Smart Innovators: Sustainable Product And Materials Traceability Software

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Executive Summary

Professionals in sustainable procurement and sourcing, and in compliance, are being driven to increase the visibility they have into their organizations’ supply chains, in order to manage risks, increase sustainability and remain compliant. They should use this report to identify sustainable product and materials traceability software that can provide the tools to drive traceability at a product level, for compliance and sustainability value creation. Providers of sustainable product and materials traceability software can use the analysis to understand the competitive landscape in which they operate, as well as to gain insights into new functionality in demand from buyers.  

Table of contents

Summary for decision-makers
Sustainable product and materials traceability offers radical transparency in the supply chain

Developments in the landscape for sustainable product and materials information
Solutions for sustainable product and materials traceability emerge as a subset of supply chain sustainability
Evaluated firms and selection criteria
Vendors exhibit differentiated strengths, based on their competencies
Core capabilities for sustainable product and materials traceability software providers
Vendors differentiate their offerings through innovation

Table of figures

Figure 1. Regulations and frameworks on sustainable product and materials traceability
Figure 2. Prioritization of investment in product and supply chain sustainability information over the next two years
Figure 3. Drivers of sustainable product and materials traceability
Figure 4. Additional vendors with sustainable product and materials traceability capabilities
Figure 5. Sustainable product and materials traceability capabilities and definitions
Figure 6. Investment and acquisitions in the sustainable product and materials traceability software market
Figure 7. Sustainable product and materials traceability software providers: capabilities assessment
Figure 8. Example software buying archetypes based on industry-specific needs
Figure 9. Sustainable product and materials traceability software innovations

Organisations mentioned

3E, Acceso, Activate Capital, ADEC Innovations, ALANTE CAPITAL, Alstin Capital, Altana, Amcor, Antinori, Antonello Produce, Assent, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Avery Dennison, Axiom, Bain & Company, Balenciaga, BanQu, BATRAW, Better Cotton, Bext360, BHS, Blackstone, Blackstone Growth, Boston Scientific, Bunzl, Cargill, Catena-X, Cémoi, Cerveceria Nacional, ChainPoint, Circularise, Circularity Capital, Circulor, Clique, Coach, Coca-Cola, Creandum, Credibl, Cropin, Deckers, Digimarc, DuPont, E14 Fund, Edelman, Ellesse, Energize Ventures, Enphase, EON, European Council, European Parliament , Everledger, Fairpoint Capital, Farmer Connect, Farmforce, Ferrero, FibreTrace, Finboot, FlamePro, Floating Point, F-LOG Ventures, Friends & Family Capital, Fusalp, Gaia-X, Generation Investment Management, GF Smith, Google Ventures, Gübelin, H&M, Halliburton, Hama, Hedosophia, Highland Europe, Hobbs, IBM, IKKS, Industrifonden, Inspectorio, IntegrityNext, iPoint-systems, ISCC, ISN, JD.com, Kezzler, Kharon, KIABI, Kik Clothing, KOMPAS, Lectra, Levi Strauss & Co., Loacker, Long Ridge Equity Partners, March Capital, Meira, Minespider, Mondelez, Neumann Kaffee Gruppe, NOTSHY, OMERS Ventures, Omron, OPTEL Group, Oritain, osapiens, ParkerGale Capital, Partech, Pietro Coricelli, Plastics Europe, Prewave, PvH, Reckitt, Retraced, River Island, Salesforce Ventures, Samaipata, SAP, Sapphire Textile Mills, Scantrust, Segafredo, Segura, Siemens, Source Intelligence, Sourcemap, Speedinvest, Sphera, Spherity, Sucafina, Supima Cotton, SupplyShift, TextileGenesis, Together For Sustainability (TfS), Trace for Good, TraceX, TradeBeyond, Transparency-One, TrusTrace, Twintag, US Customs and Border Protection, US Innovative Technology Fund (USIT), Ventech, Volkswagen, Wipak, Woodcross Resources, Working Capital Fund, Worldfavor, YanFeng, Z2Data, Zalando, ZF Group

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 across several other ESG and sustainability themes. Prior to joining Verdantix, Guy was an energy specialist helping to optimize member experience, through which he gained knowledge of both operations and smart technologies. Guy holds a BA in Geography from the University of Manchester, with a placement year at the University of Queensland.

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 around supply chain sustainability. Her background is in Economics, Leadership and Governance (BSc, University of Navarra). Prior to joining Verdantix, Elisa worked as a research analyst at the Centre For Economic Performance at the London School of Economics, where she completed a Master’s degree in Global Politics, with Distinction.

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 sustainability, circular economy, social impact, and sustainable finance. Kim has worked for more than 20 years in the IT industry, providing research and analysis to help companies invest wisely in new technologies. Before joining the analyst industry, she held various roles in IT services, engineering and product safety testing, beginning her career at Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Kim holds an MBA from Boston University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell.

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