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 154
4 Evan Bruner Sustainalytics 103
5 Wakako Mizuta Sustainalytics 99
6 Daniel Sanchez Sustainalytics 98
7 Peter Hoflich Sustainable Fitch 84
8 Begum Gursoy Sustainalytics 82
9 Federico Pezzolato ISS ESG 79
10 Shreeya Garg Sustainalytics 76

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 Federico Pezzolato ISS ESG 10
4 Cristóvão Alves SITAWI 8
5 Melissa Winkler Kestrel Verifiers 8
6 Cristóvão Alves SITAWI 7
7 Gustavo Pimentel SITAWI 7
8 Zach Margolis Sustainalytics 7
9 Melissa Audrey Kestrel Verifiers 6
10 Monica Reid Kestrelverifiers 6

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 1457
2 S&P Global Ratings United States 972
3 ISS ESG United States 891
4 Sustainable Fitch UK 311
5 JCR Japan 93
6 Moody's ESG Solutions United States 69
7 EthiFinance France 38
8 Kestrel Verifiers United States 16
9 R&I Japan 7
10 CICERO Shades of Green Norway 2

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 98
2 DNV Norway 38
3 Sustainalytics Netherlands 34
4 Kestrel Verifiers United States 20
5 KPMG Netherlands 19
6 ISS ESG United States 11
7 Bureau Veritas France 7
8 BSI Group UK 4

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).