Ex Libris sustainability score: 37/100

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Ex Libris Group is a wholly-owned product division of Clarivate Plc; no standalone environmental data is published. At the Clarivate group level, total GHG emissions across Scope 1, 2 and 3 were reported at 73,110 tCO₂e in 2025 and 96,666 tCO₂e in 2024 (Clarivate 2025 Sustainability Report, June 2026). The press release cites a 2023 baseline year and describes GHG Protocol-aligned measurement, but no granular Scope 1/2/3 breakdown is publicly available in the press releases or investor announcements reviewed. No third-party assurance confirmation was found in the public sources searched, though the report references measurement improvement. Score of 6 reflects full Scope 1+2+3 total disclosed with methodology reference, falling short of 8 due to the absence of confirmed granular breakdown and verified third-party assurance in accessible public sources.

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Clarivate/Ex Libris is a SaaS and information services provider; its supply chain consists primarily of cloud infrastructure, data centre hosting, software development, and professional services — an inherently shorter and lower-impact chain than manufacturing or retail. Scope 3 is included in the aggregate 73,110 tCO₂e total (per 2025 sustainability report), but no category-level Scope 3 breakdown has been found in publicly available press releases or investor filings reviewed. No supplier engagement programme or supply chain mapping document was identified. The 2025 sustainability report references transparency in the value chain as a focus area, indicating awareness but no published supply chain emissions detail. Score of 3 reflects awareness of supply chain impact, an inherently lower-risk supply chain for a software company, and inclusion of Scope 3 in the total without category-level disclosure.

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Clarivate's total GHG emissions (Scope 1+2+3) fell in absolute terms by 24% from 96,666 tCO₂e (2024) to 73,110 tCO₂e (2025), against a 2023 baseline year. This is a documented absolute reduction across a two-year period, not an intensity-only improvement. Revenue also declined over this period (from $2.56B in 2024 to $2.46B in 2025), so a portion of the emissions reduction may reflect business contraction rather than decarbonisation action, but the absolute reduction is real. A longer verified multi-year declining trend across all scopes would be needed to score higher. Score of 6 reflects evidenced year-on-year absolute reduction but the two-year window and revenue contraction context limit confidence in the trajectory's durability.

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No specific renewable energy percentage has been disclosed in Clarivate's publicly available press releases or sustainability report summaries reviewed. The company reports that approximately 38% of its total office square footage is now within sustainability-certified workplaces (Clarivate 2025 Sustainability Report), which supports some efficiency and potentially green building energy standards, but this is not the same as a confirmed renewable energy procurement percentage. No RE100 membership was found. No PPAs or on-site generation confirmed. Ex Libris operates cloud-based services hosted in data centres, but no data centre energy mix has been publicly confirmed. Score of 3 reflects a SaaS company with low absolute energy consumption, some green building certifications, but no confirmed formal renewable energy strategy or disclosed percentage.

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Ex Libris Group and Clarivate are software and information services businesses with a minimal direct nature footprint — no land use, no deforestation risk, no agricultural or extractive supply chain. No TNFD disclosure, no biodiversity policy document, and no nature-related financial disclosure was identified in searches of Clarivate's public reporting. The company's supply chain (cloud infrastructure, hardware procurement) does carry some embedded nature impact through raw material extraction for hardware, but no supplier engagement addressing this was confirmed. Score of 3 reflects an inherently low nature exposure sector with some basic awareness expected from sustainability reporting but no formal nature-specific policy or disclosure.

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Clarivate launched an R2-compliant e-waste recycling effort across global operations in 2020 (per Clarivate 2020 sustainability report press release), indicating some material stewardship beyond basic recycling. The sustainability-certified workplaces programme (38% of square footage) implies resource efficiency requirements within those buildings. No comprehensive circularity programme, measurable waste reduction targets, or supplier sustainability requirements for materials were identified in publicly available sources from 2022 onwards. For a primarily software company, material consumption is limited to office supplies, IT hardware, and data centre equipment; the absence of a formal programme is less consequential than for a manufacturer. Score of 3 reflects basic waste awareness and e-waste effort, but no public reporting of waste volumes or measurable circular economy targets.

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No water consumption data, discharge data, or water stewardship programme was identified in Clarivate's publicly available sustainability reporting for 2022–2025. However, Ex Libris and Clarivate are SaaS and information services businesses operating primarily from office environments; their water use is limited to standard office consumption (sanitation, drinking, cooling) with no process water, chemical discharge, or significant water-intensive operations. Data centres can consume water for cooling, but no quantified data centre water use was disclosed. The minimal physical water impact of the business model, combined with absence of any pollution risk, supports a score of 4 — reflecting genuine low water exposure rather than penalising for non-disclosure in a sector where water risk is negligible.

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Clarivate has committed to net zero by 2040 (per 2025 sustainability report coverage) and is listed as an SBTi signatory as of 2023 (per Clarivate's own 2023 sustainability report press release referencing Science-Based Targets Initiative membership). However, no validated SBTi near-term or net-zero targets were confirmed in searches of the SBTi target dashboard or press releases — the commitment status has not been upgraded to validated. The 2021 carbon neutral by 2024 goal (stated in the 2020 sustainability report) was also not publicly confirmed as achieved. Reduction-first approach is evident from the 24% absolute decline in 2025. Score of 4 reflects specific measurable net zero 2040 target and SBTi commitment without validation, reduction-first approach demonstrated, but absence of validated science-based targets prevents a higher score.

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Clarivate has a named SVP-level Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer (Liliana Hinderman), publishes an annual sustainability report (five consecutive years: 2020–2025), is a signatory to the UN Global Compact, the UN SDGs Publishers Compact, and references TCFD and UN SDG alignment across its reporting. The 2024 sustainability report (released September 2025) and 2025 report (released June 2026) demonstrate consistent annual cadence. Ex Libris as a product family has no separate governance structure, but Clarivate's group-level sustainability governance applies. No evidence of board-level climate vote or executive compensation linkage to sustainability targets was found in publicly available sources. Score of 6 reflects dedicated sustainability leadership, public annual reporting, multi-framework commitments, falling short of 8 due to absence of confirmed executive pay linkage or enhanced third-party verification.

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No environmental controversies, regulatory fines, greenwashing rulings, or upheld legal actions were found against Ex Libris Group or Clarivate in any of the searched sources. InfluenceMap does not profile Clarivate or Ex Libris, and no evidence of anti-climate lobbying or misaligned trade association membership was identified. Clarivate is an information services and SaaS company with no structural exposure to the fossil economy — it does not process fossil-fuel transactions, underwrite fossil assets, or provide fossil-sector-specific services at material scale. No sector-specific NGO (BankTrack, Insure Our Future, InfluenceMap advertising, DeSmog) coverage of Clarivate was found. Score of 8 reflects a clean record, no lobbying concerns, and no structural enablement issues — no deductions applied.