Buyer’s Guide: Climate Financial Data And Analytics Solutions (2025)

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Climate Financial Data & Analytics

Felicity Laird

Ryan Skinner

02 Sep, 2025

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Executive Summary

Climate financial data and analytics (CFD&A) solutions serve a wide range of financial institutions, from traditional market data providers and portfolio risk platforms to specialized climate risk firms with AI and geospatial expertise. This report is intended to support buyers in evaluating and selecting CFD&A solutions that align with their specific needs. It identifies 22 vendors currently available in the market and provides detailed profiles of 10 key vendors. The analysis draws on vendor questionnaires, existing Verdantix research and publicly available information. Leaders in sustainable investing, climate finance and risk management can use this guide to identify vendors that best support their reporting, risk modelling and investment decision-making processes.

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Summary for decision-makers

The Verdantix Buyer’s Guide to climate financial data and analytics (CFD&A) solutions

Defining CFD&A

Financial institutions apply CFD&A solutions across the entire investment life cycle

Next-generation CFD&A solutions help financial institutions close the gaps in climate risk assessment

Financial institutions must evaluate CFD&A solutions before purchase

Inclusion criteria for the 2025 Buyer’s Guide to CFD&A solutions

Bloomberg’s collaborations and infrastructure power its CFD&A experiences

FactSet serves as both a connector and platform for climate risk insights

ICE transforms climate complexity into sector-level financial insights

ISS STOXX’s depth in climate and nature data solutions drives investor engagement

LSEG’s modular Sustainability Intelligence platform keeps pace with a fragmented climate disclosure landscape

Moody’s physical and transition risk solutions deliver AI-driven insights for banks, insurers and investors

Morningstar provides end-to-end climate risk intelligence across channels

MSCI enables climate, nature and disclosure risk management through unified analytics

Risilience modernizes climate risk assessment with digital twins and AI

S&P Global deepens its expertise in climate risk modelling through strategic acquisitions and partnerships

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Figure 1. CFD&A vendors have a range of unique backgrounds

Figure 2. Climate risk across the investment life cycle

Figure 3. CFD&A solution architecture

Figure 4. List of CFD&A vendors offering solutions in the market

Figure 5. Bloomberg overview

Figure 6. FactSet overview

Figure 7. Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) overview

Figure 8. ISS STOXX overview

Figure 9. LSEG overview

Figure 10. Moody's overview

Figure 11. Morningstar overview

Figure 12. MSCI overview

Figure 13. Risilience overview

Figure 14. S&P Global overview

Organisations mentioned

Amundi, Arabesque AI, AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM), Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Bank of Luxemburg, Beyond Ratings, bfinance, BlackRock, Bloomberg, BTU Analytics, Bursa Malaysia, CDP, Clarity AI, Climate Action 100, Climate X, Dun & Bradstreet, Emmi, Entelligent, Equity Data Science, ESG Book, European Banking Authority (EBA), European Central Bank (ECB), FactSet, Fathom, First Street, FIS, Floodlight, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Goldman Sachs, IFRS, Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), Invesco, ISS STOXX, J.P. Morgan, Jupiter Intelligence, Kayrros, LSEG, Manaos, Moody’s, Morgan Stanley, Morningstar, MSCI, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Natural History Museum, Nature Alpha, Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), Oliver Wyman, Ortec Finance, Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), Prometeia, Refinitiv, RepRisk, RIMES, Risilience, riskthinking.AI, RobecoSAM, S&P Global, Shades of Green, Snowflake, Southern California Edison, State Street, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Sustainalytics, Task Force on Climate-related Financial disclosures (TCFD), Task Force on Nature-related Financial disclosures (TNFD), The Climate Service, Trucost, Truvalue Labs, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), University of Cambridge Judge Business School, Verisk Maplecroft, Verity, Viridios AI, WeeFin, WWF, XDI

About the Authors

Felicity Laird

Principal Analyst

Felicity is a Principal Analyst at Verdantix, where she helps financial institutions and technology vendors navigate the evolving climate finance data and analytics landscape....

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Ryan Skinner

Research Director

Ryan is a Research Director at Verdantix, where he leads a team of analysts delivering research, data and advisory services that help clients navigate the fast-evolving landsc...

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