Market Overview: The ESG & Sustainability Software And Services Partnership Ecosystem

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Corporate Sustainability Leaders

Guy Lewis

Kim Knickle

18 Jul, 2023

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Executive Summary

This report explores the ways that software and service firms partner to deliver tools, strategy and insights to corporates who are actively pursuing ESG and sustainability agendas. As ESG momentum continues to grow, firms will increasingly rely on a combination of software and advisory services to support their ESG programmes and reporting strategies, where specific use-cases to assist with technology integration and to meet industry demands will become ever more important. Sustainability executives should use this report to understand how software and service partnerships can deliver value to their ESG reporting processes and operations.

Table of contents

Software and service partnerships can help corporates overcome ESG hurdles
New challenges require expertise and technology in equal measure
An integrated software and services approach can support end-to-end ESG and sustainability strategy implementation
Sustainability expertise is crucial for software and services selection
A combined software-services proposition guides firms on their ESG journeys
Sustainability will percolate into new areas for partners to support firms
As ESG maturity develops, new opportunities will emerge for collaboration

Table of figures

Figure 1. Software and services partnership example: ESG reporting engagement
Figure 2. Factors most likely to influence the selection of consulting services for buyers
Figure 3. Factors most likely to influence the selection of software services for buyers
Figure 4. Key benefits for corporates from partnerships
Figure 5. Recently announced partnerships with specific ESG application

Organisations mentioned

Accenture, APlanet, Bain & Company, Baker McKenzie, Benevity, BlackRock, Bloomberg, Bureau Veritas, Cerved, Circulor, Clarity AI, Compliance & Risks, Datamaran, Deloitte, Diligent, DLA Piper, Donnelley Financial Solutions (DFIN), EcoAct, Enhesa, ERM, ERM CVS, ESG Book, ESG Data Convergence Initiative, European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG), EY, FigBytes, GIST Impact, Greenomy, IBM, Impact Genome Registry, Integrum ESG, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), KPMG, LSEG Business, Malk Partners, NASDAQ, NAVEX, Novata, Pacific Strategies & Assessments (PSA), Position Green, pulsESG, PwC, Refinitiv, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), SustainX, Sweep, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), Temple, Tsetinis, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), VPWhite, Wolters Kluwer Enablon, Workiva, YuzeData

About the Authors

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...

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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