Disclosure duties
SECR, the CFD regulations and UK SRS: figures and narrative in the annual report.
The output is published text and tables.Software · UK climate compliance
Climate compliance software: every UK climate duty, by legal status
Climate compliance software helps a company produce the figures and evidence its UK climate duties ask for, from SECR to ESOS, UK CBAM and UK SRS.
Those duties are not one kind of thing: some are law, UK SRS is comply or explain under PS26/19, and a Carbon Reduction Plan is procurement policy.
This page sorts them by status, says what a tool must produce for each, and lists 68 platforms in their own words.
Five kinds of duty
What does “climate compliance” mean in the UK? Five different legal statuses
Climate compliance in the UK is not one regime but several, and they bind in different ways.
Mandatory, comply or explain, procurement policy and voluntary are four different things, and a tool marketed for “compliance” should say which it serves.
Listed companies in UKLR 6, 14, 15, 16 and 22 report against UK SRS for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027 on a comply-or-explain basis: they disclose, or say what is missing, why and what they plan.
A Carbon Reduction Plan under PPN 006 is a condition a contracting authority may set for a major contract, not a duty on every company.
The broader ESG set, including people and supply-chain duties, is on ESG compliance software.
Five statusesExplore
Five statuses
Comply or explain
UK SRS for listed companies in five UKLR categories, from 2027.
Five statuses
Procurement policy
PPN 006 Carbon Reduction Plans, applied by contracting authorities.
The register
Which UK climate duties can software help with? Each one, with what it must produce
| Duty and status | Who | What a tool must produce |
|---|---|---|
| SECR · in force | Quoted companies; large unquoted companies and LLPs (two of £36m turnover, £18m balance sheet, 250 employees) | kWh, emissions by line, at least one ratio, method, prior year |
| Climate-related financial disclosure (s.414CB) · in force | Companies the regulations name | Governance, risks, scenario analysis and metrics in the strategic report |
| UK SRS S1 and S2 · comply or explain from 2027 for UKLR 6, 14, 15, 16, 22 | Listed companies; voluntary for others | Scopes 1, 2 (location-based) and 3, risks, targets, transition plan, same period as the accounts |
| ESOS Phase 4 · in force | Large undertakings at 31 December 2026 | Total energy, audits, action plan, notification by 5 December 2027 |
| UK ETS · in force | Permitted installations and aircraft operators, among others | A verified emissions report by 31 March |
| UK CBAM · from 1 January 2027 | Importers of specified goods in five sectors | Embedded emissions of the goods imported |
| PPN 006 · procurement policy | Bidders for in-scope major contracts | A Carbon Reduction Plan to the Technical Standard |
The climate-related financial disclosure duty was inserted into the Companies Act by SI 2022/31; its tests for which companies are caught are set out on climate-related financial disclosures.
Each duty has its own requirements page, gathered on UK sustainability reporting requirements.
Your duties
Which capabilities does your company need? Start from your obligations
The useful order is duties first, then capabilities, then products.
The planner beside this takes the obligations you carry and returns the capabilities a platform must show, each tied to the provision that creates the need.
It names no product, so the list it produces is a specification you can send to any vendor.
A company with SECR alone needs far less than a listed group facing UK SRS S2 and CSRD.
Obligations in, capabilities out
A requirements list, not a recommendation: it names no product. Each line is tied to the provision that creates it.
Nothing is stored or sent.
Compliance or disclosure
Is climate compliance the same as climate disclosure? Disclosure is one part of it
Some climate duties end in the annual report; others end in a filing to a regulator.
A disclosure tool built for the annual report may not hold ESOS audit evidence or a UK ETS monitoring plan.
The disclosure side, for UK SRS S2 and the CFD regulations, has its own guide on climate disclosure software.
The operational side has its own pages: ESOS software, UK ETS software and CBAM software.
A climate
duty
duty
Operational duties
ESOS audits, UK ETS monitoring and CBAM declarations: filings to a regulator.
The output goes to the Environment Agency, the UK ETS regulator or HMRC.Dates
When do the next UK climate deadlines fall? A tight run from late 2026
- 15 December 202601
- 31 December 202602
ESOS Phase 4 qualification date
Status on this date decides whether a group is in Phase 4. - 1 January 202703
UK SRS periods begin; UK CBAM starts
Comply or explain for listed companies; CBAM on goods in five sectors. - 31 March 202704
- 5 December 202705
SECR follows each company’s financial year, so it has no single national date; the full calendar is on the UK sustainability regulation timeline.
Where you are
Does climate compliance differ in London? No, but permits differ by nation
A company headquartered in London faces the same corporate climate duties as one in Leeds or Glasgow.
SECR, the climate-related financial disclosure regulations and the FCA’s UK SRS rules all apply across the UK.
Where geography matters is site permits: the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 extend to England and Wales only, and Scotland and Northern Ireland use their own instruments.
How each regime’s extent is set is on UK sustainability regimes by jurisdiction.
Where each duty runsExplore
Where each duty runs
CFD regulations
England, Wales and Scotland, and Northern Ireland by agreement, per the Explanatory Memorandum.
Where each duty runs
Permits
The Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 extend to England and Wales only.
EU duties
Does a UK company need EU climate compliance software? Only if CSRD or EU CBAM reaches it
After Omnibus I, CSRD applies from financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2027 only where an undertaking exceeds both 1,000 employees and €450m net turnover.
The tests for UK groups and non-EU parents are on CSRD for UK companies.
UK exporters of CBAM goods meet the EU mechanism through their EU customers, separately from UK CBAM on imports into the UK.
A platform that maps one dataset to both UK and EU outputs saves double collection; the CSRD output tests are on CSRD reporting software.
The platforms
Which platforms help with climate compliance? 68 of them, in their own words
Every vendor this site files under ESG reporting or carbon accounting, alphabetically, which ranks nothing, each in its own words and linked to its own site.
The registry covers 73 vendors across all categories, read 11 October 2026 and 30 September–1 October 2026.
68 vendors · esg reporting, carbon accounting
“Altruistiq helps companies with complex value chains go faster and further on sustainability”
“Intelligent AI that measures, reduces, and reports Scope 1–3 and LCA emissions in line with CDP, SBTi, CSRD, and CBAM requirements”
“Benchmark Gensuite is a unified EHS management software platform built on a single architecture—connecting safety, environmental compliance, and operational risk across every site”
“AI workflows that extract answers from your documents with full source references”
“Our software provides companies and financial institutions with precise accounting of the emissions caused by making, shipping and using critical commodities and products around the globe”
“We support financial institutions, companies, governments, and consumers in making the right decisions - efficiently, confidently, and at scale”
“Measure, reduce, and report your Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions”
“The professional benchmarking and reporting platform built for sustainability consultants, SMEs, and the platforms that serve them”
“Coolset gives supply chain and ESG teams the structure, automation and guidance to meet complex compliance requirements like EUDR, PPWR and CSRD, and manage Scope 1-3 emissions”
“One AI-enabled EHS software platform to drive performance across employee health, safety, quality, environmental, and sustainability”
“Cozero helps enterprises steer decarbonization with the same rigor as financial performance, from data collection to investment decisions and regulatory disclosure”
“Datamaran’s AI platform empowers business leaders to confidently navigate the complex ESG landscape by transforming vast amounts of information into actionable insights”
“Dcycle is an ESG software platform founded in 2020 that helps companies collect, manage, and govern sustainability and non-financial data”
“Deepki centralizes your sustainability data, strategy and operations in one place so you can act on carbon, climate risk, and finance”
Diginex describes carbon accounting, sustainability reporting, supply chain, human rights monitoring and ESG investor intelligence for asset managers, banks and companies.
Diligent’s carbon accounting page describes a solution that “automatically collates your data and produces up to 80 different pre-configured audit-ready reports”.
Ecologi describes itself as a B Corp-certified climate action platform.
EcoOnline sells software to manage EHS and compliance.
“The Emitwise platform is now part of Green Project, where the team continues to build and deliver end-to-end decarbonization solutions”
“Enablon is Wolters Kluwer’s integrated software platform for environment, health and safety, PSM, and enterprise oversight, with ESG capabilities embedded as part of a broader risk approach”
“Collect, analyze, and report sustainability, financial, and risk KPIs with 10+ software modules – individually or in line with official standards”
“Manage safety, compliance, ESG, sustainability and operational risk from a platform built to keep programs reliable across sites, teams and operational change”
“The climate management platform built on AI, backed by dedicated sustainability experts”
“Measure, report, and reduce your company's emissions on one audit-ready sustainability management platform”
Greenomy offered ESG reporting software for “compliance with key frameworks, including CSRD, EU Taxonomy, and VSME”, in Position Green’s words.
IBM describes Envizi as a “compliance ready solution for ESG data”.
“Ideagen Carbon Accounting is an AI-powered solution designed to address complex multi-region ESG reporting challenges in carbon accounting”
IntegrityNext describes itself as a “supply chain sustainability intelligence & orchestration platform”.
“Bring safety, environment, and quality workflows into one connected platform”
IsoMetrix sells software to “manage their environmental, health, safety, sustainability, and social risks”.
“Makersite’s Product Lifecycle Intelligence software brings together your cost, environment, compliance, and risk data in one place”
“Manglai is a platform to manage all of your environmental impact”
“Measurabl makes subjective sustainability data objective”
Microsoft Sustainability Manager
“Track and reduce your environmental impact using data and AI”
A carbon management platform that, in Novisto’s words, “simplifies the collection, calculation, and reporting of corporate carbon footprints”.
“Net Zero Now exists to provide a simple, credible and affordable route to Net Zero for SMEs and to celebrate and promote those that achieve this vitally important goal”
“Normative is a carbon accounting platform that helps companies calculate, report, and reduce Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions using 349,000 verified emission factors”
“One home for your ESG data, mapped to every framework and rating”
“Novata is a sustainability data management platform built for private market investors, deal teams, banks, and companies that need a scalable way to collect, manage, and act on sustainability data”
“One digital solution for sustainability planning, data management, reporting, analysis and action - built for enterprise”
“Our platform empowers organizations to accurately measure and manage scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions with direct and actionable information”
Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability
“Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability is a new offering to capture environmental, social, and governance data for any kind of activity that has a sustainability impact”
“osapiens is the AI platform for compliance and supplier intelligence to help companies manage risk and become more resilient”
Persefoni describes software and AI tools to manage an organisation’s “sustainability data, disclosures, and performance”.
“Your certified software for reliable emissions intelligence to measure, report and reduce your carbon footprint”
“We guide businesses in understanding their emissions, empower them to develop carbon reduction plans, and supporting them on their journey to net zero”
Position Green describes “a sustainability reporting and management platform that combines powerful software with expert advisory services”.
“Pulsora is an AI-powered sustainability and carbon management platform that automates data collection, measurement, and reporting workflows for sustainability teams”
“Digitally handle occupational safety, quality, sustainability, and environmental management”
“It leverages the full power of the Salesforce ecosystem by pulling an organization’s sustainability data into one place and creating actionable insights to guide strategic decisions”
“Measure your full carbon footprint, build your net zero strategy and develop in-house expertise with a single partner”
SAP Sustainability Footprint Management
“Decarbonize your value chain and calculate your corporate and product carbon footprint at scale with ERP-centric, AI-enabled carbon management”
“Seedling is an all-in-one carbon accounting and Net Zero planning platform for businesses of up to 2000 FTEs”
ServiceNow Operational Sustainability Management
“ServiceNow Operational Sustainability Management helps organizations manage, visualize, and report on sustainability efforts and risks across environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs”
“SimaPro is life cycle assessment software that helps organizations measure, analyze, and reduce environmental impacts using robust datasets, scientific methods, and transparent modeling”
SINAI describes “audit-grade Scope 1–3 accounting, automated compliance reporting, complete supply chain visibility” and decarbonisation planning for global enterprises.
“Small99 Hero creates a pathway to net zero for you based on your industry, outlining how long your Net Zero journey will take and how much it will cost”
“Sphera unifies risk, safety and sustainability into a single enterprise-wide view — connecting intelligence across operations, products and supply chains”
“Sweep's AI turns sustainability data into measurable business performance”
“Manage sustainability metrics intelligently in medium-sized businesses - through automated processes, AI-powered carbon accounting, and audit-proof ESG reports”
“Terrascope is an enterprise carbon management and decarbonisation platform for companies with complex supply chains”
“Trace combines AI-powered software with expert advisory support to help organisations meet their mandatory climate and sustainability reporting obligations, efficiently and with confidence”
“Unravel Carbon is the climate platform helping companies with global supply chains make data-driven decisions”
“Carbon accounting is often the first step companies take toward climate disclosure, compliance, and action—and with Watershed, it’s part of your complete enterprise sustainability platform”
Workday (supplier sustainability)
“Turn sustainable sourcing into a competitive advantage with Workday supplier sustainability solutions”
“Workiva Carbon is an end-to-end carbon accounting software solution that enables organizations to measure, manage, collaborate on, and report emissions data”
“Worldfavor is a supply chain due diligence platform founded in Stockholm in 2016”
“Carbon management software with experts built in, so you can move from measurement to action without spreadsheets or one-off consulting projects”
Alphabetical, which ranks nothing.
Each description is the vendor’s own words from its own site, read 11 October 2026 and 30 September–1 October 2026; prices appear only where the vendor publishes one.
No product here has been tested by this site.
Many of these platforms have built dedicated modules for UK duties such as SECR and UK SRS, which is a real help to UK reporters; ask each to show the output for your own duties.
68 platforms, own wordsExplore
68 platforms, own words
Two categories
ESG reporting and carbon accounting.
68 platforms, own words
Alphabetical
The order ranks nothing.
68 platforms, own words
Their own words
What each vendor says about itself, read 11 October 2026 and 30 September–1 October 2026.
68 platforms, own words
73 in the registry
The full registry, across all categories.
This site has tested no products
Nothing on this page is a rating, ranking or recommendation of any product.
Do you need software?
When does climate compliance need software? When the duties multiply
DESNZ’s evaluation found about 19,900 organisations in SECR’s scope, with a mean ongoing cost of £7,100 a year and about 94 hours of staff time.
A company with SECR alone and a few sites can often manage with a spreadsheet and the published factors.
Software earns its keep when one dataset must feed SECR, ESOS, UK SRS and customer requests, each on its own period.
The government’s 2026 review recommends keeping SECR with amendments and lists five areas for a planned consultation, none decided.
How to compare quotes is on ESG software pricing, and the buying sequence on how to choose ESG reporting software.
Climate compliance in the UK is five different legal statuses, and software helps most when it never lets them blur.
Frequently asked
Climate compliance software, answered
What is climate compliance software?
Software that helps a company meet its climate duties: measuring energy and emissions, producing the figures each regime asks for, and keeping the evidence.
In the UK those duties include SECR, the climate-related financial disclosure regulations, ESOS, the UK ETS and, from 2027, UK CBAM and UK SRS for listed companies.
Is any software “climate compliant”?
No. Compliance is the company’s duty, discharged in its reports and filings.
Software can make producing the figures quicker and more consistent; the test is whether its outputs match what each regime asks for.
Is UK SRS mandatory?
No. Under FCA PS26/19, listed companies in UKLR 6, 14, 15, 16 and 22 report against UK SRS S1 and S2 on a comply-or-explain basis for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027.
They disclose, or say what is missing, why and what they are doing about it.
Which UK climate rules does a large private company face?
Usually SECR, if it exceeds two of £36m turnover, £18m balance sheet and 250 employees, and possibly the climate-related financial disclosure regulations and ESOS, each with its own test.
UK SRS reaches listed companies through the FCA’s rules.
Is there climate compliance software for London companies?
There is no London-specific corporate climate duty; SECR, the CFD regulations, ESOS and UK SRS apply UK-wide or GB-wide.
Environmental permits differ by nation: the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016 extend to England and Wales only.
Does a Carbon Reduction Plan count as compliance?
Only in the procurement sense.
PPN 006 is a Cabinet Office policy that in-scope contracting authorities apply to major contracts commenced on or after 24 February 2025; it is not a legal duty on every company to hold a plan.
Does UK CBAM need software?
It may for importers of the goods it covers.
UK CBAM starts on 1 January 2027 on specified goods in five sectors: aluminium, cement, fertiliser, hydrogen, and iron and steel.
The CBAM software questions are on the CBAM software page.
Does UK ETS or a Climate Change Agreement count for ESOS?
No. The Environment Agency’s Phase 4 guidance says participation in those schemes does not automatically count as ESOS compliance, though their energy data can be reused.
Do UK companies still need CSRD software?
Only if they are caught.
After Omnibus I, CSRD applies from financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2027 only where an undertaking exceeds both 1,000 employees and €450m net turnover, with further tests for non-EU groups.
Does climate compliance data need assurance?
Not by UK law today.
The FRC issued ISSA (UK) 5000 for voluntary use for periods beginning on or after 15 December 2026, and PS26/19 asks listed companies to state whether their disclosures were assured.
How much does climate compliance cost?
For SECR alone, DESNZ’s evaluation found a mean ongoing cost of £7,100 a year per complier, including about 94 hours of staff time.
There is no official figure for the other duties together.
Has this site tested any climate compliance software?
No. The duties on this page are cited to their instruments, and the vendor list quotes what each vendor says about itself, alphabetically, ranking nothing.
Sources
Primary sources
Every duty on this page traces to the instrument listed here.
Vendor descriptions are cited on each vendor’s profile to the vendor’s own page.
Checked against 19 sources fromlegislation.gov.ukGOV.UK (DESNZ, Defra)Financial Conduct AuthorityDepartment for Business and TradeEnvironment AgencyDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2008/410, Schedule 7
SECR: the energy and carbon lines in the directors’ report.
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2008/410, Schedule 7 paragraph 20B
The large-company test for unquoted companies.
- GOV.UK (DESNZ, Defra)Environmental Reporting Guidelines, including SECR requirements
The government’s SECR guidance.
- legislation.gov.ukCompanies (Strategic Report) (Climate-related Financial Disclosure) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/31)
Inserted the climate-related financial disclosure duty in section 414CB.
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2022/31, Explanatory Memorandum
Extent stated as England, Wales and Scotland, and Northern Ireland by agreement.
- Financial Conduct AuthorityPS26/19 — final rules on UK SRS reporting by listed companies
Comply or explain for UKLR 6, 14, 15, 16 and 22, periods from 1 January 2027.
- Department for Business and TradeUK Sustainability Reporting Standards S1 and S2
The standards, published for voluntary use.
- Department for Business and TradeUK SRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures (PDF)
Location-based Scope 2; Scope 3; transition plans.
- Environment AgencyHow to comply with ESOS phase 4
Qualification date 31 December 2026; compliance date 5 December 2027.
- legislation.gov.ukESOS Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1643)
The scheme itself.
- Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroParticipating in the UK ETS
A verified emissions report by 31 March.
- legislation.gov.ukFinance Act 2026, Part 5 (CBAM)
The UK CBAM charge.
- HM Treasury and HMRCCarbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: policy summary
From 1 January 2027, on goods in five sectors.
- GOV.UK (Cabinet Office)PPN 006: Carbon Reduction Plans in major government contracts
Procurement policy for procurements commenced on or after 24 February 2025.
- EUR-LexDirective (EU) 2026/470 (Omnibus I)
CSRD narrowed to undertakings above 1,000 employees and €450m net turnover.
- Financial Reporting CouncilISSA (UK) 5000 (PDF)
Issued for voluntary use; periods beginning on or after 15 December 2026.
- legislation.gov.ukEnvironmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016, regulation 1
England and Wales only.
- Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroStreamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting regulations: evaluation
19,900 organisations in scope; £7,100 mean ongoing cost.
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2026 post-implementation review of the SECR regulations
Retain with amendments; five areas for a planned consultation, none decided.