# 1.8.0 (04 / 2025) ## Release notes 04/2025 Release number: 1.8.0 \ Release date: 2nd April, 2025\ Notes updated: 15th May, 2025\ Current state: `Stable` The most significant improvements to the Upright model compared to the previous release 1.7.0 are listed below. More information on releases can be found on page [Release cycle](/releases/release-cycle.md). ### **Company coverage** * 11 000 unlisted companies have been added to the extended coverage, increasing the total [off-the-shelf company coverage](/coverage/off-the-shelf-coverage.md#company-coverage) to 57 000. Added companies belong to the scope of [PE funds database](https://uprightplatform.com/browse/funds?filters=%7B%22fundUniverse%22%3A%5B%22uprightDatabase%22%5D%2C%22fundType%22%3A%5B%22private-equity%22%5D%7D) [launched](https://www.uprightproject.com/blog/pe-fund-database-launch/) in December 2024. * 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. ### **SFDR Principal Adverse Impacts (PAI)** * PAI disclosures and estimates have been updated across metrics. * More disclosures for year 2024 are being added to latest release 1.8.0 during May and early June as companies publish 2024 sustainability reports . * A new datasource has been integrated to [UNGC/OECD norm violations](https://docs.uprightplatform.com/methodology/sfdr-pai-indicators#ungc-oecd-norm-violations) metric. Financial exclusion tracker database includes exclusion lists by 90+ financial institutions. * Coverage for GHG intensity, Non-renewable energy share and Energy consumption intensity estimates has been improved significantly. Estimates are calculated for a wider range of private companies. ### CSRD double materiality assessment * DMA database has been [launched](https://www.uprightproject.com/blog/50k-dma-launch/) 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](https://uprightplatform.com/company/ceef7aa5-daa5-41d5-9402-b7619930cefd/Sanofi/dma/materiality-results). * 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. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.uprightplatform.com/releases/release-notes/1.8.0-04-2025.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.