Sweep ESG Platform: Building the System of Record for Carbon Data
Sweep now manages over one billion tonnes of CO2 data across its customer base. That figure, roughly 3% of global...
Alex Lucarelli
Alex Lucarelli covers ESG technology startups, funding rounds, and product launches for The ESG Tech Report, writing about the early-stage companies building the next generation of tools for carbon management, supply chain screening, and sustainability reporting.
Companion energy Raises $9 Million in Seed Funding for Energy Optimization Software
Companion.energy has raised €7.8 million ($9 million) in an oversubscribed seed funding round, betting that Europe's largest industrial power consumers...
Carbonfact Acquires Vaayu to Boost Fashion Sustainability Tools
Paris-based environmental data company Carbonfact has acquired Berlin startup Vaayu Tech GmbH in a deal that unites the two most...
Electra Targets $1 Trillion Steel Market With Clean Iron Technology
Inside a nondescript facility in Boulder, Colorado, sheets of 99% pure iron are being electroplated at 140 degrees Fahrenheit. That...
EcoVadis and Workiva Expand Carbon Data Network
90% of global businesses still lack targets to reduce their supply chain emissions. Of the companies that do report Scope...
Kompas VC Secures €160M to Back the Next Wave of Industrial and Green Tech Founders
Kompas VC has closed its second fund at €160 million. The Copenhagen-based venture firm, which backs early-stage companies building technology...
Climate Bonds: The $6.8 Trillion Bet on the Energy Transition
In late 2007, a handful of Swedish pension funds wanted to put their money to work on climate change but...
SourceMap Bets on $1T Risk Exposure in Opaque Global Supply Chains
By some industry estimates, more than $1 trillion in global supply chain risk sits unmanaged inside the world's largest companies....
Pulsora: Inside the $20M-Backed Platform Reshaping Enterprise Sustainability
Pulsora co-founder Murat Sönmez spent more than six years on the Managing Board of the World Economic Forum, watching the...
EU Packaging Regulation Explained: Europe Moves to Cut Waste by 2030
Every person in Europe throws away roughly half a kilogram of packaging each day. In 2023, the bloc generated 79.7...
