This report provides a detailed, fact-based comparison of the 19 most prominent enterprise carbon management software vendors in the market. Based on the proprietary Verdantix Green Quadrant methodology, our analysis incorporated two-hour live briefings, desktop research and vendor responses to a 70-point questionnaire covering 12 capability and six market momentum categories. The enterprise carbon management software market is experiencing significant growth and transformation, driven by firms’ voluntary and regulatory commitments towards carbon emissions reporting and decarbonization.
The landscape of carbon management software vendors is adapting to suit, influenced by regulatory pressures, stakeholder expectations, industry-specific needs and technological advancements. This presents both challenges and opportunities for vendors and buyers in their pursuit of effective carbon management and decarbonization. Among the software vendors featured in this Green Quadrant, 11 firms – Benchmark Gensuite, Cority, IBM/Envizi, Persefoni, Salesforce, Schneider Electric, Sphera, Sweep, UL Solutions, Watershed and Wolters Kluwer Enablon – demonstrated the most advanced all-round carbon management software capabilities.