Calculate spend‑based carbon using Sustainability ledger

Business value

Many organizations struggle to estimate carbon emissions when detailed activity or operational data is unavailable. This release enables customers to leverage existing financial data to calculate an estimated carbon footprint using a spend‑based methodology. By integrating sustainability calculations directly into finance processes, organizations can establish a consistent baseline, define reduction targets, and track progress over time using familiar financial structures.

Feature details

The Sustainability ledger enables spend‑based carbon calculations using posted financial transactions from finance and operations. Emissions are estimated using spend categories, allowing organizations to calculate a carbon footprint without requiring detailed activity‑level or operational data. Calculated sustainability data is stored in the Sustainability ledger, providing a ledger‑based foundation that aligns with core finance processes. This ensures consistency, traceability, and auditability of sustainability data alongside financial records.

Customers can define sustainability goals and targets, such as carbon reduction objectives, based on calculated footprint values. Progress against these goals can be monitored using scorecards. This enables teams to track trends, evaluate performance over time, and support data‑driven sustainability decision‑making within the finance system.

This feature is accessed through the Sustainability ledger module in finance and operations. As a preview feature, functionality may be limited, subject to change, and not intended for production use.

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