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Sustainability & carbon
Carbon accounting, sustainability evidence and regulatory change translated into practical enterprise data and software design.
Self-service analytics is becoming conversational — business users can investigate the data directly
Conversational analytics lets business users investigate governed company data directly. Learn the architecture behind AI data agents and self-service BI.
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Cloud sustainability data is becoming operational evidence — not an annual spreadsheet
AWS now documents console reports, Sustainability API access and automated Data Exports for carbon and water data. For Obsi Carbon and Finance, the important shift is from manual annual reporting toward governed, machine-ingestible environmental evidence with source-version lineage.
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The EU Digital Product Passport Registry is live — product data now needs durable identity, provenance and APIs
The European Commission launched the Digital Product Passport Registry and testing environment in July 2026. The architecture separates decentralized passport data from registry-level identifiers and metadata, making durable product identity, provenance and interoperable APIs a practical design concern for Obsi Asset, Carbon, Drive and Outborn Governance.
Read articleRevised ESRS cuts reporting complexity — sustainability software should simplify the workflow without losing evidence
The European Commission adopted revised ESRS in July 2026, cutting mandatory datapoints by more than 60% and total datapoints by more than 70%. Carbon and ESG platforms should use that simplification to redesign data collection, materiality and evidence workflows.
Read articleScope 2 carbon accounting is changing — software should be built for standards that evolve
GHG Protocol’s 2026 Scope 2 consultation and standards harmonization work show why carbon platforms need traceable methodology, versioned factors, and evidence-first workflows.
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Carbon reporting improves when evidence is designed first
Reliable ESG workflows begin with traceable evidence, clear ownership, and data structures that make reporting a natural result.
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