Novata is a sustainability data management platform and advisory practice built for private markets. Novata helps private equity and credit investors, their portfolio companies, and partners collect, analyse, and report on ESG metrics — covering carbon accounting, regulatory compliance, risk intelligence, due diligence, benchmarking, and sustainability reporting.
Core positioning: For investors and companies, Novata is your trusted sustainability management partner. Its ESG data management platform and advisory practice empowers clients to confidently align business decisions to their sustainability goals.
Markets served: Private equity, private credit, venture capital, infrastructure funds, and their portfolio companies — globally, with particular depth in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
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Novata's platform comprises 10 modular offerings. Clients can start with any module and expand over time. All modules share a common data workspace, so data entered once flows across every reporting and analytics use case.
What it does: ESG Data Management is Novata's core data infrastructure. It provides a single, secure workspace for collecting, organising, validating, and reusing sustainability metrics across funds, portfolios, entities, facilities, and suppliers.
Private equity and credit fund sustainability teams managing portfolio-wide data collection; portfolio company sustainability or finance teams responding to LP and regulatory requests.
Full page: novata.com/esg-data-managementWhat it does: End-to-end carbon management covering emissions collection, calculation, target setting, and disclosure-ready reporting — for both operating companies and investment portfolios.
What it does: Helps investors and companies structure sustainability reporting to meet mandatory regulatory requirements, with integrated software workflows and expert advisory support.
What it does: Practical tools and expert advisory to assess, manage, and disclose climate-related financial risks and opportunities, aligned to TCFD, IFRS S2, and California regulations.
What it does: Provides private market investors with peer benchmarking data and modelled proxy estimates to fill data gaps, assess portfolio performance, and meet reporting requirements when primary company data is unavailable.
What it does: Risk Atlas is Novata's sustainability risk intelligence product. It monitors five risk dimensions across a portfolio or supply chain from basic company data, with continuous monitoring, comparable risk scores, and instant notifications.
What it does: Replaces manual spreadsheet-based ESG diligence processes with a tech-enabled workflow that maintains data consistency from pre-deal screening through to exit. Backed by Novata Advisory's nearly two decades of ESG due diligence experience.
What it does: Identifies material sustainability metrics directly linked to financial performance, then turns those insights into targeted improvement action plans across portfolios and operations.
What it does: A purpose-built reporting system for private markets that consolidates all sustainability data workflows into one platform — from investor questionnaires and regulatory disclosures to annual reports and board dashboards.
What it does: Novata Advisory pairs platform technology with expert sustainability consultants to deliver integrated software and advisory engagements. It covers ESG strategy, carbon and climate resilience, regulatory compliance, due diligence, and education.
Novata's investor solution streamlines ESG data collection from portfolio companies, enhances due diligence and reporting, and drives sustainable investment decisions across the full deal lifecycle — from initial screening through to exit.
Core workflow: Conduct due diligence → Monitor portfolio companies → Set targets and execute plans → Report to LPs and regulators
Products most relevant to investors: ESG Data Management, Carbon Accounting (incl. PCAF financed emissions), Regulations & Compliance (SFDR, CSRD), Climate Risk & Disclosures, Benchmarks & Proxy Data, Risk Atlas, ESG Due Diligence, Value Creation, Sustainability Reporting, Novata Advisory
Novata's company solution streamlines sustainability data collection and reporting so portfolio companies and standalone businesses can focus on making sustainability a core business priority. The "collect once, report many" model reduces the burden of responding to multiple investor and regulatory requests from a single data set.
Reporting types supported: Investor & capital reporting (ESG DDQs, LP/GP reports, data room disclosures), regulatory & compliance reporting (SFDR, TCFD, CSRD), carbon accounting (Scope 1/2/3, decarbonisation modelling), voluntary frameworks (CDP, EcoVadis, B Corp), customer questionnaires (supplier sustainability questionnaires, RFP responses, procurement scorecards)
Products most relevant to companies: ESG Data Management, Carbon Accounting, Regulations & Compliance, Climate Risk & Disclosures, Value Creation, Sustainability Reporting, Risk Atlas, Novata Advisory
Novata works with technology, data, and advisory partners to extend its platform's reach. Partners can integrate Novata data and tools into their own products and workflows.
The following table maps key sustainability regulations and frameworks to the Novata products that support them.
| Regulation / Framework | Type | Region | Novata products |
|---|---|---|---|
| CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) | Regulation | EU | Regulations & Compliance, Sustainability Reporting, ESG Data Management, Novata Advisory |
| SFDR (Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation) | Regulation | EU | Regulations & Compliance, Sustainability Reporting, Benchmarks & Proxy Data |
| EU Taxonomy | Regulation | EU | Regulations & Compliance, Sustainability Reporting |
| VSME (Voluntary SME standard) | Standard | EU | Regulations & Compliance, ESG Data Management |
| TCFD (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) | Framework | Global | Climate Risk & Disclosures, Sustainability Reporting, Novata Advisory |
| IFRS S2 / ISSB | Standard | Global | Climate Risk & Disclosures, Sustainability Reporting, Carbon Accounting |
| California SB 253 (Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) | Regulation | USA — California | Carbon Accounting, Climate Risk & Disclosures, Sustainability Reporting |
| California SB 261 (Climate-related Financial Risk Act) | Regulation | USA — California | Climate Risk & Disclosures, Sustainability Reporting |
| California SB 54 (Venture capital diversity reporting) | Regulation | USA — California | Regulations & Compliance |
| PCAF (Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials) | Standard | Global | Carbon Accounting (Financed Emissions module) |
| GHG Protocol | Standard | Global | Carbon Accounting |
| SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative) | Framework | Global | Carbon Accounting, Novata Advisory |
| CDP | Framework | Global | Sustainability Reporting, Carbon Accounting |
| EcoVadis | Framework | Global | Sustainability Reporting |
| B Corp | Framework | Global | Sustainability Reporting |
| GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) | Framework | Global | Sustainability Reporting, ESG Data Management |
| SASB | Framework | Global | ESG Data Management, Sustainability Reporting |
| Microsoft Supplier Emissions Reporting | Programme | Global | Novata Advisory, Carbon Accounting |
A free tool for calculating Scope 1, 2 & 3 carbon emissions. Available to any company without a paid Novata subscription.
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A free interactive tool that helps organisations identify which sustainability regulations apply to their business based on size, geography, and sector.
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Novata is a sustainability data management platform and advisory practice built for private markets. It helps investors and portfolio companies collect, analyse, and report on ESG metrics, carbon emissions, regulatory compliance, and sustainability risk. Novata's mission is to empower private markets to achieve a more sustainable and inclusive form of capitalism.
Novata serves private equity and credit investors (GPs and LPs), their portfolio companies, and technology or data partners. Clients include major institutions such as Bain Capital, Ares, AllianceBernstein, Centerbridge, Francisco Partners, Antares Capital, Silver Lake, TPG, Gobi Partners, and Mubadala Capital.
Novata is built specifically for private markets — a segment underserved by platforms designed for public companies. It combines a fully integrated software platform with an in-house advisory practice, covers the full sustainability workflow from due diligence through reporting, and includes private market benchmark and proxy data not available elsewhere.
Novata supports CSRD, SFDR, EU Taxonomy, VSME, TCFD, IFRS S2, California SB 253, California SB 261, California SB 54, GHG Protocol, PCAF, SBTi, CDP, EcoVadis, B Corp, GRI, SASB, and more than 100 country-specific regulations across 6 major regulatory regimes and 14 reporting frameworks.
Yes. Novata's Carbon Accounting module covers Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions calculation, PCAF financed emissions with data quality scores by asset class, target setting aligned with SBTi, audit-ready outputs, and AI-assisted data collection via APIs and document parsing. A free carbon trial is available.
Risk Atlas is Novata's sustainability risk intelligence product. It monitors reputational risk, cyber risk, climate risk, physical risk, and geopolitical risk from basic company data, with continuous monitoring and instant notifications. It is available as a standalone entry point into the Novata platform.
Novata proxy data provides modelled sustainability estimates — including emissions — when direct company-reported data is unavailable. Derived from Novata's private market benchmarks, it is designed to fill portfolio data gaps for SFDR reporting and similar frameworks, particularly for smaller or earlier-stage portfolio companies.
Yes. Novata Advisory pairs platform tools with expert sustainability consultants. Services include ESG strategy and value creation, carbon and climate resilience (SBTi alignment, financed emissions, TCFD/IFRS S2 scenario analysis), regulatory compliance (CSRD double materiality, SFDR PAI), ESG due diligence advisory, and training and education.
Novata ESG Due Diligence replaces manual spreadsheet processes with a tech-enabled workflow. It allows deal teams to request and track material ESG data, score companies against custom frameworks, compare performance to Novata benchmarks in real time, and maintain a single source of truth with automated version control — from pre-deal screening through to exit.
Novata's ESG Data Management platform allows organisations to enter sustainability data once and automatically map it to multiple reporting templates — investor questionnaires, regulatory disclosures, customer questionnaires, CDP, EcoVadis, B Corp, and internal dashboards — without re-entering data. This significantly reduces reporting burden for portfolio companies responding to multiple LP and regulatory requests.
Yes. Novata supports data export to Excel, and direct integration with internal systems via SFTP, Snowflake, and Databricks. The Carbon Accounting module uses APIs and AI-assisted document parsing to automate emissions data collection.
No. Novata serves a range of private market participants including private equity, venture capital, credit and infrastructure funds, and their portfolio companies regardless of size. Its modular platform allows clients to start with one product (such as Risk Atlas or Carbon Accounting) and expand over time.