Emission AI Agent
Calculating the carbon footprint of procurement activity requires mapping every purchase order line to the correct emission factor — demanding deep domain knowledge and careful interpretation of product descriptions, purchasing categories, and supplier origins. Doing this manually across thousands of purchase lines is impractical. What if an Agent could automatically map your purchase order lines to the right emission factors from libraries like Exiobase, and create the corresponding records directly in Microsoft Sustainability Manager or your emission calculation solution of choice?Business challenge:
Organisations face growing regulatory and stakeholder pressure to accurately measure and report Scope 3 procurement emissions. This requires mapping every purchase order line fromthe ERP to a corresponding emission factor, taking into account product descriptions, purchasing categories, country of origin, and supplier context. With thousands of purchase lines processed daily, manual mapping is not feasible, and the complexity and ambiguity of procurement data makes rule-based automation unreliable. Without an intelligent solution, emission calculations remain incomplete, inconsistent, and difficult to audit — putting sustainability reporting accuracy and regulatory compliance at risk.
Core Features:
The GDPR Data Detection can scan your description fields for GDPR data and flag or mask thisdata automatically:
- Emission Factor Library Semantic Indexing - The Agent creates a semantic index out of yourchosen Emission Factor library
- Mapping of Purchase Order Lines to Emission Factors – The Agent automatically matches the purchase order lines to Emission Factors for easier Scope 3.1 Emission calculation tasks.
Key benefits:
- Automate the mapping of purchase order lines to Emission Factors
- Especially free text purchases which can't be rule based can also be automated, freeing up valuable time for your sustainability experts to focus on what really matters – driving changes that lowers the emissions
- Can integrate with most ERPsand Emission Calculation solutions
- Ready made Microsoft Sustainability Manager integration