Market Insight: 10 Innovative Vendors Advancing ESG And Sustainability Performance

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Corporate Sustainability Leaders

Alessandra Leggieri

Kim Knickle

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.

Table of contents

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

Table of figures

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

Organisations mentioned

3E, Activate Capital, Alaya, Allianz X, Altana Technologies, Autodesk, Benevity, Brightlands Venture Partners, C3 AI, Circularise, Circulor, Creandum, Datamaran, Deloitte, Elaia Partners, Electrolux, Energy Impact Partners, EQT Book, ERM, ESG Book, FigBytes, Fortive, Frazier & Deeter, Google, Hamilton Lane, Hellman & Friedman, Hitachi Ventures, Impact Genome Registry, Inovia Capital, Insight Partners, IntegrityNext, KickImpact, KPMG, L’Oréal, Loopcycle, Makersite, Mars, Measurabl, Meridiam, Microsoft, MSCI, NatureAlpha, NHS, Novata, Novisto, Opera Tech Ventures, Persefoni, Pfizer, Polestar, Prewave, Quantum Innovation Fund, riskmethods, S&P Global, Sainsbury’s, Schaeffler Group, SEB Private Equity, SESAMm, Silver Lake, Sime Darby Plantation, Sphera, SQM, Sustain.Life, Sway Ventures, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Tesla, The Westly Group, Toxnot, Ulula, University of Sheffield, UPS, Volvo Cars, Watershed, Wolters Kluwer Enablon, Worldfavor, YuzeData

About the Authors

Alessandra Leggieri

Senior Analyst

Alessandra is a Senior Analyst at Verdantix, specializing in carbon management and software for product carbon footprints. Her research spans over 100 vendors in the carbon ma...

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Kim Knickle

Research Director

Kim Knickle is a Research Director at Verdantix, bringing more than two decades of analyst experience to the evolving world of sustainability. Her current research spans ESG a...

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