Bono

What Bono does

Bono is a Mexico City-based SaaS company that provides an enterprise carbon management platform purpose-built for mid-sized and large industrial companies in Latin America. Founded in 2021 and operating as CO2 Sustainability Bonus, S.A.P.I. de C.V., the company sells a three-module suite — Decarbonization Platform (carbon accounting), Supply Chain Management (Scope 3 supplier engagement), and Marketplace (decarbonization solution procurement) — combined under a "Measure, Reduce, Finance" go-to-market narrative. The platform connects directly to SAP, local ERPs, electrical meters, and fuel records to produce primary-data Scope 1, 2, and 3 inventories aligned with GHG Protocol and SBTi standards, and offers LATAM-specific supplier onboarding templates in Spanish and Portuguese to address the 95% of regional suppliers that lack their own ESG tooling.

The core technical differentiator is the CDP Data Framework, a three-step proprietary methodology that translates the company's primary data infrastructure into CDP score improvements and, downstream, into preferential debt terms via development banks (IDB, CAF, NAFIN) and bank partners such as Bancolombia. Bono monetizes primarily through multi-year enterprise platform subscriptions with unlimited facilities and users, supplemented by transaction fees from the Marketplace. Distribution is enterprise field sales across Mexico, Colombia, and Chile, supplemented by a strategic referral channel with Bancolombia that closes the loop between carbon measurement and sustainable financing. Named customers include AB-InBev, Grupo Modelo, Coca-Cola, Ecopetrol, Enel, Celsia, ISA, Cementos Argos, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Bancolombia, with the company claiming 150+ clients, 50+ ecosystem alliances, and 3 awards.

Bono closed a $300,000 seed round led by 500 Global Latam in February 2024. With 1–10 disclosed employees and no public revenue figure, the company is operationally lean and at an early commercial stage, but its enterprise logo concentration, named multi-year anchor engagements, and integrated financing narrative suggest the unit economics and retention profile typical of enterprise SaaS at this stage.

Name

Bono

Legal name

CO2 Sustainability Bonus, S.A.P.I. of C.V.

Website

https://bono.eco

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bono is a Mexico-based SaaS company that provides a carbon management platform for mid-sized and large industrial firms across Latin America, covering Scope 1–3 measurement, supplier engagement, and access to sustainable financing via partners such as Bancolombia and IDB/CAF/NAFIN.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise Carbon Management Software

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

akta.pro primary industry

Enterprise Carbon Accounting & GHG Inventory Platforms (EUABAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Supply Chain (Scope 3) Emissions & Supplier Engagement Platforms (EUABAEAE), Regulatory & Disclosure Strategy (CSRD/ESRS, ISSB/IFRS S2, SEC, TCFD) (EUABAKAH), Emissions Factors, LCA & Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Platforms (EUABAEAD)

Keywords

• Carbon management software
• Decarbonization platform
• Scope 3 emissions
• Supply chain sustainability
• CDP score improvement

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Platform License (Subscription): Bono provides access to its digital decarbonization platform through paid Licenses. Clients select from different access plans depending on the services contracted (Decarbonization Platform, Supply Chain Management, Marketplace). Licenses are subject to automatic renewal per the Contract. Payment and billing are governed by the individual Contract between Bono and the Client.
2. Marketplace - Decarbonization Solutions: The marketplace enables clients to quote and hire decarbonization solutions (solar panels, renewable energy, energy efficiency, heat electrification, and more) from solution providers across Latin America. Bono facilitates connections between buyers and providers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bono provides a cloud-based enterprise carbon management platform that helps Latin American industrial companies measure, reduce, and finance their decarbonization. The platform covers Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon footprint calculation using primary data from SAP and local ERP integrations, engages suppliers through a shared platform with Spanish/Portuguese templates, and connects clients to a marketplace of third-party decarbonization solution providers (solar, renewable energy, energy efficiency, heat electrification) and to preferential sustainable financing instruments from institutions such as IDB, CAF, NAFIN, and bank green credit lines.

Product overview

Bono is an enterprise carbon management platform offered as a unified suite of three integrated modules: the Decarbonization Platform (core carbon accounting), Supply Chain Management (Scope 3 engagement), and Marketplace (decarbonization solution procurement). The platform operates on a three-pillar approach—Measure, Reduce, and Finance—enabling industrial companies to calculate emissions, connect with suppliers, find solutions providers, and access preferential financing. Bono also offers a specialized CDP Data Framework methodology to help companies improve their CDP scores from C to B within 12-18 months using primary data infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Decarbonization Platform Core cloud-based module for measuring and managing a company's carbon footprint, enabling fast carbon accounting with unlimited facilities and users, aligned with GHG Protocol and SBTi standards. Includes footprint calculation, deep-dive analysis, benchmarking, SBTi target setting, and decarbonization roadmap creation. Built for CFOs and sustainability directors at mid-sized and large industrial companies in Latin America.
• Supply Chain Management Enterprise license solution for engaging and empowering supply chains toward Net Zero targets. Enables sustainability maturity assessment of suppliers, identification of key suppliers, Scope 3 emissions tracking, supplier roadmap monitoring, and target alignment. Uses Spanish- and Portuguese-language templates adapted to mid-sized LATAM suppliers. Deployed by industrial groups such as Grupo Modelo across seven Latin American countries.
• Marketplace Marketplace module that enables industrial buyers to quote and hire decarbonization solutions from third-party providers across Latin America, including solar panels, renewable energy PPAs, energy efficiency, heat electrification, sustainable transportation, nature-based solutions, and sustainable construction materials. Supports RFP generation, provider comparison, project economics analysis (ROI, NPV, $/tCO2), and implementation tracking.
• CDP Data Framework Three-step methodology delivered through the Bono platform for improving CDP scores: (1) build a primary inventory of Scope 1 and 2 by connecting to SAP/ERPs and metering sensors; (2) connect suppliers with adapted templates for Scope 3; (3) translate CDP and SBTi targets into concrete financial outcomes (debt cost, preferential financing). Designed to help mid-sized industrial companies reach CDP Level B in 12–18 months versus 3+ years with traditional consulting.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced carbon reporting time from 14 weeks to 3 weeks at a Mexican manufacturing company (Scope 1 and 2 inventory with primary data)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• BancolombiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBancolombia, a member of the Net Zero Banking Alliance, partnered with Bono to help its corporate clients measure, analyze, and reduce their carbon footprints. Bono's platform enables Bancolombia's clients to measure emissions, find sustainable solutions, and access preferential financing from Bancolombia. The partnership closes the sustainability-financing loop: clients measure their footprint on Bono, then obtain financing from Bancolombia to implement decarbonization projects. Bancolombia also uses Bono's admin dashboard to monitor real-time decarbonization progress of its financed portfolio, gaining traceability and transparency on sustainable credit deployment.
• Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBono's platform aligns with SBTi standards for science-based target setting. The platform enables companies to set and track SBTi-validated emission reduction targets. Bono references SBTi in its CDP framework and decarbonization roadmap tools, positioning SBTi alignment as a key value driver for accessing sustainable debt instruments.
• Marketplace Solution Providers (Bono Ecosystem)coreOthersBono's marketplace connects industrial companies with decarbonization solution providers across Latin America. Ecosystem includes UpTime Analytics, ALLCOT, BioEsol, Ligo, Kilimo, IntegrarRSE, carbonof, FMC, Charm, rudol_energy, Quartux, Urbvan, Airbag, Aspiria, GlobalCarbonESG, Innoveysa, SarapeCircuLab, pelletmx, TOROTO, and WAS_CO. These providers offer solutions including renewable energy PPAs, on-site solar generation, sustainable logistics software, agricultural software, sustainable transportation, nature-based solutions, and sustainable construction materials.
• Grupo ModelocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSince 2022, Bono has worked with Grupo Modelo to measure supplier carbon footprints across 7 Latin American countries and multiple verticals (paper, cardboard, plastic, sugar, rice, corn). Bono established 2022–2023 baselines for each supplier, built a shared decarbonization roadmap, and enabled real-time monitoring of sustainability maturity. Grupo Modelo aims for Net Zero by 2040, and Bono's platform is central to tracking progress.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sweep: Sweep is an enterprise sustainability platform combining carbon accounting, supplier engagement (Scope 3), and integrations with ERPs and financial systems — the closest functional analogue to Bono's measure-engage-finance model, though Sweep's depth of LATAM localization is less proven.
• Persefoni: Persefoni is a leading enterprise carbon accounting and climate management platform covering Scope 1-3 with finance-grade reporting; it competes directly with Bono in the core measurement/decarbonization roadmap workflow for industrial and financial-services customers.
• Watershed: Watershed is an enterprise sustainability platform spanning carbon accounting, supplier engagement, and climate disclosure reporting (CDP, CSRD); its full-stack approach and Fortune-500 customer base put it in direct competition with Bono's enterprise measurement module.
• Plan A Technologies: Plan A offers a SaaS decarbonization platform for carbon accounting, supply chain emissions, and science-based target setting — closely comparable to Bono's Decarbonization Platform and Supply Chain Management modules on functionality and customer type.
• Normative: Normative is a carbon accounting and emission reduction platform for enterprises, with strong Scope 3 and supply chain capabilities; it competes with Bono for mid-market and enterprise customers seeking primary-data-driven carbon inventories.

Broad incumbents

• South Pole: South Pole is a global climate solutions provider combining advisory, carbon credit origination, and software tools; as an established incumbent with deep LATAM presence, it competes on adjacent services (consulting, offsets) that overlap with Bono's measurement and marketplace offerings.
• ClimatePartner: ClimatePartner is a global climate action platform offering carbon footprinting, offsetting, and reduction solutions for enterprises; it overlaps with Bono's measurement and marketplace functionalities, especially for European customers with LATAM supply chains.
• Microsoft Sustainability Manager: Microsoft Sustainability Manager is an enterprise ESG data platform covering Scope 1-3 within the Microsoft Cloud ecosystem; given Microsoft has been expanding into LATAM, it represents an incumbent threat to Bono's measurement module for customers already invested in Microsoft tooling.

Emerging players

• Trace Finance: Trace offers supply-chain-focused carbon accounting tools tailored to consumer-goods brands; its emphasis on tier-1 supplier data collection overlaps with Bono's Supply Chain Management module, making it a partial substitute.
• Net0: Net0 is a carbon accounting and reduction platform targeting mid-market companies with emphasis on ease of use and decarbonization planning; it represents a newer SaaS entrant comparable to Bono in target segment and core functionality, even if its LATAM focus is less developed.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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