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IBM Sustainability Software - Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against the products and services belonging to IBM Sustainability Software. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

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Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

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  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

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ESG Reporting Frameworks

SRM - Email notification access directly to identified Framework

Sustainability Report Manager - Within a framework you assign role to various questions. If this triggers an email to a user to respond to the question the user has to log into Envizi, to to the SRM, then find the relevant framework assigned for t...
about 9 hours ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / ESG Reporting Frameworks Submitted

Partner Portal/Interface Experience - Bulk upload disclosures and related responses

This feature will be useful to partners specifically. Partners will require the ability to create and manage SRM disclosures for their clients on an ongoing basis and also when they are implementing new clients. Most importantly, this should be po...

Qualitative download

Capability to download all qualitative info in a word doc, with information logically grouped together, to support the Annual Report drafting (basing on the customized rules the template in set up), allowing users to simultaneously work on the sam...
2 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / ESG Reporting Frameworks Under review

Enable Hiding/Removing Irrelevant Fields in SRM to Improve Reporting Workflow

Under the information requirements (questions), there are separate response fields and tables for every sub‑requirement. Unnecessary sub‑items and tables must be removable from the reporting view and its Word export. Example: 98 • Gender pay gap b...
3 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / ESG Reporting Frameworks Under review

Allow ESRS‑Required Table Structures to Be Exported from SRM for Final Reporting

There are mandatory tables under the ESRS information requirements (questions). ESRS requires specific table format. These tables must be exportable in table format into a Word document. ESRS formated tables are a crucial part of the ESRS report. ...
3 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / ESG Reporting Frameworks Planned for future release

Current SRM functionality does not support producing report texts - enhancements needed

In the ESRS framework of the SRM module, the information requirements are divided into various questions in the SRM module ESRS reporting view. When opening question, a single COMPILED RESPONSE field is required, with the same formatting options i...
3 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / ESG Reporting Frameworks Functionality already exists

Create New Access Roles for View-Only Users with Full SRM Participation

Introduce a new access configuration that lets designated view-only users keep full read-only rights across the platform while gaining active, role-based permissions within the Sustainability Reporting Manager (SRM). These users could be assigned ...
5 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / ESG Reporting Frameworks Future consideration

Breakdown of GHG emissions by type (CO2, CH4, N2O, etc) for all data types.

The PowerReport for CDP - Climate 2025 question 7.15.1 provides the breakdown of GHG emissions by type (CO2, CH4, N2O, etc) for some data types, such as diesel and natural gas, but not all. Please provide the breakdown for all data types, includin...
6 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / ESG Reporting Frameworks Functionality already exists

SRM social metrics table

The associated social metrics table for SRM sums up all KPIs even when it isn't needed (e.g. percentages) or when the data has been set as instantaneous instead of cumulative. The logic needs to be able to be customized based on the type of KPI.
6 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / ESG Reporting Frameworks Functionality already exists

SRM reporting period is unclear

Reporting period is unclear when you select an end date and length of time. Can dates be selected instead? e.g. right now you select December 2024 and 12 months for 2024 reporting period but selecting Jan 1 2024 to Dec 31 2024 is more precise and ...
6 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / ESG Reporting Frameworks Not under consideration