Intro
Technology has been the enabler of rapid civilization advancement during the information age and has helped us solve many problems and made our lives easier. Some examples of great technological innovations that are today crucial to our everyday life are the internet, cell phones, GPS, the assembly line, and x-ray machines.
Although technology has helped us advance civilization tremendously, it has also produced unwanted by-products, increased pollution, and the depletion of natural resources from Earth, it has been a double-edged sword. Climate change has turned into one of the biggest challenges human civilization has ever faced and technology has been a driver in putting us into this situation, but it is also one of the most efficient tools to solve climate change in the same way it has solved many other problems for us.
One type of technology is software, which are the programs, set of instructions, documentation, and data a computer uses to perform tasks. Basically the brains of computers that helps us with everything from typing and sending a text to our mom, to directing a rocket into space. It has helped us solve many problems and made our lives easier, and now it’s also helping us solve the climate change problem.
There are many kinds of software developed to solve climate change, but in this article, we want to highlight Swedish companies developing software that helps other companies reach net-zero emissions, a very important task as companies produce a lot of greenhouse gas emissions by providing the products and services we all are dependent on (electricity, food, clothes, concrete, and so on).
Below are 10 such companies along with information on how their software help companies to reduce emissions and their open job positions - great opportunities to work professionally with climate action; earning a salary by applying your skills to solving climate change.
The companies
Carboncloud
- About: CarbonCloud is a research-based food-tech startup with a disruptive web-based SaaS solution that enables detailed calculations of climate footprints of food products and production processes.
- Location: Gothenburg
- Website
- Career site
- Example open positions: Brand marketer, Regional sales manager, People & culture manager
ClimateView
- About: ClimateView is a Swedish climate action technology company that helps cities transform climate planning into progress. They combine data, agent-based modeling, and interface design to help cities manage the transition to zero-carbon economies.
- Location: Stockholm
- Website
- Career site
- Example open positions: Senior marketing manager, Sales manager, Backend engineer, Frontend engineer, Director of climate finance
Doconomy
- About: Doconomy provides leading impact data services for individuals and corporations to help educate, engage and reduce environmental impact.
- Location: Stockholm
- Website
- Career site
- Example open positions: Frontend developer, Backend developer, Data analyst
Greenbyte
- About: The leading asset management platform to drive performance improvements and cost savings in renewable energy production.
- Location: Gothenburg
- Website
- Career site
- Example open positions: User engagement manager
Normative
- About: Normative provides science-based carbon accounting software and tailored advice from net zero experts, enabling companies to reduce their carbon footprints.
- Location: Stockholm
- Website
- Career site
- Example open positions: Solutions engineer, Account executive, Product manager
Position Green
- About: Helping companies build resilient and sustainable organizations. Their integrated ESG offering combines specialized advisory services with data-driven software, e-learning, and executive training.
- Location: Malmo
- Website
- Career site
- Example open positions: Account manager, Senior associate, Graphic designer
SustainLab
- About: SustainLab is an automated and easy-to-use sustainability management platform helping companies manage your sustainability processes and transforming data into simple and clear graphs and reports.
- Location: Stockholm
- Website
- Career site
- Example open positions: Lead frontend developer, Sustainability internship, Full stack developer
TrusTrace
- About: Offers a state-of-the-art digital platform for product traceability and supply chain transparency. Using AI and blockchain technology, they bring data transparency to producers who really want to know what they sell, and to consumers who really care what they buy.
- Location: Stockholm
- Website
- Career site
- Example open positions: SDET engineer, Full stack engineer
Utilifeed
- About: Utilifeed is a young innovative company that provides intelligent web-based services for district heating utility providers and building owners. Their solutions combine industry expertise with modern IT infrastructure and data analysis, creating user-friendly but powerful tools which enable increased resource utilization, improved customer relations, and reduced environmental footprint.
- Location: Gothenburg
- Website
- Career site
- Example open positions: Product manager, Senior software developer
Worldfavor
- About: Worldfavor’s sustainability platform enables organizations worldwide to easily access, share, and leverage data to gain insights and make sustainable action possible – internally and through far-reaching value chains. The platform helps its growing network of 20,000+ organizations understand their impact, fuel action, and stay resilient.
- Location: Stockholm
- Website
- Career site
- Example open positions: Onboarding manager, Sustainability advisor, Recruiter
Did we leave out a company you think should have been included? Did you find your dream job at one of these companies? Do you just want to say hi? Reach out to us below!
