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Salesforce sustainability Cloud

Scope 3 Hub to create a more

sustainable future

lobal CRM company Salesforce of companies to give them a 360-degree view of their carbon footprint so they can take
has introduced Salesforce meaningful action across their supply chain and reach net zero, faster.”
GSustainability Cloud Scope 3 Hub Salesforce makes it a priority to harness its culture of innovation to drive positive
to help companies streamline how they societal impact through serving the interests of its stakeholders - including the planet.
track their supply chain carbon footprint With businesses, investors and governments increasingly focused on a net zero transition,
data to effectively engage with suppliers, and with consumers demanding more sustainable practices from brands, companies must
to align on sustainability efforts. look holistically at their supply chain in order to deliver results.
Previously, a company’s supply
chain carbon accounting was a multi- In the business of climate: Sustainability Cloud Scope 3 Hub
month process, full of incomplete data For a company to enact an impactful climate strategy, all emissions must be considered
and tracked in complex spreadsheets. and accounted for in their carbon emissions portfolio. To get the reduction strategy right,
Now with Sustainability Cloud, it can be however, that data has to be clear and trustworthy.
done in less than a day. For a credible Scope 3 emissions in Salesforce Sustainability Cloud are captured and visualised
corporate sustainability plan, tracking and within the same platform that currently calculates scope 1 emissions (the direct emissions
taking action on these emissions is now from owned and operated assets), and scope 2 emissions (those associated with the
a given. purchase of electricity, heat, or cooling for a company’s own use). This provides a single
“To rise and meet the climate source of truth for emissions data.
emergency head on, we need more than
pledges. Companies must take action Key Sustainability Cloud Scope 3 Hub functionality
immediately to change the way they • Sustainability Cloud Scope 3 Hub comes with a commonly used emission factors
do business, including collaborating dataset from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), while allowing
more deeply with suppliers for climate companies to bring their own emission factors dataset.
action,” says Patrick Flynn, vice president • Fast and simple to track — all a company needs is its procurement or spending data.
of sustainability, Salesforce. “We put Sustainability Cloud provides a simple process of matching spending categories to
transformational digital tools in the hands spend-based emission factors and to scope 3 categories. The results can be rolled up

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