Panorama of environmental data management tools

Panorama of data management tools for natural resources and materials value creation

(Updated version on October 2025)

Context and targets

In response to growing regulatory requirements and the proliferation of tools to assess environmental impacts and risks this panorama provides an overview of the ecosystem to help organizations navigate through the range of tools available.

Today, companies face crucial challenges in assessing and managing their environmental impacts and risks. They must respond to growing regulatory pressures, such as the CSRD, the Green Taxonomy, Pillar 3 ESG and Solvency 2 (for the banking and insurance sectors), as well as to the increasingly demanding expectations of investors and other stakeholders. These pressures can have major consequences on their activities: transforming the business model to respect planetary limits or improving traceability and control of the supply chain are just some of the challenges that all economic players must now face.

Perimeter

In response to these challenges, numerous tools are emerging to help companies manage their sustainable performance and draw up transition plans. We can distinguish general ESG reporting tools that aim to address all topics  as well as specialized carbon reporting tools, which are well represented in the market.

This panorama, however, focuses exclusively on natural resources and materials recovery, which constitute a relatively less mature field of ESG analysis on the market. Many solutions are being developed to help companies gain better control of their environmental data, whether this relates to their own activities or to their value chain. These solutions adopt different positioning, methodologies, levels of accuracy and data coverage, as well as functionalities.

In front of this proliferation, the aim of this panorama is to decipher the environmental data market by offering a structured analysis of the various solutions available. It covers B2B tools for assessing risks and/or impacts in the fields of climate change (physical risks only, excluding carbon), biodiversity, water resources and the circular economy.

Key findings

The figures presented are specific to the study conducted and to the 117 tools listed in this panorama. They do not, therefore, reflect the entire market landscape.

• 57% of the tools deal with more than one of the 4 ESRS studied (ESR1 Climate change – focus on physical risks; ESR3 Aquatic and marine resources; ESR4 Biodiversity and ecosystems; ESR5 Resource use and circular economy).
• The largest proportion (48%) of tools focus on the company’s impact on natural resources, while over one quarter (27%) address the combined analysis of impacts and risks associated with natural resources, and under one quarter focus solely on risks. Only 4% deal with environmental traceability.
• 36% of the 117 tools studied are suitable for all sectors of business, however some specialized tools exist for the banking/insurance sector (12%) or for industry and production (7%).