AWS Launches Sustainability Console with API Access and Scope 1-3 Emissions Reporting

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AWS launches a Sustainability console with API access and emissions reporting, allowing users to track and manage their carbon footprint alongside other key metrics

intermediate Published 13 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Access the AWS Sustainability console to view emissions data
Use the API to integrate emissions reporting into existing monitoring tools
Configure CSV exports to track emissions over time
Analyze Scope 1-3 emissions data by service and Region to identify areas for improvement
Integrate emissions data into the observability stack alongside latency, cost, and error rates

Who Needs to Know This

DevOps and engineering teams can use this console to monitor and optimize their AWS resource usage and reduce their environmental impact, while product managers can use the data to inform sustainability decisions

Key Insight

💡 Carbon is now an architectural metric that belongs alongside latency, cost, and error rates in the observability stack