Smart Innovators: Carbon Management Software
19 Aug, 2025
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Executive Summary
With growing economic and regulatory uncertainty, sustainability teams are under mounting pressure to justify their initiatives by linking decarbonization plans to financial outcomes. However, manual processes for maintaining data quality and performing emission calculations create inefficiencies and slow progress. In response, carbon management software providers are introducing innovative, AI-powered capabilities to support carbon management and decarbonization planning. This report benchmarks innovation across 22 carbon management software providers in three key areas: decarbonization strategy development, decarbonization programme management and AI enhancements. Providers can use this analysis to better understand the competitive landscape and guide product development towards more innovative and differentiated offerings.Summary for decision-makers
Organizations are ramping up decarbonization across operations
Sustainability teams must justify decarbonization costs
Automating carbon management tasks reduces overhead and empowers teams
AI and decarbonization drive product development and innovation
Solutions centre on decarbonization strategy development, programme management and AI-powered enhancements
Innovation focuses on forecasting, abatement opportunity identification and AI data management
Vendors should focus their product development on collaboration, automation and return on investment (ROI) clarity
Figure 1. Firms see unstable climate policies and competitive cost pressures as the main risks to short-term targets
Figure 2. Background information on vendors included in the report
Figure 3. Evaluated firms and selection criteria
Figure 4. Verdantix identified the three most innovative software capabilities driving carbon management and decarbonization
Figure 5. Carbon management software providers: capabilities assessment
Altruistiq, Amazon, Benchmark
Gensuite, Carbmee, Carbon
Disclosure Project (CDP), CO2 AI, Cority, Gravity, Greenly, IBM, LinkedIn, Normative, Position
Green, Schneider
Electric, Science Based Target initiative (SBTi), SINAI Technologies, Sphera, Sweep, Terrascope, UL Solutions, Univers, Validere, WayCarbon, Wolters
Kluwer, Workiva
About the Authors
Alessandra Leggieri
Industry Analyst
Alessandra is an Industry Analyst at Verdantix, specializing in carbon management and software for product carbon footprints. Her research spans over 100 vendors in the carbon...
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Ryan Skinner
Research Director
Ryan is a Research Director at Verdantix, where he leads a team of analysts delivering research, data and advisory services that help clients navigate the fast-evolving landsc...
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