What's new and planned for Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
This topic lists features that are planned to release from October 2024 through March 2025. Because this topic lists features that may not have released yet, delivery timelines may change and projected functionality may not be released. For more information, go to Microsoft policy.
In the General availability column, the feature will be delivered within the month listed. The delivery date can be any day within that month. Released features show the full date, including the date of release.
This check mark (
) shows which features have been released for public preview or early access and for public preview, early access, and general availability.
Analyze ESG performance against goals
Establish an accurate baseline for ESG performance, then track progress against goals.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compare your sustainability progress with Copilot | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar 2025 | - |
Calculate sustainability footprint
See enhancements to calculating sustainability footprint features.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate a carbon fee based on EU’s CBAM | Users, automatically | Dec 2024 | - |
| Disclose, analyze, and manage ESG data | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Feb 13, 2024 |
Nov 2024 |
| Comprehensively manage your energy portfolio | Users, automatically |
Apr 15, 2024 |
Mar 2025 |
| Load Defra 2024 emission factors | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Nov 2024 |
| Calculate emissions for different methodologies | Users, automatically |
Aug 1, 2024 |
Mar 2025 |
| Load the 2024 NEEFE factors update | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | - | Dec 2024 |
| Manage ESG metric definitions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Nov 2024 | - |
Data integration and calculations
Streamline data ingestion and calculations.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage and manage sustainability data | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar 2025 | - |
Invest in ESG innovation
Make strategic investments to support your ESG strategy.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate carbon fee with EU CBAM Copilot | Users, automatically | Dec 2024 | - |
Provide data governance
Strengthen your digital foundation and capture the value of data to drive more sustainable outcomes.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Track your social and governance data | Users by admins, makers, or analysts | Mar 2025 | - |
| Integrate with Business Central | Users, automatically | Dec 2024 | - |
Report impact and progress
Deliver more reliable reports about your sustainability impact and progress.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Generate reports with Project ESG Reporting | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
Aug 20, 2024 |
Dec 2024 |
| Report emissions for different regulatory standards | Users, automatically |
Aug 30, 2024 |
Mar 2025 |
Reporting, disclosure, and automated insights
Analyze and report environmental impact and sustainability progress.
| Feature | Enabled for | Public preview | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customize analytics reporting dashboards | Users by admins, makers, or analysts |
May 7, 2024 |
Oct 15, 2024 |
| Compute and store ESG metrics for downstream scenarios | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Oct 2024 | - |
| Increase CSRD coverage with added metric definitions | Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | Mar 2025 | - |
You are able to opt into some features as part of early access on August 12, 2024, including all mandatory changes that affect users. To learn more, go to Early access FAQ.
Description of Enabled for column values:
Users, automatically: These features include changes to the user experience and are enabled automatically.
Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically: These features are meant to be used by administrators, makers, marketers, or business analysts and are enabled automatically.
Users by admins, makers, or analysts: These features must be enabled or configured by the administrators, makers, or business analysts to be available for their users.
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