As sustainability has shifted from buzzword to business imperative lately, procurement stands at the frontline of environmental impact. Particularly in the built environment—which accounts for nearly 40% of global emissions—procurement decisions can no longer be driven solely by cost and availability. Today’s project teams, architects, and facility owners must align purchasing with carbon, waste, water, and health goals, while navigating a sea of disconnected, manual, and often unverifiable product data. In this context, Ecomedes has emerged as a transformative force, redefining sustainable procurement with the precision of AI and the rigor of compliance.

Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, Ecomedes was born from a vision to make buildings better for people, planet, and profit—starting at the product level. The platform addresses a critical market gap: while organizations like EcoVadis provide sustainability data at the company level, Ecomedes goes further by empowering buyers with verified, product-level environmental impact data. The company’s platform is trusted by government agencies, Fortune 500 firms, and leading sustainability-focused manufacturers to drive real-time, data-informed purchasing decisions.

At its core, Ecomedes simplifies and accelerates what has historically been a complex and opaque process. The platform brings together product intelligence, third-party certifications, and regulatory compliance into a single searchable interface. Through AI-powered data alignment, category-specific intelligent filters, compliance automation, and impact calculators, users can significantly speed up holestic product evaluation.  They can easily compare materials based on the widest range of attributes like embodied carbon, material health, water use, and eco-labels, product certifications (such as C2C, Declare, EPDs, GreenGuard,and HPDs, Intertek Clean Air), as well as building rating sytesms (such as LEED, WELL, and LIivign Fugure).

Every product is tied to third party verified (3PV) environmental disclosures, allowing users to move from ESG intent to execution—product by product, project by project. The result is a procurement experience that is not only faster and more efficient but also measurably impactful. Over the past 12 months alone, Ecomedes recorded 1.9 million sustainable product searches and saved users an estimated $27 million in research and evaluation time. With over 45,000 products added to projects in the first half of 2025 —a 744% year-over-year increase—the company’s momentum reflects a growing industry shift from static sustainability policies to dynamic, integrated purchasing workflows. “Our platform was built to make it easier for teams to make better decisions—faster,” says Kathleen Egan, CEO, Ecomedes. “Sustainability should not be a headache or something that gets avoided due to complexity. It should be a business advantage.”

That philosophy is embodied in how Ecomedes serves both public and private sectors. For research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy, like Sandia National Labs—which oversees more than 500 buildings—the company replaced an inefficient, manual reporting system with a faster, more holestic automated compliance process. By requiring contractors to submit invoice data into Ecomedes and tying that to verified sustainability metrics, Sandia was able to report accurately, increasea compliance to best-in-class levels, and optimize procurement at scale.

On the private side, F1000 companies owning real estate assets like JPMorgan Chase have project teams useing Ecomedes’ free tool for construction of critical development projects. The tool enabled cross-functional teams to search for compliant products, generate LEED documentation packages, and reduce embodied carbon through informed material selection. According to Kathleen, this ability to “connect manufacturers, specifiers, and buyers within one ecosystem” is what truly differentiates the platform. “We’re not just a compliance tool. We’re the infrastructure that makes sustainable procurement operationally effective and scalable,” she notes. “We work on both sides of the market—supporting the buyer and amplifying the manufacturer who is doing the important work of certifying their products.”

That dual-sided value proposition has allowed Ecomedes to onboard product data for more than 10,000 manufacturers with verified third-party certifications.  For their clients, names like MillerKnoll, Interface, Tarkett, and Steelcase, they provide best-in-class data optimization and publication. The platform’s procurement-ready data ensures that buyers no longer have to wade through surveys, PDFs, and spreadsheets. Instead, they begin their product selection journey with 1.3 million options, mapped to every major compliance framework across North America.

As regulatory pressures mount—from Buy Clean mandates to LEED v5.0 updates—Ecomedes is positioned as a vital digital ally. The company’s roadmap includes deeper AI integration, enhanced collaboration tools for distributed project teams, and multilingual global expansion into Europe and Latin America. Strategic partnerships, like being an authorized technical partner with with Mindful Materials on the Common Material Framework, reinforce its position as a foundational player in the sustainable design+build tech space.

In an industry often overwhelmed by greenwashing and complexity, Ecomedes offers a clear and actionable path forward. The company’s mission goes beyond checkboxes and certifications; it’s about systemic change—where sustainability and profitability reinforce one another. And with its emphasis on automation, data integrity, and user-friendly design, it is leading a quiet revolution in how materials are evaluated and procured. As Founder Paul Shahriari puts it, “Procurement is no longer just about price. It’s about performance, compliance, resilience, and values. We’re here to help organizations turn those values into measurable action.” In fact, by bridging the gap between intention and execution, Ecomedes has transformed sustainable procurement from an aspiration into a competitive edge—one product, one project, and one building at a time.