BeWo vs. Business Central’s Sustainability Journals
The Microsoft Business Central Sustainability Journal is a great manual alternative to BeWo’s automated carbon accounting platform. BeWo leverages Microsoft Business Central's data collection technology by importing, organizing and calculating relevant data, and thereby fully automating the carbon accounting process. By connecting the two with BeWo’s integration function, you can make use of both, the Sustainability Journal’s features and BeWo’s seamless CO2 accounting.
Make it easy for yourself by using AI for your carbon accounting.
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What are the differences between BeWo and Microsoft Business Central’s Sustainability Journals?
Core functionalities
What are the main features of the two solutions?
Sustainability Journals are part of Business Central’s assortment of business management tools, including finance, supply chain, project management, and sales. Due to the emerging need for sustainability management and environmental reporting systems you can now manually work with CO2 emission calculation within BC.
BeWo specializes in automated carbon accounting. The platform uses AI technology for data collection and creating a seamless user experience in reporting on emissions with customizable and exportable data presentation functions.
Target audience
Who are these tools build for?
Sustainability Journals aim at small businesses across various industries, looking to create a simple solution that they can manually work with.
BeWo helps businesses of any size that are focused on sustainability and environmental responsibility looking to automate their processes, and has an ERP system such as Business Central, e-conomic, D365 F&O and so forth.
Integration capabilities
What systems do they integrate with?
Sustainability Journals offer integration capabilities with other Microsoft products and third-party applications through APIs.
BeWo seamlessly integrates with Microsoft Business Central and many other ERP systems to streamline data collection and classification for CO2 accounting.
User experience
How easy is it to use?
Microsoft Business Central is known for its user-friendly interface and seamless integration with other Microsoft products. As Sustainability Journals is part of Business Central it offers Microsoft’s interface and good user experience, but you are expected to have a base knowledge of carbon accounting and the best practices of sustainability reporting.
With a user-friendly and modern interface, BeWo’s platform is smart and easy to use and you do not need to be an expert in sustainability to get started.
Analytics and reporting
What are the analytics and reporting functions?
Sustainability Journals provide detailed analytics and has a reporting featured called “Report Explorer” that covers key reports like total emissions and emissions by category.
BeWo adds specialized analytics for tracking and reporting on CO2 emissions, giving businesses a deeper understanding of their environmental impact. You can look at your entire value chain, and view data across vendors, companies, time and more.
You can also choose how you want to see your data: If you prefer using PowerBi, excel or anything else you can easily export it as well - it’s your choice.
Compliance and regulatory features
Do the reports and analyzed data comply with European regulations?
Microsoft Business Central’s Sustainability Journals help businesses comply with financial and business regulations.
BeWo assists companies in meeting environmental regulations and standards such as the EU CSRD by providing accurate CO2 emissions data and insights.
Implementation and support
Is there a support center?
As Sustainability Journals is part of Business Central it is supported by a wide network of Microsoft partners worldwide for implementation and ongoing consultation.
With BeWo, assistance is included in the service offered. The customer can contact our ERP and ESG Partners for help or advice anytime, or refer to our comprehensible user documentation, where our platform is explained in all its details and functions.
BeWo vs. Business Central Sustainability Journals
Side-by-side comparison
Discover the advantages of using BeWo to calculate your carbon footprint compared to BC Sustainability Journals.
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Three main differences between
BeWo & Microsoft Business Central’s Susatinability Journals
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Automated CO2 Emissions Accounting
BeWo is dedicated to a fully automated carbon accounting process. The platforms AI-engine streamlines the categorization and organization of users data, as well as the calculations of CO2 emissions, with real time insights and automatic updates of emission insights.
Although Microsoft Business Central provides comprehensive business management tools, their sustainability journals do not operate with an AI engine, demanding many hours of manual data collection and input.
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Custom Environmental Reporting
With BeWo, businesses benefit from customized reporting functions tailored specifically to environmental data. Insights from these reports enable companies to meet specific regulatory requirements and generate reports that align with their sustainability goals.
Microsoft Business Central’s Sustainability Journals also allow for detailed data presentation and breakdown of carbon emissions through exportable reports, but do not offer the same level of adjustment and customizability in graphs and figures.
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Expertise in Sustainability and AI Technology
BeWo’s focus on sustainability has resulted in vast expertise in the field, enabeling compliance with industry standards. Multiple client data sets have trained our AI-engine to be more precise, making the accounting process not just automated, but also reliable.
Although Microsoft Business Central provides reliable products that are backed up by lot of experience, their Sustainability Journals are a more recent addition, making them less experienced in sustainability.
