Q Insights #021

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Welcome to this edition of Q Insights — our bi-weekly newsletter for sustainability and ESG professionals looking to make smarter solution decisions.

Each edition brings you concise, relevant updates on the tools, trends, and technologies driving the sustainable transition. We filter the noise, highlight what matters, and help you navigate the sustainability solution landscape with clarity and confidence.

In this edition, we’ll cover: 

• Q Intelligence: Implementing technology solutions is now the top sustainability action taken by companies globally 📊

• Q Interview: Turning supply chain data into strategic leverage (An interview with Alessandro Nora, Co-founder & CEO of Metrikflow) 💬

• Q Signals: Diginex signed a strategic reseller agreement with Resulticks, Datamaran launched a regulatory monitoring solution, Polecat launched a new risk profiling tool, and other news 🗞️

• KanataQ Corner: Newly Listed Providers on KanataQ ✅

• and other insights 💡

Q INTELLIGENCE

According to Deloitte’s C-suite Sustainability Report (released in late 2025), when executives were asked which actions their company has already undertaken as part of their sustainability efforts, 46% selected implementing technology solutions to help achieve sustainability goals, making it the most cited response globally.

This places technology slightly ahead of: using more sustainable materials (45%), decreasing operational emissions through efficiency (45%), developing new sustainable products or services (44%), and tracking and analysing environmental metrics (44%).

Technology is no longer a supporting layer. It is becoming foundational to how companies execute sustainability strategies.

This reinforces a broader shift we continue to observe across the sustainability solutions market: digital capability is increasingly the starting point for measurable action.

Q INTERVIEW

This week’s guest:

Alessandro Nora

Co-founder & CEO of Metrikflow

Can you tell us what Metrikflow does and how it helps companies?

Metrikflow is the all-in-one ESG and compliance platform powered by AI.

We are on a mission to empower companies to comply with growing ESG and compliance needs at a fraction of the cost while building operational excellence.

Our operating system and data intelligence layer allow for carbon footprint calculations, product-level LCA analysis, sustainability and compliance reporting, supply chain management, and decarbonisation.

Instead of treating ESG as a reporting burden, we help companies turn it into an operational advantage. By centralising data and automating processes, Metrikflow enables businesses to build future-proof supply chains, reduce environmental impact, and drive cost efficiencies.

In short, we transform sustainability from a box-ticking reactive exercise into a strategic lever for performance, resilience, and smarter decision-making.

When onboarding a new client, what does the first 90 days look like, and where do you focus to create early, measurable impact?

The first 90 days are about building accountability, alignment, and a strong data foundation.

We start by identifying key cross-functional stakeholders. Sustainability projects are cross-department, they touch production, procurement, logistics, finance, and leadership. Without internal alignment, execution fails.

Next, we assess data availability and operational processes to establish a reliable baseline. You can’t improve what you don’t measure.

From there, we activate quick wins: automating compliance workflows, identifying emission hotspots, and highlighting cost-saving opportunities. Early insights build momentum.

Our goal in the first 90 days is simple: show that sustainability doesn’t have to be complex. It starts with measurement, ownership, and turning data into action.

Supplier engagement is often the hardest part of traceability. How do you facilitate collaboration across supply chains? And what distinguishes companies that turn supplier data into strategic leverage from those that treat it as a compliance exercise?

Supply chains are complex ecosystems in general. Within a company, suppliers’ management intersect with procurement, legal, risk management, and operational reliability. That’s why we don’t treat supplier engagement as a one-way compliance request, but as a collaborative, value-driven process.

Metrikflow simplifies and standardises data collection through dedicated suppliers’ access to the platform while making expectations clear and structured for suppliers. At the same time, we enable cross-department collaboration when procurement, compliance, or legal teams require additional validation.

Companies that win use supplier data to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and create a single source of truth across departments. Those that treat it as a reporting obligation miss the strategic opportunity embedded in their supply chain.

The sustainability software space is becoming increasingly crowded, and we have also started seeing some consolidation happening. What are you doing to differentiate yourself from the competition?

We see sustainability as a management system, a strategic framework that helps companies identify strengths, weaknesses, risks, and opportunities. Software then becomes the intelligence layer that activates that strategy.

What differentiates Metrikflow is that we don’t operate as a standalone ESG tool. We integrate sustainability directly into procurement, quality, compliance, and production workflows, creating a unified data infrastructure rather than another disconnected platform. This allows companies to replace multiple tools, reduce data silos, and avoid overloading sustainability teams with manual work.

A key differentiator is our advanced integration architecture. Metrikflow connects seamlessly with ERP systems, supplier databases, IoT infrastructure, and existing management systems (ISO, compliance, risk). This dramatically reduces implementation time and eliminates the heavy, consultancy-driven onboarding that many legacy ESG platforms require.

Because data flows automatically from existing systems, companies don’t need to restructure their organization to adopt Metrikflow,  the software adapts to them. Automation and AI handle data collection, validation, and analysis, making the solution accessible not only to large enterprises but also to small and mid-sized industrial companies that typically lack large sustainability teams or have an hybrid figure.

In short, while many platforms focus on reporting outputs, Metrikflow focuses on operational integration. That’s what makes us easier and cheaper to implement, more scalable, and ultimately more valuable in the long term.

Q SIGNALS

Latest developments, insights, and trends

📊 New tools, features, acquisitions, and funding rounds from solution providers

Diginex (KanataQ listed) signed a strategic reseller agreement with Resulticks, targeting $40 million in cumulative revenue over four years, with Resulticks reselling Diginex’s ESG and sustainability platforms across its enterprise client base in the US, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and India. The partnership integrates Diginex’s ESG RegTech tools with Resulticks’ AI-driven customer engagement platform, aiming to convert sustainability data into real-time, revenue-generating insights. (link)

Datamaran (KanataQ listed) launched a standalone Regulatory Monitoring solution to help sustainability, legal, and compliance teams track fast-evolving ESG rules globally. The platform combines AI-driven analysis with expert-curated regulatory intelligence, offering a centralized view of developments across jurisdictions. It provides early warning signals, applicability assessments, and structured workflows, enabling organizations to shift from reactive compliance toward more proactive governance and regulatory risk management. (link)

Polecat (KanataQ listed) launched the External Risk Profile, strengthening its risk intelligence services with a quantified deliverable that maps live external data directly to enterprise risk registers. The service scores severity, velocity, relative exposure, and modelled likelihood, with peer benchmarking and predictive modelling. Outputs include triage recommendations, KRIs and full audit trails, enabling boards to pressure-test risk registers against real-world developments. (link)

Credibl (KanataQ listed) partnered with SD Worx to deploy its AI-native Smart Sustainability Stack, strengthening the company’s CSRD and ESRS readiness. The platform centralizes carbon, ESG and supplier data into a governed system that supports Scope 1, 2 and 3 accounting, audit-ready disclosures and AI-driven validation. It also expands oversight of Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, improving Scope 3 calculations and value chain due diligence. (link)

ERM and Jupiter Intelligence formed a partnership to help firms quantify extreme weather risk and integrate decision-grade climate analytics into capital planning, governance and investment decisions as physical climate threats intensify. Targeting finance, manufacturing and infrastructure sectors, the collaboration combines Jupiter’s asset-level climate projections with ERM’s advisory expertise to translate risk data into resilience strategies. Early applications include portfolio hazard analysis for investors and operational planning for manufacturers, reflecting growing pressure to embed climate risk into credit, valuation and insurance frameworks. (link)

Morningstar Sustainalytics launched an updated Climate Transition Toolkit to help investors integrate climate data into investment decisions. The toolkit consolidates transition-relevant metrics, including Implied Temperature Rise, Value-at-Risk, and TCFD disclosure scores, into a single framework to address fragmented climate data. It supports portfolio construction, engagement, and risk assessment using forward-looking transition indicators. The launch comes as climate-mandated funds reached a record $644bn in H1 2025, with nearly half in transition strategies, underscoring sustained investor demand. (link)

Deepki acquired energy management firm Sobre Energie to expand its capabilities in improving real estate energy performance. Founded in 2016, Paris-based Sobre Energie provides analytics, software, and energy-efficiency services for commercial and public portfolios. The deal adds physical building audits and operational expertise to Deepki’s platform. (link)

Mondra and inoqo merged to create a unified global platform focused on accelerating decarbonisation across the food retail sector. The deal combines inoqo’s European impact database and market expertise with Mondra’s Scope 3 technology, forming a single AI-powered platform for product-level impact assessment, supplier engagement, and climate risk management. (link)

TrusTrace and a group of retailers launched a standardized due diligence questionnaire to streamline human rights and environmental compliance in apparel and footwear supply chains. The free, AI-assisted tool enables brands to complete and share assessments across multiple retailers, reducing duplicative reporting burdens and fragmentation. The initiative aims to create an industry-wide baseline for ethical sourcing and simplify compliance for SMEs. (link)

KANATAQ CORNER

What’s new on KanataQ?

📈 KanataQ Growing Family

Here is the list of providers that joined KanataQ since our last edition: All Aligned (Strategic Advisory Services) and 360 Agency (Sustainability Communication).

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