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Improve profitability and comply with environmental regulations—all while future-proofing your operations across a rapidly evolving business landscape.
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Microsoft solutions for sustainability: Transforming business for the future
Improve profitability and comply with environmental regulations—all while future-proofing your operations across a rapidly evolving business landscape.
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability provides a comprehensive solution to simplify your environmental efforts. This cloud-based platform monitors your environmental impact using AI-driven insights and tools—particularly in emissions and resource usage—while helping to align your business with global regulations.
We are a member of the prestigious Microsoft Partner Advisory Council (PAC) for the Sustainability Manager program, which gives us additional resources and front-line information.
RSM’s sustainability team has the skills and experience to create a tailored solution for your business, including:
- Enhanced decision making: With real-time data and AI-driven insights, you’re empowered to make informed decisions to optimize operations and reduce environmental impact.
- Regulatory compliance: The Microsoft Sustainability platform helps organizations stay compliant with evolving global regulations, ensuring transparency and accuracy in environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting.
- Operational efficiency: By identifying inefficiencies in resource use, Cloud for Sustainability helps businesses optimize energy consumption and reduce waste, leading to cost savings.
- Long-term sustainability: Track your progress toward long-term sustainability goals, supporting a journey toward net-zero emissions and greater environmental responsibility.
- Stakeholder trust: Provide clear, data-backed sustainability reports that enhance accountability—boosting trust with investors, customers and regulators.
Prepare your organization for sustainability compliance
As global climate concerns escalate, governments are introducing stricter greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations to reduce carbon emissions and promote sustainability. To promote compliance and maintain a competitive edge, your company can take steps to meet these evolving regulations proactively.
Conduct a GHG emissions assessment
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Measure current emissions
Start by identifying and measuring your company's Scope 1 (direct), Scope 2 (indirect energy) and Scope 3 (supply chain) emissions. Tools like Microsoft Sustainability Manager can help automate and streamline this process.
Leverage your data
Enable accurate and comprehensive data collection across your operations, facilities and supply chain. The Microsoft Sustainability data solution built on Microsoft Fabric can act as your company’s comprehensive ESG data estate.
Set emissions reduction goals
Based on your emissions assessment, establish clear GHG reduction targets that align with international goals. Integrate these targets into your broader business strategy to prioritize them at all levels.
Prepare for reporting and audits
Develop a robust ESG reporting framework that is compliant with upcoming GHG regulations. Provide transparency in your disclosures and communicate your sustainability progress to stakeholders.
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability: The comprehensive solution
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability harnesses data and AI capabilities to help future-proof your business using ESG data intelligence. Key features include:
Unified data integration
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability consolidates data from across the enterprise, including energy use, carbon emissions, water consumption and waste management. It pulls data from internal systems and external sources, providing a holistic view of an organization's environmental impact.
Real-time sustainability insights
Advanced analytics and AI capabilities enable your business to monitor environmental performance in real time, offering insights into inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement.
Comprehensive emissions tracking
Calculates Scope 1 (direct), Scope 2 (indirect energy) and Scope 3 (supply chain) emissions, allowing your organization to measure its full carbon footprint across operations and the supply chain.
ESG reporting and compliance
The platform supports ESG reporting, helping companies comply with global sustainability frameworks like the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the SEC’s proposed climate disclosure rules. It automates data collection, allowing for accurate and transparent reporting.
Goal setting and progress monitoring
Empowers organizations to set sustainability goals, such as reducing carbon emissions or optimizing energy efficiency, and track their progress through customizable dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs).
Collaboration and integration
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability integrates with other Microsoft solutions like Azure, Dynamics 365 and Power BI, providing seamless data flow and collaboration across departments.
Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability includes a suite of integrated tools to form a comprehensive solution:
Microsoft Sustainability Manager is a comprehensive tool designed to help organizations effectively manage, track and report their environmental data. By leveraging advanced analytics and automation, the Sustainability Manager empowers businesses to set sustainability goals, monitor progress and manage compliance with evolving regulatory standards.
Available services:
- Microsoft Sustainability Manager (MSM) Proof of Value Assessment
- ESG assessment
- Microsoft Sustainability Manager implementation
Sustainability data solutions in Microsoft Fabric is a unified data platform designed to integrate and analyze sustainability-related data across an organization. By connecting disparate data sources, Microsoft Fabric enables businesses to gain actionable insights, streamline reporting and drive informed decisions to meet their environmental, social and governance (ESG) objectives.
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) reporting
ESG reporting enhancements will include standard and framework reporting templates for CSRD, simplifying collecting, analyzing and disclosing environmental, social and governance (ESG) data. It equips organizations with robust tools to support accurate, transparent and compliant reporting, efficiently meeting regulatory and stakeholder expectations.
Environmental Credit Service
Environmental Credit Service, a Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability solution, is designed to help organizations identify and optimize credits and other assets related to sustainability initiatives. By leveraging advanced analytics and compliance tools, Environmental Credit Service simplifies the process of tracking, claiming and maximizing environmental credits and benefits.
Gain the RSM advantage
With the combined pressure from regulators, consumers and investors, embracing sustainability is crucial for companies aiming to remain competitive. RSM has an ESG team ready to help your business reach its sustainability goals.
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The RSM Middle Market Sustainability Survey 2024: U.S. and Canada
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Tax incentives are one part of companies’ broader decarbonization efforts.
Training is the most common action taken toward compliance, but also the top hurdle.
RSM’s Microsoft certified professionals have met the highest technological standards in Microsoft’s Cloud Partner Program. RSM has demonstrated technical capabilities, experience and ability to deliver successful customer outcomes aligned to the Microsoft Cloud in:
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