Arc Japan

What Arc Japan does

Arc Japan is the Japanese operating entity for the Arc sustainability performance platform, established on February 1, 2021 as a joint venture between Arc Skoru Inc. (now absorbed into GBCI, Green Business Certification Inc.), Development Bank of Japan (DBJ), and Woonerf Inc. The company provides Japanese building owners, REITs, tenant corporations, local governments, and institutions with a cloud-based platform that aggregates operational data (meters, utility bills, surveys) and generates 0-100 Arc Performance Scores across five weighted categories: energy, water, waste, transportation, and human experience. Its products include the free 'Arc for All' tier, the Arc Essentials professional subscription, Arc Performance Certificates (single-category and comprehensive 5-category with LEED Readiness Analysis), Arc Re-Entry (indoor air quality toolkit), Arc Climate Risk (transition and physical risk with Moody's ESG Solutions), Arc Financial Impact, and Play to Zero. The platform's technical differentiator is direct interoperability with LEED v4.1 O+M certification and GRESB reporting, plus a partner ecosystem of more than 20 technology integrators (Schneider Electric, arbnco, Energy Star Portfolio Manager, Measurabl, etc.).

The business model combines freemium PLG with enterprise field sales: the free tier drives project registration volume, while monetization comes from per-user Arc Essentials subscriptions (110,000 JPY/year), per-project Performance Certificates (154,000-247,500 JPY/year), professional services (data entry, cleansing, air quality measurement at 15,000 JPY/project), and custom enterprise contracts for portfolios exceeding 5 users or 25 projects. Distribution runs through self-serve web onboarding, direct enterprise sales, technology integration partners, and consulting partners such as Nikken Sekkei. Global Arc platform scale includes 80+ countries, 72.5 million metric tonnes CO2e tracked, 119.3 billion gallons of water tracked, and 1 billion+ sq ft of LEED recertified space; Arc Japan alone surpassed 1,000 registered projects in August 2023.

Strategically, Arc Japan's parentage under GBCI (which administers LEED) provides a structural regulatory moat that competitors cannot easily replicate, while DBJ's involvement creates institutional access to Japanese ESG-finance decision-makers. The company is small (5 employees) but leverages GBCI's global platform, a large technology partner ecosystem, and Japanese policy-finance relationships to scale distribution without proportional headcount growth.

Name

Arc Japan

Legal name

株式会社Arc Japan

Website

https://arcjapan.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Arc Japan operates the Japanese arm of the Arc sustainability performance platform, providing cloud-based building performance scoring across energy, water, waste, transportation, and human experience for Japanese real estate owners, REITs, tenants, and municipalities. Founded 2021 as a JV with Development Bank of Japan and GBCI (LEED administrator).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Building Sustainability Performance Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

akta.pro primary industry

Real Estate ESG / Sustainability & Resilience Advisory (Decarbonization, Climate Risk) (BPAJANAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

ESG Reporting, Disclosure & Regulatory Compliance (SFDR, EU Taxonomy, TCFD/ISSB) (FSAAALAK), Environmental Reporting, Dashboards & Regulatory Submittals (Automated Reports, e-Reporting) (EUAHAKAL)

Keywords

• Building sustainability scoring
• LEED certification platform
• GRESB reporting software
• Building performance analytics
• Real estate ESG software

Headquarters

HQ city

Tokyo

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Arc Essentials Subscription: Annual subscription providing professional tools including Insights market analysis, Score Modeling, Custom Reports, portfolio management, and LEED Readiness assessments. Billed per user account.
2. Arc Performance Certificate: Per-project subscription for generating unlimited performance certificates in any of the five Arc categories. Valid for one year from issuance. Supports GRESB energy ratings and operational building certification recognition.
3. Arc Performance Certificate with LEED Readiness Analysis: Comprehensive certificate covering all 5 categories with LEED readiness analysis. Includes data validation, review, and certificate issuance by Arc Japan.
4. Arc for All (Free Tier): Free platform access allowing users to create projects, add data, connect to partners, score performance, and communicate via email. No charge for basic functionality.
5. Data Entry Support Services: Japanese market-specific services including Arc data entry assistance, support for various reporting systems submissions, and air quality measurement services. Pricing quote-based.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Arc Japan provides a cloud-based sustainability performance platform for buildings and real estate portfolios in Japan, enabling owners to measure, score, and benchmark sustainability performance across energy, water, waste, transportation, and human experience. The platform supports LEED certification readiness, GRESB reporting integration, climate risk analysis, and financial impact modeling for real estate companies, REITs, developers, corporations, and municipalities.

Product overview

Arc Japan is a sustainability performance platform that provides building and space environmental performance measurement and scoring. The platform operates as a unified ecosystem with Arc for All as the free core platform providing basic project creation, data input, and performance scoring across five categories (energy, water, waste, transportation, human experience). Premium modules include Arc Essentials (professional subscription at 110,000 JPY/year per user for advanced analytics, market insights, and custom reporting), Arc Performance Certificates (154,000 JPY/year per project for single-category recognition, or 247,500 JPY/year for comprehensive 5-category certificates with LEED readiness analysis), Arc Re-Entry (COVID-19 safe re-entry toolkit), Arc Climate Risk (transition and physical climate risk assessment), Arc Financial Impact (economic analysis), and Play to Zero (net-zero certification pathway). All modules feed into LEED certification and GRESB reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Arc for All Free version of the Arc sustainability platform for use on a single building, allowing owners to begin measuring sustainability performance and obtain an Arc Score.
• Arc Essentials Paid subscription tier of the Arc platform enabling users to evaluate multiple buildings and surface additional performance analytics compared with the free tier.
• Arc Performance Certificate Issued upon completion of the five categories of Arc performance assessment, certifying a building's verified sustainability score.
• Arc Performance Certificate – LEED Readiness Performance certificate variant that includes analysis of the building's readiness to pursue LEED certification, in addition to the standard Arc performance assessment.
• Arc for LEED Module enabling Arc performance data to be used within LEED certification workflows, streamlining LEED submissions for Japanese projects.
• Arc Climate Risk Premium module providing climate-related physical and transition risk analysis for buildings benchmarked on the Arc platform.
• Arc Financial Impact Premium module analyzing the financial impact of sustainability performance, helping owners quantify value at risk and sustainability-linked financial outcomes.
• Arc Re-Entry Offering to support buildings re-entering operation after a disruption, with re-certification of sustainability performance on the Arc platform.
• Play to Zero Sustainability challenge program offered by Arc Japan for buildings seeking to achieve net-zero or zero-related performance targets on the Arc platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Buildings tracked on platform: 80+ countries, 1,000+ projects in Japan alone
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration22 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

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

• Arc Skoru Inc. (Parent Company)flagshipOthers · 1 February 2021Arc Skoru Inc. developed the Arc platform and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GBCI (Green Business Certification Inc.), which administers LEED certification. Arc Japan was established as joint venture between Arc Skoru Inc., Development Bank of Japan, and Woonerf to bring Arc platform to Japanese market.
• Woonerf Inc. (株式会社ヴォンエルフ)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2021Woonerf Inc. co-founded Arc Japan alongside Arc Skoru Inc. and DBJ. Woonerf handles event management and operational support for Arc Japan, including webinar organization and local market support.
• arbncocoreTechnology or Integrationarbnco provides interactive digital infrastructure solutions for monitoring indoor air quality, thermal comfort, and human experience. Integrates with Arc for automated data submission supporting LEED O+M certification and Arc Re-Entry.
• Schneider ElectriccoreTechnology or IntegrationSchneider Electric provides energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability. Used Arc platform with arbnco integration at The Technopole in Grenoble to track and optimize facility performance for LEED 4.1 O+M certification.
• Energy Star Portfolio ManagercoreTechnology or IntegrationU.S. EPA energy management tool integrated with Arc via API. Allows users to pull energy and water consumption data from Portfolio Manager directly into Arc for performance scoring.
• MeasurablcoreTechnology or IntegrationESG data management platform integrated with Arc. Enables measurement, management, and improvement of ESG data with automated data flows to Arc.
• Moody's ESG SolutionscoreTechnology or IntegrationMoody's Climate Solutions provides location-specific and globally comparable climate data integrated with Arc. Supports Arc Climate Risk offering for transition and physical risk analysis.
• Nikken Sekkei (株式会社日建設計)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor Japanese architecture and engineering firm. Co-hosts webinars with Arc Japan on GRESB scoring, LEED certification, and case studies. Provides consulting services using Arc and has established an environmental consulting division (January 2024) for green building consulting.
• GRESBflagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerGRESB is the global ESG benchmark for real assets. Arc supports GRESB participants by enabling upload of GRESB Asset Spreadsheets, generating estimated Arc Performance Scores for energy/water/waste, supporting energy ratings submission, and occupant surveys for GRESB indicators.
• Green Sports AllianceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEnvironmentally-focused trade organization representing sporting world stakeholders. Partnership enables sports venues to use Arc Re-Entry for safe re-opening during COVID-19 and ongoing sustainability tracking.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Measurabl: Measurabl is a direct peer offering ESG and sustainability data management for commercial real estate portfolios. It directly competes with Arc on benchmarking, scoring, GRESB reporting, and LEED integration for building owners and investors globally.
• WatchWire (by Tango): WatchWire is a cloud-based energy and sustainability data management platform integrated with Arc as a partner but also competing for the same real estate ESG reporting use cases. It serves a similar buyer (building owners and sustainability teams) with overlapping functionality.

Emerging players

• Bractlet: Bractlet provides building energy optimization analytics integrated with Arc but also sold directly. It overlaps on energy performance benchmarking and operational efficiency for commercial real estate.
• QLEAR: QLEAR provides real-time environmental data management (air quality, water, energy) for buildings and is integrated with Arc. It overlaps on building-level environmental monitoring and ESG data collection for sustainability reporting.
• Wattics: Wattics offers business energy analytics and asset management integrated with Arc, competing at the building-level energy monitoring and benchmarking layer for sustainability reporting.
• arbnco: arbnco provides building performance analytics focused on indoor environmental quality and human experience, integrated with Arc but also sold standalone. It overlaps with Arc's human experience category and LEED O+M certification pathway.
• Autocase: Autocase provides financial impact analysis for green building decisions, integrated with Arc via Arc Financial Impact but also sold standalone. It competes at the intersection of sustainability and economic analysis for real estate projects.

Others

• GRESB: GRESB is the dominant ESG benchmark for real assets and a flagship Arc partner, but it is also a thematic competitor because buildings and portfolios submit data directly to GRESB rather than via Arc. It is an ecosystem participant and data standard rather than a direct software peer.

Broad incumbents

• Schneider Electric (EcoStruxure): Schneider Electric offers a broad building automation and energy management portfolio (EcoStruxure) that overlaps with Arc's building performance and sustainability use cases. It is both an integration partner and a broader incumbent competing for ESG software spend at large real estate owners.
• Energy Star Portfolio Manager (U.S. EPA): Energy Star Portfolio Manager is the U.S. EPA's free energy and water benchmarking tool that Arc integrates with and competes against for basic building performance benchmarking. It is the default free alternative for many US building owners.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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