CRIF ESG Value

The global ecosystem that drives your sustainable growth

From ESG ambition to governed impact

CRIF ESG Value brings clarity and continuity to your sustainability journey

In a world of increasing complexity, achieving sustainable growth requires clarity, method, and continuity.

CRIF ESG Value is a global ecosystem that supports companies throughout their sustainability journey, providing a clear, actionable framework.

Drawing on CRIF’s decades of experience as a global leader in credit risk management and marketing services, and with our pioneering, forward‑looking approach to ESG, we turn strategy into practical action.

We take ESG ambition and transform it into practical, measurable action, creating integrated value and helping organisations achieve — and sustain — their goals over time.

Data Assets and Evaluation,  Platform, and Consulting and Education

These pillars turn ambition into effective delivery, ensuring transparency, consistency, and robust outcomes for a sustainable transition. This is achieved through reliable data, a powerful platform, and expert consulting and education, supporting organisations from assessment to implementation.

What we offer

Complete ESG solutions
We guide clients through a comprehensive ESG programme, helping them build advanced models to identify potential physical and transition risks, ensure full regulatory compliance, and unlock new opportunities for sustainable growth.

Superior accuracy
We provide precise creditworthiness assessments for financial institutions and corporates, supporting safer, better‑informed lending and investment decisions.
 
Data, expertise and experience
With more than 300 business experts and data scientists worldwide — supported by high‑quality information — we provide the essential elements for a sound, scalable ESG approach.

Innovative, technology‑driven approach
Digitalisation and advanced technologies are in CRIF’s DNA. This commitment to innovation is reflected in integrated ESG solutions powered by machine learning, AI, and GenAI.

A leading sustainability partner
Sustainability shapes both our policies and the actions we take, fostering a responsible approach and raising awareness to help organisations unlock their full ESG potential.

Who we support

• Companies seeking to enhance and communicate their ESG profiles and to assess ESG risks within their supplier base
• Credit institutions integrating ESG criteria into their value chain for managerial, regulatory, or accounting purposes
• Insurance companies
• Investors looking for sustainable investment options and accurate labelling
• Non-profit and government organisations focused on sustainability
  

From ESG complexity to decisive action

CRIF SYNESGY RATINGS delivers authoritative, decision-grade ESG assessments

New and demanding contexts call for expert guidance. CRIF Synesgy Ratings is an innovative, trusted player that provides simple, reliable, and accessible ESG assessments for organisations of every size, enabling companies, financial institutions, and supply‑chain leaders to turn assessments into actionable decisions.

Combining robust, multi‑source data, direct engagement, and analytical expertise in a seamless approach, CRIF Synesgy Ratings integrates over 140 ESG KPIs from questionnaires, public data, proprietary models, and climate scenarios across multiple time horizons, all powered by advanced analytics and GenAI.

With CRIF Synesgy Ratings, organisations can anticipate risks, identify new opportunities, and accelerate sustainable progress with confidence, removing barriers and making ESG participation accessible for organisations at every stage of their journey.

Services, solutions and benefits

• Transformation of business information into ESG data
• Calculation of CO2 emissions
• Deep and comprehensive ESG indicator data lake
• Ratings
• Opinions
• Scores
• KPIs
• Benchmarks
• Supply chain assessments
• Real estate valuations
• Regulatory compliance
• Access to markets and financing
• Reputation and transparency
• International comparability

From ESG data to connected insights

SYNESGY platform supports organisations and their supply chains to accelerate ESG progress

Reliable information keeps programmes on track. Synesgy — a global digital platform — delivers this by collecting and managing sustainability data across the entire supply chain. 

Through a simple, intuitive ESG self-assessment — aligned with international frameworks such as the UN 2030 Agenda, the UN Global Compact, GRI, and the EU Taxonomy — it provides each company with a complete view of its assessment, as well as benchmarking and guidance on the development plan to follow.

With Synesgy, fragmented data becomes a clear, valuable, and powerful asset throughout the ESG journey.

 
Benefits for supply chain leaders

• Assessment of supply chain ESG sustainability
• Tools for supplier qualification and sustainability monitoring
• Prevention of operational and reputational risks

Benefits for suppliers

• Self-assessment to evaluate sustainability performance
• Report including ESG assessment and action plan
• Synesgy certificate
• Benchmarking to understand market positioning
• MySynesgy app

From ESG vision to long-term value creation

CRIF ESG CONSULTING helps organisations make the best decisions.

CRIF ESG Consulting combines professional advisory services with advanced tools to integrate ESG factors into strategic and operational decision‑making for financial institutions and corporates.
This results in stronger regulatory compliance, measurable ESG performance, reduced reputational and operational risks, and structured support to shape effective corporate sustainability strategies.

Services, solutions and benefits

• Application of ESG scores and KPIs to support portfolio‑level analysis and risk screening activities
• Assessment of the materiality of climate and environmental (C&E) risks across different portfolios
• Support inintegrating C&E risks into risk‑management processes; defining mitigation policies and adaptation strategies; identifying ESG KPIs for non‑financial disclosures and sustainability reporting
   

From ESG understanding to application.

CRIF ESG CONSULTING supports people in developing the right competence.

Learning to find your own way is the most effective path to reach your chosen destination. Through our training programmes — powered by proprietary content, experienced trainers, and practical tools — we help build the awareness and skills your organisation needs to drive corporate sustainability forward.
 
Benefits for key roles in Procurement, Risk Management, Sustainability, Compliance, and HR

• Improved regulatory compliance
• Stronger, measurable ESG performance
• Reduced reputational and operational risks
• Support in building your corporate sustainability strategy

Let’s drive your sustainable growth together