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CRIF Synesgy Ratings: The New ESG Ratings Agency
(From the crif.it website)
CRIF S.p.A. announces the launch of CRIF Synesgy Ratings S.r.l., a technology-driven spin-off created to meet evolving market demands and align with the requirements of the new EU Regulation 3005/2024 on ESG ratings.
CRIF Synesgy Ratings is an EU-based company that builds on more than 35 years of CRIF’s expertise in credit assessment to establish new benchmarks for ESG ratings. Operating globally, the company maintains a strong focus on the European Union.
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CRIF Synesgy Ratings combines the CRIF Group’s long-standing expertise in creditworthiness assessment with Artificial Intelligence and advanced analytics to provide ESG evaluations that are simple, scalable, and easily embedded into ongoing business processes, turning the ESG acronym into “Easy Sustainable Growth.”
The agency positions itself as a strategic partner for ESG transformation, providing robust, transparent, and accessible ESG data, scores, and ratings for banks, insurance companies, investors, corporates, public institutions, and private individuals. Its solutions range from automated assessments covering millions of counterparties to highly customized, in-depth reports, supporting both regulatory compliance and strategic decision-making.
CRIF Synesgy Ratings brings together rating analysts, data scientists, and risk managers to deliver rigorous assessments and fast, accurate analytics in an evolving regulatory, accounting, and business environment.
What sets the agency apart is its ability to integrate multiple data sources, ranging from corporate information and public and private ESG data to climate and macroeconomic scenarios and multi-year outlooks, ensuring comprehensive ESG coverage, including for SMEs and sole proprietorships.
The numbers confirm its leadership in the sector: in 2024, 2.7 million company assessments and 1.6 million real-estate assessments were conducted, while Synesgy serves more than 60,000 clients across over 100 countries worldwide.
From a technology perspective, the agency leverages Advanced Analytics, Generative AI, and cloud computing to deliver secure, scalable ESG solutions that can be seamlessly integrated through APIs.
Its methodological approach is both rigorous and transparent. Ratings are built on three fundamental pillars: data, questionnaires, and analyst expertise. Analysts apply advanced models to process and interpret data, working diligently to ensure the highest level of rating reliability. CRIF Synesgy Ratings was established with the objective of contributing to greater transparency and higher quality standards within the ESG market, while taking into account evolving regulatory frameworks and emerging market trends.
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