Authors: Seamus Lombardo and Amy Rosenthal As a Public Benefit Corporation, we think a lot about sustainability and the solutions our customers, partners, and the world need. These solutions require an up-to-date, close-up view of the Earth, as well as the deep analytics that provide reliable, quantitative insights about how Earth’s surface is changing. From climate-disrupting emissions to tropical deforestation, Planet is developing the tools to help organizations track impacts and opportunities across the value chain, and to translate this intelligence into robust strategies and practical platforms. We are expanding this portfolio with a white paper guide to help navigate new sustainability reporting demands around nature-related impacts and dependencies – Accelerating Biodiversity and Ecosystem Reporting, written in collaboration with Microsoft, the Natural Capital Project, and the Gund Institute at the University of Vermont. Sustainability is about understanding the state and implications of business activities, taking action to improve outcomes, and tracking the results as impacts shrink and nature-aligned opportunities grow (Figure 1). Planet data and imagery can aid in all stages of sustainability reporting.

1. Planet products can help you locate where your assets interface with the environment. For example, Planet, Ordnance Survey, Esri UK, Deloitte, and Trase have established the Supply Chain Data Partnership (SCDP) to provide a location dataset for global supply chains such as palm oil, soy, and wood-based packaging applications.
2. Planet imagery and data can help evaluate your environmental risks and impacts. Using Planet imagery and the global Ecosystem Services Footprinting Tool, the Natural Capital Project and Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing assessed impacts of lithium mining in the supply chain.
3. Planet products can inform plans and strategies to reduce impacts and improve outcomes. Bayer Environmental Science has used Planet data to assess invasive species of vegetation and establish management regimes.
4. Planet analytics can help you track the benefits of nature-positive actions over time. Justdiggit used our Planetary Variables products to evaluate the success of efforts to restore life in drought-laden deserts with locally dug bunds.