FinOps X 2025 is almost here, helping practitioners’ skills and networks blossom. This year includes several exciting sessions that dive into the new FinOps Scopes and Cloud Sustainability.
In a recent Earth Day blog, we shared the Flexera 2025 State of the Cloud Report, which indicates that cloud sustainability initiatives are top-of-mind. Over half (57%) of respondents indicated they either have, or plan to have a defined sustainability initiative with cloud carbon footprint tracking in place within twelve months.
But the buzz doesn’t stop there. The FinOps Foundation recently updated their Framework to include Scopes, a concept that outlines how FinOps practices can be applied to areas of technology spending beyond cloud infrastructure. This update points to the cross-pollination needed across FinOps, IT asset management (ITAM) and DevOps teams to ensure that all technology spending supports business goals.
At FinOps X 2025, we’ll share how the Flexera One portfolio, now with Spot, makes it easier for these teams to find value together. Visit us at the Expo in Booth 4 to learn more about the intersection of FinOps, ITAM and cloud sustainability. Talk with experts and get a demo to see how Flexera One is the only solution that breaks down data silos to give everyone in your organization visibility and control over the cost and carbon footprint of your entire IT estate.
Early access for Flexera One Cloud Sustainability
Flexera is bringing more sunshine to cloud sustainability with the early access release of new cloud sustainability capabilities within Flexera One Cloud Cost Optimization (CCO). If you’re a current customer or partner using CCO, you’re invited to join our early access program for Flexera One Cloud Sustainability. Reach out at msp@flexera.com to join today.
Flexera One Cloud Sustainability is the only solution with ISO 14064-certified data for Greenhouse Gas Protocol reporting. This enables your customers to meet regulatory requirements for lowering carbon emissions while simultaneously optimizing cloud usage and cost. With unique capabilities for hybrid cloud and multi-cloud environments, it provides:
- Carbon footprint visibility
A multi-cloud dashboard provides resource-level visibility into key metrics, including carbon emissions, water consumption and electricity usage. - Actionable recommendations
Data-driven recommendations simultaneously reduce carbon emissions and optimize cloud costs through rightsizing, scheduling and strategic workload placement. - Regulatory reporting and audit readiness
Customizable reports align with sustainability frameworks to simplify audit, compliance and internal stakeholder communications.
Mark Bradley, Flexera Senior Product Manager, is leading this release. Because Mark is such a passionate advocate for cloud sustainability, I took a moment to ask him a few questions:
Q: Mark, given the recent changes to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) in the EU, what are you hearing from customers and partners about corporate sustainability initiatives?
A: There have been some delays to deadlines around the CSRD and efforts to simplify the requirements, which give organizations in the EU more time to establish sustainability initiatives and reporting structures. But the goals remain the same, and we still expect requirements will be enacted in due time. Enterprises with data in the EU will need to report first, and it’s likely we will see other countries follow suit. Our customers and partners across the globe are preparing now to meet not just government regulations, but also their own internal goals for reducing carbon emissions from their technology usage.
Q: With the new FinOps Framework’s Scopes, what insights can you share about how FinOps and DevOps teams can build a more cost-efficient, sustainable future together?
A: FinOps, DevOps and cloud sustainability have much overlap, as all these teams seek to optimize the usage of technology estates. This effort often has the welcome effect of reducing cost and carbon emissions. With the recent acquisition of Spot, Flexera is uniquely positioned to help these teams collaborate to achieve their common goals by integrating cost, usage and carbon data in Flexera One.
Q: Many organizations rely on technology partners to help them on their FinOps and sustainability journeys, so what should people look for in a partner, if maturing these capabilities is important to them?
A: Building a cost-efficient and sustainable IT strategy requires the right knowledge, the right data and the right tools. Organizations should look for a partner who can bring not only their cloud and carbon data, but also their SaaS, licensing, and on-premises cost and usage data together in a single interface for one complete picture of their environment. This partner should also have experience helping enterprises navigate the constant changes associated with cloud usage and sustainability regulations.
Learn more about Flexera at FinOps X
If you’re going to FinOps X 2025 in San Diego, let’s connect! We’d love to meet for a private session or an informal chat at our booth.
Stop by booth 4 to see Flexera One Cloud Sustainability in action, and talk with experts about how Flexera integrates data across on-premises and cloud environments to give you true hybrid and multi-cloud visibility and control.
You can also learn more about Flexera One by joining our customers’ sessions:
Join our Sustainability breakout session at FinOps X
For a deep dive into Flexera One Cloud Sustainability, join Mark Bradley and our sustainability data partner, Greenpixie, for a breakout session: Drive Cost Savings with GreenOps Data
What you’ll learn:
As the global push for sustainability meets rising economic pressures, organizations are re-evaluating their sustainability initiatives —and what they cost—in 2025. In this landscape, cloud teams face a complex challenge: build and run highly performant applications that further business objectives, drive measurable revenue and meet global standards for environmental impact.
Cloud providers are beginning to deliver data around Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon emissions, but latency and lack of granularity make this data difficult to act on. Engineers and FinOps practitioners need to see sustainability metrics side-by-side cost data to understand the business impact of GreenOps, ESG teams need reliable data that is ISO certified and meets CSRD standards for reporting.
This session shows how Greenpixie and Flexera are bringing this data together to make the impossible, possible. Learn how business goals and cloud sustainability intersect, particularly through the lens of FinOps practices and see a demo on how your organization can strike the right balance between compliance, cost and conscience.
Add to your event agenda: Tuesday, June 3, 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. PT at the Flexera Stage (Marina Ballroom E).
We hope to see you there!
