30.5.2025
7.9.2025
Choosing the Right Sustainability Software: A Buyer’s Guide for Medium and Large Businesses
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Understanding Sustainability Software
A 2025 Economist Impact survey of 150 CSO leaders revealed that nearly 90% anticipate increased or sustained investor scrutiny on sustainability performance in the next year. Additionally, the same percentage of CSOs expect the priority of sustainability within their organizations to remain high or grow over the next five years. This highlights a clear trend: sustainability is rising on corporate agendas, both internally and externally, and will remain a central focus in the years ahead.
Stay Ahead with the Right Sustainability Software
Given sustainability software’s ability to help organisations build repeatable reporting processes, improve and centralise their sustainability data, and improve internal and external communication around sustainability, it’s unsurprising that the largest number of voters (41%) said that ESG data and reporting software was going to be their biggest expenditure in relation to sustainability projects.
How to Choose the Best Sustainability Software for Your Business
Sustainability software helps to simplify the process of collating data from across the business, turning complex ESG challenges into measurable, manageable, and strategic opportunities.In a rapidly evolving software market, it can be a challenge to select the right provider for your business. This whitepaper outlines the key aspects to consider during the procurement process. Please contact us or book a demo to find out more about how KEY ESG can support your business’ sustainability goals.
Contents
Our team of sustainability experts have identified 13 key areas to consider over the course of the buying process:
1. Provider’s track record & expertise
2. Software architecture & security
3. System setup & user access management
4. Compliance with CSRD & other global ESG frameworks
5. Data collection
6. Supply chain management
7. Carbon accounting strength
8. Analytics
9. Reporting
10. Targets & improvement tracking
11. Audits & transparency
12. Support & user-friendliness
13. Customisation & product development
A glossary of the major global sustainability frameworks is also provided.
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Understanding Sustainability Software
A 2025 Economist Impact survey of 150 CSO leaders revealed that nearly 90% anticipate increased or sustained investor scrutiny on sustainability performance in the next year. Additionally, the same percentage of CSOs expect the priority of sustainability within their organizations to remain high or grow over the next five years. This highlights a clear trend: sustainability is rising on corporate agendas, both internally and externally, and will remain a central focus in the years ahead.
Stay Ahead with the Right Sustainability Software
Given sustainability software’s ability to help organisations build repeatable reporting processes, improve and centralise their sustainability data, and improve internal and external communication around sustainability, it’s unsurprising that the largest number of voters (41%) said that ESG data and reporting software was going to be their biggest expenditure in relation to sustainability projects.
How to Choose the Best Sustainability Software for Your Business
Sustainability software helps to simplify the process of collating data from across the business, turning complex ESG challenges into measurable, manageable, and strategic opportunities.In a rapidly evolving software market, it can be a challenge to select the right provider for your business. This whitepaper outlines the key aspects to consider during the procurement process. Please contact us or book a demo to find out more about how KEY ESG can support your business’ sustainability goals.
Contents
Our team of sustainability experts have identified 13 key areas to consider over the course of the buying process:
1. Provider’s track record & expertise
2. Software architecture & security
3. System setup & user access management
4. Compliance with CSRD & other global ESG frameworks
5. Data collection
6. Supply chain management
7. Carbon accounting strength
8. Analytics
9. Reporting
10. Targets & improvement tracking
11. Audits & transparency
12. Support & user-friendliness
13. Customisation & product development
A glossary of the major global sustainability frameworks is also provided.
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