Green Quadrant: Supply Chain Sustainability Software 2024
05 Nov, 2024
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Executive Summary
This report provides a detailed, fact-based comparison of the 15 most prominent supply chain sustainability software vendors in the market. Based on the proprietary Verdantix Green Quadrant methodology, our analysis encompassed two-hour live briefings, desktop research and vendor responses to a 54-point questionnaire, covering nine categories of capabilities and 14 categories of market momentum. Although different components of supply chain sustainability software have been on the market for over 15 years, Verdantix analysis finds that the level of customer demand and the number of vendor solutions that serve firms’ supply chain sustainability needs have both grown substantially over the last three years. This is largely due to heightened regulatory obligations and increased exposure to environmental, social and governance risks, resulting in new use cases and better functionality to improve the transparency of firms’ ESG performance and impact in the supply chain. Among the software vendors featured in this Green Quadrant, 10 firms – Achilles, Avetta, Assent, Benchmark Gensuite, EcoVadis, EiQ by LRQA, IntegrityNext, QIMA, Sedex and Sphera – demonstrated the most advanced supply chain sustainability software capabilities.
Summary for decision-makers
State of the supply chain sustainability software market
Supply chain sustainability software is its own distinct category
Supply chain risk and pressing regulations drive a competitive market
Green Quadrant for supply chain sustainability software 2024
Green Quadrant methodology
Evaluated firms and selection criteria
Evaluation criteria
3E Overview
Analyst insight: 3E supports firms’ compliance with supply chain product sustainability obligations
Achilles overview
Analyst insight: Achilles offers AI-enabled supplier risk intelligence tools and on-site verification
Assent overview
Analyst insight: Assent helps manufacturers satisfy and de-risk supply chain sustainability regulatory obligations
Avetta overview
Analyst insight: Avetta offers configurable ESG performance assessment based on supplier attributes
Benchmark Gensuite overview
Analyst insight: Benchmark Gensuite facilitates the integration of ESG factors into supply chain performance
EcoVadis overview
Analyst insight: EcoVadis promotes industry benchmarking of suppliers’ ESG risk and performance
EiQ by LRQA overview
Analyst insight: EiQ by LRQA offers supplier due diligence solutions for mandated ESG regulations and ESG risk management
Ethixbase360 overview
Analyst insight: Ethixbase360 assesses suppliers’ ESG performance for regulated due diligence obligations
IBM overview
Analyst insight: IBM offers granular environmental impact data throughout the supplier network
IntegrityNext overview
Analyst insight: IntegrityNext supports firms’ ESG risk and performance management
iPoint-systems overview
Analyst insight: iPoint-systems assist with product and sustainability performance and compliance across the supply chain network
Position Green overview
Analyst insight: Position Green offers a suite of ESG software to support supply chain sustainability compliance
QIMA overview
Analyst insight: QIMA provides supplier network analysis to complement its on-site testing and certification
Sedex overview
Analyst insight: Sedex helps firms elevate suppliers’ sustainability practices into supply chain processes
Sphera overview
Analyst insight: Sphera adopts a holistic approach to supply chain ESG risk and performance management
State of the supply chain sustainability software market
Supply chain sustainability software is its own distinct category
Supply chain risk and pressing regulations drive a competitive market
Green Quadrant for supply chain sustainability software 2024
Green Quadrant methodology
Evaluated firms and selection criteria
Evaluation criteria
3E Overview
Analyst insight: 3E supports firms’ compliance with supply chain product sustainability obligations
Achilles overview
Analyst insight: Achilles offers AI-enabled supplier risk intelligence tools and on-site verification
Assent overview
Analyst insight: Assent helps manufacturers satisfy and de-risk supply chain sustainability regulatory obligations
Avetta overview
Analyst insight: Avetta offers configurable ESG performance assessment based on supplier attributes
Benchmark Gensuite overview
Analyst insight: Benchmark Gensuite facilitates the integration of ESG factors into supply chain performance
EcoVadis overview
Analyst insight: EcoVadis promotes industry benchmarking of suppliers’ ESG risk and performance
EiQ by LRQA overview
Analyst insight: EiQ by LRQA offers supplier due diligence solutions for mandated ESG regulations and ESG risk management
Ethixbase360 overview
Analyst insight: Ethixbase360 assesses suppliers’ ESG performance for regulated due diligence obligations
IBM overview
Analyst insight: IBM offers granular environmental impact data throughout the supplier network
IntegrityNext overview
Analyst insight: IntegrityNext supports firms’ ESG risk and performance management
iPoint-systems overview
Analyst insight: iPoint-systems assist with product and sustainability performance and compliance across the supply chain network
Position Green overview
Analyst insight: Position Green offers a suite of ESG software to support supply chain sustainability compliance
QIMA overview
Analyst insight: QIMA provides supplier network analysis to complement its on-site testing and certification
Sedex overview
Analyst insight: Sedex helps firms elevate suppliers’ sustainability practices into supply chain processes
Sphera overview
Analyst insight: Sphera adopts a holistic approach to supply chain ESG risk and performance management
Figure 1. Example investments and M&As in supply chain sustainability software 2022-2024
Figure 2. Capabilities criteria for supply chain sustainability software
Figure 3. Momentum criteria for supply chain sustainability software
Figure 4. Vendor category scores: capabilities
Figure 5. Vendor category scores: momentum
Figure 6. Green Quadrant for supply chain sustainability software 2024
Figure 2. Capabilities criteria for supply chain sustainability software
Figure 3. Momentum criteria for supply chain sustainability software
Figure 4. Vendor category scores: capabilities
Figure 5. Vendor category scores: momentum
Figure 6. Green Quadrant for supply chain sustainability software 2024
HCLTech, Metro, Bridgepoint, Simple Mills, Accenture, Farmer Connect, Honda, Registrar Corp, E-Merge tech, SupplyShift, Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), Highland Europe, Sourcemap, Assent, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), Boeing, Tcompliance (formerly TRACE), Tiffany & Co., Maniv, CDP, Ramboll, Creandum, Position Green, KPMG, Workiva, LSEG, Excitec, EQT Group, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), Whirlpool, Capgemini, Vista Equity Partners, 3E, CGE partners, Oritain, Ulula, Partech, PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification), Everstream Analytics, Westcon-Comstor, Avetta, CaixaBank, BeyondNetZero, Saint-Gobain, Klinkby Enge, General Electric, Lightsource bp, Reckitt, aDolus Technology, ADM, Foodsteps, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, ChainPoint, LRQA, Astorg, Toxnot, TrusTrace, riskmethods, American Tile Distributors (ATD), RBA, Johnson & Johnson, Onepak, Energize Ventures, SAP, Celonis, Oxygea, Nuveen, Worldly, QIMA, Skanska, TRILUX, Fair Factories Clearinghouse (FFC), Arcadis, ERM, BlueNode, DuPont, Achilles, Envizi, Eclipse, GRO Capital, EiQ, Cushman & Wakefield, International Living Future Institute (ILFI), Blackstone, E14 Fund, Norvestor, Retraced, Circularity Capital, Cloverly, Halliburton, Sphera, Ideagen, Woolworths Group, Norton Rose Fulbright, Puma, Thyssenkrupp, Kroger, IBM, Kavida, Foresight Group, Financial Crime Compliance (Exiger), Pacific National, LDC (Lloyds Development Capital), Amazon, Prewave, SustainX, Arc Infrastructure, Ethixbase360, Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), Circular, Morgan Stanley, Dometic, Siemens, US Department of Energy, Tesco, Sedex, Amphenol, IntegrityNext, Logitech, Tele2, Hedosophia, Hitachi, Keppel, Walmart, iPoint-systems, Benchmark Gensuite, Swiss Re, EcoVadis, Deloitte, Tata Consultancy Services, MSCI, CDPQ (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec), Getinge, Source Intelligence, Unilever, ELEVATE, Caterpillar, SHEIN, Kohler, PwC, Cognizant, L’Oréal
About the Authors
Elisa Molero
Industry Analyst
Elisa Molero is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix ESG & Sustainability practice. Her current research agenda focuses on emerging solutions and global market trends arou…
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Guy Lewis
Industry Analyst
Guy is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix ESG & Sustainability practice. He currently leads research on circular economy software and services and supports research acro…
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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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