Q Insights #033

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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 Announcement: New Partnership with Higher Impact 🤝🏻

• Q Signals:
 - Novisto launched Novisto Materiality
 - Updapt launched a new Climate Risk Management module
 - Deepki announced three acquisitions
 - Context Labs acquired Trafigura’s carbon intelligence platform Kinertic
 - Upright webinar on how to quantify climate risks

• KanataQ Corner: Buyer Activity on KanataQ continues to grow + Newly Listed Providers on the platform 📈

• and other insights 💡

Q ANNOUNCEMENT

New Partnership with Higher Impact

KanataQ is partnering with Higher Impact to help buyers choose the right sustainability solution with even more confidence. 🎉

Through the new Solution Navigator, you can now access expert support when moving from search to shortlist—especially useful for time-constrained teams navigating a crowded market.

A short expert call with Evan Vahouny can help clarify:
• what type of solution you need
• which criteria should shape your shortlist
• whether software, data, advisory, or a hybrid approach makes the most sense
• what to validate before vendor demos

For teams that need more support, Higher Impact will develop a focused Solution Shortlist and initial provider comparison.

KanataQ helps you map the market. Higher Impact helps you narrow it to the right fit.

Learn more here.

Q SIGNALS

Latest developments, insights, and trends

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

Novisto (KanataQ listed) launched Novisto Materiality, a new solution designed to help companies conduct data-driven double materiality assessments for CSRD compliance and broader sustainability reporting. The tool combines analysis, stakeholder engagement, and science-based methodologies to help organizations identify, evaluate, and document their most significant sustainability-related impacts, risks, and opportunities. (link)

Updapt (KanataQ listed) launched a new Climate Risk Management module to help companies identify, assess and prioritize physical and transition climate risks across their assets and locations. The solution supports compliance with frameworks including TCFD, CSRD and BRSR by connecting climate risk assessments with broader ESG reporting and helping organizations identify high-risk assets and prioritize resilience actions. (link)

Deepki announced three acquisitions, acquiring sustainability consultancy Evora Global and energy data platform Metry, alongside electrification startup Camion. The deals add capabilities spanning climate risk, sustainable finance, automated data collection, energy procurement and agentic AI for electrification planning, enabling real estate owners and investors to optimize energy investments, improve portfolio performance, and accelerate the transition to more resilient, low-carbon buildings. (link)

Context Labs acquired Trafigura’s carbon intelligence platform Kinertic, strengthening its carbon management offering for commodity markets. The acquisition integrates carbon data with trading, logistics and pricing information to help companies meet growing regulatory requirements such as the EU’s CBAM and Methane Regulation. (link)

🎥 Webinar Spotlight

Upcoming webinar from Upright (KanataQ listed):

[Live session] Climate risks are materialising. How to quantify them in financial terms?

Join Upright on 3 September (15:00 to 16:00 CEST) to learn how physical and transition climate risks can be translated into defensible financial estimates using leading climate models aligned with TCFD, ESRS, ISSB, and California Climate Law. The session includes a live platform demo, real-time climate risk assessments for selected companies or sites, and a free trial of Upright’s AI-powered climate risk engine for all attendees.

👉 Register here

KANATAQ CORNER

What’s new on KanataQ?

📈 Buyer activity on KanataQ continues to grow.

The platform has now reached 207,000+ page visits and generated 7,500+ leads for sustainability solution providers.

That activity reflects what KanataQ was built to do: make an increasingly crowded sustainability solutions market easier to navigate, and help buyers move from discovery to connection.

As more providers enter the market, visibility alone is not enough. Buyers need clearer ways to search, compare, and identify solutions that fit their needs.

That’s the role KanataQ is continuing to build around.

👉 Explore the marketplace at kanataq.com

📈 KanataQ Growing Family

Providers that joined KanataQ since our last edition: Ananta Consultants (Strategic Advisory Services), Drova RunGood (Reporting & Disclosure), SquareBySquare (Biodiversity & Natural Capital).

Come join us

Are you a sustainability solution provider? Join KanataQ, the platform where sustainability solution providers connect with high-intent buyers. Generate quality leads, gain market insights, and maximize ROI with our commission-free model. List with us today or contact us at [email protected] for inquiries.

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