As one of the leading information service providers on the German market, CRIF provides companies and financial institutions with comprehensive support for managing their digital customer journey. Thanks to our three core areas, you benefit from integrated identity, credit risk and fraud management, as well as innovative solutions in the areas of digital onboarding, open banking, compliance, ESG, address research and marketing services.
Our open ecosystem approach is your direct link to first-class partner services. Based on our B2B2C data universe, you can access information about private individuals and companies in a flexible, combinable way, tailored to your business model and enhanced by our many years of international analytical expertise and process consulting. As a best-in-class partner at your side, we transform data into measurable success for your company!
CRIF Germany is part of the globally active CRIF Group, headquartered in Bologna, Italy. The group is currently active in 40+ countries on four continents with over 6,500 experts and 85+ companies.
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Commitment to sustainable development
Thanks to its experience, CRIF has taken on a key role in developing practices, models, tools and services for sustainable business development. CRIF offers the market a range of services that integrate ESG factors into procurement and risk management models and processes. An ESG-conscious corporate policy is a decision that is rewarded by investors and consumers. That is why CRIF supports companies in directing their efforts in this direction and communicating their sensitivity to these issues through standardized, digital and global tools that measure commitment and the results achieved.
In line with this approach, CRIF has in turn embarked on a path to integrate sustainability into corporate strategies, policies and processes. This confirms that sustainability is at the heart of corporate policy, with the aim of promoting growth and sustainable development for its customers.
The CRIF Ratings methodology
CRIF Ratings, a CRIF Group company, is a rating agency authorized to provide credit ratings for non-financial companies based in the European Union in the form of issuer and bond ratings.
The agency is regulated by ESMA (European Securities and Markets Authority), the European authority responsible for supervising the proper functioning of financial markets.
Since 2020, CRIF Ratings has updated its methodology to include environmental and social factors in its ratings. This has made it a reference point in Italy for the ESG assessment of companies of all sizes and sectors.
The TranspArEEnS project
CRIF is a partner in the ambitious European project TranspArEEnS (Mainstreaming Transparent Assessment Of Energy Efficiency In Environmental Social Governance Ratings), coordinated by the Ca' Foscari University of Venice and financed by the European Commission with 1.5 million euros. The aim of the project is to promote sustainable investment by companies, including the smallest ones, and thus facilitate the ecological transition in an inclusive dimension by offering the market a standard model for a transparent and rigorous assessment of ESG factors.
Global presence
Synesgy's methodology and platform make it possible to assess the environmental, social and governance sustainability of companies worldwide and to obtain a consistent ESG sustainability rating that makes it possible to compare companies according to global standards.
In addition, Synesgy has developed methodologies, assessments and processes in the main economic nations of the world that correspond to local particularities: countries on the list.
Security and certifications
Every year, CRIF invests considerable sums to ensure the highest standards of information security and quality of solutions.