Name

AdAstra Sustainability

Legal name

AdAstra Sustainability SA

Website

https://adastra.eco

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Data Analytics

NAICS

Support Activities for Crop Production (11511)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Portfolio & Multi-Site Environmental Risk Screening (Desktop / Rapid Risk Assessments) (EUAHAEAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nature & Biodiversity Reporting (TNFD, natural capital) (EUAHAJAM), Transaction Advisory for M&A, Lender & Investor Environmental Due Diligence (EUAHAEAJ)

Keywords

• Land use change emissions
• Agricultural supply chain data
• Geospatial carbon analytics
• Sustainability data platform
• Deforestation risk assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Chatelaine

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Orbae Open Data Platform: Free open data platform providing land conversion emission factors and insights for agricultural commodities. Data licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International license. Extended commercial rights available for specific use cases.
2. Orbae Pro Subscriptions: Advanced version of Orbae with additional metrics and features for corporate users. Includes product emissions breakdowns, custom analyses, forest loss data, land occupation metrics, and commodity insights. Corporate users can contact for full access pricing.
3. Direct Land Use Change Assessment Services: Custom assessment of land use change emissions for specific supplier locations using farm polygons or GPS coordinates. Delivered as flat files with results including carbon pools and carbon stock data.
4. Climate Strategy Consulting: AdAstra team provides consulting services for climate strategy design, deforestation risk assessment, SBTi FLAG target setting, and team training. Expert services in quantitative sustainability, geospatial data science, and food systems.
5. Data Licensing: Commercial licensing of Orbae data for resale or integration in commercial tools requires prior agreement. Extended rights available for specific commercial uses including corporate footprints, product LCAs, and ESG reporting.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

AdAstra Sustainability operates Orbae, an open data platform that calculates land use change (LUC) emission factors for 12 agricultural commodities across 30 countries using 30-meter resolution satellite-based earth observation. The company offers premium subscriptions (Orbae Pro), a What If scenario modeling tool, automated supplier-level dLUC assessments, and consulting services for SBTi FLAG target setting and deforestation risk assessment. All offerings target food manufacturers, agricultural commodity traders, and financial institutions measuring scope 3 FLAG emissions in agricultural supply chains.

Product overview

AdAstra Sustainability operates a platform-plus-modules product architecture anchored by Orbae, an open data platform that calculates land use change (LUC) emission factors for agricultural commodities at 30-meter resolution worldwide. The core Orbae product provides free open data for 12 commodities across 30 countries, which users can access via web interface or API. Premium capabilities are available through Orbae Pro, which adds corporate-focused analytics features including custom analyses, forest loss tracking, and baseline data for SBTi FLAG reporting. Advanced solutions include the What If scenario modeling tool for LUC projections, LMU-dLUC assessments for supplier-level emissions analysis, and the FLAG Database that integrates ecoinvent LCA data. The company also offers consulting, capacity building, and risk assessment services. All offerings are designed to help food manufacturers, agricultural commodity traders, financial institutions, NGOs, and government agencies understand land conversion risks and reduction opportunities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Orbae: Open data platform that reveals land conversion impacts in agricultural supply chains, providing maps and insights on how sourcing affects the Earth

Products and services

• Orbae Open data platform providing land use change (LUC) emission factors for 12 agricultural commodities across 30 countries, calculated at 30-meter resolution using the jdLUC methodology. Free open data is accessible to users via web app or Excel download, and provides national and subnational jurisdiction-level insights even without supply chain traceability. Designed for sustainability teams, analysts, and researchers measuring land conversion impacts in agricultural supply chains.
• What If Excel-based land use change projection tool that models future LUC emissions to support SBTi FLAG reduction pathway planning. Allows companies to test different intervention scenarios including deforestation- and conversion-free commitments, certification schemes, cut-off dates, and sourcing patterns. Designed for sustainability and climate strategy teams at food manufacturers, commodity traders, and financial institutions.
• LMU-dLUC (Direct Land Use Change Assessment) Automated assessment of land use change emissions for supplier locations using direct land use change methodology at the landscape level. Supports farm polygons, GPS coordinates, or mill addresses. Delivers carbon pools and carbon stock data for unlimited supplier locations. Designed for procurement and sustainability teams needing supplier-level land conversion emissions.
• Custom API Programmatic access to Orbae data for integration into external platforms, providing real-time access to the latest datasets. Commercial and non-commercial licensing options available. Designed for organizations that need to integrate land conversion data into their own LCA tools, ESG platforms, or reporting workflows.
• Risk Assessment and DCF Compliance Monitoring Service to assess whether sourcing aligns with deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) commitments and to screen compliance with DCF strategy at the jurisdiction level. Supports EU Deforestation Regulation compliance and helps companies understand potential risks to their deforestation- and conversion-free commitments.
• Consulting Services Expert consulting support covering understanding of land conversion data, modeling interventions, setting science-based FLAG targets, designing deforestation-free strategies, and assessing deforestation and water risks. Targeted at sustainability and climate strategy teams at food manufacturers, commodity traders, financial institutions, NGOs, and government agencies.
• Capacity Building Hands-on training service to equip client teams to make the most of Orbae's insights. Onboarding support is included with premium offerings and available to platform supporters. Designed for sustainability, procurement, and climate teams adopting Orbae.

Quantifiable outcome

• 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions from land conversion - companies can now measure and reduce their contribution
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• MassChallenge SwitzerlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAccelerator program that recognized AdAstra as a 2024 winner. Partnership provides access to mentorship, judging panel of 446 judges, and 478 mentors supporting startups through the four-month program.
• TrasecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Trase to work backwards from country of purchase to model likely source countries for commodities. Enables visibility into complex supply chains without traceability, combining Trase's trade data with Orbae's land conversion insights.
• Louis Dreyfus CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarbon Solutions Platform partnership where AdAstra translates LDC's sourcing data into land-use change emissions insights. LDC is both a customer and supporter of Orbae open data platform.
• MarsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSupporter of Orbae open data platform. Provides support to help keep Orbae data accessible and up to date.
• OfiminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSupporter of Orbae open data platform. Support includes helping keep data available and up to date.
• South PoleminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSupporter of Orbae open data platform focused on climate solutions.
• EmbrapaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian Agricultural Research Corporation supporting Orbae platform. Provides agricultural data expertise.
• 3keelminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainability consultancy supporting Orbae platform development.
• ProforestminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSustainability organization supporting Orbae platform with deforestation and conversion expertise.
• gjliminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupporter of Orbae open data platform.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Watershed: Watershed is an enterprise carbon accounting platform covering scope 1-3 emissions for large corporates. Comparable to AdAstra's FLAG Database offering, with broader scope but similar enterprise customer profiles and recurring SaaS model.
• Sylvera: Sylvera provides satellite-based forest carbon ratings and nature data analytics for carbon markets and corporate sustainability. Directly comparable to AdAstra's satellite-driven approach to land-related emissions data, with overlapping customer base in commodity traders and food manufacturers.
• Pachama: Pachama uses satellite imagery and AI to monitor nature-based carbon projects and supply chain nature risks. Similar technology stack and customer segments to AdAstra, with comparable focus on satellite-driven environmental data for corporate buyers.
• NCX (Natural Capital Exchange): NCX provides forest carbon data and measurement infrastructure using satellite and ground-based data. Comparable to AdAstra in leveraging remote sensing for nature-related emissions accounting and serving similar enterprise customer segments.
• Climate Focus: Climate Focus is a climate consulting and data firm focused on forestry, agriculture, and land use. Directly comparable to AdAstra's consulting arm and serves overlapping customers in commodity supply chains and sustainability strategy.
• Global Canopy (Forest IQ): Global Canopy develops Forest IQ and similar tools for deforestation and conversion risk assessment in commodity supply chains. Closely aligned with AdAstra's DCF compliance and FLAG reporting focus, serving similar financial institution and corporate buyers.
• Persefoni: Persefoni is a climate management and accounting platform for enterprises tracking scope 1-3 emissions. Comparable to AdAstra Pro's corporate climate accounting use case, with broader scope but similar SaaS+consulting GTM to large enterprise sustainability teams.

Others

• Trase: Trase is a supply chain transparency platform that maps commodity trade flows between producing and purchasing countries. AdAstra has a strategic partnership with Trase, but Trase's upstream trade-flow data layer is complementary rather than competitive to AdAstra's land conversion insights.
• Proforest: Proforest is a sustainability organization providing expertise on deforestation and conversion-free supply chains. Listed as a strategic partner supporting Orbae platform development, with overlapping methodology expertise in DCF compliance and commodity supply chain sustainability.

Broad incumbents

• WRI Global Forest Watch: Global Forest Watch is a flagship deforestation monitoring platform from the World Resources Institute with global coverage of forest loss data. Comparable to Orbae's open-data deforestation layer, but broader geographic and thematic scope rather than agricultural-commodity specific.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

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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