Market Insight: 10 Innovative Vendors Advancing ESG And Sustainability Performance
08 Jun, 2023
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Executive Summary
Buyers of ESG and sustainability software – such as product lifecycle software, data collection and reporting solutions, and social impact platforms – should use this report to understand product developments. Software suppliers, as well as consultants, can leverage this report to identify partnership opportunities and acquisition targets, as well as to gain a better understanding of how their peers are driving innovation. New and existing vendors have entered the ESG and sustainability software market, bringing a fresh perspective to tackle corporates’ issues. They are offering solutions that incorporate promising technologies such as AI, blockchain and geospatial tools, or are establishing partnerships to develop new approaches to impact quantification. The 10 vendors covered in this report are Benevity, C3 AI, Circulor, KickImpact, Loopcycle, Makersite, NatureAlpha, Novata, Ulula and YuzeData.
Vendors in the ESG and sustainability space differentiate with technology, value proposition and industry focus
New technologies and data availability emerge as ESG and sustainability top innovation trends
Vendors from different backgrounds are helping firms enhance their ESG and sustainability performance
New technologies and data availability emerge as ESG and sustainability top innovation trends
Vendors from different backgrounds are helping firms enhance their ESG and sustainability performance
Figure 1. ESG and sustainability software market main transactions in the last 12 months
Figure 2. 10 innovations in the ESG and sustainability software market
Figure 3. 10 innovative vendors advancing ESG and sustainability performance
Figure 2. 10 innovations in the ESG and sustainability software market
Figure 3. 10 innovative vendors advancing ESG and sustainability performance
Fortive, Meridiam, ESG Book, Worldfavor, Silver Lake, Alaya, Novisto, SESAMm, Hitachi Ventures, Tesla, Microsoft, Creandum, Volvo Cars, Makersite, UPS, KPMG, S&P Global, 3E, Allianz X, Ulula, KickImpact, Hellman & Friedman, NatureAlpha, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Electrolux, Google, EQT Book, YuzeData, Toxnot, Activate Capital, Altana Technologies, riskmethods, The Westly Group, Quantum Innovation Fund, Circularise, Brightlands Venture Partners, Novata, Sainsbury’s, Loopcycle, Sustain.Life, Insight Partners, ERM, SQM, Wolters Kluwer Enablon, Elaia Partners, Inovia Capital, Datamaran, Opera Tech Ventures, Schaeffler Group, Sphera, Mars, Sway Ventures, SEB Private Equity, Hamilton Lane, C3 AI, Sime Darby Plantation, Prewave, Frazier & Deeter, Autodesk, IntegrityNext, Pfizer, Benevity, Persefoni, Measurabl, Deloitte, MSCI, FigBytes, Impact Genome Registry, NHS, Watershed, Circulor, Energy Impact Partners, University of Sheffield, Polestar, L’Oréal
About the Authors

Alessandra Leggieri
Industry Analyst
Alessandra Leggieri is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix Net Zero & Climate Risk practice. Her current research agenda focuses on solutions for GHG emissions and net ze…
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Kim Knickle
Research Director, ESG & Sustainability
Kimberly Knickle is Research Director of the ESG & Sustainability practice at Verdantix. Her research areas encompass ESG regulations and reporting, ESG risk, supply chain…
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