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# 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.