What Earth5R does

Earth5R, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Mumbai, India, operates a sustainability intelligence platform that converts on-ground environmental operations into audit-grade ESG data, intelligence, and consulting for enterprises, institutional investors, and governments. The company's technology stack is anchored by 2.4 billion+ proprietary, geo-tagged data points collected across 65 countries and 150+ cities, AI-audited daily and cross-verified by a network of 89,000+ field operators. Core products include TERRA Score (a proprietary India-focused ESG scoring engine across 34 sub-indicators and 5 dimensions, with a Claim vs. Reality (CvR) Gap metric and 13 anti-gaming checks now scoring 1,200+ Indian listed companies), the Earth5R AI Sustainability Agent (a multi-layered Sustainability Intelligence Engine trained on 11 years of proprietary field data, selected among India's Top 15 AI Agents by Google in 2026), and the TERRA Platform SaaS ecosystem with company scoring, professional and vendor directories, and project-discovery infrastructure.

Earth5R generates revenue through four interlocking streams: enterprise ESG consulting and advisory (BRSR compliance, sustainability strategy, supply-chain traceability), TERRA Platform SaaS subscriptions, managed CSR project deployment (river restoration, waste management, circular economy programmes), and field-data monetisation through verification services and audit packages. Go-to-market runs on three motions: direct enterprise sales to Fortune 500 corporates and fund managers, a community-led data-collection layer leveraging 89,000+ field operators and 2.5M citizens across 150+ cities, and direct enterprise SaaS access through the TERRA Platform. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; engagement is quote-based. Named enterprise and institutional customers include Lufthansa Help Alliance, Swiss International Airlines, National Geographic, NYU Abu Dhabi, and Larsen & Toubro, with partnerships spanning UN, UNESCO, Google for Startups, Paris Peace Forum, OECD, MIT, Amul, Decathlon, and SBI.

The founder-led organization is led by Saurabh Gupta (Founder & CEO, recognised by President Emmanuel Macron with the Young Leader India-France Award) and Jahaan Gupta (Co-founder), with only one disclosed funding round of $300,000 in February 2022, indicating operational self-sustainability through consulting, project delivery, and platform revenues. Over 12 years, the company has delivered 273 ESG projects, mobilised 263,000 corporate employees, generated $12M in cumulative cost savings for clients, created 328,000 circular-economy livelihoods, and built an asset base of environmental outcomes (18M+ plastic items recovered, 420T waste removed, 1,300T CO₂ avoided) that doubles as a continuously refreshed proprietary dataset for its intelligence products.

Name

Earth5R

Legal name

Earth5R

Website

https://earth5r.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Earth5R is a Mumbai-based sustainability intelligence platform that converts on-ground field operations across 65 countries into audit-grade ESG data, AI-powered analytics, and enterprise advisory services for Fortune 500 corporates, institutional investors, and governments, anchored by the TERRA Score engine and a 2.4B+ point proprietary geo-tagged dataset.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Intelligence & ESG Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG/Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure Platforms (EUABAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Benchmarking, Ratings & Stakeholder Reporting Portals (Scorecards, Dashboards) (EUABAEAJ), Audit-Ready Controls, Assurance & Compliance Workflow Tools (CSRD/SEC/ISSB) (EUABAEAG), ESG Data Platforms, Controls & Audit Readiness (Data quality, internal controls) (EUAHAJAN), Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK), ESG Governance, Sustainability Reporting & Assurance Advisory (BPAHAFAJ)

Keywords

• Sustainability intelligence platform
• ESG scoring services
• Climate action consulting
• Field-verified environmental data
• Circular economy programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Mumbai

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. ESG Consulting & Advisory Services: Enterprise ESG consulting providing sustainability strategy, BRSR compliance, supply-chain traceability, and ESG score improvement pathways. Serves Fortune 500 corporations, fund managers, and Indian listed companies.
2. TERRA Platform Subscriptions: SaaS-based sustainability intelligence platform offering company ESG scoring, professional directories, vendor listings, project discovery, and impact tracking. Delivered through enterprise access to live rankings, scorecards, and CvR intelligence.
3. CSR Project Deployment: On-ground climate operations including river restoration, waste management, circular economy programs, and environmental restoration projects. Delivered as verified, audit-grade proof for investor compliance and corporate ESG reporting.
4. Field Data & Verification Services: Multi-layer verification turning raw field data into compliance-ready, investor-grade proof. Services include environmental risk analytics, carbon offset verification, and audit packages for institutional investors and governments.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Earth5R operates a sustainability intelligence platform combining field-verified environmental data, AI-powered analytics, and on-ground climate operations to deliver ESG intelligence, scoring, and verification services to enterprises, investors, and governments. The company delivers ESG consulting, TERRA Score ESG assessments, TERRA Platform SaaS subscriptions, and CSR/circular economy project deployment across 65 countries.

Product overview

Earth5R operates as a multi-platform sustainability intelligence organization offering a unified ecosystem of products and services. The core offerings include the TERRA Score proprietary ESG scoring engine that analyses India's top 1,200+ companies across 34 sub-indicators and 5 dimensions; the Earth5R AI Sustainability Agent, a multi-layered intelligence engine built on first-principles AI architecture trained on 11 years of proprietary field-verified data; the TERRA Platform SaaS application serving as India's largest ESG intelligence ecosystem with company scoring, professional/vendor directories, and project discovery; the Sustainability Intelligence Platform built on 2.4 billion geo-tagged data points across 65 countries; the EarthJournal research and insights platform; and the Earth5R mobile application for field operations. These products work together through a closed feedback loop: field operators collect geo-tagged data, the AI Sustainability Agent processes and analyses it, the TERRA Score produces ESG intelligence, and the TERRA Platform delivers insights to enterprises, investors, and governments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TERRA Score: Proprietary ESG intelligence scoring engine for Indian companies, measuring sustainability performance across 34 sub-indicators and 5 dimensions (Trajectory, Environmental Reality, Resilience, Reach, Accountability). Includes CvR (Claim vs. Reality) Gap analysis.

Products and services

• TERRA Score Proprietary ESG scoring engine built for the Indian market, analyzing company sustainability reports across 34 sub-indicators and 5 dimensions (Trajectory, Environmental Reality, Resilience, Reach, Accountability) to measure what companies actually do versus what they claim. Includes the CvR Gap metric identifying narrative-data divergence. Designed for Indian listed companies, fund managers, and Fortune 500 corporations needing BRSR Core and BRSR Lite compliance assessment.
• Earth5R AI Sustainability Agent Multi-layered Sustainability Intelligence Engine built on first-principles AI architecture, trained on 11 years of proprietary field-verified environmental data. Performs Automated Environmental Research Generation, Predictive Analytics, Sustainability Risk Management, ESG Intelligence Support, and Knowledge Democratisation. Selected among India's Top 15 AI Agents by Google. Integrated across Earth5R's website, SaaS dashboards, mobile application, and climate awareness content pipelines.
• TERRA Platform
• Sustainability Intelligence Platform
• Earth5R Mobile Application
• ESG Consulting & Advisory Services
• CSR Project Deployment & Climate Operations
• Field Data & Verification Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 273 ESG projects delivered across corporate clients
• +12 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

14 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• United NationsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarth5R operates as a UN-recognized organization, partnering on sustainability initiatives and climate action programs across operating regions.
• Google for StartupscoreTechnology or IntegrationGoogle featured Earth5R's AI Sustainability Agent among Top 15 AI Agents in India at the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Selected from 200+ startups across 7 cities for the Intelligent Agents programme.
• National GeographiccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarth5R's proprietary river data and field intelligence presented at National Geographic roundtable, informing national-level plastic pollution policy for the Ganges.
• Paris Peace ForumflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerEarth5R selected as Project Leader at inaugural Paris Peace Forum, presenting verified sustainability solutions to 65 heads of state as globally recognised platform.
• OECDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOECD partnership supporting sustainability standards and environmental policy development aligned with Earth5R's field intelligence operations.
• MITcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMIT featured Earth5R as part of sustainability recognition. Dr Julie Newman, MIT Director of Sustainability, appeared on Earth5R Sustainability Podcast praising extraordinary work at grassroots action and global sustainability intersection.
• New York University (NYU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNYU Abu Dhabi partnered with Earth5R to design and deliver structured sustainability internship curriculum building enterprise-ready environmental problem-solvers.
• Lufthansa Help AlliancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDelivered full-scale plastic recovery operation in Mumbai for Lufthansa combining field execution, data profiling, and verified impact reporting for corporate ESG compliance.
• Swiss International AirlinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDeployed circular economy school model in partnership with Swiss Airlines combining resource delivery, sustainability curriculum, and measurable community impact.
• UNESCOflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNESCO Green Citizens recognised Earth5R as a global initiative for sustainability. Organization operates under UNESCO recognition framework.
• AmulminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAmul RichPlus partnership supporting sustainability initiatives and circular economy programs.
• DecathlonminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDecathlon partnership for sustainability initiatives and environmental action programs.
• Larsen & ToubrocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLarsen & Toubro partnered with Earth5R for horticulture and urban gardening programs in Mumbai's densely populated slum areas, creating local green spaces and income generation opportunities.
• State Bank of India (SBI)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerEarth5R conducted green bond awareness programs with State Bank of India to educate public and retail investors on green finance.

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Watershed: Watershed is an enterprise carbon accounting and climate disclosure platform serving Fortune 500 corporations with emissions measurement, reporting, and reduction workflows. It is directly comparable to Earth5R's TERRA Platform in targeting enterprise ESG intelligence, though Watershed focuses on top-down emissions factors rather than Earth5R's bottom-up field-verified data.
• Persefoni: Persefoni is a carbon and climate management SaaS platform for enterprises and financial institutions, providing carbon accounting, footprinting, and decarbonisation workflows. It directly competes with Earth5R's TERRA Score and field-data intelligence for enterprise ESG budgets, with similar regulatory-driven go-to-market.
• Sweep: Sweep is an ESG data management platform helping enterprises measure, report, and reduce their environmental impact across Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. It is a direct peer to Earth5R in the enterprise ESG intelligence category, with overlapping customer profiles in Fortune 500 sustainability teams.
• Greenly: Greenly is a carbon footprint management platform combining SaaS measurement with sustainability consulting for enterprises and SMBs. It overlaps with Earth5R's combination of carbon intelligence and project deployment, though Greenly is more software-centric while Earth5R emphasises field-verified data.
• Plan A: Plan A is a Berlin-based ESG and carbon management SaaS platform serving enterprises with carbon accounting, CSRD-compliant reporting, and decarbonisation planning. It is comparable to Earth5R as a direct enterprise ESG intelligence competitor with similar regulatory-compliance positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Workiva: Workiva is an established public company offering a cloud platform for ESG, sustainability, and integrated regulatory reporting, serving thousands of enterprises globally. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps with Earth5R's TERRA Score on ESG disclosure workflows but operates at much greater scale and breadth.
• South Pole: South Pole is a major global climate solutions provider and consultancy offering carbon credit development, climate strategy, and sustainability advisory to corporates and governments. It overlaps with Earth5R's ESG consulting and verified-impact project delivery, but at much larger scale and with a carbon-credits focus.
• MSCI ESG Research: MSCI ESG Research provides ESG ratings, data, and analytics used by global asset managers for portfolio screening and risk assessment. It is a broad incumbent comparable to Earth5R's TERRA Score on the investor-grade ESG intelligence side, with vastly deeper coverage but less India-specific ground-truth data.
• Sustainalytics: Sustainalytics (a Morningstar company) provides ESG research, ratings, and analytics to institutional investors and corporates globally. It is comparable to Earth5R's CvR-style claim-vs-reality ESG analysis at a much larger scale and with established institutional investor distribution.

Emerging players

• Pachama: Pachama is a nature-based carbon credit marketplace that uses satellite and ground-based verification to assess forestry and land-based carbon projects. It is an emerging peer to Earth5R's field-data verification and carbon offset services, with comparable focus on ground-truth validation versus abstract offsets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Earth5R
• Facebookfacebook.com/Earth5R
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/earth5r

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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