# Sustainability
Using Sustainability, you can request data from your partners who have accepted your invitation to join your network. You can use the *Simple reporting* feature to request different types of data from your partner network. You can enter detailed information on the type of data you are requesting from your partners. Responses to your data requests are downloaded to your Amazon S3 bucket everyday at 9 am.
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## Using Sustainability for the first time
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# Sustainability dashboard
](partner_overview.md)
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# Responding to requests as a Partner
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# Sustainability settings
](settings_mfa.md)
If you are a AWS Supply Chain partner, you can do the following:
1. [Reviewing and accepting partner invites](partner_response_sustainability.md#accepting_partner_invites)
1. [Reviewing or responding to data requests](partner_response_sustainability.md#accepting_data_requests)
## Using Sustainability for the first time
You can use Sustainability to request and collect carbon emissions data and other compliance data from suppliers.
**Note**
When you use Sustainability for the first time, you'll be able to view the onboarding pages that highlight the key features. This helps you to get familiar with the Sustainability capabilities.
1. Open the AWS Supply Chain web application.
1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **Sustainability**.
1. On the **Compliance and Sustainability** page, choose **Next**.
You can read through the page to understand what Sustainability offers, or you can choose **Next** to go the Sustainability dashboard.
# Sustainability dashboard
You can invite partners by using the AWS Supply Chain data lake connectors and by mapping the partner information to Partners or Partner's point-of-contact from Amazon S3 or other ERP systems. Make sure that the partner list or partner point-of-contact does not contain duplicate information and that it is up-to-date before you upload the partner information dataset. You can also manually add and invite partners. For more information on how to upload your data, see [Data lake](data-connections.md).
![\[Sustainability dashboard\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/Sustainability_overview.png)
# Partner Network
You can view the partners in your scn network.
1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **Sustainability**.
The Sustainability page appears.
1. On the **Sustainability** dashboard page, choose the **Partner Network** tab.
+ **Getting Started** – You can choose **Invite Partners** to invite Partners into your AWS Supply Chain network, and you can choose **Create data requests** to request data from your partners.
+ **Partner Overview** – The **Onboarding metrics** section displays the partners who are currently onboarding, invites that are pending acceptance by partners, expired invites and acceptance rate. The **Data requests** section displays data request details from the partners, including the status of data requests.
+ **Partners** – You can view the list of partners that were imported through data lake, or you can invite new partners.
Under **Partners**, you can use the **Search** field to search for a specific partner, and you can use the **Show** dropdown to filter your partners based on invite status.
+ **Partner name** – Displays the partner name.
+ **Partner ID** – Displays the partner ID. The partner ID link to your source system.
+ **Supplier DUNS** – Displays the partner DUNS.
+ **Open Supplier ID** – Displays the open partner hub ID.
+ **Contact name** – Displays the partner's contact name.
+ **Contact email** – Displays the partner's contact email.
+ **Invite date** – Displays the date when the partner was invited.
+ **Portal status** – Displays the status of the invitation.
+ **Not invited** – Partner is not yet invited.
+ **Pending sign up** – Partner is invited but hasn't responded to the invite.
+ **Active** – Partner has accepted the invite and is active. Partner has to be active to receive data requests.
+ **Invite expired** – Partner was sent the invite but the invite expired without any response.
+ **Invite declined** – Partner declined the invitation.
You can choose a partner under **Partner name** to view partner details and details of the data request that are specific to the partner.
To resend a partner invite, choose a partner with an *Expired* portal status and, under the **Actions** dropdown, choose **Resend invite**.
## Inviting partners
You can invite or add new partners from the dataset into the AWS Supply Chain network.
1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **Sustainability**.
The Sustainability page appears.
1. Choose the **Partner Network** tab.
1. On the **Partner Network** page, choose **Invite partners**.
The **Invite Partners** page appears.
![\[Inviting partners from the dataset\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/Invite_partners.png)
1. Under **Select partners to invite**, to add an existing partner, under **Partner name**, select the partner from the list.
1. To add a new partner, choose **Add a partner manually**.
On the **Enter new partner details** page, enter the **Partner details** and **Account administrator** information, and then choose **Add new partner**.
1. On the **Select partners to invite** page, you will see the partners that you added manually under **Manually entered partners**.
1. Choose **Continue**.
1. On the **Review invite message**, choose **Add custom text** to add a customized message to the partner invite.
![\[Custom email to partners\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/partner_email_customtext.png)
1. Choose **Save content**.
1. Choose **Send Invites**.
# Data requests
You can request data from your partners that have accepted your invite and are in the AWS Supply Chain network. The **Portal status** under **Partners** must display *Active* before you request data.
1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **Sustainability**.
The Sustainability page appears.
1. Choose the **Data Requests** tab.
You can view the current partners and the data request status, or you can create a new data request.
1. Under **Data Requests**, you can view the overall status of your data requests to partners.
+ **Total requests** – Displays the total number of data requests that you have submitted.
+ **Total partners** – Displays the total number of suppliers from which you have requested data.
+ **In progress** – The data request has been created or will be worked on by the data provider (supplier).
+ **Submitted** – Displays the data requests submitted to partners.
+ **Rework requested** – Displays the number of data request responses that you rejected and sent back to the partner to edit their response and resubmit.
+ **Reviewed** – Displays the total number of data requests reviewed by partners.
+ **Declined** – Displays the number of partners who declined your data request.
+ **Canceled** – Displays the number of data requests that have been canceled because they are not needed.
1. You can use the **Search** field to search for a partner.
1. You can use the **Show** dropdown to filter partners depending on the status of the data request.
1. Choose **Due date risk** to view all the partners who haven't responded to the data request and are nearing the due date.
1. Choose **Overdue** to view all the partners who haven't responded to the data request and the due date has passed.
1. From the **Partner** list, you can choose a partner with a *Pending* status, and you can use the **Actions** dropdown to send a reminder.
# Creating data requests
You can use the simple reporting template to request any type of data from your partners. For example, you can request compliance information such as product brochure, safety report, or lab testing results of a product. You can also upload your own form for the partner to download, update information, and repload to answer the data requst.
To create a data request, do the following:
1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **Sustainability**.
The Sustainability page appears.
1. Choose the **Data Requests** tab.
1. On the **Data Requests** page, choose **Create data request**.
The **Create data requests** page appears.
![\[Sustainability dashboard\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/Sustainability_dashboard.png)
1. On the **Create data requests** page, under **Select data request type**, select the data request type.
1. Under **Select data request options**, enter the details for the data request.
1. Under **Select the task input options**, select **Ask for a text response** to receive the data request response in a text field.
1. Select **Ask for a file response** if you want your partners to upload a response file to your data request.
1. Choose **Save template** to save the details you entered and reuse again for additional data requests (due date and notes field will not be saved, as these change per data request).
The **Save template** page appears.
1. Enter the name and description for your new template and choose **Save template**. Make sure you enter a name and description that is meaningful since you will use the name and description to find the template, understand it's usage, and reuse to request data.
Under **Saved templates**, you will see the template listed under **Data request type**.
![\[Creating a data request\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/Sustainability_template.png)
1. Choose **Continue** to send the data request.
1. Choose **Cancel** if you only want to create a new template for you and your team. The create data request flow will be canceled.
1. On the **Select partners to request data** page, under **Partner name**, select the partner to request data.
You can choose from the partners listed under **Partner name** or invite a new partner. For information on how to invite partners, see [Inviting partners](partner_network_dashboard.md#inviting_partners).
1. Under **Selected partners**, review the partner details and choose **Send Request**.
The invited partner will receive an email invite requesting data.
# Data requests examples
Here are some examples on how you can structure the Simple Reporting data form to meet your needs.
## Collect compliance documents from partners
To collect compliance documents from your partners, you can do the following:
+ **Data request name** – Q1 2023 Sample Compliance Document Collection
+ **Additional Notes** – We are collecting [name of document] from our suppliers to fulfill our Q1 2023 compliance documents needed for [purpose for collecting documents] for the products we buy from you.
+ **Task instructions** – Please upload [name of document] for the products we have purchased from you in Q1 2023. The information on this document should be similar to the reference document we have uploaded for you to review. In the Task Response field, provide us any comments you have about the document provided.
+ **Ask for a text response** – Select *No* to make this field mandatory.
+ **Ask for a file response** – Select *Yes* to make this field mandatory.
![\[Collect compliance documents example\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/Compliance_example.png)
## Collect emissions documents
To collect emissions information, you can do the following:
+ **Data request name** – 2023 Emissions Collection
+ **Additional Notes** – To achieve our Climate Pledge Goals, we are collecting emissions data so that we have the information needed to understand our carbon footprint. Providing us with carbon data on the services your provide are needed for us to fully disclose our carbon emission.
+ **Task instructions** – Please download the provided Emissions form, answer the questions in the form, and upload it when complete. Please ensure that you are only providing emissions information for the year 2023 and ensure that the form is signed.
+ **Ask for a text response** – Not selected
+ **Ask for a file response** – Select *Yes* to make this field mandatory.
![\[Collect emissions data example\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/Collect_emissions_example.png)
## Collect pilot ESG data
To collect pilot ESG data, you can do the following:
+ **Data request name** – ESG Pilot Questionnaire V1
+ **Additional Notes** – Thank you for agreeing to pilot our ESG questionnaire. In Q2 next year, we must disclose our impact on environmental and social indicators to meet compliance requirements. We need information from you so that we can complete our report.
+ **Task instructions** – Download the provided questionnaire, answer the questions in the form, and upload it when complete. Indicate in the task response box how much time it took you to complete the questionnaire.
+ **Ask for a text response** – Select *Yes* to make this field mandatory.
+ **Ask for a file response** – Select *Yes* to make this field mandatory.
![\[Pilot ESG data example\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/Pilot_ESG_example.png)
# Emission data forms
You can use the emission data forms to collect scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions from your partner network at the granularity level of a country or facility. The following are the data request emission forms available.
+ Supplier Emissions by country
+ Supplier Emissions by facility
Additionally, you can use the Supplier Emissions by facility form to request address information for each facility. These forms can also be used to collect revenue information about products or services provided by the partner that can be used to measure year over year changes per products produced and sold. You can also use these forms to configure the sections to show or hide for your partners. You can also set the hierarchical level of information for emissions collection to optional or mandatory when setting up the form.
![\[Emission data forms\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/emission_data_form1.png)
To send a data request emission form, follow the procedure below:
1. Configure the data request type and the data request options. For information on how to configure the data request type and option, see [Creating data requests](create_data_requests.md).
1. Under **Reporting timeline**, enter the reporting year of your partner.
1. Under **Electricity and scope emissions configuration**, select the top-level headings to be displayed for the partner. For example, in the below screen shot, Scope 3 emissions is not selected and will not be displayed to the partner.
Once you select a section or a sub-section to request emission information from your partner, it becomes mandatory for your partner to provide information for all the sections selected. For example, in the screen shot below, under Scope 1 > Type 1 - Stationary combustion emissions total, there are two sub-types that are selected and your partner must provide information for these fields.
![\[Emission data forms -electricity and scope configuration\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/emission_data_form2.png)
1. Select **Product Categories** to request product category information from your partner on volumes manufactured, sold, and revenue.
1. Under **Add product categories**, you can select a category from a predefined industry list, or choose your own products. For example, in the below screen shot, there are four products and one unit of measure added. Your partner will provide details for these products as applicable to them.
![\[Emission data forms -product category configuration\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/emission_data_form3.png)
1. Under **Add product category unit of measure**, you can select a category from a predefined industry list, or choose your own unit of measure.
1. Under **Additional questions**, you can upload additional documents with supplementary questions to ask your partner. Make sure you enter the details of the supplementary questions in the data request description for the partner to understand and answer the supplementary questions.
# Transportation emission forms
You can use the transport emission Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) data forms to collect the emission reports from transportation routes by parcels delivered or by account. The following are the transportation emission request forms available.
+ Transportation Emissions (GLEC) by Parcel v0.1 – You can collect emissions from transport routes in accordance with the GLEC standard for parcels delivered.
+ Transport Emissions (GLEC) by Account – You can collect emissions from transportation routes in accordance with the GLEC standard per account.
To send a transport emissions data request form, follow the procedure below:
1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **Sustainability**.
The Sustainability page appears.
1. Choose the **Data Requests** tab.
1. On the **Data Requests** page, choose **Create data request**.
The **Create data requests** page appears.
![\[Transport Emissions data forms\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/sustanability_glec.png)
1. Depending on your request type, under **Data request type**, choose **Transport Emissions (GLEC) by Parcel v0.1** or **Transport Emissions (GLEC) by Account**
1. Under **Transport Emissions (GLEC) by Parcel v0.1, enter a name, due date, and description for the data request.**
1. Under **Data request information**, the .csv template to request information from the partner is auto-populated. You can add any additional notes.
1. Choose **Continue**.
1. Under **Select partners to request data**, select the partners you would like to request transport emissions information.
1. Choose **Continue**.
1. Under **Selected partners**, choose **Send data request**.
1. If the formatting in the .csv file is not in the correct format, the system automatically changes the data request *Status* to *Rework requested*. You can select the data request to view the information that needs to be reworked.
# Responding to requests as a Partner
As a Partner, you can accept or decline Partner requests, review and respond to data requests.
## Reviewing or responding to data requests
You will receive a daily digest letting you know if you have received any data requests within the last 24 hour period. Select the link in the email to view any new data requests.
![\[Reviewing data requests\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/reviewing_data_requests_example.png)
1. On the **Sustainability** page, under **Data Requests**, you will see all the data requests from your partners.
1. Under **Title**, choose the data request that you want to view or take action on.
1. On the **Sustainability** page, under **Please complete the following sections**, review and provide the requested information.
1. Choose **Submit response**.
1. You can choose to **Download** the data request. The download option downloads the template requested by the partner.
1. You can also choose to **Decline** to answer the data request. You will be prompted to provide a reason for choosing to decline to answer.
You can export data in bulk and the data responses are exported every 24 hours to your Amazon S3 bucket. The folder structure would be `s3://aws-supply-chain-data-Instance ID/export/DisclosureDataResponse/YYYY/MM/DD/Execution ID`. Under your Amazon S3 folder, you will find an audit history and a data response file for each data type.
## Reviewing and accepting partner invites
As a **Partner**, you should have received an email to join the AWS Supply Chain network. Select the link on the email to review and accept the invite.
**Note**
When you are accepting invites for the first time, you can view the onboarding pages that highlight the key features. This helps you to get familiar with the AWS Supply Chain capabilities.
1. On the AWS Supply Chain login page, enter the *username* which is the partner's email address.
You will be sent a verification code to the same email you received the invite to join.
1. On the **Additional verification required** page, under **Verification code**, enter the verification code from the email.
**Note**
If you plan to use the same computer to log into AWS Supply Chain, after you use the verification code to access AWS Supply Chain for the first time, choose **Trusted device** on your computer to access AWS Supply Chain without the verification code the next time.
1. On the **Choose your password** page, create a password to sign into AWS Supply Chain.
1. On the **Complete your user profile** page, the *firstname* and *lastname* are auto-populated. Enter your *title* and *timezone*.
1. Choose **Next**.
1. On the **Let's add your organization's information** page, choose **Upload logo** to upload your organization's logo, and then enter the **Organization name**.
1. Choose **Complete setup**.
The **Sustainability** page displays.
1. On the **Sustainability** page, under **Partner Network**, you can view all the invites that you have received.
1. Review and select a partner to accept or decline the invite.
The **Sustainability** page displays with the partner details.
1. Choose **Accept connection**. You will see the **Invite accepted** message.
**Note**
If you choose to decline the invite, you must provide a reason on the **Decline connection invite** page.
## Reviewing or responding to emission data forms
After you receive an emission data form request, you will view the request details and check the collaboration history.
![\[Partner response to emission data forms\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/emission_data_form4.png)
1. Under **Add country**, enter the countries where you have facilities and products within those facilities.
![\[Partner response to emission data forms - Add countries\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/emission_data_form5.png)
1. Choose **Add emission information** to add emission information for each country.
![\[Partner response to emission data forms - Add emission information\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/emission_data_form6.png)
1. Enter the emission information. All fields are mandatory.
## Reviewing or responding to transportation (GLEC) emission data forms
After you receive a transportation emission data form request, you will view the request details and check the collaboration history.
![\[Partner response to transportation (GLEC) emission data forms\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-supply-chain/latest/userguide/images/GLEC_partner_response.png)
Under **Transport Emissions by Parcel**, download the .csv files, populate the .csv with the transport emissions, and upload the file. Choose **Submit**.
Make sure the information you populate in the .csv file is in the correct format. If not, you will receive a rework request explaining the issue in the .csv file.
# Sustainability settings
To enhance your account security, you can use multifactor authentication.
1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose the **Settings** icon.
The **Settings** page appears.
1. Choose **Account Profile**.
1. Under **multifactor authentication**, choose **Multifactor Authentication Setup**.
You will be redirected to *AWS Access Portal*. For information on AWS Access Portal, see [Using the AWS access portal.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/singlesignon/latest/userguide/using-the-portal.html).