Worldly Axion Launches First-of-Its-Kind Solution to Help Consumer Goods Companies Predict and Reduce Supply Chain Risks

New supply chain solution gives sustainability and sourcing teams the foresight to act—before greater climate crises, compliance requirements, and operational risks strike.

HONG KONG & SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Worldly, the leading sustainability data and analytics platform for consumer goods, today announced Worldly Axion, a Worldly-built generative AI solution for climate and social risks across global supply chains. Worldly Axion uses Worldly’s primary dataset from tens of thousands of facility assessments to deliver actionable insights that help brands and suppliers anticipate risks, meet regulatory timelines, and prioritize interventions.

As climate change, geopolitical instability, and mounting regulatory requirements increasingly disrupt operations, consumer goods companies are urgently seeking to quantify and frame risk while wrangling data more easily and advancing their sustainability goals. Worldly Axion meets this need by combining facility-level primary data with predictive, contextual data about the world. This blend gives companies unique insights into where to invest in sustainability initiatives and where to focus efforts to manage risk.

Worldly Axion brings together dozens of risk datasets—including heat, water, climate, and transition risks—to give companies a clear view of where their operations and suppliers are most exposed. Its built-in AI system helps teams interpret the data, from planning GHG reductions to guiding decisions like coal phase-out strategies for factories, electricity pricing, and next steps.

“Traditional sustainability tools look backward. Worldly Axion looks forward,” said Scott Raskin, CEO of Worldly. “We built Worldly Axion to help companies not just understand their supply chain impacts, but anticipate where those impacts—and opportunities—are accelerating. From physical climate risk to emissions exposure to regulatory shifts, Worldly Axion helps teams act decisively, strategically, and with confidence.”

Worldly Axion was developed in strategic partnership with Earthena, a company pioneering decision intelligence for resilience. The partnership augments Worldly’s supply chain expertise with Earthena’s expertise in modeling and reasoning across climate, water, energy, policy, and other dimensions—to surface novel and actionable insights.

Accelerate Climate Action, Compliance, and Sourcing Strategy

Worldly Axion helps consumer goods businesses use their resources more efficiently and make their sustainability initiatives more effective. It is built for sustainability, sourcing, operations, and compliance leaders seeking dynamic, actionable insights—not static reports.

With Axion, companies can:

• Spot suppliers at risk of water shortages, extreme heat, or slow renewable energy adoption
• Protect vulnerable workers in factories with poor or no climate controls
• Predict emissions and financial risks from carbon pricing, regulations, and shifting energy sources
• Highlight the best investments where decarbonization and resilience deliver the biggest impact
• Add predictive risk insights into supplier scorecards to guide faster, smarter sourcing decisions
• Speed up compliance with new disclosure rules like IFRS S2, California SB 261, and the EU’s CSRD

At its core, Worldly Axion helps sustainability teams focus their strategies and investments where they’ll deliver the greatest returns. By turning complex facility-level data into clear, actionable priorities—enriched with broader regional context and AI-driven guidance—companies can drive measurable progress, justify spending to reduce environmental impacts, and make smarter, faster decisions.

“This data gives us a starting point for real collaboration,” said Jonathan Salmon, Head of Sustainability at Li & Fung. “Instead of just showing numbers, it helps bring together teams from both manufacturers and brands, and provides the insights needed to spot opportunities, understand risks, and make meaningful changes together.”

Building Supply Chain Resilience from Risk

As environmental volatility and regulatory complexity rise, so too does the cost of inaction. From water stress in Bangladesh and China to emerging carbon pricing schemes across the EU, companies must now align sourcing decisions with both sustainability goals and financial performance.

Worldly Axion bridges that gap—offering one unified platform to help consumer goods companies predict risk, prioritize action, and build resilient, future-ready supply chains.

"What excites me about Worldly Axion is that companies will have one tool in which they can both assess facility-level energy and GHG emissions and evaluate future scenarios and risks,” said Michael Sadowski, Executive Director of The Circulate Initiative. “It will allow companies to make more informed decisions about their supply chains and investments."

About Worldly

Worldly is the leading sustainability data and analytics platform for the consumer goods industry, empowering brands, retailers, and suppliers to turn primary data into strategic business action. Trusted by a network of over 40,000 global customers across apparel, footwear, home furnishings, outdoor sporting goods, and more, Worldly provides deep visibility into environmental and social impact—from carbon and water to chemicals and labor—at the product, facility, and value chain level.

Built on industry-leading standards including Cascale’s Higg Index tools, exclusively available on Worldly, and connected with partners like Material Exchange, Outdoor Industry Association, the European Outdoor Group and Bluesign, Worldly transforms raw data into actionable intelligence that helps companies reduce risk, boost operational efficiency, meet evolving compliance and regulatory requirements, and accelerate measurable impact. With the largest global network of engaged manufacturers and the most comprehensive library of materials and product impact data, Worldly enables businesses to lead with transparency, resilience, and accountability. www.worldly.io