Percentage of CSP Cloud Carbon that is Tagging Policy Compliant
Definition
This KPI measures the amount of compliance for cloud sustainability tagging, and requires an established organizational tagging policy. The sophistication of determining what acceptable tag criteria are, and the stringency of the KPI should evolve with the organization’s FinOps maturity.
Formula, as published
(Total emissions Associated with Tagging Policy Compliant CSP Cloud Resources During a Period of Time / Total CSP Cloud Emissions During a Period of Time) x 100
- Data sources:
- CSP billing data, Cloud Console, carbon emission data source
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Example values to start with; replace them with yours.
From the FinOps Foundation
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Definition and formula: Percentage of CSP Cloud Carbon that is Tagging Policy Compliant, 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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