Visible Body sustainability score: 28/100

Joint 34th of 69 in SaaS / Digital Services on this question

No formal emissions data (Scope 1 or 2) published. No sustainability report found from 2022 or later. No CDP disclosure. No SECR or other mandatory registry filing identified (US-based, so not subject to UK SECR or French BEGES). However, Visible Body is a small SaaS business of approximately 50–100 employees operating from leased office space in Framingham, MA with no manufacturing or heavy industrial activity. Mark based on the company's size and sector. Per the rubric, no data at this size scores 3. The absence of formal reporting is a concern but the physical impact is genuinely small.

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No Scope 3 data published. No supply chain emissions assessment found. However, Visible Body's supply chain is inherently simple and low-impact for a SaaS company: primary inputs are cloud computing infrastructure (hosted on third-party servers), software development labour, and standard office procurement. There is no physical goods manufacturing, no logistics fleet, and no raw material extraction in the value chain. The company distributes software digitally. Per the rubric, a company with an inherently short, local, low-impact supply chain scores 2–4 even without formal Scope 3 data. The short digital supply chain warrants a 3, reflecting basic awareness of the supply chain's nature even without formal quantification.

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No emissions trajectory data published. No year-on-year emissions comparisons available. The company grew approximately 20% in 2024 (per its own blog), which suggests energy and operational activity is likely growing. However, the absolute scale is tiny and the company operates a digital-first model. Per the rubric, a small, stable-to-growing company with no evidence of formal trajectory data scores 2–3. The 20% growth rate is a mild downward pressure on trajectory score, but given the digital nature of the business and negligible baseline, a score of 2 is appropriate — no formal trajectory evidence, but the company's small size means rising emissions remain physically negligible.

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No renewable energy strategy, tariff, or procurement information published. No RE100 membership, PPA, or green energy certificate found. Visible Body operates from leased office space; the energy tariff for that space is unknown. As a small SaaS company with minimal physical energy consumption (office lighting, computers, no data centre of its own), its energy demand is low. Per the rubric, a company with no formal renewable strategy but minimal energy consumption scores 2. The digital-first product delivery means the company does not own or operate energy-intensive infrastructure.

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No biodiversity or nature impact policy found. No TNFD disclosure, no deforestation commitment, no nature risk assessment published. Visible Body's core business is digital software — it does not engage in land use, deforestation, mining, or resource extraction. Its physical nature exposure is negligible: standard office procurement (paper, devices) is the primary source of nature impact. Per the rubric, a SaaS company with genuinely negligible nature impact and no evidence of awareness scores 3. The absence of any formal nature policy is noted, but the physical impact pathway is minimal.

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No waste strategy, circular economy policy, or materials data published. No recycling programme, device lifecycle management, or supplier sustainability requirements found. As a software company, Visible Body's material footprint is limited primarily to office consumables, employee devices (laptops, phones), and standard office furniture. Standard office recycling is typical in Massachusetts but cannot be confirmed. Per the rubric, 'basic recycling, some awareness of waste reduction' scores 2 — no evidence allows scoring higher than baseline for a company with no disclosed waste data.

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No water consumption data, water management policy, or water reduction targets published. Visible Body is a SaaS company operating from leased office space; its water consumption is limited to office sanitation and drinking water — standard low-impact usage for a small knowledge-economy employer. No water pollution risk, chemical discharge, or water-intensive process exists in the business model. Per the rubric, a company with genuinely low water impact and no published data scores in the 2–4 range. A score of 3 is appropriate: the physical water impact is negligible for a digital business, but no management or monitoring evidence was found.

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No climate targets, emissions reduction commitments, or SBTi engagement found. No net-zero pledge, no carbon neutrality claim, no informal energy reduction goal published. A search of the SBTi target dashboard found no entry for Visible Body. No CDP response found. The company has no public environmental commitments of any kind. Per the rubric, absence of any targets scores 0. Note: a small company with tiny emissions that simply has not engaged with target-setting scores 0 on this question regardless of its physical impact — the rubric requires at least informal goals for any score above 0.

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No sustainability report, ESG disclosure, TCFD filing, or formal governance structure for sustainability found. No dedicated sustainability role or board-level climate oversight identified. No public environmental data of any kind is published. The company is founder-led (co-founders Andrew and Matthew Bowditch are CEO and CFO respectively), consistent with a small private company where sustainability decisions, if made, would be at founder level. Per the rubric, 'owner/founder personally drives sustainability but no formal structure or public information' scores 2. This is appropriate given the company's size and private ownership, though following the January 2025 acquisition by Cengage Group, integration into a larger company's ESG framework may emerge.

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No environmental controversies, regulatory actions, greenwashing rulings, or climate lawsuits found for Visible Body. No InfluenceMap entry or negative lobbying record identified. No trade association memberships with anti-climate policy positions found. The company is a small, private edtech SaaS firm with no structural exposure to fossil-sector enablement, no financed emissions, no underwriting of high-emission activities. No deductions apply. Starting score of 8 is maintained. The company scores 8 rather than 9–10 because it has no proactive positive climate advocacy or verified lobbying audit that would justify a higher score — a clean record is sufficient for 8.