A material error
Reliable information was available and missed or misused: restate the comparatives unless impracticable.
UK SRS S1 ¶¶83–84.Software · sustainability analytics, cited
Sustainability analytics software: metrics you can publish
Sustainability analytics software turns collected data into metrics, trends and progress against targets.
For a UK reporter the bar is not a good dashboard but a metric that survives publication: defined, its estimates explained and its trend free of factor artefacts. This page sets out that bar, then lists 68 vendors in their own words; this site has tested none and ranks none.
What it does
What does sustainability analytics software do?
It turns data into numbers that mean something, and explains them.
UK SRS S1 ¶46 asks for the metrics a UK SRS requires and the metrics the entity itself uses to monitor each sustainability-related risk and opportunity, under the standard.
That second group is where analytics software lives, and where the standard asks the most questions.
The data underneath is covered on sustainability data management software and ESG data collection software.
- 1
Define
Each metric’s definition, unit, boundary and method, written down.
- 2
Calculate
Totals, intensities and progress, with the inputs kept.
- 3
Qualify
The share that is measured, reported by others, modelled or proxied.
- 4
Compare
Like-for-like with last year, with method and factor changes shown apart.
- 5
Explain
The trend in words someone can sign.
Defining a metric
What must a company say about a metric it designed?
Four things, under ¶50 of UK SRS S1: its definition, whether it is absolute, relative or qualitative, whether a third party validated it, and the method with its inputs, limitations and assumptions.
The standard names a red, amber, green status as a qualitative measure, so even a traffic-light dashboard is a metric with a definition to disclose.
A metric taken from another source, such as the SASB Standards, must name that source under ¶49.
An analytics tool should hold that definition beside the metric, so the disclosure and the chart can never describe different things.
Read the seven items for each target
¶51 asks, for each target: the metric, the target, the period, the base period, milestones and interim targets, performance with an analysis of trends, and any revisions.
Listed companies in UKLR 6, 14, 15, 16 and 22 report against UK SRS on a comply-or-explain basis for periods beginning on or after 1 January 2027, under PS26/19; for everyone else these paragraphs are a useful specification rather than a duty.
An entity-developed metricExplore
An entity-developed metric
Definition
How it is defined, and how it differs from any source metric it adapts.
An entity-developed metric
Type
Absolute, relative to another metric, or qualitative — a RAG status counts.
Estimates
How much of this metric is estimated, and does that matter?
It matters only if it is hidden.
UK SRS S1 ¶78 asks the entity to identify amounts subject to a high level of measurement uncertainty, and to explain the sources — including the availability and quality of value-chain data — and the assumptions, in the standard.
¶79 adds that reasonable estimates are an essential part of preparation and do not undermine usefulness if accurately described.
The standard sets no threshold for “high”, so the tool beside this computes the estimated share of one metric and tests it against a line you choose.
That line is a judgement, and ¶74 asks for the most significant judgements to be explained.
How much of this metric is estimated?
| Measured (meters, invoices, fuel records) | 52% |
|---|---|
| Reported by suppliers or customers | 15% |
| Modelled or spend-based estimates | 28% |
| Proxies and extrapolations for missing data | 5% |
33% of this metric is modelled or proxied. On your own line, identify it as subject to high measurement uncertainty and explain the sources and assumptions.
UK SRS S1 sets no threshold: the line is the entity’s judgement. Source: UK SRS S1 ¶¶77–81.
Arithmetic on your own inputs. Nothing is stored or sent.
Trends
Is this trend real, or did the factor move?
In 2026, many carbon trends fell because the factor did.
The UK consumed electricity factor fell from 0.19553 kgCO2e/kWh in the 2025 DESNZ set to 0.14396 in the 2026 set, according to Table 9 of the methodology papers.
DESNZ says most of that is grid decarbonisation, with 6 to 7 percentage points from shortening the data lag, in the major changes report.
The calculator beside this shows the same electricity on both sets; an analytics tool should show that split on every emissions trend it draws.
UK SRS S2 asks for changes in measurement approach and the reasons, so the split belongs in the disclosure as well as the chart.
Same kWh, two factor sets
2025 factor set · 0.17700 kgCO2e/kWh17.7 tCO2e
2026 factor set · 0.13096 kgCO2e/kWh13.1 tCO2e
A company that changed nothing sees 26.0% less on this line because the factor moved.
DESNZ attributes most of the fall to grid decarbonisation and 6 to 7 percentage points to methodology.
Factors: DESNZ 2026 methodology paper, Table 9 · 2026 major changes report.
Generated electricity is Scope 2; transmission and distribution losses are Scope 3.
With losses selected, the illustration uses the printed consumed total in DESNZ Table 9, spanning both scopes. It is not your SECR figure; nothing is stored or sent.
Errors and recalculation
What happens when last year’s number was wrong?
It depends on whether it was an error or an estimate that improved.
UK SRS S1 ¶83 asks for material prior-period errors to be corrected by restating the comparatives unless impracticable, and ¶85 distinguishes errors from changes in estimates, in the standard.
For greenhouse gases, the GHG Protocol’s 2019 guidance lists recalculation triggers and leaves the significance threshold to the company.
SECR asks for last year’s figure “as disclosed” under ¶20H of Schedule 7 for unquoted companies, so a tool must keep the disclosed figure and show a restatement beside it, never in its place.
Last year
looks wrong
looks wrong
A changed estimate
New information refines an approximation: not an error, and disclosed as a change.
UK SRS S1 ¶85.Which metrics
Which sustainability metrics should a company track?
Key impact categories
SixGHG, water, waste, materials, biodiversity, emissionsKPIs recommended
At least 3Environmental Reporting GuidelinesSECR ratio
At least 1Emissions, against a factor you chooseUK SRS metrics
Required + your ownUK SRS S1 ¶46The ones that are material to the company, which is a judgement reassessed at each reporting date under ¶B28 of UK SRS S1.
The government’s Environmental Reporting Guidelines group key environmental impacts into six categories and recommend reporting at least three KPIs, as voluntary guidance.
SECR asks for at least one intensity ratio expressing annual emissions against a quantifiable factor the company chooses, under ¶17 and ¶20G of Schedule 7.
Industry metrics can come from the SASB Standards, which UK SRS lets an entity refer to and consider.
Where metrics come fromExplore
Where metrics come from
Required by a UK SRS
The metrics a standard sets, such as UK SRS S2’s climate metrics.
Where metrics come from
Your own
Metrics the entity uses to monitor its risks, opportunities and targets.
The vendors
Which vendors offer sustainability analytics software?
68 vendors 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.
Each vendor’s own words are linked from its profile; ask each to show the definition, method and estimate share behind one metric you will publish.
An order of work
Where should an analytics team start?
- 01 / Materiality01
Decide what matters
The risks and opportunities that could affect prospects, reassessed each year. - 02 / Definitions02
- 03 / Basis03
- 04 / Comparability04
Separate method from performance
Factor and boundary changes shown apart from real change. - 05 / Explain05
Four ways a trend misleadsExplore
Four ways a trend misleads
Factor change
A new factor set moves emissions with no change in use.
Four ways a trend misleads
Boundary change
An acquisition or disposal moves the total.
Four ways a trend misleads
Blank read as zero
A missing value counted as nothing.
This site has tested no products
Nothing on this page is a rating, ranking or recommendation of any product.
In short
What should a board take from this?
A metric is publishable when its definition, its estimates and its method changes are written beside it.
| What is true | What it means for a tool |
|---|---|
| UK SRS S1 asks for the definition and method of any metric the company designed. | Definitions held beside the numbers. |
| Estimates are acceptable if explained, and no threshold is set. | The estimated share measured, and the line chosen and recorded. |
| The 2026 electricity factor fell by about 26%. | Every emissions trend split into factor and performance. |
| Material errors are restated; changed estimates are not errors. | Originals kept; restatements shown beside them. |
| The government recommends at least three environmental KPIs. | Metrics chosen by materiality, not by what a dashboard offers. |
Next, see who owns and approves each metric on ESG management software.
Frequently asked
Sustainability analytics software, answered
What is sustainability analytics software?
Software that turns collected sustainability data into metrics, trends, intensity ratios and progress against targets, and explains them.
For a reporting company the useful test is whether each published metric has a definition, a method, a record of its estimates and a like-for-like comparison with last year.
Is sustainability analytics the same as ESG analytics for investors?
No. Investor ESG analytics scores and screens other companies; sustainability analytics helps a company understand and report its own performance.
The investor side is covered on ESG risk software.
What does UK SRS ask about metrics?
UK SRS S1 ¶46 asks for the metrics a UK SRS requires and the metrics the entity itself uses to measure and monitor each sustainability-related risk and opportunity.
If the entity developed a metric, ¶50 asks for its definition, whether it is absolute, relative or qualitative such as a RAG status, whether a third party validated it, and the method, inputs, limitations and assumptions.
What must be disclosed about targets?
For each target, UK SRS S1 ¶51 asks for the metric, the target, the period, the base period, milestones and interim targets, performance against the target with an analysis of trends, and any revisions.
Are estimated figures allowed?
Yes.
UK SRS S1 ¶79 says reasonable estimates are an essential part of preparation and do not undermine usefulness if accurately described and explained. ¶78 asks the entity to identify amounts with a high level of measurement uncertainty and explain the sources and assumptions.
How much estimation counts as high measurement uncertainty?
UK SRS sets no threshold.
Materiality has no thresholds either (¶B19), so the line is the entity’s own judgement, which ¶74 asks it to explain where significant.
The tool on this page applies a line you choose.
Why did our emissions trend fall in 2026?
Possibly the factor, not the company.
The UK consumed electricity factor fell from 0.19553 to 0.14396 kgCO2e/kWh between the 2025 and 2026 DESNZ sets, mostly grid decarbonisation with 6 to 7 percentage points from a method change.
An analytics tool should show that effect separately.
What happens when we find an error in last year’s figures?
Under UK SRS S1 ¶83, material prior-period errors are corrected by restating the comparatives unless impracticable.
A change in an estimate is different, and ¶85 keeps the two apart.
The GHG Protocol sets recalculation triggers, and leaves the significance threshold to the company.
How many environmental KPIs should we track?
The government’s Environmental Reporting Guidelines recommend at least three KPIs for key environmental impacts, which it groups into six categories: greenhouse gases, water, waste, materials and resource efficiency, biodiversity, and emissions to air, land and water. This is voluntary guidance.
Does SECR need analytics?
SECR needs at least one intensity ratio — annual emissions against a quantifiable factor the company chooses — and last year’s figures beside this year’s.
A spreadsheet can do that; analytics earns its keep when there are many entities, metrics and years to compare.
Which sustainability analytics software is best?
This site has tested no products and names no best.
The vendors below are listed alphabetically in their own words.
Choose by whether a product can show the definition, method and estimate share behind one metric you publish.
Has this site tested any sustainability analytics software?
No. This page is built from UK SRS S1, SECR, the DESNZ factors, the GHG Protocol and the Environmental Reporting Guidelines, each cited to its source.
Sources
Primary sources
Every rule on this page traces to the provision listed here.
Vendor descriptions are cited on each vendor’s profile to the vendor’s own page.
Checked against 17 sources fromDepartment for Business and TradeFinancial Conduct Authoritylegislation.gov.ukGOV.UK (DESNZ, Defra)Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGHG Protocol (WRI, WBCSD)
- Department for Business and TradeUK SRS S1 General Requirements, ¶¶45–51
Metrics, entity-developed metrics and the seven items for each target.
- Department for Business and TradeUK SRS S1, ¶¶74–75
Significant judgements.
- Department for Business and TradeUK SRS S1, ¶¶77–81
Measurement uncertainty: identify, explain, and estimates are acceptable.
- Department for Business and TradeUK SRS S1, ¶¶83–85
Errors restated; changes in estimates distinguished.
- Department for Business and TradeUK SRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures
Climate metrics and changes in measurement approach.
- Financial Conduct AuthorityPS26/19
Comply or explain for UKLR 6, 14, 15, 16 and 22, periods from 1 January 2027.
- legislation.gov.ukSI 2008/410, Schedule 7
SECR: at least one emissions intensity ratio; comparatives.
- GOV.UK (DESNZ, Defra)Environmental Reporting Guidelines (PDF, March 2019)
Six categories of key environmental impact; at least three KPIs recommended.
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2026 GHG conversion factors methodology paper
The activity-year rule and Table 9.
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero2026 GHG conversion factors: major changes report
The electricity data lag cut from two years to one.
- Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas reporting: conversion factors 2026
Blanks shown as 0 in the June flat file, restored in July 2026.
- GHG Protocol (WRI, WBCSD)Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard
Consistency, transparency and completeness.
- GHG ProtocolScope 1 & 2 GHG Inventory Guidance (2019)
Recalculation triggers; the company sets its own significance threshold.
- GHG ProtocolTechnical assistance: when to recalculate base-year emissions
No set significance threshold.
- IFRS FoundationIFRS S1 General Requirements
The global baseline UK SRS S1 is built on.
- Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroSECR regulations: evaluation
What compliers report about SECR.
- IFRS FoundationSASB Standards
Industry metrics an entity may refer to.