Smart Innovators: Corporate ESG & Sustainability Software
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Executive Summary
Over the past few years, investor interest in ESG metrics and financially material sustainability information has dramatically shifted the landscape for business disclosures, risk and performance management. This report provides buyers of software for environment, social and governance (ESG) and sustainability management with a high-level benchmark of the capabilities of 44 software solutions. The rise of ESG investment and lending trends has established new business requirements for corporate ESG and sustainability data management, analytics and workflows. Verdantix analysis finds that seven vendor categories form the building blocks of an ESG information architecture. Superior data access and visibility drive digital technology innovations across four categories: 1) real-time risk analytics, 2) operational ESG programme management, 3) product stewardship, and 4) disclosures and reporting management. Heads of ESG and Sustainability should use this report to inform their future technology adoption roadmaps in 2021 and beyond.
Table of contents
ESG And Sustainability Data Management Ushers In New Phase Of Growth
In 2019 Financial Markets Exhibited A Growing Appetite For More And Better ESG Data
During 2020 Financial Market Participants Accelerated Their Push For ESG Disclosures
From 2021 Onwards Firms Will Need To Enhance Their ESG Governance And IT Systems
A New Era For The ESG And Sustainability Software Market
New Corporate ESG Business Requirements Map To Four Software Capabilities
A Diverse Ecosystem Of Vendors Form The Building Blocks For An Enterprise ESG IT Architecture
Superior Data Access And Visibility Drive Technology Innovations In The ESG And Sustainability Market
Table of figures
Figure 1. Asset Owners Desire ESG Integration For Financial Risk And Opportunity BenefitsFigure 2. Understanding Green, Social, Sustainability, And Sustainability-Linked Bonds
Figure 3. ESG & Sustainability Software Capabilities & Definitions
Figure 4. Seven Categories Of Vendor Backgrounds In ESG Software
Figure 5. ESG & Sustainability Software Capabilities Assessment (Aggregate)
Figure 6. ESG & Sustainability Software Capabilities Assessment (Vendors With <100 Employees)
Figure 7. ESG & Sustainability Software Capabilities Assessment (Vendors With >100 Employees)
Organisations mentioned
CSRware, Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Urjanet, AB InBev, Accenture, AccountAbility (AA), Accuvio, Adidas, AkzoNobel, Alcumus, alva, Amazon, APlanet, ARCADIS Gen, ArcelorMittal, ArcGIS, Ashcroft, ASM, Assent Compliance, Avetta, Benchmark Digital, Bill Identity, Bloomberg, BloombergNEF (BNEF), Bremer Energy Consulting Services, CDP, Central Arizona Project, CFA Institute, Chevron, ClearTrace, Cognite, Colgate-Palmolive, Cority, Cox Enterprises, CVC Growth Partners, Datamaran, Deutsche Börse, Diginex Solutions, Diligent Corporation, DNV , Dollarama, Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI), Ecocion, Ecodesk, Ecometrica, EcoVadis, Enablon, Enel, Energy Star, EnHelix Environmental Defense Fund, Envizi, EQT, EU, EY, FigBytes, Fitch, FTSE4Good, GE Digital, Gensuite, GHGSat, Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), GMI Ratings, Goby, Goodera, Greenstone, Guardhat, Intelex, International Capital Market Association (ICMA), International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS), iPoint, IsoMetrix, ISS, JPMorgan Chase, Librestream, Lloyds Banking Group, Measurabl, Metrio, Microsoft, Moody's, Morgan Stanley Institute For Sustainable Investing, Morningstar, MSCI, Nasdaq OneReport, National Grid, NAVEX Global, Neuberger Berman, Novisto, NYSE, Oekom, Parley For The Oceans, Persefoni, PG&E, PIMCO, Plexus, Power Corporation of Canada, ProcessMAP, Project Canary, Quentic, Refinitiv, Rio ESG, S&P Global, Salesforce, Santander, Schneider Electric, Scope 5, Scottish Widows, Shell, Siemens, SINAI Technologies, Source Intelligence, Sphera, State Street Global Advisors, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Temasek, Teva Pharmaceuticals, thinkstep, UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), UL, UN, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), US SIF, Vale, VelocityEHS, Workiva, XBRL International, Y CombinatorAbout the authors
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