Sustainability Power BI app

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The Sustainability Power BI app provides detailed insight into the emission usage of an organization to support Environment Social Governance (ESG) reporting. The report helps identify key areas to change. The app provides various reports that focus on areas that organizations want to track, such as Water and Waste Analysis, Journey to Net Zero Carbon and Social Analysis.

Sustainability analytics

To fit into this category, you might have a role such as:

• Sustainability Manager
• Data Analyst

Example scenario: The sustainability team needs to review their water and waste usage over a period

As someone on the Sustainability team, you want to consistently review your water and waste usage at specific facilities. Using the Water and Waste Analysis report, you can review the capacity at each facility and location to understand the available capacity, should you need it in the future.

The report also allows the team to track different water and waste types along with the YOY and DOD change to ensure they're moving in the right direction.

Sustainability analytics for the Executive team

To fit into this category, you might have a role such as:

• CEO
• Chief Operating Officer
• Chief Sustainability Officer

Example scenario: Ensure targets are being met

For someone on the executive team, you need to ensure targets you put in place for the organization are being met. The Realized Emissions vs. Target report can quickly and efficiently compare your actual emissions with your target and make informed decisions about where to make changes.

You can compare the data in this report with the Journey to Net Zero Carbon report to ensure your organization is on the right track.

For an executive looking for a quick, high-level view for their organization, you can use the Sustainability Overview report.

Alternative use cases

While the reports benefit these examples, in some scenarios other roles can also use this report pack. For example, a Procurement Manager might use the Emissions by Category and Scope report to review Scope 3 so they can identify better vendors. Or, a member of the Human Resources team can use the Social Analysis report to get a view of employee activities.

Use the reports

The following table provides descriptions on how you can use each report in the Power BI Sustainability app.

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The Sustainability Overview report gives you a high-level view of all the key sustainability metrics.	Sustainability Overview	About Sustainability Overview
The Journey to Net Zero report highlights the journey to net zero within an organization.	Journey to Net Zero Carbon	About Journey to Net Zero Carbon
The Realized Emissions vs Target report breaks down your carbon emissions and allows for comparison against the target. You can effectively monitor planned progress and drive continuous improvement to sustainability goals.	Realized Emissions vs Target	About Realized Emissions vs. Target
The Realized Emissions vs Baseline report breaks down your carbon emissions and allows for comparison against a defined baseline period. This comparison lets you track progress against the baseline and monitor trends against a previous period.	Realized Emissions vs Baseline	About Realized Emissions vs. Baseline
The Water and Waste Analysis report allows you to effectively monitor your water and waste usage by different metrics such as water type, intensity type, and responsibility center.	Water and Waste Analysis	About Water and Waste Analysis
The Emissions by Category and Scope report breaks down each emission type based on the account category and the scope to show how each account and scope is tracking.	Emissions by Category and Scope	About Emissions by Category and Scope
The CO2e Analysis report provides detailed insight into your CO2e emissions and how you purchase carbon credit.	CO2e Analysis	About CO2e Analysis
The CO2e Key Influencers report identifies the key factors behind increases in CO2e emissions. It highlights the most impactful variables and trends based on the sustainability account categories.	CO2e Key Influences	About CO2e Key Influences
The CO2e Decomposition Tree report breaks down CO2e emission metrics into its key contributing components to help you understand what's driving changes in CO2 emissions, and why.	CO2e Decomposition Tree	About CO2e Decomposition Tree
The Social Analysis report displays employee details as part of social reporting for ESG.	Social Analysis	About Social Analysis

Tip

You can easily track the KPIs that the Power BI reports display against your business objectives. To learn more, go to Track your business KPIs with Power BI metrics.

Related information

Sustainability Overview (Power BI Report)
Sustainability reports and analytics in Business Central
Sustainability scorecards and goals overview