Top 10: Sustainable Software Solutions

Sustainable software solutions are transforming the way companies tackle their Scope 3 emissions.

These solutions offer more than just environmental benefits, empowering organisations to track, measure and manage emissions with ease.

With better visibility into their supply chains, companies can identify emission hotspots, streamline data collection and collaborate with suppliers on impactful sustainability strategies.

As businesses face increasing pressure to meet regulatory and stakeholder demands, sustainable software becomes an essential tool.

Here, Scope 3 Magazine takes a look at the top 10 sustainable software solutions on the market. 

10. Fairly Made

Founded: 2018
Employees: 50+
CEO: Laure Betsch​​​​​​​
Revenue: US$16m (approx.)

Fairly Made empowers fashion brands to reduce Scope 3 emissions by providing comprehensive supply chain visibility and impact measurement tools.

The platform enables brands to trace their supply chains from raw materials to finished products, conduct lifecycle assessments and measure environmental and social impacts.

By facilitating supplier engagement and data collection, Fairly Made helps companies identify emissions, optimise sourcing decisions and improve overall sustainability performance. This data-driven approach allows brands to make informed decisions that ultimately lead to reduced Scope 3 emissions across their value chain.

9. Cority

Founded: 1985
Employees: 750+
CEO: Mark Wallace
Revenue: US$150.8m 

Cority helps organisations reduce Scope 3 emissions by providing comprehensive supply chain management tools.

The platform enables companies to collect and manage data from suppliers, calculate carbon footprints and analyse emissions across the value chain. With built-in emissions factors and flexible reporting capabilities, Cority allows businesses to accurately measure and report on Scope 3 emissions.

The software's dedicated dashboards and data analysis tools help identify hotspots and opportunities for emission reduction, enabling companies to make data-driven decisions to optimise their supply chain sustainability. 

8. Sedex

Founded: 2004
Employees: 550
CEO: Jon Hancock
Revenue: US$210.4m

Sedex's platform enables companies to collect, analyse and report on sustainability data across their entire supply chain.

With features like the risk assessment tool Radar and the Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ), businesses can identify high-risk suppliers, assess environmental performance and create action plans for improvement.

This data-driven approach allows companies to prioritise areas for emission reduction, optimise supplier relationships, and make informed decisions to enhance overall supply chain sustainability.

7. SINAI Technologies

Founded: 2017​​​​​​​
Employees: 50
CEO: Maria Fujihara
Revenue: US$5.6m

SINAI Technologies' helps organisations reduce Scope 3 emissions by providing comprehensive decarbonisation intelligence. The platform enables companies to measure, analyse and forecast emissions across their entire value chain.

With features like scenario analysis, mitigation option evaluation and cost-effective carbon reduction strategies, businesses can identify emission hotspots and optimise their decarbonisation efforts.

SINAI's software also facilitates supplier engagement and data collection, allowing companies to make informed decisions that lead to reduced Scope 3 emissions. The platform's ability to combine financial and environmental data empowers organisations to achieve science-based targets efficiently.

6. Salesforce Net Zero Cloud

Founded: 2019
Employees: 70,000
CEO: Marc Benioff
Revenue: US$3.1bn 

Salesforce Net Zero Cloud helps organisations reduce Scope 3 emissions by providing comprehensive carbon accounting and supplier engagement tools.

Accenture, the global consulting firm, is one of the many organisations to chose Salesforce Net Zero Cloud to track its global environmental sustainability goals and measure its environmental performance. 

Net Zero Cloud's analytics and reporting tools also help companies meet regulatory requirements and stakeholder expectations regarding environmental performance, ultimately driving meaningful reductions in Scope 3 emissions.

5. Nasdaq Metrio

Founded: 2009
Employees: 50 
CEO: Patrick Elie​​​​​​​
Revenue: US$3.9bn 

Nasdaq Metrio's sustainable software solution provides comprehensive ESG reporting and analytics tools, enabling companies to collect, measure and manage data across their entire value chain, including supplier emissions. 

With features like automated data collection, custom KPI dashboards and real-time insights, businesses can identify emission hotspots and optimise their sustainability strategies.

Nasdaq Metrio's software also facilitates seamless reporting to various frameworks and stakeholders, allowing companies to track progress towards emission reduction goals and make data-driven decisions to improve their overall environmental performance.

4. ServiceNow ESG Management

Founded: 2004
Employees: 20,000
CEO: Bill McDermott​​​​​​​
Revenue: US$2.4bn 

ServiceNow’s ESG Management solution empowers businesses to take control of their sustainability efforts, especially around Scope 3 emissions.

By automating data collection across the supply chain, it makes tracking indirect emissions easier and more accurate. The platform's supplier engagement, carbon accounting and scenario planning tools help set meaningful reduction targets.

With a centralised dashboard for real-time insights and reporting, organisations can confidently manage ESG performance, driving smarter decisions and ensuring compliance with key reporting frameworks.

3. Oracle Cloud EPM for Sustainability

Founded: 1977
Employees: 150,000
CEO: Safra Catz​​​​​​​
Revenue: US$50bn 

Oracle Cloud EPM for Sustainability empowers organisations to efficiently collect and consolidate environmental data from multiple sources, including suppliers and partners.

Its AI-powered insights and scenario modelling capabilities help identify sustainability risks and opportunities with precision.

Oracle's supply chain solutions streamline supplier engagement and logistics, driving substantial emissions reductions. With its Sustainability Ledger, companies can track and calculate Scope 3 emissions accurately.

 Leveraging these solutions, organisations can better manage, measure and report Scope 3 emissions, align with key reporting standards and foster sustainability improvements. Oracle makes sustainability management smarter and more actionable, helping businesses turn data into impactful environmental progress.

2. IBM Envizi ESG Suite

Founded: 1911 ​​​​​​​
Employees: 350,000​​​​​​​
CEO: Arvind Krishna​​​​​​​
Revenue: US$61.9bn 

IBM Envizi ESG Suite offers a robust platform for managing sustainability, supercharging Scope 3 emissions tracking and reporting.

It automates the collection and consolidation of over 500 ESG data types from suppliers and value chain partners into a single, auditable system. With a powerful emissions calculation engine that supports all GHG protocol categories, it ensures precise Scope 3 quantification.

AI-driven analytics and planning tools reveal opportunities for emissions reduction across the value chain.

The suite also simplifies reporting to multiple ESG frameworks, making Scope 3 disclosures seamless. IBM Envizi empowers organisations to visualise and manage sustainability efforts with ease, driving real progress in reducing indirect emissions and advancing decarbonisation goals.

1. Microsoft Sustainability Cloud

Founded: 1975​​​​​​​
Employees: 180,000
CEO: Satya Nadella​​​​​​​
Revenue: US$198bn 

Microsoft's Cloud for Sustainability revolutionises how businesses tackle Scope 3 emissions, offering a clear path to greener operations.

The platform simplifies emissions tracking across categories like fuel-related activities, end-of-life product treatment and investments, giving organisations a unified view of their carbon footprint. With detailed dashboards that break down emissions by supplier, category and region, businesses gain the insights needed to set and achieve ambitious reduction goals.

Seamless API integration with Azure data makes it even easier to monitor and report emissions in real-time.

By delivering greater visibility, smart automation, and comprehensive reporting, Microsoft’s solution empowers companies to turn sustainability ambitions into actionable progress, driving real change in their Scope 3 emissions journey.

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