Buyer’s Guide: Carbon Management Software (2024)

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The Verdantix Buyer’s Guide to carbon management software
Defining carbon management software
Buyers’ carbon management software needs are evolving
Buyers seek to report to new mandatory frameworks with confidence
Firms need to organize a portfolio of decarbonization projects
Sustainability leaders want to derive credible and defensible Scope 3 emission estimates
Carbon management vendors’ development strategies respond to stiff competition
Core carbon management software functionality
Carbon management software vendors are filling data and insight gaps with AI
Industry-specific expertise, implementation and integrations are key buyer considerations
Inclusion criteria for the 2023 Buyer’s Guide to carbon management software
Brightly Software, a Siemens firm, combines energy and carbon management for building portfolios
carbmee specializes in supply chain and product-level emissions
CO2 AI automates and streamlines value chain decarbonization for large enterprises
CoolPlanet provides an integrated platform to track energy efficiency and net zero goals
EcoOnline offers an integrated EHS, carbon management and climate risk solution
Emitwise focuses on Scope 3 data collection and supplier engagement
GE Vernova offers a carbon management platform for energy and heavy industrial clients
Nasdaq delivers a comprehensive carbon and ESG reporting platform
Plan A’s solution facilitates carbon accounting and decarbonization planning
Position Green offers a combination of software and consulting services for ESG and carbon management
SINAI Technologies’ decarbonization platform focuses on carbon reduction and financial management
Tango combines energy and carbon management for real estate clients
Terrascope focuses on increasing the accuracy and speed of carbon emissions and decarbonization management
Univers’s solution integrates the physical and digital worlds for energy and carbon management
Vaayu uses AI to calculate, manage and predict product-level emissions for retail clients
Workiva Carbon (formerly Sustain.Life) offers a supply-chain-focused carbon management tool powered by AI

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Figure 1. Net-zero-focused carbon management capabilities are a high digital priority for firms
Figure 2. Core carbon management software capabilities descriptions
Figure 3. Firms’ priorities when selecting a carbon management software partner
Figure 4. List of carbon management software providers
Figure 5. Brightly Software (a Siemens firm) overview
Figure 6. carbmee overview
Figure 7. CO2 AI overview
Figure 8. CoolPlanet overview
Figure 9. EcoOnline overview
Figure 10. Emitwise overview
Figure 11. GE Vernova overview
Figure 12. Nasdaq overview
Figure 13. Plan A overview
Figure 14. Position Green overview
Figure 15. SINAI Technologies overview
Figure 16. Tango overview
Figure 17. Terrascope overview
Figure 18. Univers overview
Figure 19. Vaayu overview
Figure 20. Workiva Carbon (formerly Sustain.Life) overview