Morningstar acquired Sustainalytics; their ESG research is a core product offering.
API Access
Est. Price
~$15,000/yr est.
Update Frequency
—
Pricing Tiers
1
Regions
—
Quality SignalsC
Freshness
Recently enriched
Complete
56%
API
API Available
Product Overview
Investment Research and Financial Data Platform$$
Offering: Comprehensive suite of proprietary fund ratings, ESG data via Sustainalytics, and investment research delivered through institutional platforms and raw data feeds.
Best for: Wealth managers and institutional investment analysts requiring standardized fund research, ESG integration, and portfolio performance reporting.
Benefits
- Industry-standard proprietary fund and sustainability ratings
- Deep integration of Sustainalytics ESG research
- Flexible delivery options including API
- bulk files
- and end-user software
- Extensive global coverage of managed investment products
- Strong brand recognition and institutional trust
Drawbacks
⚠ High reliance on legacy fund-centric data models · ⚠ Platform-heavy approach can be less agile than pure-play alternative data providers · ⚠ Data granularity may lag behind specialized real-time quantitative data vendorsProduct Intelligence
Value Score
25
quality per $
Try-ability
0
ease of trial
Product Details
Use Cases
Portfolio ESG integration | Climate risk assessment | Regulatory compliance reporting | Sustainable investment product development | Corporate benchmarking and peer analysis | Supply chain sustainability monitoring | Proxy voting and stewardship
Delivery
REST APISFTPS3 BucketWeb UI download
Detected Use Cases
competitive intelligencecompliance regulatoryesg sustainabilityrisk managementsupply chain
Pricing Tiers
Vedex estimate
~$15,000/yr est.
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Web Authority
Notable10 mentions·3 platforms
Academic Papers
2 × 8 pts+16
LinkedIn
7 × 2 pts+14
Blogs & Newsletters
1 × 2 pts+2
Evidence5 sources
Academic Papers
Do Debt Investors Care about ESG Ratings?
We use two downloads of. Sustainalytics ESG data to construct a downgrade measure: one that contains ESG scores of firms prior to the ...
Academic Papers
ESG Ratings Are Trash
I use the Morningstar Sustainalytics ESG data for almost 1500 of the largest U.S. firms from 2010 to 2018; this Rating is scaled from 0 to ...
LinkedIn
Morningstar Sustainalytics: ESG Data Challenges in ...
Morningstar Sustainalytics: ESG Data Challenges in Private Markets. View organization page for InstitutionalAssetManager.
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About Sustainalytics ESG Data
Sustainalytics ESG Data is an alternative data product offered by Morningstar, Inc., available on discovery. API access is available for programmatic integration. Vedex estimates pricing at roughly $15,000/yr (an estimate, not a vendor-published price).
Morningstar acquired Sustainalytics; their ESG research is a core product offering.
About Morningstar, Inc.
Morningstar, Inc. is a data provider vendor based in Chicago, Illinois. Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research, data, and software solutions for investors, financial advisors, and institutions globally. The company offers a comprehensiv...