1.8.0 (04 / 2025)

Release notes for release 1.8.0.

Release notes 04/2025

Release number: 1.8.0 Release date: 2nd April, 2025 Notes updated: 2nd April, 2025 Current state: Latest

The most significant improvements to the Upright model compared to the previous release 1.7.0 are listed below. Latest release 1.8.0 may receive targeted updates and fixes before it becomes stable, at the time a new latest release is published. These release notes will be updated to reflect any significant updates. More information on releases can be found on page Release cycle.

Company coverage

• 14 000 unlisted companies have been added to the extended coverage, increasing the total off-the-shelf coverage to 60 000. Added companies belong to the scope of PE funds database launched in December

• A set of companies have been updated to the year 2024. Updates to data set recency continue during Q2 as new company annual reports are published

Net impact

• Upright is focused on a longer Net impact development project with the goal of radically improving results quality and transparency. The results of the development project will be released later on.

SFDR Principal Adverse Impacts (PAI)

• PAI disclosure and estimate recency and accuracy have been improved across metrics. The work continues during April and will added to the latest release 1.8.0 by the end of the month

CSRD double materiality assessment

• DMA database has been launched increasing the off-the-shelf coverage for double materiality assessments to 50,000+ companies

• An improved materiality results summary view has been published to make it easier to find and access material sustainability matters. This includes:

  • A simplified view with direct visibility into all sustainability matters and their materiality

  • A toggle to view or hide non-material matters

• Information about non-material matters has been made visible, providing an opportunity to review why certain matters are not considered material for a company. Explore this demo profile for more

  • All DMA customers of Upright will have the opportunity to access this information when their results are updated in 2025. Non-materiality information is not automatically shown for previously delivered DMA results