Dynamics 365 Sustainability: Streamline ESG internal data collection

Under the streamlining data import, collection, and management product area, the data collection feature provides a structured and guided way for organizations to gather ESG information from internal teams and departments, ensuring that required data flows consistently from the people who own it. Practitioners can configure data owners, create targeted requests, assign reporting periods, set due dates, and optionally apply approval workflows to ensure data is validated before use.

This feature is specifically designed for internal data providers, such as facility managers, HR teams, and business units, enabling organizations to capture operational inputs that are not available through automated ingestion or external systems and are often collected manually through asynchronous, hard‑to‑track communications. It ensures that internal data needed for calculations, metrics, and compliance reporting is collected accurately and securely. External value‑chain data is handled separately through the ESG Value Chain Portal, keeping internal and external processes cleanly segmented.

Data managers can orchestrate collection at scale using data collection plans, enabling bulk requests, automat…