Leaderboards

Analysts and assessment providers ranked by their contributions to the public disclosure record.

Second Party Opinions

Analysts ranked by number of SPOs they are cited in across the XFID registry.

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Rank Name Organization SPOs
1 Federico Pezzolato ISS ESG 254
2 Miguel Cunha ISS ESG 161
3 Zach Margolis Sustainalytics 155
4 Evan Bruner Sustainalytics 104
5 Wakako Mizuta Sustainalytics 99
6 Daniel Sanchez Sustainalytics 98
7 Peter Hoflich Sustainable Fitch 85
8 Begum Gursoy Sustainalytics 82
9 Shreeya Garg Sustainalytics 76
10 Marie Toyama Sustainalytics 71

Climate Bonds Certifications

Analysts ranked by number of Climate Bonds Certifications they are cited in.

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Rank Name Organization Certifications
1 Monica Reid Kestrel Verifiers 17
2 Federico Pezzolato ISS ESG 10
3 Melissa Winkler Kestrel Verifiers 10
4 Cristóvão Alves SITAWI 8
5 Gustavo Pimentel SITAWI 7
6 Zach Margolis Sustainalytics 7
7 Melissa Audrey Kestrel Verifiers 6
8 Melissa Sherwood Kestrel Verifiers 6
9 Vikram Puppala Sustainalytics 5
10 Begum Gursoy Sustainalytics 4

Assessment Providers

Organizations ranked by assessment documents they have produced.

SPO Providers

Organizations ranked by number of Second Party Opinions in the XFID registry.

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Rank Provider Country SPOs
1 Sustainalytics Netherlands 1462
2 S&P Global Ratings United States 976
3 ISS ESG United States 918
4 Sustainable Fitch UK 313
5 JCR Japan 98
6 Moody's ESG Solutions United States 69
7 EthiFinance France 38
8 CICERO Shades of Green Norway 19
9 Kestrel Verifiers United States 16
10 R&I Japan 7

Certification Verifiers

Organizations ranked by number of Climate Bonds Certifications they have verified.

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Rank Provider Country Certifications
1 Ernst & Young (EY) UK 99
2 Sustainalytics Netherlands 40
3 DNV Norway 38
4 ISS ESG United States 22
5 Kestrel Verifiers United States 22
6 KPMG Netherlands 20
7 Bureau Veritas France 9
8 NINT Brazil 8
9 BSI Group UK 4
10 Climate Bonds Initiative UK 1

Rankings are based on documents in the XFID open registry. Analysts are identified by name and email as cited in the original documents. Each analyst is assigned a permanent XPID (person identifier) for consistent tracking across providers and career changes. Assessment providers are identified by their organization record and assigned a permanent XFO-ID (organization identifier).