From Data Centers to Disclosure: How Sweep and AWS Automate Green IT

PARIS, France – June 09, 2026 – For years, the carbon footprint of corporate cloud infrastructure has been a formidable black box—a significant, yet notoriously difficult-to-measure, component of a company's Scope 3 emissions. As global regulators tighten the screws on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting, the pressure to illuminate this dark data has become immense. Today, sustainability intelligence platform Sweep, in partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced a solution designed to flip the switch.

Sweep has launched a connector that integrates its AI-powered platform directly with the AWS Sustainability service, a tool that gives companies programmatic access to their cloud-related emissions data. The collaboration promises to automate what has been a painstaking manual process, feeding audit-ready emissions data directly into corporate carbon accounting workflows. For businesses grappling with the complexities of Europe's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and impending SEC climate disclosure rules in the U.S., this development marks a critical shift from estimation to precision in sustainability reporting.

The Automation Imperative in Carbon Accounting

The move toward automated, integrated carbon accounting addresses a significant operational bottleneck for sustainability leaders. According to a 2024 study by Sweep and Capgemini, 61 percent of sustainability professionals spend four or more hours each week simply collecting and consolidating emissions data. This manual grind is not only inefficient but also fraught with the risk of error, producing data that often lacks the rigor demanded by auditors and investors.

Cloud emissions, which fall under the vast and complex Scope 3 category (indirect emissions from a company's value chain), have been a particular source of frustration. "Cloud emissions have been one of the hardest areas for companies to get right," noted Rachel Delacour, CEO and co-founder of Sweep, in the announcement. Until now, many companies relied on high-level estimates or complex calculations based on billing data, a method that lacks the granularity and traceability required for modern disclosure standards.

The new solution aims to replace the spreadsheet-driven status quo with a seamless data pipeline. By automating the ingestion of detailed emissions data, it frees up sustainability teams to focus on analysis and strategy—the core work of decarbonization—rather than data wrangling. This shift is essential as regulations like the CSRD now explicitly require companies to report on their Scope 3 footprint, including emissions from purchased services like cloud computing, with a high degree of accuracy.

Under the Hood: A Direct Pipeline from Cloud to Compliance

The technical elegance of the solution lies in its direct integration with the source. The AWS Sustainability service provides customers with detailed Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions data attributed to their specific AWS usage, broken down by service, region, and even individual account. This level of detail is a game-changer for large enterprises running complex, multi-faceted cloud operations.

Sweep’s connector automatically retrieves this information from Amazon S3, where AWS delivers it in the efficient Parquet data format. This raw, granular data is then incorporated into a company's complete carbon baseline within the Sweep platform. Crucially, the platform applies a single, consistent methodology across all emission sources—from company vehicles to the supply chain to cloud servers—producing a unified, holistic view of the corporate carbon footprint that is fully traceable and ready for third-party auditing.

This architecture is built for the modern enterprise data stack. The connector is designed for compatibility not only with native AWS data infrastructure like Redshift and Athena but also with major third-party platforms such as Snowflake and Microsoft SQL Server. This ensures that the sustainability data can be managed and analyzed within the same environments that businesses use for their other critical operational and financial data.

For early adopters, the impact has been immediate. Federica Del Fiume, ESG Manager at fintech company Qonto, validated the solution's power. "This connector fits naturally into our data ecosystem and delivers data quality that goes beyond what we expected," she stated. "Sweep allows us to centralise not just the impact of our cloud infrastructure, but all the operational data that underpins our non-financial reporting."

A Partnership Model for a Greener Tech Ecosystem

This collaboration between Sweep and AWS represents more than just a new product feature; it signals a maturing of the sustainable technology ecosystem. It exemplifies a powerful model where hyperscale cloud providers, who sit at the heart of the digital economy, enable specialized third-party platforms to build value-added services on top of their foundational data. By opening up direct, API-driven access to emissions data, AWS is empowering its partners and customers to meet regulatory demands with unprecedented accuracy.

The business case for adoption is compelling and extends beyond mere compliance. An independent study conducted by the analyst firm Verdantix, commissioned by Sweep, assessed the platform's return on investment at a striking 238 percent over three years, with a payback period of less than nine months. These figures underscore that investing in robust sustainability intelligence is not a sunken cost but a driver of efficiency and value, a point not lost on a competitive market that includes heavyweights like Salesforce Net Zero Cloud and specialist platforms like Persefoni.

The Sweep-AWS partnership sets a new standard for transparency in the digital supply chain. As businesses increasingly migrate their operations to the cloud, the ability to accurately measure and manage the associated environmental impact becomes a strategic imperative. By providing a direct, automated, and auditable data stream, this solution demystifies a critical piece of the carbon puzzle, allowing companies to take meaningful, data-driven steps on their journey to decarbonization.