Percentage of Carbon Associated with Untagged CSP Cloud Resources
Definition
Calculate the percentage of untagged cloud resources using an established organizational tagging policy. The sophistication of determining what is acceptable tag criteria and the stringency of the KPI should evolve with the organization’s FinOps maturity.
Formula, as published
(Total emissions Associated with Untagged CSP Cloud Resources During a Period of Time / Total CSP Cloud emissions During a Period of Time) x 100
- Data sources:
- CSP Billing Data, carbon emission data source
- Note:
- Not all CSP Cloud Resources can be tagged.
Calculate it
Example values to start with; replace them with yours.
From the FinOps Foundation
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Definition and formula: Percentage of Carbon Associated with Untagged CSP Cloud Resources, FinOps KPI library, FinOps Foundation, licensed CC BY 4.0, read 16 Oct 2026. Changed: HTML removed, dashes and British spellings changed, formula split from its data sources and examples. The calculator and the notes are Finitizer’s.
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