Customer Carbon Footprint Tool has new features and an updated methodology

Today, AWS announced three updates to enhance your experience with the Customer Carbon Footprint Tool (CCFT). These updates include easier access to carbon emissions data, visibility into emissions by AWS Region, and an updated, independently-verified methodology (v2.0).

You can now export your monthly data through AWS's Billing and Cost Management Data Exports service. This feature delivers carbon emissions estimates for all member accounts linked to their management account when using AWS Organizations. Additionally, you can now see your carbon emissions broken down by AWS Region (e.g., US East (Ohio)), so you can identify the Regions where your usage contributes the most to your carbon footprint to help you re-assess the regional distribution of your workloads. Lastly, the methodology v2.0 addresses the challenge of tracking and apportioning carbon emissions for customers using a wide array of AWS services across multiple regions. This methodology update leverages globally recognized standards to support the CCFT, including the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, GHG Protocol Product Standard, ISO 14040/44 (LCA), ISO 14067, and ICT Sector Guidance.

The CCFT provides an overview of the estimated carbon emissions associated with your usage of AWS products and services. Use easy-to-understand data visualizations to help measure the emissions from your AWS usage.

For detailed information on the updates, please refer to the CCFT user guide, and the Data Exports user guide. Current AWS customers can visit the AWS Billing console to start using this tool now.