TransitionArc was developed by Climate Arc, a nonprofit, global organization shaping and driving forward the climate movement through unlocking private capital. TransitionArc was built in close partnership with key players in the climate finance ecosystem, and will feature world-class data and analysis from:

Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI): Carbon Tracker is an independent financial think tank that carries out in-depth analysis on the impact of the energy transition on capital markets and the potential investment in high-cost, carbon-intensive fossil fuels.
CDP: CDP is a not-for-profit charity that runs the global disclosure system for investors, companies, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts.
Corporate Knights: Founded in 2002, Corporate Knights Inc. is a sustainable-economy media and research B Corp. Corporate Knights’ research division maintains the world's leading warehouse of curated corporate green capex data, as well as powering the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World Index (CKG100).
Global Canopy: Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. They provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organizations to help them make better decisions about nature, forests and people.
The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) is a non-profit public policy think tank and research institute. Its Global Automaker Rating provides an annual assessment of automakers’ progress transitioning to zero-emission vehicles.
InfluenceMap: InfluenceMap’s global LobbyMap platform and metrics tracks the policy engagement performance, against science aligned policy benchmarks, of thousands of companies, financial institutions and industry associations globally.
Science Based Targets Initiative (STBi): The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is a corporate climate action organization that enables companies and financial institutions worldwide to play their part in combating the climate crisis.
Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI): The Transition Pathway Initiative, through its dedicated Centre at the London School of Economics, provides research and data to track the progress that corporate and sovereign entities are making in the transition to a low-carbon economy.
World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA): The World Benchmarking Alliance carries out assessments on corporations in the high-emitting sectors, analyzing their decarbonization and energy transition using the ACT (Accelerate Climate Transition) methodology.

Together the data fed into TransitionArc by these organizations allows companies to be assessed on six key metrics: emissions, targets, capital allocation, governance, policy engagement and climate solutions. TransitionArc currently features approximately 100,000 data points – across 500 companies in key energy and industrial sectors. More details on the methodology are available here.

FAQs

1. Climate Arc

What is Climate Arc?

What is Arc’s vision and mission?

2. TransitionArc

What is TransitionArc?

Why is it needed?

What is TransitionArc’s unique selling point (USP)?

Who developed TransitionArc?

Who is TransitionArc for?

How can it be accessed?

How has the development of TransitionArc been funded?

Is TransitionArc a commercial product?

3. Strategic decisions

How are companies assessed?

How were these metrics decided upon?

Who are the data / analysis providers?

How many companies are currently in TransitionArc and what is the target number?

How do we select which companies to include on TransitionArc and what is the plan to scale up coverage?

Are there breakdowns by region and sector on TransitionArc?

Which sectors are currently included and why?

How does one company get analyzed against global targets versus local and regional pathways?

Will TransitionArc add more partners to the list of data providers?

Will TransitionArc include other metrics other than climate mitigation assessment?

What can we expect from TransitionArc next?

4. User questions

What’s the difference between grading and additional data?

Could the data be combined with other sources?

To what extent can the code and data points be traced back to their source?

Can users modify default settings or adapt data to their own needs?

How do you ensure the analysis is as current and up to date as possible?

Are some companies too hard to analyze?

What does it mean when a feature is marked as "Beta"?

5. Alignment with wider ecosystem

How will TransitionArc be useful for everyone working on climate change?

How does TransitionArc compare with the Net Zero Public Data Utility (NZDPU)?

How is TransitionArc different from other ratings and commercial ESG data providers?