"Having a detailed breakdown of our emissions and being able to pinpoint where the largest sources are has helped: we now know what we need to do and who we need to work with."

“We’re past the era of broad statements about a correlation between business and climate. Instead, we’re helping our portfolio companies build a data-driven case for working on climate. We believe decarbonization can have ROI, whether from energy savings, selling products and services into companies with net zero requirements for suppliers, …

“I’ve sat through and received proposals from my fair share of carbon accounting and consulting services. Compared to what Watershed can offer versus the rest of the market, it’s a no-brainer.”

“ESG is professionalizing. It used to be a nice-to-have, and now it’s firmly in the CEO’s office. Watershed is helping Carlyle make that transition.”

“Climate is now something we can regularly talk about in meetings, including at executive and board levels. And we’re now able to train employees on the carbon impacts of our processes, and to engage suppliers with real insights in hand.”

“While we educate ourselves and do lots of research, much of the value of Watershed comes from the access it provides to expertise and research—it puts informed decision-making within reach for our team.”

“We're not just offsetting emissions today—we're investing in climate technologies that can scale exponentially tomorrow.”

“Watershed makes it easy to see the impact of things like employees’ flight and lodging choices—showing, for example, how two nights at one hotel compare to a single night at another. It’s incredibly helpful to have that level of insight at our fingertips.”

“With Watershed Product Footprints, we’re able to understand emissions by product SKUs to highlight differences between bikes; we can compare the SWorks Tarmac SL8 against the Tarmac SL8 Pro.”

“With Watershed, we feel confident that we’re supporting the best projects possible and putting our money where it’ll have the most impact.”

“Watershed makes us feel very supported and the data we see in the tool makes the process of decarbonization, which can feel very complex and not tangible, more approachable.”

“We went from generic industry averages to a live model—built on our actual data—in just a few weeks. And this modelling opened up a thousand new routes to drive down emissions across our value chain.”

“To make our 100-year vision come true, we need to not only make commerce better, but take better care of our planet.”

“Innovation is at the core of everything we do at SKIMS, so it’s important for us to invest in like-minded partners that are bold and revolutionary. Joining Watershed and Frontier’s collective impact for carbon removal is SKIMS’ first step in approaching the far-reaching implications of climate change, and we couldn’t …

“We know there’s a lot of scrutiny on the quality of carbon credits, so we wanted to be really transparent about how JPMorgan evaluates for quality and why this is part of our strategy. It can be useful to acknowledge in communications when something may not be perfect.”