• Introduction

Sustainability has moved beyond being a corporate trend. Today, organizations are expected to take real, measurable actions toward reducing environmental impact, improving social responsibility, and maintaining strong governance practices. Regulatory pressures, investor expectations, and customer awareness are all driving businesses to adopt structured ESG strategies.

However, managing sustainability data manually using spreadsheets and disconnected systems often leads to inaccurate reporting and compliance risks.

Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability solves this challenge by providing a centralized, automated platform to capture, calculate, and report sustainability data seamlessly across enterprise operations.

• What is Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability?

  
  

Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability is an integrated solution designed to help organizations:

• Capture sustainability data automatically

• Calculate greenhouse gas emissions accurately

• Manage sustainability activity records

• Maintain an auditable Sustainability Ledger

• Export data for reporting and analytics

  
  

Unlike traditional sustainability tools, Oracle’s solution is embedded within the Oracle Fusion ecosystem, ensuring data flows directly from operational systems such as Accounts Payable, Procurement, and SCM.

This approach eliminates manual intervention and ensures real-time visibility into sustainability metrics.

• Why Businesses Need an Integrated Sustainability Platform

  
  

Organizations today face multiple challenges:

• Increasing ESG reporting regulations

• Manual data collection across departments

• Inconsistent emission calculations

• Audit and compliance risks

• Lack of real-time insights

  
  

Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability addresses these challenges by making sustainability operational, automated, and measurable.

Key Features of Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability

1. Flexible Sustainability Framework

Every organization has different sustainability goals. Oracle provides a configurable framework that allows businesses to define:

• Activity types (e.g., Mobile Combustion, Purchased Energy, Business Travel)

• Custom attributes (Fuel Type, Vehicle Type, Supplier, Location)

• Measurement units (Distance, Quantity, Volume)

• Emission types (CO₂, CH₄, N₂O, CO₂e)

  
  

This flexibility ensures companies track what truly matters to their industry and compliance requirements.

2. Automated Data Capture from Invoices

Oracle automates sustainability data collection directly from Accounts Payable invoices.

How it works:

• Invoice classification rules identify sustainability-related transactions

• Activities are automatically generated

• Key fields are captured from invoices

• Each activity is traceable to the source transaction

  
  

Benefits:

• No manual data entry

• Reduced spreadsheet dependency

• Improved audit readiness

• Real-time data availability

3. Intelligent Emission Factor Management

Accurate emission calculation is critical. Oracle ensures this through:

• Mapping activities to emission factors

• Ranking emission factors based on reliability

• Transparent calculation logic

• Full audit traceability

  
  

The system automatically selects the highest-ranked emission factor, ensuring organizations always use the most reliable data source.

4. Sustainability Ledger – Your Single Source of Truth

Oracle introduces financial discipline into sustainability reporting through the Sustainability Ledger.

Key capabilities:

• Aligns sustainability data with financial reporting

• Validates and posts sustainability activities

• Flags data inconsistencies

• Supports structured period close

• Provides audit-ready data

  
  

This ledger acts as a central repository for all sustainability records.

5. AI-Powered Sustainability Policy Advisor

Oracle leverages AI to enhance analyst productivity.

The Sustainability Policy Advisor:

• Maintains a centralized knowledge base

• Stores policies, standards, and methodologies

• Answers compliance-related questions instantly

• Uses trusted reference documents

  
  

This ensures teams get accurate and consistent guidance without manual research.

6. Advanced Sustainability Analytics

Using Fusion Data Intelligence, organizations can:

• Access pre-built emission dashboards

• Perform ad-hoc analysis

• Identify trends and hotspots

• Track sustainability KPIs

  
  

This enables leadership teams to make data-driven sustainability decisions.

End-to-End Sustainability Process Flow

Oracle supports the complete sustainability lifecycle:

1. Review sustainability impact sources

2. Record business transactions

3. Generate sustainability activities

4. Validate and post to Sustainability Ledger

5. Monitor sustainability performance

6. Plan, forecast, and report impacts

   
   

This ensures continuous improvement in sustainability performance.

Business Benefits

Organizations using Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability gain:

✔ Improved data accuracy
✔ Automated compliance reporting
✔ Reduced manual effort
✔ End-to-end traceability
✔ Real-time insights
✔ Strong audit readiness

Conclusion

Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability transforms sustainability from a manual reporting burden into a strategic business capability.

With automation, AI-driven insights, and deep ERP integration, organizations can confidently meet regulatory requirements while driving meaningful environmental and social impact.

Sustainability is no longer optional – and Oracle ensures your organization is future-ready.