Private Market Investing
Designed for private market investors, Cority's market-leading solutions empower responsible investment decisions at every step of the ESG journey.
Investors are seeking to identify and address the impact of ESG factors on a company’s long-term business model and the resilience of companies to adapt.
There is a growing requirement for investors to address the carbon impact of their own operations (Scope 1&2) and their value chain (Scope 3) to support their decarbonisation strategies.
ESG data and analysis, empowers investors to track their investments’ ESG performance over time and compare it to the performance of their peers and competitors.
ESG has rapidly become a key source of differentiation and value creation for private markets, with the potential to unlock lasting benefits.
With regulation like SFDR and CSRD in Europe and SEC in the US, ESG requirements are evolving fast and becoming complex.
There is an increasing demand from investors for a variety of ESG indicators across different frameworks and standards.
Stakeholders are using ESG factors to evaluate businesses and hold them accountable to commitments.
At Cority, it is our mission to empower private markets firms to achieve their ESG and sustainability goals through robust technology, data-driven insights, and industry expertise.
225
Customers across multiple private markets asset classes including PE, VC, Real Estate, Debt, and Infrastructure.
$17
Trillion in Assets Under Management (AUM) at customer firms.
15+
Over 15 years of experience working with private markets clients on sustainability & ESG.
225
Customers across multiple private markets asset classes including PE, VC, Real Estate, Debt, and Infrastructure.
$17
Trillion in Assets Under Management (AUM) at customer firms.
15+
Over 15 years of experience working with private markets clients on sustainability & ESG.
2022 – Greenstone was announced the winner of the ´Technology: ESG´ award at The Drawdown Awards
2023 – Environment + Energy Leader Honors Investor ESG software with Top Product of the Year award
“What I love about the platform is the robust data model is super slick meaning we can view and analyze all of our data across all of the dimensions that we require.”
“It was crucial for us to select a company with a deep understanding of and a strategic approach to ESG. This platform is well suited to multi-asset class and multi-geographies.”
Data Collection
Collect and manage data from multiple portfolio companies and fund structures using customizable questionnaires and GHG emissions calculation tools.
GHG Emissions Calculation
Capture primary data directly from portfolio companies and calculate investment carbon footprints from primary consumption data.
ESG Metric Library
Metrics and questions can be selected from a framework-mapped ESG question library (CDP, GRI, SASB, SDGs, TCFD, PCAF, UNPRI etc)
Scope 3 Reporting
GHG emissions integration with Sustainability Performance Management solution for Scope 3 reporting and targets.
Flagging & Alerts
Due diligence thresholds, flags and alerts can be set so that ESG risk can be easily identified and addressed.
Scoring
Custom scoring and weightings can be set to ensure relevance and materiality.
Approvals
Approval and data validation processes can be set for both internal and third-party parties.
Benchmarking
Benchmark companies across your portfolio, industry best practice and third-party sources.
Communication Tools
Secure direct messaging with data and document management
Integration
Secure API integration with other business systems and easy export features.
Access-controls
Permission based access to portfolio, fund and company level analytics
Data Collection
Collect data using multiple data capture options from a wide range of sources.
GHG Emissions Calculation
Automated calculation of accurate carbon emissions using an in-built database of over 1+m emissions factors.
Scope 3 Emissions Reporting
Dedicated GHG Scope 3 category dashboards, dynamic modelling and data aggregation for suppliers and investments.
Target Tracking
Track science-based, net-zero and consumption and emissions targets and monitor progress over time.
Frameworks & Standards Mapping
Link and tag metrics and data across multiple sustainability reporting frameworks and standards (including CDP, GRI, SASB, UNGC, SDGs, TCFD etc.).
Risks and Opportunities Management
Create, manage and report risks and opportunities associated with climate change (aligns with CDP and TCFD).
KPI and Metric Analysis
Using a suite of analysis tools and dashboards, you can view, share and export data at user-defined levels.
CDP Reporting
Dedicated accredited content, APIs and modules for gathering, monitoring and reporting questions to CDP.
Initiatives Tool
Track and manage consumption or GHG emissions savings from initiatives and projects across your operations (aligned with CDP).
Data Validation
Define data thresholds, alerts and approvals so that you have assurance that your data is audit-ready.
Audit Dashboards
Dedicated data audit dashboards and tools to be able to interrogate calculations and track the custody of data.
Data Collection
Collect and manage data primary from your suppliers using customizable questionnaires and GHG emissions calculation tools.
GHG Emissions Calculation
Capture primary data directly from suppliers and calculate supplier company, site and product-level carbon footprints.
Scope 3 Reporting
GHG emissions integration with Sustainability Performance Management solution for Scope 3 reporting and targets.
Supplier Assessments
Distributes best practice and custom supplier assessment questionnaires and automatically assesses suppliers against user-defined criteria.
Risk Management
Identify and address risk through automated supplier corrective action plans.
Scorecards
Custom scoring and weightings can be set for each question to ensure relevance and materiality.
Audits
Facilitates and manages internal and external audits.
Integration
Integrates with ERP and supplier management systems
Whether you are just starting your ESG reporting journey, or you are an industry leader, ESG reporting comes with its challenges. These resources have been created by the Cority team to help investors in private markets to incorporate ESG performance and engagement into their long-term investment decisions and portfolio management strategies.
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Mark is CEO of Cority Software Inc., a Toronto-based, award-winning, global SaaS company. Under Mark’s leadership, Cority’s revenue has grown consistently at a compounded rate of 25%. The company has grown in employees from 29 when Mark started in 2003 to close to 400 employees today. It enjoys an industry-leading profit margin. In 2016, Cority raised capital with Norwest Venture Partners, Georgian Partners, and BMO; in 2019 Cority raised capital from software specialist Private Equity firm Thoma Bravo and with Norwest again stepping up as an investor. Mark was a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2017 and 2018. Previously, Mark was Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary and a member of the executive management team of AT&T Canada Corp. Mark is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University, where he recently completed 10 years on the Board of Governors, including four as Chair of the Board. He received his J.D. from the University of Victoria and is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada. Mark is active in mentoring young entrepreneurs and has served on several other not for profit boards.