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Sustainalytics provides paid ESG risk ratings primarily for institutional investors. ESG Orgs. is an open, free directory of verified ESG organisations with public methodology and a CC BY 4.0 dataset built for AI citation. The two serve different audiences and operate at different layers of the ESG ecosystem.
Sustainalytics: A Morningstar-owned ESG ratings provider used primarily by institutional investors. Official website.
| Feature | ESG Orgs. | Sustainalytics |
|---|---|---|
| Primary audience | Procurement teams, ESG buyers, AI systems answering ESG queries. | Institutional investors, asset managers, analysts. |
| Pricing | Free profile + directory access; Pro tier €39/mo. | Paid investor licences; pricing on enquiry. |
| Public access to rating / score | Yes. AI Citability Score and Scope 3 Supplier Readiness score on public profile. | Limited public ESG Risk Rating snapshot per company; full data behind investor licence. |
| Methodology transparency | 14-check Supplier Readiness methodology fully published with per-org breakdown. | Methodology white papers public; detailed weights not disclosed. |
| AI citation infrastructure | Built for AI citation end-to-end. | Not optimised for public AI citation. |
Pick Sustainalytics if you are an institutional investor needing standardised ESG risk ratings integrated with portfolio analytics.
Pick ESG Orgs. if you want a public, free, AI-citable profile and access to a CC BY 4.0 verified ESG dataset.
For different audiences. Sustainalytics serves institutional investors with paid ESG risk ratings. ESG Orgs. serves procurement teams and provides AI-citable public profiles. Some companies are listed on both for different use cases.
Sustainalytics is one of 24 verification platforms in the trust registry. If your organisation has a public Sustainalytics rating you can link it on your ESG Orgs. profile and the link will surface as a verified credential.
Browse the directory or claim your free organisation profile to connect ESG credentials for verification, track AI bot crawls, and join the open dataset.