Combined Operational Sustainability Management \(formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance\) release notes for upgrades from Yokohama to Australia

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Consolidated page of all release notes for Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) from Yokohama to Australia.

How to use this page

To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Yokohama to Australia.

Tip: If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

Important information for upgrading Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) to Australia

Before you upgrade to Australia, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

  • Upgrade information

To use campaigns, activate the following system properties:

-   sn\_esg.metric\_campaign: Enables campaigns on the Operational Sustainability Management workspace.
-   sn\_esg.campaign\_bulk\_action\_enabled: Enables bulk submission, approval, and rejection for campaigns.
-   sn\_esg.metric\_approval: Sets the approval mode for campaigns. Set the value to Simple for a single data owner and approver, or Advanced for multi-level approval chains.
## New features

Between your current release family and Australia, new features were introduced for Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance).

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

Model and prepare for potential outcomes by using forecast planning analysis. With these tools, you can create, save, or visualize multiple scenarios.

Explore the calculated metric definitions by reviewing a structured and visual representation of the entire calculation chain. By using a formula tree, you can access the calculation details and view how the different metrics and emission factors are interconnected.

Import the historical metric data by using a pre-defined import template with instructions. With this process, you can update and manage the metric data within your organization and help to ensure that all data complies with the established business rules.

Filter the fields dynamically and set up dependencies by using related fields. In the Microsoft 365 add-in, you can configure fields so that cascading filters are supported dynamically. You can select a value in a field and have the related fields automatically update to show the relevant options. This process helps you to streamline data entry and improve efficiency.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

Configure data owner and approver assignments for a campaign from a single page. Submit, approve, or reject every task in a campaign cycle together instead of working through tasks one at a time.

After upgrading ServiceNow Otto for Operational Sustainability Management to version 22.0.1, unit values from invoices and updates metric data are extracted automatically, reducing manual data entry and improving data accuracy.

After upgrading Operational Sustainability Management to version 22.0.1, streamline sustainability reporting and compliance processes by conducting CSRD-compliant double materiality assessments in Socialsuite and automatically syncing the results with Operational Sustainability Management. This integration supports impact and financial materiality assessments following Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) standards.

After upgrading Operational Sustainability Management to version 22.0.1, you can configure thresholds with multiple levels and ranges for granular monitoring. When thresholds are breached, automated actions trigger immediately.

## Changes

Between your current release family and Australia, some changes were made to existing Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) features.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

The forecast planning analysis module is now included in the List view of the Operational Sustainability Workspace.

If you have the ESG manager [sn_esg.metric_manager] role, you can now configure either text, choice, or HTML format options for responses to qualitative metric data tasks that are related to manual metric definitions, including both initial and overridden responses. These options help you achieve more precision and detail in your data collection process.

If you have the ESG data owner [sn_esg.data_owner] role, you can now apply filters by using the filter menu and reject or approve tasks from the metric data table side panel. Data owners can now multi-submit and assign approvers to multi-approve or reject tasks, with the option to use choice and HTML response formats.

If you have the ESG Manager [sn_esg.metric_manager] role, you can now configure the Data Owner Assignment type to be either simple or advanced for manual metric definitions. When you select the Simple option, the system assigns the specified Data Owner or Data Owner Group to the Metric Data Task. If you choose the Advanced assignment option, which is available with the GRC: Approver Configurator application, you can set custom configuration conditions, tables, or data owners to dynamically assign data owners.

  • Table added to the GRC: Metrics application

The following tables were added to the GRC: Metrics application:

-   sn\_grc\_metric\_import\_job
-   sn\_grc\_metric\_data\_import
-   sn\_grc\_metric\_st\_import\_log
-   sn\_grc\_metric\_st\_transform\_history
-   sn\_grc\_metric\_import\_template
  • Table added to the Unified content management application

The sn_esg_content_issb_citation table was added to the Unified content management application.

  • Table added to the Forecast planning analysis application

The following tables were added to the Forecast planning analysis application:

-   sn\_grc\_forecast\_analysis
-   sn\_grc\_forecast\_context
-   sn\_grc\_forecast\_data
-   sn\_grc\_forecast\_parameter\_data
  • Database view added to the Scope 3 emissions management application

The sn_esg_scope3_asset_emissions database view was added to the Scope 3 emissions management application.

  • Changes made to the sn_grc_metric_data_task table

In the sn_grc_metric_data_task table, the job_submitted, job_errors, choice, overridden_choice, html, and overridden_html columns were added. The type="string" attribute was added to the state column.

  • Changes made to the sn_grc_metric_metric table

In the sn_grc_metric_metric table, the period_date, data_owner_type, data_owner, and data_owner_group columns were added. The type="string" attribute was added to the domain_area column.

  • Changes made to the sn_grc_metric_parent_data table

In the sn_grc_metric_parent_data table, the formula_operands columns, and html columns were added.

  • Changes made to the sn_grc_metric_base_definiton table

In the sn_grc_metric_base_definiton table, the formula_tree, result_type, choice_table, choice_field, choice_condition, data_owner_assignment_type, source columns were added. The type="string" attribute was added to the frequency column.

  • Changes made to the sn_grc_metric_data_by_entity table

In the sn_grc_metric_data_by_entity table, the html column was added.

  • Attributes modified in the sn_grc_metric_collector_data table

In the sn_grc_metric_collector_data table, the display="true" attribute was removed from the collector_definition column.

  • Attributes modified in the sn_grc_metric_data_process_queue table

In the sn_grc_metric_data_process_queue table, the reference_cascade_rule="delete" attribute was added to the metric_definition column.

  • Attributes modified in the sn_grc_metric_definition table

In the sn_grc_metric_definition table, the type="string" attribute was added to the type, method_type columns.

  • Changes made to the sn_esg_msoff_intg_o365_reporting_configuration_filter table

In the sn_esg_msoff_intg_o365_reporting_configuration_filter table, the related_fields column was added. The display="true" attribute was added to the field_name column in the sn_esg_msoff_intg_o365_reporting_configuration_filter table.

  • System properties are added to the GRC: Metrics application

The following properties were added to the GRC: Metrics application:

-   com.glide.event\_manager.grc\_metrics\_queue.even.load.distribution.enabled
-   com.glide.event\_manager.grc\_metrics\_queue.claim\_limit

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

The ServiceNow AI Platform now brings you a new AI experience with three licensing tiers available:

-   Foundation: AI basics to deliver insights
-   Advanced: AI to boost productivity across relevant use cases
-   Prime: Act autonomously with all AI assets, and create your own

Depending on your license, you will have access to certain application features, generative AI skills, agentic workflows, and AI agents.

## Removed

Between your current release family and Australia, some Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) features or functionality were removed.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Deprecations

Between your current release family and Australia, some Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) features or functionality were deprecated.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

Business rules were deactivated and moved to common script include methods as part of GRC Metrics. For more information, see the KB article: KB1734660.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Activation information

Review information on how to activate Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance).

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

  • Activation information

Install Operational Sustainability Management by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store to view all the available apps, and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.

## Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance), such as specific requirements or compliance levels.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

No updates for this release.

## Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Operational Sustainability Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) we have noted them here.

Release

Release notes

Yokohama

No updates for this release.

Zurich

No updates for this release.

Australia

  • ServiceNow Otto is the new name for the Now Assist experience in Operational Sustainability Management. All Now Assist references have been updated to ServiceNow Otto.
  • You can group manual, calculated, and automated metrics into a campaign by entity, group, or both. When bulk actions are enabled, you can move an entire campaign through its lifecycle as a single unit, instead of tracking each metric independently.
  • Set a variance base value for a metric, so percentage-based threshold calculations stay meaningful even without prior-period data or if the previous value is zero.
  • Edit calculated metric definition formulas after execution and apply updated formulas from a specific date, preserving historical data integrity with formula versioning.
  • Use the AI reporting assistant in Document designer to generate report content from ServiceNow data using prompts directly within Microsoft Word.
  • Perform CSRD-compliant double materiality assessments in Socialsuite and automatically sync the results with the Operational Sustainability Management application.

See Environmental, Social, and Governance Management (formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance) for more information.

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