Sustainability and environmental impact tracking

Purpose

1.1. Automate the continuous collection, aggregation, and reporting of sustainability and environmental data across all supplier sites for improved ESG compliance, reduction tracking, and stakeholder transparency.
1.2. Support data gathering from energy use, emissions, waste management, logistics, and supply chain inputs to provide real-time dashboards and report exports for government, investors, and internal audits.
1.3. Facilitate alerts and historical analysis to identify cost, efficiency, or regulatory non-compliance trends.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Supplier report submission or update in ERP or compliance portal.
2.2. Scheduled intervals (e.g., monthly) for environmental data polling.
2.3. On receipt of new governmental regulation or ESG requirement notification.
2.4. Ingestion of new sensor or IoT data on resource consumption or emissions.
2.5. Audit request created by compliance or sustainability teams.

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Power BI
• Feature: Dataflow refresh via REST API to update sustainability dashboards; configure dataset refresh with POST /groups/{groupId}/datasets/{datasetId}/refreshes.
3.2. Tableau
• Feature: Web Data Connector API; configure to pull and update report tables on emissions and recycling metrics.
3.3. SAP Sustainability Control Tower
• Feature: Data mapping with ESG KPIs API; schedule daily ingestion from production or logistics modules.
3.4. Salesforce Sustainability Cloud
• Feature: Sustainability API integration; push supplier-specific carbon and energy usage data with Sustainability API POST /sustainability/impact.
3.5. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature: SuiteAnalytics REST Service; configure data export and auto-schedule environmental data reports.
3.6. Google Looker
• Feature: Looker Data API; trigger Look update with suppliers' latest resource data via POST /api/3.1/looks/{look_id}/run/json.
3.7. IBM Envizi ESG Suite
• Feature: REST API; automate upload of waste and emissions logs with POST /envizi/esg-data.
3.8. Workiva
• Feature: ESG Reporting Connector; set automated uploads to produce structured regulatory reports.
3.9. SpheraCloud
• Feature: RESTful API for sustainability metrics; batch sends production waste and energy data.
3.10. Diligent ESG
• Feature: Automated data import API; configure with POST /esg/import for supplier benchmarking.
3.11. UL 360 Sustainability
• Feature: CSV upload endpoint; scheduled file transfer of monthly environmental impact.
3.12. Greenstone
• Feature: Supplier Portal API; automate entry of new data for emissions tracking.
3.13. Enablon
• Feature: Integration API; real-time sync of construction site environmental readings.
3.14. Intelex
• Feature: EHSQ Data Import API; auto-schedule uploads from energy meters.
3.15. SAGE X3
• Feature: RESTful Web services for environmental module; scheduled reporting of waste and usage.
3.16. QuickBooks Online
• Feature: Custom App API; push logistical energy use per supplier transaction.
3.17. Net Zero Cloud
• Feature: Automated Scope 1–3 emissions logging via Emissions API.
3.18. ArcGIS Online
• Feature: FeatureLayer REST API; auto-update geospatial maps with environmental incidents.
3.19. Esri Survey123
• Feature: REST API; upload field data on environmental compliance directly from mobile forms.
3.20. Smartsheet
• Feature: Webhooks and REST API; automate log and alert of KPIs in project sheets.

Benefits

4.1. Eliminates manual data collation from supplier locations and formats.
4.2. Provides immediate compliance risk and progress insights for reporting cycles.
4.3. Enables predictive analytics on resource trends for cost and eco-optimization.
4.4. Improves stakeholder confidence via real-time, auditable sustainability evidence.
4.5. Scales rapidly as supplier base or regulatory scope expands.