Watershed
by Watershed Technology, Inc. · ESG & Sustainability
AI-powered carbon accounting and ESG disclosure platform for enterprises.
Updated August 2026 · By the ERP Research Editorial Team · Independent and vendor-neutral.
- Works with
NetSuite
Workday- Deployment
- Cloud
- Company size
- Mid-market, Enterprise
- Pricing
- Quote-based
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
Overview
Watershed is a cloud-based sustainability platform that helps large enterprises measure carbon, water and land-use emissions, produce climate disclosure reports, and identify decarbonization actions. It targets Fortune 500-scale companies and financial institutions, and states it works with 90+ Fortune 500 customers including five of the top six US banks and six of the top 10 global private-equity firms.
The platform is organized around three pillars: Measure (emissions calculation using a library of 2.3 million emissions factors and purpose-built methodologies for all 15 Scope 3 categories, with per-calculation transparency showing every input, conversion factor and source), Report (drafting disclosures for frameworks including CDP, TCFD, SECR, CSRD, ISSB and California SB253/SB261 from a single ingested dataset, with a tool that maps specific disclosure requirements to underlying data points), and Act (activity-based Scope 3.1 analysis, AI-driven supply-chain hotspot identification, target tracking, and access to clean-power and carbon-removal projects). A supplier portal collects primary emissions data and tracks each supplier's spend, emissions share and SBTi target status. Watershed also markets AI agents for data cleaning, anomaly detection and report drafting.
Watershed states it offers 60+ pre-built data integrations and shows NetSuite and Workday (alongside ADP, Rippling, Navan/TripActions and BambooHR) as connected systems on its own marketing pages, though it does not publish a full connector list or document specific-ERP financial-data integrations such as SAP or Oracle.
Screenshots & demo
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Features & capabilities
Carbon Measurement
Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions calculation with calculation-level transparency.
- 2.3 million built-in emissions factors, benchmarks and methodologies
- Purpose-built methodologies for all 15 Scope 3 categories
- Per-calculation "how was this calculated" breakdown of inputs, conversion factors and sources
- CEDA multi-region emissions model
- AI agents for data cleaning, anomaly detection and gap-filling
- Automated PDF ingestion and data processing
- Emissions drilldown by location, category and month
Disclosure & Reporting
Report drafting for major climate-disclosure frameworks from one underlying dataset.
- Report templates for CDP, TCFD, SECR, CSRD, ISSB, GRI, FCA and California SB253/SB261
- Single data ingestion reused across multiple reports
- Requirement-level mapping/tagging of disclosure datapoints to source data
- AI-accelerated report authoring with sourcing/audit trail
- Peer benchmarking within reports
- Assurance-readiness support
Decarbonization (Act)
Tools to identify and act on emissions-reduction opportunities.
- Activity-based Scope 3.1 analysis for product and procurement decisions
- AI decomposition of supply chains to surface emissions hotspots
- Target setting and progress tracking
- Access to clean-power and carbon-removal project marketplace
- Supplier performance/engagement tracking
Supplier & Supply Chain Engagement
Primary data collection and prioritization across the supplier base.
- Supplier portal for collecting primary emissions disclosures
- Supplier list with spend, emissions share, priority and net-zero target columns
- SBTi commitment/approval status tracking per supplier
- CEDA/FLAG dataset plus tens of thousands of supplier disclosures, auto-mapped
Data Integrations
Connecting existing business systems to feed emissions calculations.
- 60+ pre-built integrations (vendor-stated count)
- Shown connected systems include NetSuite, Workday, ADP, Rippling, Navan (TripActions) and BambooHR
- Flexible manual upload of spreadsheets and utility/water bills
- Embedded project-management tools for cross-team data collection
Common use cases
- Measuring Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions across global operations for CSRD, SEC or California SB253/SB261 disclosure
- Drafting CDP, TCFD and SECR reports from a single ingested emissions dataset
- Mapping specific disclosure requirements (e.g. individual CSRD datapoints) to the underlying data that answers them
- Engaging suppliers through a dedicated portal to replace spend-based Scope 3 estimates with primary data
- Tracking supplier climate progress and SBTi target status alongside spend and priority
- Identifying decarbonization opportunities and funding clean-power or carbon-removal projects
- Pulling HR, payroll and travel-system data (e.g. Workday, NetSuite) into emissions calculations
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- 2.3 million built-in emissions factors with per-calculation transparency traceable to inputs and sources
- Single data ingestion reused across multiple disclosure frameworks (CDP, TCFD, SECR, CSRD, SEC, ISSB) via requirement-level mapping
- Dedicated supplier portal plus a CEDA/FLAG dataset and tens of thousands of supplier disclosures for primary Scope 3 data
- In-house team described as 16+ sustainability/climate experts backing product guidance
- Backed by Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Greenoaks, with climate advisors including Christiana Figueres and Al Gore
ERP integrations
Shown among Watershed's connected data sources on its carbon-accounting product page; used for underlying operational/spend data feeding emissions calculations. No SAP/Oracle/Dynamics connector is documented.
Shown among Watershed's connected data sources on its carbon-accounting product page, alongside ADP, Rippling, Navan (TripActions) and BambooHR (HR/travel/payroll data feeding emissions calculations).
Pricing
No public pricing is published; watershed.com/pricing returns no page and access is via a sales demo request. Get an independent shortlist with pricing guidance below.
About the vendor
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, United States
- Employees
- ~400
- Ownership
- Private (Series C, announced February 2024; investors include Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins and Greenoaks)
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Watershed — frequently asked questions
Does Watershed integrate with ERP or HR systems?
Watershed's own product pages show NetSuite and Workday among its connected data sources, alongside ADP, Rippling, Navan (TripActions) and BambooHR. The company states it offers 60+ pre-built integrations overall but does not publish a full connector list, and no SAP or Oracle connector is documented.
What disclosure frameworks does Watershed support?
Watershed drafts reports for frameworks including CDP, TCFD, SECR, CSRD, ISSB, GRI, FCA disclosures and California SB253/SB261, generated from a single underlying emissions dataset.
How does Watershed price its platform?
Watershed does not publish pricing. Access is quote-based through a sales demo request; the company's pricing page is not publicly available.
How many emission factors does Watershed provide?
Watershed states it has 2.3 million built-in emissions factors, benchmarks and methodologies, which it describes as covering roughly 95% of global GDP.
Who backs Watershed financially?
Watershed announced a Series C funding round in February 2024. Investors and advisors named by the company include Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Greenoaks, Christiana Figueres and Al Gore.
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