Transparency

Data sources & attribution

Reverberate is built on top of public + commercial data sources from regulators, research institutes, and disclosure platforms. Every source is listed below with its licensing terms, how we use the data, and whether the data flows into our paid tier or sits in the free layer only.

How we treat data in the paid layer

Reverberate's paid layer charges for reporting + analysis features (bulk download, API access, custom benchmarks, alerts) — never for access to the underlying data itself. All firm pages remain publicly viewable on the free web.

Data sources with commercial-use restrictions (currently CDP and SME Climate Hub) are free-tier only — never included in paid bulk exports or API responses. We are in active outreach with these providers regarding commercial licensing for richer paid-tier features.

Sources

World Benchmarking Alliance — Climate & Energy Benchmark

CC BY 4.0Free + paid tiers

~2,000 large firms; full benchmark data + targets + emissions

What it is

Independent benchmark of 2,000 large companies on climate transition. Scores, targets (SBTi class), emissions, and source URLs.

How we use it

Bulk-ingested into entities + entity_targets + entity_metrics. Used in cohort firm pages + entity universe browsing. Available in paid bulk-download tier.

Attribution: World Benchmarking Alliance, Climate and Energy Benchmark.

Science Based Targets initiative

Free for public displayFree + paid tiers

~7,000 firms with validated climate targets

What it is

Master registry of companies that have committed to or had targets validated by SBTi.

How we use it

Bulk-ingested. Drives target validation badges, classification (1.5°C / WB2C / Net-Zero) on company pages.

Attribution: Science Based Targets initiative.

Net Zero Tracker

CC BY 4.0Free + paid tiers

~2,100 corporate entities with structured commitment data

What it is

Independent assessment of corporate net-zero commitments across status, scope coverage, offsets policy, transition plan presence.

How we use it

Bulk-ingested via NZT REST API. Drives commitment quality indicators alongside SBTi.

Attribution: Net Zero Tracker.

CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)

Non-commercial use onlyFree tier only

A-list scores + firm-published CDP responses

What it is

Annual disclosure platform. We ingest only A-list status from firm-self-declarations + firm-published CDP response PDFs (the firms' own disclosure documents).

How we use it

FREE TIER ONLY. CDP A-list flags + extracted Scope 3 + target data from response PDFs. Paid Disclosure API gated on commercial licensing.

Attribution: CDP.

CDP scoring data has commercial-use restrictions. We ingest only firms' own published disclosures (not CDP's redistributed scores) and proactively work with CDP on commercial licensing for paid-tier features.

SME Climate Hub

Non-commercial use onlyFree tier only

~10,300 small + medium businesses globally

What it is

Global registry of SMEs committed to halving emissions by 2030 and net zero by 2050. We ingest directory facts (name, country, sector, size band, net-zero year, commitment date, reporting status).

How we use it

FREE TIER ONLY. SME firm pages publicly visible with full source attribution; never included in paid bulk-export or API. We have reached out to SME Climate Hub regarding commercial licensing.

Attribution: SME Climate Hub, an initiative of Exponential Roadmap Initiative, We Mean Business Coalition, and the United Nations Race to Zero.

SME Climate Hub TOS prohibits commercial use of their data. Our positioning: SME pages live entirely outside our paid layer. Users pay for reporting/analysis features, not access to SME data.

RE100

Free for public displayFree + paid tiers

~400 large firms committed to 100% renewable electricity

What it is

Membership list + annual disclosure data.

How we use it

Bulk-ingested. Drives renewable-electricity commitment badges + entry into transition pathway dependency analysis.

Attribution: RE100.

CarbonPlan Offsets Database

CC BY 4.0Free + paid tiers

Global carbon offset registry harmonisation

What it is

Curated harmonisation of project + retirement data from Verra / Gold Standard / ACR / CAR / etc.

How we use it

Bulk-ingested into climate_actions. Drives offset attribution + retirement tracking on cohort firm pages.

Attribution: CarbonPlan, Offsets Database.

EPA Green Power Partnership

Open / public APIFree + paid tiers

~1,500 US firms with disclosed renewable energy purchases

What it is

Public registry of US firms purchasing renewable electricity through PPAs, RECs, on-site generation.

How we use it

Bulk-ingested. Drives renewable energy actions on US-based cohort firm pages.

Attribution: US Environmental Protection Agency Green Power Partnership.

GLEIF — Global LEI Index

CC0 (public domain)Free + paid tiers

~2.7M legal entities worldwide with LEI identifiers

What it is

Authoritative source for Legal Entity Identifiers (LEI), legal names, jurisdictions, parent relationships.

How we use it

Cascade-resolver enrichment. Anchors entity identity across all other sources.

Attribution: GLEIF (CC0 — no attribution legally required, given as good practice).

UK Companies House

UK Open Government LicenceFree + paid tiers

5M+ UK companies + officers + statutory accounts

What it is

Statutory registry of UK companies. Legal name, status, accounts, directors.

How we use it

UK entity enrichment via cascade resolver + accounts ingestion.

Attribution: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Financial Modelling Prep

Free for public displayFree + paid tiers

Global listed-firm financial data

What it is

Profile data (market cap, ticker, ISIN, sector, fundamentals) for listed companies.

How we use it

Cohort financial enrichment via FMP Premium subscription. Used in financial-context blocks on cohort firm pages.

Data licensed from Financial Modelling Prep.

Ember — Yearly Electricity Data

CC BY 4.0Free + paid tiers

Country-level electricity generation mix, renewables share, carbon intensity

What it is

Annual time series of generation by source per country.

How we use it

Country grid panels on SME pages. Drives renewable transition cost estimates.

Attribution: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data.

IEA scenarios (NZE / APS / STEPS)

Free for public displayFree + paid tiers

Best / realistic / worst sector decarbonisation pathways

What it is

Annual World Energy Outlook scenarios.

How we use it

Anchor data for the transition-pathway charts. Authored estimates aligned to these scenarios.

Attribution: International Energy Agency (IEA), World Energy Outlook.

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We refresh this page whenever a new source is added or licensing terms change. Last reviewed: 2026-05-12.