Bend

Bend helps companies reduce costs, free up time and automate tedious work while also helping them reduce their carbon footprint and contribute to a greener planet. By combining detailed emissions estimates with financial data, Bend provides a way to track and manage supply chain carbon footprint.

Bend fills in gaps in spend and business activity data with detailed emissions estimates and provides industry-standard scope 3 goods and services reporting. It matches supplier and line-item data to detailed emissions factors so businesses can pinpoint the best decarbonization investments with the highest return on investment.

Some of the ways it does this include:

• Merchant Level: Provides CO2e estimates based on thousands of GHG inventory disclosures.
• Product Level: Matches line-item data against a taxonomy of more than 150,000 terms, including Environmental Product Declarations.
• Category Level: Defaults to category factors covering 500 industry categories when line-item or merchant data isn't available.
• Activity Level: Offers calculators for emissions from airfare, shipping, vehicle mileage, cloud computing, utilities and facilities.
• Itemized Receipt API: Digitally captures purchase data from participating retailers, including Amazon Business.
• Security and Scalability: SOC 2 certified, with audit logs, fine-grained permissions and custom data retention policies.

Pricing tiers are designed to accommodate different levels of need:

• Scorecard: Offers a free benchmark report to compare emissions with industry benchmarks.
• API: Offers volume-based pricing to add CO2e estimates and supplier data to transactions.
• Sustainability Teams: Handles more complex needs with dedicated climate experts, personalized action plans and supply chain engagement.

Bend's goal is to make it easier and more efficient to track and reduce carbon emissions so companies can focus on the most cost-effective emissions reductions and adopt sustainable practices. Its tools are designed for companies that want to manage their environmental footprint without having to hire a lot of experts.

Published on June 11, 2024