ESG analytics

Datamaran

39Laggard

London, UKFounded 20140 followers

www.datamaran.com

AI-driven ESG analytics platform that continuously monitors regulatory and reputational risks across 4,000+ global ESG regulations, serving nearly 200 enterprise clients including Dell and Cisco.

Green Score

39/100
Laggard
Greenwashing risk
medium
Data confidence
medium
Method
how it is calculated
Climate Impact & Solution35%30

Does the core business genuinely avoid or reduce emissions, or build climate resilience? Share of revenue that is actually 'green'. Fossil-dependent models score low.

Datamaran's core product is a risk-monitoring SaaS tool — it generates no direct emissions reductions and carries no measurable avoided-emissions metric; its climate impact is wholly contingent on client action downstream, and no quantified outcome data (e.g. tonnes CO2 avoided by clients using the platform) has been published.

Decarbonization & Targets20%22

Credible, science-based targets (SBTi), a real net-zero plan with progress to date, and CDP disclosure — not just a dated press release.

No evidence of SBTi commitment or validated targets, no CDP disclosure score found in public searches, and no public net-zero plan with quantified milestones or third-party verified GHG inventory was located for Datamaran itself — a notable irony for a company that sells ESG governance tools to others.

ESG & Operations15%48

Operational footprint, labour and social practices, and governance quality across the company's own operations and supply chain.

As a software company Datamaran has a modest physical footprint (no manufacturing, no heavy assets); the CEO is a recognised thought leader with GRI roots lending credibility to governance, and investors include Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital and Fortive — but no independently verified GHG inventory, employee diversity data, or supply-chain labour disclosures were found publicly.

Transparency & Verification15%35

Quality of disclosure, independent third-party verification, and how much hard data backs the company's claims.

Datamaran publishes extensive marketing content and client case studies referencing its platform's data-driven methodology, and has been recognised by EFRAG as best practice, but no standalone sustainability or annual report, no third-party assured GHG data, and no CDP filing are publicly accessible for the company itself — disclosure about its own operations is thin relative to the rigour it preaches to clients.

Integrity15%78

Controversies, litigation, pollution, fossil-fuel lobbying, conflict-zone involvement and governance scandals. Higher means cleaner.

No material controversies, litigation, pollution incidents, greenwashing accusations, fossil-fuel lobbying connections, or governance scandals were identified in public records; the company's only notable controversy-adjacent observation is the irony gap between its external ESG guidance and its own limited self-disclosure.

Why it's on ClimateTicker

Datamaran is a pure-play ESG analytics 'enabler': its AI platform helps large enterprises identify and monitor material ESG risks and regulatory obligations, which indirectly supports better corporate climate governance — but Datamaran itself does not cut emissions, build resilience infrastructure, or deploy low-carbon solutions. Its climate relevance is second-order; the platform's value depends entirely on how its clients choose to act on the insights delivered.

enablerDatamaran sells SaaS subscriptions to enterprises (nearly 200 clients including Dell, Cisco, JPMorgan, and PepsiCo) for AI-driven ESG risk monitoring, double-materiality assessments, and regulatory compliance intelligence covering 4,000+ global ESG regulations; it has more than doubled subscription ARR since its 2022 Series B and closed a $33M Series C from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital in September 2024.

Controversy & Greenwashing Watch

lowIrony gap: advises on ESG disclosure but publishes little of its own

Datamaran markets itself as the leader in ESG governance and anti-greenwashing tools, yet no public GHG inventory, SBTi commitment, CDP filing, or verified sustainability report for the company itself could be found — a credibility gap that investors should flag.blog.datamaran.com

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