Vendor profile · in its own words
Watershed: what it says it does, against UK requirements
Watershed describes itself as a sustainability AI platform that measures a company’s footprint, drafts its reporting across frameworks and supports decarbonisation.
This profile quotes only Watershed’s own published pages, read on 30 September–1 October 2026, plus two facts sourced to the third parties themselves, and sets each claim against the UK requirement it touches.
It is not a review or a rating; the questions at the end are the ones to put on a demo.
What it says it is
Watershed, as Watershed describes it
Watershed presents itself as a platform for large organisations’ sustainability programmes, built around measurement, reporting and action.
It leads with its emission-factor library and with transparency — its homepage says you can see how every number was calculated — and with AI agents that clean and structure data under human review.
Its reporting pitch is multi-framework: data pre-populated into several disclosures from one dataset, with data lineage and review workflows.
Two third-party facts can be stated from the third parties themselves: Verdantix’s own press release names Watershed among the eight Leaders of its 2026 Green Quadrant for enterprise carbon management software, from 21 vendors evaluated, and CDP’s directory lists Watershed as an Accredited Solutions Provider of type Software.
The Green Quadrant evaluates enterprise carbon management against global criteria, so it says nothing about SECR, ESOS or UK SRS output specifically.
Watershed’s own pages mention other analyst placings; this profile repeats only what the analyst or accrediting body publishes itself.
| Watershed’s own step | What it says |
|---|---|
| Measure | A complete view of impact, from carbon to water and land use, with 2.3 million emission factors and “how every number was calculated” |
| Report | Pre-populated data, AI drafting, full data lineage, review workflows and peer benchmarks across frameworks |
| Act | Cost savings and decarbonisation paths, vetted clean power projects and supply-chain decarbonisation |
| AI | Agents for data cleaning, formatting and analysis, with human review |
Watershed and SECR compliance
A SECR spreadsheet — against the directors’ report
Watershed’s SECR page describes a two-step route: upload utility bills and other data so it can calculate your footprint, then answer a few questions and download a spreadsheet with your electricity and carbon numbers ready for the annual report.
The page summarises who SECR applies to; the statutory wording is worth having beside any summary.
Paragraph 20B frames the test as qualifying conditions of “not more than” £36 million turnover, £18 million balance sheet and 250 employees, so an unquoted company is in scope when it exceeds at least two, judged over two consecutive years after the first.
A company that used 40,000 kWh or less in the United Kingdom stays in SECR but does not give the figures; paragraph 20D(7) requires the report to state that they are not disclosed for that reason.
The directors’ report needs more than the numbers: at least one intensity ratio, the methodology used, a description of the principal energy-efficiency measures where any were taken, and last year’s figures.
The government’s SECR guidance assumes the UK conversion factors, and the right set is the one for the activity year — a 2024 year uses the 2024 set — so ask how a global factor library selects the UK set.
The disclosure itself is on the SECR reporting guide.
Watershed and the other UK regimes
UK SRS, ESOS and the listing rules — what to ask to see
Watershed’s SECR page names SECR, CSRD, SDR, ESOS, CDP and TCFD among the reporting it works on with UK companies; UK SRS was not named on the pages we read.
UK SRS S1 and S2 are voluntary standards, and listed companies in UKLR 6, 14, 15, 16 and 22 report against them on a comply-or-explain basis for periods from 1 January 2027 under the FCA’s PS26/19, which replaced the CP26/5 proposal.
UK SRS S2 measures under the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and asks for location-based Scope 2, a split of Scope 1 and 2 between the consolidated group and other investees, and the Scope 3 categories included; a listed company has a one-year Scope 3 relief.
What UK SRS asks in full is on UK SRS S1 and S2, the comply-or-explain mechanics on UK SRS compliance, and the Scope 3 position on UK SRS Scope 3 reporting.
ESOS is an energy audit rather than a disclosure, run by the Environment Agency, with Phase 4 notification due by 5 December 2027; ask to see total energy in kWh by purpose, not only emissions.
SDR, the FCA’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements, is a regime for FCA-authorised firms, chiefly asset managers and their products, and CDP is voluntary; target validation sits with SBTi.
Your regimes
Watershed’s claims, regime by regime
The checklist beside this builds the outputs your regimes require, each cited to its provision, and shows what Watershed’s own pages say for each regime you tick.
Where no claim was found, that is a question for Watershed, not a finding about the product.
Every vendor side by side is on carbon reporting software.
Step 1 · which regimes apply to you?
Step 2 · 21 outputs to see on a demo · 0 confirmed
What Watershed says on its own site
- SECR (unquoted / LLP): Answer a few questions, then “download a spreadsheet with all your electricity & carbon numbers”
- UK SRS (listed): no claim found on the pages we read
Vendor pages read 30 September–1 October 2026.
A missing claim is a question to ask, not evidence of a missing feature.
Outputs are the duties in the cited provisions; the demo tests are our reading of them.
Nothing you tick is stored or sent.
Pricing
Price: Enterprise level · TBD
Watershed publishes no price on the pages we read, and this site does not estimate one, so the entry reads Enterprise level · TBD.
Ask for a three-year cost covering the frameworks you report against, the number of entities and any clean power or supply-chain programmes bundled in.
Demo questions
Six questions to put to Watershed
Demo questions · tick the ones you need
The pass tests are our reading of the cited provisions.
Nothing you tick is stored or sent.
Frequently asked
Watershed, answered from its own pages
What is Watershed?
Watershed describes itself as a sustainability AI platform in three parts: measure, with a library it puts at 2.3 million emission factors; report, with pre-populated data, AI drafting, data lineage and review workflows across frameworks; and act, including clean power projects and supply-chain decarbonisation.
Does Watershed support SECR compliance in the UK?
Watershed’s SECR page says you upload utility bills and other data, it calculates your footprint, and after a few questions you download a spreadsheet with your electricity and carbon numbers.
SECR’s directors’ report also needs at least one intensity ratio, the methodology, the energy-efficiency narrative where measures were taken, comparatives, and a statement where consumption was 40,000 kWh or less; ask how each is produced.
Is Watershed a Verdantix Leader?
Yes.
Verdantix’s own press release for its 2026 Green Quadrant for enterprise carbon management software names eight Leaders, including Watershed, from 21 vendors evaluated.
The Green Quadrant evaluates enterprise carbon management against global criteria; it does not score SECR, ESOS or UK SRS output.
Is Watershed CDP-accredited?
CDP’s own directory of Accredited Solutions Providers lists Watershed with the ASP type Software, for climate change.
CDP is a voluntary disclosure system, and the accreditation concerns CDP’s programme, not any UK regime.
Does Watershed cover UK SRS or ESOS?
Watershed’s SECR page names SECR, CSRD, SDR, ESOS, CDP and TCFD among the reporting it works on; UK SRS was not named on the pages we read.
Listed companies in UKLR 6, 14, 15, 16 and 22 report against UK SRS on a comply-or-explain basis for periods from 1 January 2027, and ESOS is an energy audit, so ask to see each output specifically.
How much does Watershed cost?
Watershed does not publish a price on the pages we read (30 September–1 October 2026). This site lists it as Enterprise level · TBD.
Is Watershed carbon accounting software available in the UK?
Watershed publishes UK pages, including a SECR page on its en-GB site, and says it works with UK companies on SECR and other reporting.
Whether it fits a particular UK company depends on the regimes it carries, which the checklist on this page turns into outputs to see.
Sources
Primary sources
Watershed’s own pages are cited only for what Watershed says about itself; third-party facts are cited to the third party.
Every regulatory statement traces to the instrument’s owner.
- WatershedWatershed — the sustainability AI platform (homepage)
Measure, report, act; the emission-factor library. Vendor’s own material.
- WatershedWhat is SECR reporting
Its SECR workflow and the regimes it names. Vendor’s own material.
- VerdantixGreen Quadrant: Enterprise Carbon Management Software (2026) — press release
The eight Leaders, named by Verdantix.
- CDPAccredited Solutions Providers — Watershed
CDP’s own directory: ASP type Software.
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2008/410, Schedule 7 paragraph 20B
The SECR qualifying conditions and the two-year rule.
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2008/410, Schedule 7 paragraph 20D
The disclosures, and the 40,000 kWh statement.
- GOV.UK (DESNZ, Defra)Environmental Reporting Guidelines, including SECR requirements
The government SECR guidance.
- Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGovernment conversion factors for company reporting
The UK factor sets.
- Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2024
An earlier set, for 2024 activity data.
- Financial Conduct AuthorityPS26/19 — final rules
Comply or explain for listed companies from 2027.
- Financial Conduct AuthorityCP26/5 — the consultation
The proposal the final rules changed.
- Environment AgencyEnergy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)
Phase 4 dates and MESOS.
- GHG Protocol (WRI, WBCSD)Corporate Standard
The measurement basis.
- GHG ProtocolScope 3 Standard
The fifteen categories.
- Science Based Targets initiativeSBTi
Target validation.