---
title: "Release Note #10 - Sustainability Risk Assessment - What’s new - January 2026"
description: Simvia's Sustainability Risk Assessment has been updated with the latest datasets and improved methodologies. Discover what changed across governance, water risk, climate vulnerability, food loss, and more.
---
[Skip to content](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/release-note-10-sustainability-risk-assessment-whats-new#main-content)
English
Show submenu for translations
[](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base?hsLang=en)
Open main navigation
Close main navigation
- English
Show submenu for translations
This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached.
- There are no suggestions because the search field is empty.
1. [Help Center](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base?hsLang=en)
2. [Updates](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/updates?hsLang=en)
3. [Release Notes 2026](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/updates?hsLang=en#release-notes-2026)
# Release Note #10 - Sustainability Risk Assessment - What’s new - January 2026
Dear Simvia user,
We’re excited to share fresh updates to the **Sustainability Risk Assessment (SRA)**
Here’s a quick overview of what’s new:
- Updated SRA datasets to the **most recent versions available** (and improved sources where relevant).
- Strengthened risk scores with **updated methodologies, wider coverage** enabling you to compare scores more accurately.
### **Updated datasets across SRA**
We updated multiple SRA risk scores to newer dataset releases **where updates were available**, improving coverage and keeping your assessments up to date. These updates are already live and automatically reflected in your SRA results and exports, **no action required**.
💡No changes have been made to your existing custom risk assessments, ensuring your past assessments stay as they are.
### **Notable changes**
A few risk scores saw more meaningful updates beyond a routine refresh:
- **Institutional Arrangements / Good Governance**: Updated to a newer World Bank WGI release and expanded to include **a broader set of governance measurements**, strengthening the overall governance signal used in the SRA.
- **Food Loss & Waste**: Updated with **additional product-level coverage**, including **dairy products** and **fish & seafood** for more detailed insights.
- **Pesticide Use**: Updated to a newer FAOSTAT dataset using a **more directly comparable intensity-based measure** (kg/ha), improving benchmarking across regions.
- **Basin (Overall) Water Risk** is the updated name for **Overall Water Risk**. In this version, the risk scores have been updated using the Water Risk Filter (WRF) 2024 dataset. Compared to the WRF 2023 version, WRF 2024 has been expanded to 42 indicators instead of 32, and the risk categories (Physical, Regulatory & Reputational Risk) have been reorganised with different factors. The addition of “Basin” better reflects the metric’s focus on basin-level water risk.
- **Climate Risk Vulnerability:** The 2025 dataset of the Climate Risk Index (CRI) provided by Germanwatch is calculated using an **updated methodology versus earlier versions**, including changes to the data inputs and the indicators. The new methodology includes World Bank data and **incorporates additional hazard types** (e.g. drought, wildfire), which were previously excluded.
**Check out our new help desk article**
To review the complete set of risk scores and their updated definitions, visit our new and improved help desk articles explaining the entire update and use cases of the Sustainability Risk Assessment:
[https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/sustainability-risk-assessment-sra](https://agriplacesupportteam.zendesk.com/hc/en-150/categories/11546220237725-Sustainability-Risk-Assessment)
---
For more information on how to interpret these updated results, please visit our Help Center or reach out to us at **support@simvia.com**
Smooth compliance ahead,
**The Simvia Team**
- [Getting Started](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/getting-started?hsLang=en#main-content)
- [About Simvia](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/getting-started?hsLang=en#about-simvia)
- [Navigating the Platform](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/getting-started?hsLang=en#navigating-the-platform)
- [Account & Access](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/getting-started?hsLang=en#account-access)
- [Supply Chain Approval (SCA)](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/supply-chain-approval-sca?hsLang=en#main-content)
- [Dashboard](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/supply-chain-approval-sca?hsLang=en#dashboard)
- [Compliance Overview](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/supply-chain-approval-sca?hsLang=en#compliance-overview)
- [Organisations](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/supply-chain-approval-sca?hsLang=en#organisations)
- [Products](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/supply-chain-approval-sca?hsLang=en#products)
- [Requests](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/supply-chain-approval-sca?hsLang=en#requests)
- [Documents](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/supply-chain-approval-sca?hsLang=en#documents)
- [Requirements](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/supply-chain-approval-sca?hsLang=en#requirements)
- [PPWR](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/ppwr?hsLang=en)
- [Sustainability Risk Assessment (SRA)](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/sustainability-risk-assessment-sra?hsLang=en)
- [Connections](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/connections?hsLang=en#main-content)
- [Certification Databases](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/connections?hsLang=en#certification-databases)
- [Laboratory Integrations](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/connections?hsLang=en#laboratory-integrations)
- [Updates](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/updates?hsLang=en#main-content)
- [Release Notes 2026](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/updates?hsLang=en#release-notes-2026)
- [Release Notes 2025](https://helpcenter.simvia.com/knowledge-base/updates?hsLang=en#release-notes-2025)
[](https://www.simvia.com/)
Copyright © 2026, Simvia