ASUENE AI Sustainability Platform

ASUENE Inc. is a Tokyo-based climate tech company founded in 2019 by Kohei Nishiwada, with an APAC hub in Singapore set up in November 2022 and a Thai subsidiary opened in Bangkok in 2024. It helps manufacturers and their supply chains measure, reduce and report greenhouse gas emissions as disclosure rules tighten in Japan, Europe and Asia.

The ASUENE platform is organised into five stages: Measure (Scope 1, 2 and 3 accounting aligned with the GHG Protocol, plus product carbon footprint and LCA), Reduce (SBTi targets, forecasting and scenario analysis), Carbon Credits (via Carbon EX), Verify (third-party assurance via ASUENE VERITAS) and Report (CDP, CSRD, TCFD, IFRS S2, GRI). AI OCR reads invoices, calculations keep full data lineage for audits, and ASUENE Supply Chain runs supplier ESG surveys with AI-assisted scoring. Customers range from large Japanese manufacturers to plantation groups in Malaysia.

• GHG accounting: Scope 1, 2 and 3 calculation aligned with the GHG Protocol, with AI OCR for invoices.
• Product footprint: ASUENE LCA calculates product carbon footprints and now manages CBAM data.
• Reduction planning: SBTi target setting, emissions forecasting and scenario analysis.
• Supplier ESG surveys: custom questionnaires, AI risk scoring and a supplier messaging hub.
• Multi-framework reporting: outputs for CDP, CSRD, TCFD, IFRS S2, GRI and SBTi.
• Verification and credits: assurance through ASUENE VERITAS and credit sourcing through Carbon EX.

An electronics or auto parts supplier in Vietnam serving Japanese customers can calculate Scope 1 to 3 emissions and product footprints in the format buyers request. A steel or aluminium exporter can prepare CBAM data in ASUENE LCA. A manufacturing group can survey hundreds of suppliers on ESG risks and track their decarbonisation.

The company states the platform cuts carbon accounting workload by around 70% through AI OCR and automated calculations. One system covers measurement, reduction planning, credit sourcing, assurance and multi-framework reporting, so teams avoid stitching tools together. Supplier surveys with AI-suggested answers and multilingual support raise response rates for Scope 3 data, and audit-ready data lineage eases third-party verification.

Japanese, European and Asian buyers increasingly ask suppliers for verified Scope 3 and product-level emissions data, while ISSB-based rules such as Japan's SSBJ and the EU CSRD and CBAM raise disclosure requirements. Vietnamese factories supplying Japanese manufacturers face the same data requests from their customers.

Group headquarters in Tokyo; ASUENE APAC Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (founded November 2022) and ASUENE (THAILAND) in Bangkok. 510 employees (June 2026), over 64,000 client companies and more than USD 160 million raised from investors including Decarbonization Partners, Salesforce Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, SMBC and Pavilion Capital. Group companies include ASUENE VERITAS, Carbon EX, NZero and Secaro.