Overview of Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability data model

Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability empowers organizations to accelerate sustainability progress and business growth by integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) capabilities across the Microsoft Cloud portfolio and solutions from our global ecosystem of partners.

This data model is the foundation for Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability, but can also be used independently by ISVs and customers for building additional sustainability solutions. It is used to import customer activities that produce greenhouse gas emissions for emissions calculations and reporting of emissions impact.

For more information, see the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability documentation. The documentation includes introductory information about the data model, as well as information about the required attributes.

Entities

Name	Description
AccommodationType	Entity used for classifying the type of hotel accommodation, as defined in the reporting company.
BusinessTravel	Entity for business travel activity data, including vehicle, train, and air travel, as well as hotel stays.
BusinessTravelType	Entity used for classifying the type of business travel, as defined in the reporting company.
CapitalGood	Purchased entity that depreciates over time.
ContractualInstrumentType	Documented method/approach to confirm and validate source data.
CountryRegionMapping	Entity storing the region mapping, which is a mapping of a country or region to a user-defined group.
DisposalMethod	Entity used for classifying the type of disposal method, as defined in the reporting company.
Emission	Entity which lists the most common greenhouse gases and their quantities as output of calculation or direct measurement.
EmissionFactor	Conversion factor which takes activity data and converts quantities into greenhouse gas amounts and units.
EmissionsSource	Greenhouse Gas Protocol-defined emissions sources in scopes 1, 2, and 3.
EstimationFactor	Entity to store estimation or consumption factors.
Facility	Base-level location to attribute activity data. May contain multiple buildings and organizational units.
FacilityUsageDetail	Captures intensity scores for a facility in a given year.
FactorLibrary	Repository for emission and estimation factor sets, including both system and user added.
FactorMapping	Entity which connects reference data to a specific emission factor or estimation factor, which can determine different factors for large sets of activity data.
FuelType	List of fuels to be used during combustion, as needed for emissions factor selection.
FugitiveEmission	Greenhouse gas emissions that cannot reasonably be expected to be captured. Typically includes refrigerants.
GreenhouseGas	Entity for greenhouse gases.
IndustrialProcess	Emissions source for scope 1 emissions relating to industrial processes.
IndustrialProcessType	Entity to store process classifications for various industrial processes, such as extraction and manufacturing processes.
Industry	Parent level of the industry classification which contains an ID and name.
IndustryClassification	Combination of the Industry parent-level industry classification and the Subindustry child-level industry classification, both defined on the company profile.
Material	Entity used for classifying the type of material, as defined in the reporting company.
MobileCombustion	Combustion that occurs in a moving vehicle, such as a car or truck.
MonthlyRevenue	Captures revenue of an organizational unit by year and month in the company currency.
OrganizationalHierarchy	The classification that a company or organization uses to categorize its entities such as facilities, departments, divisions and organizational units.
OrganizationalProfile	The base information of the organization, for which the solution is built.
OrganizationalUnit	A structural division of a company or organization.
PurchasedEnergy	Electric energy, measured in MWh, delivered by the utility to a customer in accordance with the signed agreement.
PurchasedGoodAndService	Entity for purchased goods and services.
SpendType	Entity that represents a spend type, as defined in the reporting company. Used for classifying purchases.
StationaryCombustion	Combustion that occurs in a fixed asset, such as a boiler or furnace.
Subindustry	Child-level of the industry classisfication, which contains an ID and name.
TransportationAndDistribution	Upstream and downstream transportation and distribution activities.
TransportMode	The mode of transportation or distribution used in an activity, such as air, rail, or storage.
Unit	Unit of measure.
UnitGroup	Grouping of units.
ValueChainPartner	Entity for value chain partner or supplier.
VehicleType	Category of vehicle. Used by your organization as reference data to assist with emission factor selection for mobile combustion calculations.
WasteGeneratedInOperations	Entity for waste generated in operations, including disposal and treatment of waste generated.