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Climate & Decisions Unveils Decision-Intelligence Platform to Translate Climate Data into Business Actions
On 11 September 2026, Australian climate advisory firm Climate & Decisions rolled out Climate Decision Intelligence, a new tool that fuses the company’s climate expertise with Aera Technology’s agentic decision‑intelligence platform. The system is meant to pull climate and sustainability information out of reports and dashboards and weave it into everyday operational, financial and commercial choices.
Built on Aera Technology’s Decision Cloud, the platform links climate signals—such as extreme weather events, deviations from carbon budgets and supplier sustainability scores—to the specific business context in which they arise. It weighs possible responses, makes trade‑offs across revenue, cost, margin, service, resilience and emissions visible, and can generate recommendations, route them to the right owners for review or approval, or even execute decisions automatically when appropriate. Every action and its outcome is stored in Aera’s decision memory, creating a traceable record and a learning loop.
"The market does not need another climate dashboard. It needs a faster, more governed path from climate signals to business action," CEO Thierry Lotrian told the press. The launch responds to a widening gap between the flood of climate data—risk assessments, emissions inventories, supplier evaluations, transition plans, carbon budgets and mandatory disclosures—and the decisions that actually shape business outcomes.
Aera Technology, founded in 2017, has earned a spot in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Decision‑Intelligence Platforms. Its Decision Cloud is described as a “digital brain” that integrates data, intelligence, automation and engagement to digitise, augment and automate decision making at scale.
The new solution comes with five Aera Skills™ designed for recurring climate and sustainability decisions: 1. Supply Chain Resilience – protects availability, revenue and service when climate events disrupt suppliers, transport or inventory. 2. Carbon‑Aware Promotion – identifies product, portfolio or campaign changes that cut emissions while managing margin and availability. 3. Carbon Budget Optimisation – recommends adjustments when emissions move outside a defined budget. 4. Supplier Risk – links supplier sustainability performance to commercial exposure and flags when escalation is required. 5. Sustainable Sourcing – compares suppliers and sourcing allocations across cost, carbon footprint, performance, capacity, service and risk.
Each skill ties a climate signal to relevant business context, evaluates viable options and visualises financial, operational and climate trade‑offs. The system can route recommendations to owners for approval or trigger automated execution.
The launch arrives as supply‑chain disruptions linked to climate change grow, procurement pressures rise, and companies face the rollout of IFRS S2‑aligned disclosure requirements. IFRS S2, part of the International Sustainability Standards Board’s framework, obliges firms to disclose material climate risks and tie them to governance, strategy and financial performance.
Climate & Decisions says organisations can start with a single high‑value decision, then configure data, criteria and governance to fit their environment. The firm will publish a joint paper, The Climate Decision Advantage, shortly after the launch. The paper will examine the climate‑decision gap and outline a practical path from an initial use case to enterprise‑wide capability.
The product will be showcased at the ESG Procurement Conference 2026 in Sydney on 16 September 2026. Attendees will be able to explore how the solution turns climate and sustainability signals into governed business decisions.
In short, Climate Decision Intelligence aims to close the gap between climate data and actionable business decisions by embedding climate intelligence into existing decision processes. The platform leverages Aera Technology’s decision‑intelligence capabilities and Climate & Decisions’ climate expertise to provide quantified recommendations, accountable ownership and a traceable record of outcomes.
The solution is newly launched, with a planned conference demonstration and an upcoming joint paper. No further product releases or regulatory actions have been announced.
Built on Aera Technology’s Decision Cloud, the platform links climate signals—such as extreme weather events, deviations from carbon budgets and supplier sustainability scores—to the specific business context in which they arise. It weighs possible responses, makes trade‑offs across revenue, cost, margin, service, resilience and emissions visible, and can generate recommendations, route them to the right owners for review or approval, or even execute decisions automatically when appropriate. Every action and its outcome is stored in Aera’s decision memory, creating a traceable record and a learning loop.
"The market does not need another climate dashboard. It needs a faster, more governed path from climate signals to business action," CEO Thierry Lotrian told the press. The launch responds to a widening gap between the flood of climate data—risk assessments, emissions inventories, supplier evaluations, transition plans, carbon budgets and mandatory disclosures—and the decisions that actually shape business outcomes.
Aera Technology, founded in 2017, has earned a spot in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Decision‑Intelligence Platforms. Its Decision Cloud is described as a “digital brain” that integrates data, intelligence, automation and engagement to digitise, augment and automate decision making at scale.
The new solution comes with five Aera Skills™ designed for recurring climate and sustainability decisions: 1. Supply Chain Resilience – protects availability, revenue and service when climate events disrupt suppliers, transport or inventory. 2. Carbon‑Aware Promotion – identifies product, portfolio or campaign changes that cut emissions while managing margin and availability. 3. Carbon Budget Optimisation – recommends adjustments when emissions move outside a defined budget. 4. Supplier Risk – links supplier sustainability performance to commercial exposure and flags when escalation is required. 5. Sustainable Sourcing – compares suppliers and sourcing allocations across cost, carbon footprint, performance, capacity, service and risk.
Each skill ties a climate signal to relevant business context, evaluates viable options and visualises financial, operational and climate trade‑offs. The system can route recommendations to owners for approval or trigger automated execution.
The launch arrives as supply‑chain disruptions linked to climate change grow, procurement pressures rise, and companies face the rollout of IFRS S2‑aligned disclosure requirements. IFRS S2, part of the International Sustainability Standards Board’s framework, obliges firms to disclose material climate risks and tie them to governance, strategy and financial performance.
Climate & Decisions says organisations can start with a single high‑value decision, then configure data, criteria and governance to fit their environment. The firm will publish a joint paper, The Climate Decision Advantage, shortly after the launch. The paper will examine the climate‑decision gap and outline a practical path from an initial use case to enterprise‑wide capability.
The product will be showcased at the ESG Procurement Conference 2026 in Sydney on 16 September 2026. Attendees will be able to explore how the solution turns climate and sustainability signals into governed business decisions.
In short, Climate Decision Intelligence aims to close the gap between climate data and actionable business decisions by embedding climate intelligence into existing decision processes. The platform leverages Aera Technology’s decision‑intelligence capabilities and Climate & Decisions’ climate expertise to provide quantified recommendations, accountable ownership and a traceable record of outcomes.
The solution is newly launched, with a planned conference demonstration and an upcoming joint paper. No further product releases or regulatory actions have been announced.
