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