ESG Book

Name

ESG Book

Legal name

ESG Book GmbH

Website

https://esgbook.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Data & ESG Disclosure Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Web Search Portals and All Other Information Services (51929)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

ESG Data, Ratings & Research (Providers, Methodologies, Analytics) (FSAAALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

ESG Reporting, Disclosure & Regulatory Compliance (SFDR, EU Taxonomy, TCFD/ISSB) (FSAAALAK), ESG Data, Ratings & Climate Benchmarks (FSAFAIAI), Sustainability & ESG Reporting (GRI/SASB/ISSB/CSRD) (EUAHAJAB), ESG Data Platforms, Controls & Audit Readiness (Data quality, internal controls) (EUAHAJAN), ESG, Sustainability & Impact Research (BPAHALAL)

Keywords

• Sustainability data platform
• ESG disclosure software
• Regulatory intelligence
• Climate risk analytics
• Financed emissions data

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Subscription (Access, Engage, Pulse): SaaS platform subscription model offering modular products: Access (public ESG data), Engage (private data collection), and Pulse (regulatory intelligence). Data is delivered via API and cloud integrations. Pricing scales with use cases and team size.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ESG Book operates a cloud-based sustainability data and disclosure platform that combines a large validated public ESG dataset with AI-powered private data collection, automated validation, and regulatory framework mapping. Its three core modules—Access (public ESG data), Engage (private data collection), and Pulse (regulatory intelligence)—serve financial institutions and corporates needing to meet sustainability reporting requirements across ISSB, ESRS, GRI, EU Taxonomy, EBA Pillar 3, and SFDR frameworks.

Product overview

ESG Book offers a cloud-based sustainability data and disclosure platform composed of three integrated modules: Access (public ESG data), Engage (private data collection), and Pulse (regulatory intelligence). The platform unifies public and private sustainability data for sustainability reporting, transition finance, and supply chain decarbonisation. Data is validated through automated checks, standardised across regulatory frameworks including ISSB, ESRS, GRI, EU Taxonomy, SFDR, and EBA Pillar 3, and delivered via API, Snowflake, AWS, GCP, SFTP, or CSV. The platform also incorporates LEO, a sustainability disclosure platform launched in partnership with BCG and Google Cloud, which provides modular reporting templates with smart prefill capabilities drawing from over 200,000 disclosures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LEO: A sustainability disclosure platform built with Google Cloud to help corporates and financial institutions meet evolving regulatory requirements for ESG reporting.
• Access
• Engage
• Pulse

Products and services

• Access Provides access to one of the largest validated datasets of publicly available company climate and sustainability data, covering 76,000 companies across 500+ ESG metrics with up to five years of history. Used by financial institutions and corporates for portfolio coverage tracking, company performance benchmarking, and meeting sustainability reporting requirements with consistent, trustworthy data.
• Engage A customer engagement tool for collecting private sustainability data from customers and suppliers, mapped to reporting frameworks. Enables disclosure requests at scale with AI prefill, standardised input workflows, and automated validation, reducing the reporting burden on corporate and financial-institution clients.
• Pulse A regulatory intelligence platform that tracks and alerts users to applicable ESG regulations across 100+ jurisdictions, covering over 3,300 regulations from more than 100 authorities. Filters regulations by organisational profile including employee count, turnover, and balance sheet size, with real-time alert engine and email notifications.
• LEO (Leadership Engagement and Operations) A sustainability disclosure platform launched in partnership with BCG and Google Cloud, offering modular reporting templates interoperable with global standards including ISSB and GRI, with smart pre-fill drawing from over 200,000 disclosures. Major financial institutions including ING, Lloyds, and NatWest are adopting or piloting the solution, targeting EBA Pillar 3 and Basel III compliance.
• WJI 2030 Impact Action Journey Framework A digital reporting platform for the watch and jewellery industry providing a consolidated set of KPIs aligned with IFRS Sustainability and ESRS Standards, modular training, and practical guidance for nature-positive strategies. Enables real-time tracking of environmental progress for industry members.

Quantifiable outcome

• Close data gaps with 76,000 companies across 500+ metrics with 5+ years of history
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BCG (Boston Consulting Group)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 April 2025ESG Book partnered with BCG and Google Cloud to launch LEO, a sustainability disclosure platform for corporates and financial institutions. LEO offers modular reporting templates interoperable with global standards including ISSB and GRI, with smart pre-fill from 200,000+ disclosures. Major financial institutions including ING, Lloyds, and NatWest are adopting or piloting the solution.
• Google CloudcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 April 2025ESG Book partnered with BCG and Google Cloud to launch LEO, a sustainability disclosure platform. Google Cloud serves as the technology infrastructure partner, with Justin Keeble (MD of Global Sustainability for Google Cloud) publicly endorsing the platform. Cloud and AI are described as central to ESG Book's operations.
• Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 (WJI 2030)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025WJI 2030 and ESG Book launched the WJI 2030 Impact Action Journey Framework at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The digital reporting platform helps the watch and jewellery industry navigate sustainability regulations and embed nature-positive strategies, providing KPIs aligned with IFRS Sustainability and ESRS Standards along with modular training and practical guidance.
• Asset ImpactminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerESG Book and Asset Impact partnered to provide a joint solution for calculating financed emissions in compliance with EBA Pillar 3 requirements, combining ESG Book's data platform with Asset Impact's financed emissions methodology expertise.
• InterosminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerESG Book partnered with Interos to set new standards for sustainability risk intelligence, integrating ESG Book's disclosure platform to expand ESG insights beyond public companies by engaging private firms through a custom framework, covering Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, forced labour policies, supplier oversight, and product safety.
• Glass LewisminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerESG Book partnered with Glass Lewis to integrate its structured, high-quality ESG data into Glass Lewis' proxy research papers, providing the world's largest investors with clear, verifiable insights on sustainability performance, peer benchmarking, and decarbonisation analytics aligned with global frameworks like ISSB.
• Risk Software LabsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorESG Book announced partnership with Risk Software Labs to empower financial institutions and corporates across the MENA region with market-leading ESG solutions, leveraging Risk Software Labs' regional distribution capabilities.
• Global Regulators, Associations, Exchanges, and Standard SetterscoreOthersESG Book is connected to an ecosystem of leading global regulators, associations, exchanges, and standard setters to streamline sustainability disclosure across financial markets. Specific partner names are shown in logos but not individually named in text.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Clarity AI: Sustainability analytics platform providing ESG data, ratings and impact metrics for investors and corporates. Closest direct competitor in terms of SaaS delivery model, breadth of company coverage, and buyer focus on asset managers.
• Morningstar Sustainalytics: One of the largest dedicated ESG ratings and research providers, serving the same buy-side and corporate clients for ESG risk ratings, data, and regulatory reporting. Most direct head-to-head competitor in ESG data and analytics.
• ISS ESG: ISS's ESG data, ratings and research business (now part of Deutsche Börse / ISS STOXX), serving asset managers, asset owners, and corporates. Direct overlap with ESG Book on ESG ratings, regulatory datasets, and stewardship data.

Emerging players

• Persefoni: Climate management and accounting platform focused on carbon and financed emissions measurement. Adjacent competitor to ESG Book's PCAF-aligned financed emissions and Scope 1–3 product set.
• Workiva: Cloud platform for sustainability, regulatory and financial reporting. Overlaps with ESG Book on CSRD/ESRS/SECR-style reporting workflows for corporates, though Workiva is more horizontal and ESG Book more data-and-validation focused.
• EcoVadis: Sustainability ratings platform focused on supply chain ESG assessments. Overlaps with ESG Book's supply chain decarbonisation use case and the case-study of engaging 800+ suppliers for a G-SIB.

Broad incumbents

• MSCI ESG & Climate: Incumbent ESG ratings and data provider, bundled with MSCI's index and analytics franchises. Competes with ESG Book across portfolio ESG analytics, financed emissions, and regulatory reporting for asset managers and asset owners.
• LSEG (Refinitiv) ESG: London Stock Exchange Group's ESG and climate data franchise, including the former Refinitiv ESG scores. Competes with ESG Book on company-level ESG data, financed emissions, and regulatory use cases for global banks and asset managers.
• S&P Global Sustainable1: S&P Global's ESG and climate data, ratings and analytics arm. Overlaps with ESG Book on corporate sustainability datasets, framework mapping, and supply chain risk data sold into the same global enterprise buyer base.
• Bloomberg ESG Data: ESG data offering bundled with the Bloomberg Terminal, widely used by financial institutions for portfolio ESG analytics. Competes with ESG Book for the same financial-institution wallet, with a structural distribution advantage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors7 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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