Smart Innovators: Sustainable Product And Materials Traceability Software

28 Oct, 2024

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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.  
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
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
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

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...

Elisa Molero

Elisa Molero

Senior Analyst

Elisa is a Senior Analyst at Verdantix, specializing in supply chain sustainability. Her research covers 100 vendors in the supply chain sustainability market, supporting buye...

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Kim Knickle

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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