Continia Sustainability and Expense Management
As environmental challenges intensify, the concept of business success is evolving to prioritize sustainability. Climate change, caused by excess greenhouse gases (GHG), is disrupting our climate and pushing us to find a balance between emissions and the Earth’s natural ability to absorb them.
By integrating Continia Sustainability with Expense Management, you can more effectively track and manage your climate impact – enabling your business to comply with regulations while contributing to a more sustainable future.
About Continia Sustainability
Continia Sustainability is an end-to-end solution for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central that enables you to collect, manage, and track all data related to your company's climate impact. It helps you achieve sustainability goals, avoid the financial risks of carbon liabilities, and comply with new government regulations.
Starting from January 2023, large companies and listed small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating within the EU market must report their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) impact as mandated by the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Similar regulations are being implemented worldwide, encouraging businesses to enhance transparency in their environmental reporting. Continia Sustainability simplifies ESG reporting within Business Central, helping companies monitor their carbon footprint and initiate sustainability efforts smoothly.
For more information about the product, refer to the Continia Sustainability documentation.
Shared Functionality
When using Expense Management with Continia Sustainability, emissions data from expense submissions is automatically transferred to environmental journals. Users will enter required emissions data during expense submissions, which is then integrated into Continia Sustainability. Currently, Continia Sustainability supports emissions tracking only for expense entries, not for mileage or per diem entries. For some expense types related to carbon accounting, additional fields may be available and can be populated with data from receipts.
Key steps:
- Configure Fields - set up the necessary fields and field dependencies for tracking emissions in Expense Management. When users register expenses, they will be prompted to enter data related to emissions in these fields. The setup is configurable, with demo data providing general guidelines.
- Submit Expenses - users must provide extra information based on the expense type, such as fuel liters or hotel country. This ensures accurate emissions calculations. For example, when reporting hotel stays, users need to specify the country and the number of nights stayed.
- Review & Import - review sustainability information on the expense card before posting. Once posted, import the emissions data into the Environmental Journals.
For detailed instructions on setting up emission tracking for expenses, refer to the provided resources.