Companies worldwide are prioritizing reducing their IT carbon footprint, focusing on efficiency and cost optimization. Cloud sustainability is not just about reducing environmental impact but also aligning with corporate values and regulatory requirements while pursuing long-term business goals. To measure the impact of cloud computing on carbon emissions, precise measurement, trustworthy data, and robust tools are essential.
Two new capabilities have been announced to optimize Microsoft Azure emissions:
- Azure Carbon Optimization (preview): This free capability empowers Azure developers and IT professionals to understand and optimize emissions from Azure usage. It provides insights and recommendations for enhancing cloud efficiency, aligning with Microsoft’s commitment to environmental responsibility.
- Microsoft Azure emissions insights (preview): This capability in Microsoft Fabric enables organizations to unify and analyze emissions data for Azure usage. It allows for querying and drilling down into Azure resource-level emissions for advanced reporting and analysis.
Both tools offer a holistic solution for organizations aiming to reduce their carbon footprint by optimizing specific resources or workloads within Azure. Azure Carbon Optimization provides ready-to-consume insights and recommendations within the Azure portal, while Microsoft Azure emissions insights enable deeper analytics using Microsoft Fabric.
Reducing carbon emissions requires contributions from every part of a company. The blog discusses the benefits of these tools and how the FinOps framework can guide businesses through reducing carbon emissions while achieving environmental and financial goals. Integrating FinOps best practices can help manage and optimize carbon emissions as ESG regulations evolve.
By leveraging Azure Carbon Optimization and Microsoft Azure emissions insights along with FinOps practices, organizations can actively track, assess, and mitigate their carbon emissions, gaining valuable insights into their environmental impact and compliance posture for future ESG regulations.
