SYSTEMIQ

What SYSTEMIQ does

Systemiq is a London-headquartered, certified B Corp system change consultancy founded in 2016 by Jeremy Oppenheim and Martin Stuchtey. It operates across five interconnected systems — energy, nature and food, materials and circular economy, urban areas, and sustainable finance — advising governments, corporates, financial institutions, NGOs and foundations through four service lines: advising pioneers, building coalitions, accelerating business innovation, and catalysing large-scale capital. The firm is present in eight offices across five continents (London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Paris, Jakarta, São Paulo and additional locations), with work spanning more than 60 markets and over 700 employees and alumni accumulated over its first decade.

The firm's core technology assets include Steel-IQ, an open-source techno-economic model for global steel sector decarbonisation (version 2.0 released May 2026 as a free Windows/macOS application); the Packaging Data Hub, a global harmonised data platform on packaging end-of-life outcomes co-led with Earth Action; Analytiq, described as a world-class analytics platform for system-level analysis; and Project STOP, a circular waste management implementation programme co-founded with Borealis in Indonesia that has collected 100,000+ metric tons of waste since 2017. Its business model combines professional-services advisory, coalition-convening engagements, philanthropic and government-funded research (Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Gates Foundation, ClimateWorks Foundation, IDB, WEF), capital-catalysis mandates, and balance-sheet investments in early-stage ventures including OpenInvest, Jupiter, Electron, Biocarbon Engineering and a clean tech energy venture.

Name

SYSTEMIQ

Legal name

Systemiq Limited

Website

https://systemiq.earth

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Systemiq is a London-headquartered, B Corp-certified system change consultancy founded in 2016 that advises governments, corporates, investors and foundations across energy, materials, food, urban and finance systems via strategic advisory, coalition building, capital catalysis, and analytics products like Steel-IQ.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Consulting

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Compliance Technology, GRC Platforms & Controls Automation Advisory (BPAHAFAO)

Keywords

• Sustainability consulting services
• System change advisory
• Circular economy strategy
• Climate transition consulting
• Sustainable finance advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advisory Services: Strategic advisory partnerships with companies, co-designing new business models and demonstrating how they can advance UN Sustainable Development Goals. Systemiq works as a strategic partner through the journey, enabling organizations to lead system changes.
2. Coalition Building: Bringing together coalitions around powerful cases for system change and building momentum at international level. Data-driven insights create clear pictures of where industries, structures and environments are now, and map their collective transition.
3. Early-Stage Investment: Identifying and investing in innovation that can drive essential system change through seed funding, business strategy advisory, and network engagement to help scale ideas.
4. Capital Catalysis: Shifting capital to achieve low-carbon growth paths which rapidly decarbonize industry and create value for natural capital. Working with investors and financial institutions to mobilize sustainable investment.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Systemiq is a system change consultancy that advises governments, corporations, investors and civil society on transitions across energy, nature and food, materials and circular economy, urban systems, and sustainable finance. Its core deliverables include strategic advisory partnerships, coalition building, seed-stage venture investment, sustainable capital mobilisation, and proprietary analytics through Steel-IQ, Analytiq, and the Packaging Data Hub.

Product overview

Systemiq is a sustainability system-change consultancy and certified B Corp that operates across five interconnected systems: energy transition, materials and circular economy, nature and food, urban systems, and sustainable finance. Its offering is a consulting and advisory portfolio complemented by proprietary analytical products: Steel-IQ (open-source techno-economic modelling platform for steel sector decarbonisation), the Packaging Data Hub (data infrastructure for packaging end-of-life transparency), Project STOP (circular waste management implementation programme in Indonesia), and the Jobs and Skills for the New Economy initiative. These tools and programmes are supported by a substantial body of published research and whitepapers covering climate resilience, food systems, alternative proteins, grid investment, and critical minerals. Systemiq also provides services in advising pioneers, building coalitions, accelerating early-stage innovation, and catalysing large-scale capital.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Project STOP: A circular waste management initiative focused on reducing marine plastic pollution, co-founded with Borealis and operating primarily in Indonesia
• Steel-IQ
• Packaging Data Hub
• Project Zero

Products and services

• Advising Pioneers

Quantifiable outcome

• 100,000+ metric tons of waste collected through Project STOP since 2017
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

33 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Earth ActioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2026Co-lead the Packaging Data Hub, a global platform providing harmonized expert-validated data on packaging end-of-life. Partnership creating public-good data infrastructure for circular packaging decisions.
• FSD AfricacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2026Co-authored Jobs and Skills for the New Economy initiative and analysis on scaling workforce investments through international climate finance. Joint work on Africa's energy transition and labor market dynamics.
• Global Energy Alliance for People and PlanetcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2026Collaborated on analysis for COP30 on jobs and skills investments through international climate and development finance. Partnership focused on workforce transition in Africa's energy sector.
• Mission 300majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2026Collaboration with World Bank initiative to accelerate energy access in Africa. Joint work on workforce systems and skills development needed for energy transition at scale.
• Energy Transitions CommissioncoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2026Systemiq supports ETC work on clean energy transition. Commission publishes reports on decarbonization pathways including analysis on Hormuz crisis and clean energy deployment to reduce fossil fuel dependence costs.
• Cambridge Institute for Sustainability LeadershipmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2026Promotes Systemiq's 'Ground Truth' survey on sustainability transition tensions. Partnership on gathering insights from sustainability professionals during London Climate Action Week.
• ProVeg InternationalmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 April 2026Collaborated on UK supermarkets plant-based proteins report showing £5.5 billion opportunity. Joint research partnership analyzing plant-based market growth and retailer opportunities in the UK.
• INDEF Green Transition InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 April 2026Co-authored Renewable Energy Zones report for Indonesia with Institute for Development of Economics and Finance - Green Transition Initiative. Signed MoU to deepen collaboration on industrial decarbonization.
• World Economic ForumcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 March 2026Co-authored white paper 'The Future of Materials Systems: Cooperation Opportunities in a Multipolar World' on digital product passports and supply chain transparency. Ongoing collaboration on global materials data frameworks.
• Kenya Investment Authority (Invest Kenya)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026Developed circular economy investment prospectus for Kenya's waste management sector in collaboration with ALN Kenya and TakaTaka Ni Mali. Prospectus identifies $700 million investment opportunity.
• ALN KenyamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026Kenya legal and business advisory firm collaborating on circular economy investment prospectus. Contributes local market expertise and investment facilitation capabilities.
• TakaTaka Ni MalimajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 March 2026Local waste management partner in Kenya investment prospectus development. Contributes operational expertise on circular economy solutions and waste management systems.
• NestlécoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 March 2026Strategic partner in Project STOP, joining to tackle marine litter. Nestlé supports development of circular waste management systems and contributes to supply chain sustainability initiatives.
• Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 February 2026Co-authored India's Data Centre Ecosystem whitepaper analyzing sustainable scaling of India's rapidly growing data centre sector. Partnership combining Systemiq expertise with CEEW's India policy knowledge.
• Good Food Institute (GFI) EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 6 February 2026GFI Europe supported EU alternative proteins report showing €111 billion opportunity. Long-term collaboration on alternative proteins research and policy advocacy across Europe.
• University of Oxford ZERO InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026Co-authored The Resilience Agenda white paper and The Resilience Nexus research paper on European security, climate and competitiveness challenges. Academic partnership for policy analysis.
• Climate Change and (In)security ProjectmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026Partnership on European resilience agenda, contributing to flagship publications on interconnected security, climate and competitive threats facing Europe.
• Clingendael InstitutemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 February 2026Co-developed The Resilience Agenda for Europe publications, bringing Dutch foreign policy and international relations expertise to the climate-security nexus analysis.
• Project ELECTRO ConsortiummajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 December 2025Borealis joined Project ELECTRO, EU-funded consortium including universities and industry players. Linked to real-world testing through Borealis-co-founded Project STOP providing waste streams from Indonesia.
• Al-FuttaimmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 December 2025Developed 10-year roadmap for urban planning and mobility across GCC cities with Al-Futtaim, UN-Habitat and Arup. Systems-based planning partnership for integrated urban development.
• UN-HabitatmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 December 2025Partnership on GCC urban planning roadmap with Al-Futtaim. UN-Habitat provides international urban development frameworks and policy guidance.
• ArupmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 December 2025Engineering and urban planning expertise for GCC cities roadmap partnership. Arup contributes technical knowledge on integrated urban systems and mobility infrastructure.
• World Resources InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 November 2025Co-founded the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) with WRI in 2017. Ongoing collaboration on climate transition jobs research and global sustainability analysis.
• Lightsmith GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 October 2025Research from Systemiq and World Economic Forum cited by Lightsmith Group for climate adaptation investment thesis. Systemiq analysis on $1.3 trillion adaptation market and $43 return per $1 invested.
• Pooled Fund for International Energy (PIE)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 September 2025Systemiq analysis on grid investment impact commissioned for PIE's Global Grid Catalyst initiative. Analysis supports $50 million fund and $200 million annual mobilization goal.
• Global Grid CatalystmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 September 2025Analysis by Systemiq supports GGC's mission to mobilize grants for grid investment. Contributed to framework for $200 million per year in grants to fix grid infrastructure.
• Ellen MacArthur FoundationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2025Working with project partners including CATL on circular economy transformation in critical mineral value chains. Co-creating action agenda for circular economy strategies for clean energy transition minerals.
• CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 June 2025Critical mineral value chain partner in circular economy transformation initiative with Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Systemiq. Major EV battery manufacturer providing industry perspective.
• Circular Cars InitiativemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2025Produced seven insight papers on automotive circularity policies across EU, China and US with funding from ClimateWorks Foundation. Systemiq contributed analysis on digital passports and battery recycling.
• The Pew Charitable TrustscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 February 2025Systemiq contributed to Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025 report by Pew and partners finding annual plastic pollution will more than double without ambitious global action. Analysis supporting global plastics treaty negotiations.
• BorealiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Co-founded Project STOP with Borealis in 2017 to design and implement solutions to reduce marine plastic pollution. Borealis is a leading provider of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, providing strategic partnership for the circular economy waste management initiative in Southeast Asia.
• Clean Rivers (Scale-up Partner)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Scale-up partner for Project STOP, working alongside Borealis and Systemiq to expand circular waste management systems in Indonesia. Clean Rivers provides operational expertise for scaling waste collection and management infrastructure.
• Mission Possible PartnershipcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Pioneered industry-backed Sector Transition Strategies that have become reference point for policymakers and finance players. Established first Project Acceleration Programme in Brazil, model replicated across multiple geographies.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• RMI (Rocky Mountain Institute): US-based non-profit system-change think tank and consultancy operating across energy, buildings, mobility and industry. Direct peer to Systemiq in mission, B-corp-like non-profit structure, open-source analytical tools (e.g. HOMER, RMI Hybrid Energy) and a similar funder + advisory revenue model.
• South Pole Group: For-profit climate consultancy and project developer that helps corporates and governments design, finance and deliver decarbonisation and nature-based solutions. Direct peer in sustainability advisory with overlapping services (carbon markets, climate strategy, transition planning) and similar client base.
• Climate Advisers: Specialist climate policy and finance advisory firm working with governments, multilaterals and investors on transition strategy. Direct peer in the niche of high-level policy-to-capital advisory and the kind of coalition-driven climate work Systemiq does with IDB, the World Bank and the EU.
• World Resources Institute (WRI): Global research non-profit working on climate, energy, food, water and cities. Co-founder of the Food and Land Use Coalition with Systemiq; comparable in convening role, flagship reports (e.g. Breaking the Plastic Wave) and policy influence, though bigger and more US-anchored.
• Ellen MacArthur Foundation: UK-based non-profit focused on circular economy transition. Active coalition partner with Systemiq (CATL, EMF Circular Cars Initiative) and a comparable thought-leadership-and-convening model, though more narrowly focused on circular materials.

Broad incumbents

• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Global sustainability consultancy with a much larger headcount and full-service offering (EHS, climate, nature, social). Competes with Systemiq for corporate net-zero and transition mandates but at a much broader, more generalist scale.
• Boston Consulting Group (Climate & Sustainability practice): Global management consultancy with a dedicated climate and sustainability practice advising corporates and governments on net-zero strategy. Competes with Systemiq for high-level transition and decarbonisation mandates, but with vastly greater scale and procurement access.
• McKinsey Sustainability: Sustainability arm of McKinsey & Company, providing net-zero strategy, sustainable finance and energy transition advisory. Broad incumbent peer competing for the same transition strategy engagements, especially with large corporates and governments.

Regional players

• Carbon Trust: UK-headquartered climate consultancy with strong corporate carbon and energy advisory practice. Comparable in mission and services, but with a primarily UK/European client base and a more corporate-only (less coalition-focused) orientation.

Others

• ClimateWorks Foundation: Major climate philanthropy that funds many of the same research, coalition and convening activities that Systemiq leads. Functions as both a funder of Systemiq's work (e.g. Circular Cars Initiative) and a parallel funder of peer organisations, making it adjacent rather than competitive.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/systemiq

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments23 records

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