Microsoft Sustainability Manager
by Microsoft · ESG & Sustainability
Power Platform ESG solution for emissions, water and waste data and disclosure reporting.
Updated August 2026 · By the ERP Research Editorial Team · Independent and vendor-neutral.
- Works with
Microsoft Dynamics 365 FinanceMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Business Central- Deployment
- Cloud
- Company size
- Enterprise
- Pricing
- Quote-based (Microsoft Enterprise Agreement or CSP)
- Founded
- 1975
- Headquarters
- Redmond, Washington, United States
Overview
Microsoft Sustainability Manager is an ESG data management and reporting application built on Microsoft Dataverse and the Power Platform, sold as part of the Microsoft for Sustainability portfolio. It unifies emissions, energy, water and waste data from across an organization's systems into a single Microsoft for Sustainability data model, automating the calculations and removing the data ambiguity that comes from tracking sustainability metrics in spreadsheets across business units.
The product covers three broad jobs: recording activity data (via Excel templates, a guided Power Query import flow, first-party data-provider connectors, or manual entry), calculating Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions plus water and waste metrics against built-in government emission-factor libraries, and reporting the results through embedded Power BI dashboards, a quantitative preparation report, and (since a recent update) social-and-governance metric tracking alongside the existing environmental data. A Premium plan adds a Power Pages supplier portal for collecting Scope 3 value-chain and product-carbon-footprint data directly from suppliers, EcoVadis ratings integration, dynamic/static emissions allocation, carbon-fee modeling, and a preview Copilot for natural-language queries.
Because it runs on Dataverse, it deploys as a Dynamics 365 application inside an organization's existing Microsoft 365/Power Platform tenant rather than as a separate SaaS product, and it is sold exclusively through a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement or a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) partner -- there is no self-serve signup or public price list.
Screenshots & demo
Screenshots sourced from Microsoft.
Features & capabilities
Data Import & Ingestion
Multiple guided paths for bringing activity, emissions, water and waste data into the shared data model.
- Excel template import for each data category
- Guided Power Query import across multiple entities and sources in one flow
- 40+ Power Query connectors plus native CSV, Excel and OData import
- First-party partner connectors (Ecolab, EcoVadis Assessments, Emissions Impact Dashboard for Azure)
- Custom connectors and Azure Data Factory/Synapse pipelines for multi-stage transformation
- On-premises data gateway and ExpressRoute/S2S VPN connectivity for on-prem or other cloud sources
- Manual bulk or single-record import
- Data approval management (preview) to stage records before they affect calculations
Emissions Calculation & Reporting
Scope 1-3 calculation engine backed by built-in factor libraries and embedded analytics.
- Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions calculations
- Scope 3 calculations across categories 1-9, 12 and 13 (categories 10, 11, 14, 15 require Premium)
- Built-in emission factor libraries: EPA, DEFRA, ADEME, EXIOBASE, IPCC, EU energy factors, Taiwan Ministry of Environment, Australian NGA (IEA factors in Premium)
- Sustainability dashboard and dedicated Scope 1/2/3 Power BI embedded dashboards
- Quantitative preparation report and a deep-analysis decomposition-tree tool
- Dynamic and static allocation of emissions across organizational units (Premium)
- Carbon fee modeling (Premium)
- Copilot in Sustainability Manager for natural-language data queries (preview)
Water & Waste Management
Facility-level water and waste tracking aligned to regulatory disclosure formats.
- Water quantity data (withdrawal, consumption, discharge) linked to water sources
- Water quality/effluent data linked to sampling procedures and testing methods
- Water regulatory reporting and water intensity KPIs (Premium)
- Waste generation and disposal quantity tracking by stream and material
- Waste quality/characteristics tracking for hazardous and radioactive waste
- Circularity reporting for input materials and finished goods
- Scope 3 category 5 (waste-related) emissions calculation
- Waste intensity KPIs (Premium)
Value Chain & Supplier Engagement
Premium-only tooling for collecting Scope 3 and product-level data directly from suppliers.
- Power Pages portal template for supplier/value-chain-partner data collection
- Survey builder to request activity, emissions, product-carbon-footprint or emission-factor data from suppliers
- EcoVadis ratings integration mapped to supplier accounts
- Product carbon footprint data model and calculations
- Scope 3 emissions attribution from partner spend-to-revenue proportion
- Account and account-group management for value chain partners, included for up to 2,000 authenticated Power Pages users
Governance, Collaboration & Extensibility
Security, collaboration and developer tooling shared with the rest of the Power Platform.
- Role-based security model built on Dataverse business units
- Native Microsoft Teams collaboration and chat
- Social and governance (S&G) metric tracking alongside environmental data
- Custom dimensions to extend the data model with organization-specific attributes
- Dataverse Web API (OData v4) and custom APIs for transactional integration
- Extensible with Power Apps, Power Automate and Azure Synapse/Data Factory
Common use cases
- Consolidating Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions data from multiple business units and facilities into one auditable system
- Producing regulatory sustainability disclosures from a single governed data source instead of spreadsheets
- Collecting product carbon footprint and activity data directly from suppliers via a self-service survey portal
- Tracking water withdrawal, consumption and discharge for water-stress and regulatory water-quality reporting
- Managing hazardous and radioactive waste data for landfill compliance reporting
- Modeling a carbon fee or running what-if scenarios before committing to a reduction target
- Adding ESG reporting to an existing Dynamics 365 / Power Platform tenant without standing up a separate system
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Built natively on Dataverse and the Power Platform, so it deploys inside an organization's existing Microsoft 365/Dynamics 365 tenant rather than as a standalone SaaS silo
- Ships with nine built-in government/NGO emission factor libraries (EPA, DEFRA, ADEME, IPCC, EXIOBASE, IEA, EU, Taiwan MOE, Australian NGA)
- Dedicated Power Pages supplier portal and survey workflow for first-party Scope 3 value-chain and product-carbon-footprint data collection
- Preview Copilot for natural-language querying of sustainability data
- Achieved ISO 27001/27017/27018/27701, SOC 1/2/3, SOX and HITRUST compliance offerings inherited from the underlying Azure/Power Platform infrastructure
Considerations
- No SAP-, Oracle- or NetSuite-certified connector is documented; data from non-Microsoft ERPs must come in via Power Query's generic connectors, OData, custom connectors, or an on-premises data gateway
- Several capabilities -- the value chain/supplier portal, dynamic and static allocations, carbon fee modeling, product carbon footprint, IEA emission factors, report versioning, and what-if analysis -- require the higher-priced Premium plan
- Sold only through a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement or CSP partner; there is no public price list or self-serve trial signup outside that process
ERP integrations
Deploys as a Dynamics 365 application inside the same Power Platform tenant; data can be exchanged via Dataverse tables/virtual tables or the Dataverse Web API
Runs in the same Power Platform environment as other Dynamics 365 apps; data can be exchanged via Dataverse or the Dataverse Web API
Pricing
Requires two SKUs: a tenant-level Microsoft Sustainability Manager license plus a per-user Microsoft Sustainability Manager USL. Two plans -- Essentials and Premium -- gate features such as the value chain solution, dynamic/static allocations, carbon fee modeling, product carbon footprint, Copilot and IEA emission factors to Premium. No public price list; buy via a Microsoft account executive under an Enterprise Agreement or through a Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP). New trials get most Premium features free for 30 days. Get an independent shortlist with pricing guidance below.
Technical & security
- Hosting
- SaaS (built on Microsoft Dataverse / Power Platform)
- Data residency
- North America, Europe, United Kingdom, Germany, Asia Pacific, Australia, India, United Arab Emirates
- Compliance
- ISO 27001:2013, ISO 27017:2015, ISO 27018:2014, ISO 27701:2019, ISO 9001:2015, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, SOC 3, SOX (US), HITRUST, PCI DSS Level 1
- Languages
- Basque, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Serbian (Cyrillic), Serbian (Latin), Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian
About the vendor
- Founded
- 1975
- Headquarters
- Redmond, Washington, United States
- Employees
- ~223,000
- Ownership
- Public (NASDAQ: MSFT)
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Microsoft Sustainability Manager — frequently asked questions
What is Microsoft Sustainability Manager?
It is a Dataverse-based application, part of the Microsoft for Sustainability portfolio, that unifies emissions, water and waste data from across an organization into one data model, automates Scope 1-3 emissions calculations, and reports results through embedded Power BI dashboards.
How is Microsoft Sustainability Manager priced?
Pricing is quote-based and not published. It requires a tenant-level license plus a per-user license, sold through a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement or a Cloud Solution Provider partner. New trials include most Premium features free for 30 days.
What is the difference between the Essentials and Premium plans?
Both plans include the core carbon, water, waste, energy and social/governance data model and Scope 1-2 calculations. Premium adds the value chain supplier portal, dynamic and static emissions allocation, carbon fee modeling, product carbon footprint, IEA emission factors, report versioning, what-if analysis, and Scope 3 categories 10, 11, 14 and 15.
Does Microsoft Sustainability Manager integrate with ERP systems other than Dynamics 365?
There is no documented certified connector for SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite. Data from those systems is typically imported through Power Query's generic database/OData connectors, a custom connector, or an on-premises data gateway, since Sustainability Manager can ingest data from any system that can reach Dataverse.
Where is Microsoft Sustainability Manager data hosted?
It runs in Microsoft's standard Dynamics 365/Power Platform data center regions, including North America, Europe, the United Kingdom, Germany, Asia Pacific, Australia, India and the United Arab Emirates, with the underlying Azure/Power Platform infrastructure holding ISO 27001, SOC 2 and related certifications.
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