Microsoft tracks greenhouse gases in the cloud
Microsoft is to track its energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide using a cloud-based platform from an Australian software firm, CarbonSystems.
The Environmental Sustainability Platform (ESP) will be implemented across Microsoft's global operations, comprising more than 600 facilities in 110 countries. It will be used for managing the software giant's energy, efficiency and environmental-performance reporting.
"Microsoft is committed to measuring, transparently reporting, and minimising the carbon footprint of our operations," said Rob Bernard, chief environmental strategist at Microsoft."Carbon System's ESP will enable us to efficiently collect, analyse and share environmental data, delivering new levels of understanding about the resources we use," he added.
The move reflects a growing trend for companies to aggregate environmental data in an effort to save energy and reduce emissions, according to environmental analyst firm Verdantix.
"Many organisations struggle to capture and integrate sustainability data sourced from different localities as they strive for a single version of the truth," said Verdantix chief executive David Metcalfe.
"By adopting the CarbonSystems' solution, Microsoft will have one platform for managing and reporting non-financial sustainability."
The software will help Microsoft cut the cost of collecting environmental data which is used for managing energy efficiency and informing stakeholder groups, such as the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), of the company's environmental performance.
The CDP lobbies large companies to declare their carbon emissions in detailed reports used by investors. The ESP software was originally developed to aggregate smart meter readings.
Source: Computing
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