs, record your emissions, report on them accurately, and reduce your impact over time. Record, report, reduce. That's the cycle.” – Mirko Peters (03:15)
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In this episode
- 00:00 – Intro: why most companies can't state their carbon footprint
- 01:03 – The messy reality of sustainability data
- 02:35 – What Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability actually is
- 04:15 – Building block one: getting the data in
- 06:45 – Building block two: calculating your real impact
- 08:15 – Reporting frameworks, data trail and Copilot
- 10:05 – Companies using it today
- 11:52 – The bottom line
Key takeaways
- Most companies cannot state their carbon footprint because sustainability data is scattered across systems, formats and units.
- Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability brings data in via Excel templates, Power Query, partner connectors or manual requests and applies built-in emissions factors across scopes 1, 2 and 3.
- Ready-made templates for frameworks such as CSRD, an auditable data trail and AI-drafted disclosures turn months of manual reporting into a far faster process.
Worth quoting
“Right now, most companies cannot tell you their carbon footprint. Not because they don't want to or don't care, but because the data is a complete mess.” – Mirko Peters (00:16)
“The platform has three main jobs, record your emissions, report on them accurately, and reduce your impact over time. Record, report, reduce. That's the cycle.” – Mirko Peters (03:15)
Explore more on M365.FM
- Episode page: the full episode with chapters, key quotes and an FAQ on sustainability reporting
- Power Query – the import option that pulls data from other systems on a schedule via over 40 connectors
- Power Platform – one of the two foundations Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability is built on
- Dynamics 365 – together with Power Platform, the foundation Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability is built on
- Microsoft Excel – where scattered utility and supplier data often sits, and the format of the simplest import templates
- Related episode: Power Query - Simply Explained
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Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/m365-fm-microsoft-365-azure-cloud-power-platform-ai--6704921/support.
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| Author | Mirko Peters M365, Azure & AI |
| Organization | m365 FM |
| Website | www.m365.fm |
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