Worldly, the leading supply chain intelligence platform for the consumer goods industry, announced a milestone year of growth across its network, product portfolio, and team, marked by a record number of new brand and retailer customers, major new AI-powered solutions, two strategic acquisitions, and industry recognition including inclusion in the 2026 Gartner Market Guide for Sustainable Procurement Applications. Demand is increasingly led by compliance, sourcing, and legal teams who carry direct regulatory exposure, and by operations leaders, not only by sustainability teams

The results reflect a market under extraordinary pressure. Tariffs are raising costs and squeezing margins for businesses across the U.S. Freight rates have climbed to record highs across truckload, LTL, and parcel as fuel prices spike and trucking capacity tightens. And complexity keeps compounding: 83 per cent of business leaders say cross-border operations are more complex than they were a year ago, with sustainability requirements now written directly into trade policy itself.

At the same time, regulation has moved from the horizon to the doorstep. The first wave of companies is already reporting under the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) obligations are taking shape even as the EU readjusts some deadlines, forced labor enforcement is intensifying under the UFLPA, and product-level requirements such as the Digital Product Passport and environmental labeling are advancing. The timelines keep shifting; the direction does not. To respond, brands need trusted primary data from the manufacturers making their products.

"Three years ago, Worldly was a measurement tool. Then we became the system of record for supply chain sustainability data. This year's growth shows the next step: Worldly is becoming mission-critical supply chain intelligence," said Scott Raskin, CEO of Worldly. "Compliance buyers carry legal exposure. They need evidence, not estimates. The brands winning this transition aren't the ones with the best sustainability reports. They're the ones with the deepest visibility into their supply chains, and the data intelligence to act on it."