Editorial custodian
RBC MONAECO
An independent sustainability research group based in Monaco. Runs the editorial desk, owns methodology governance, and operates the annual audit cycle.
About Green List
Independent, sector-native, line-by-line auditable
Green List is an independent registry of environmental performance for energy companies. We do not sell ratings, we do not issue investment signals — we publish a clean, auditable record that anyone can recompute from primary sources.
Mission
A public record, not a market signal
Mainstream ESG scorecards operate as licensed data products with undisclosed weights and sector-blind averages. The result is a score that can move on narrative, not on outcomes — and that cannot be verified by the people who rely on it most.
Green List is the opposite by design. Every metric, every weight, every safeguard is public. Every number traces back to an audited primary source. We do not take compensation from rated companies and we do not attempt to predict share prices. The registry is intended to be useful, not profitable.
Why now
Three forces converged in 2026
01
Mandatory disclosure in China
CSRC now obliges around 457 listed companies to publish ESG reports for FY 2025, and SASAC is pushing close to full coverage on state-owned operators. A standardised, machine-readable supply of raw data finally exists at scale.
02
European supply-chain pressure
EU CSDDD, CBAM and CSRD Scope-3 rules force western importers to prove the environmental credentials of every operator in their chain. Buyers need verifiable evidence, not marketing PDFs.
03
The B2B registry gap
CDP, EcoVadis and MSCI were built for investor reporting behind paywalls. There has been no public, sector-native registry where an operator can show — and a buyer can verify — an audited environmental record. Green List fills that gap.
How the audit works
Three steps from primary source to published profile
01 · Step
Submission
A rated company’s public disclosures — CDP, GRI 11, SASB, IPE Blue Map — are collected and normalised into a single data schema. No private submissions enter the pipeline.
02 · Step
Verification
Every figure is cross-checked against at least two independent sources. Discrepancies are flagged and either reconciled through follow-up or marked with the published estimation rule.
03 · Step
Publication
The profile goes live with a computed Green Stars rating, the full input table, and the exact methodology version used — so a third party can reproduce the rating to one decimal place.
Founding partners
The people behind the registry
Technology partner
AiDevTeam
Engineering partner responsible for the registry platform, the public data pipeline, and the open-weight scoring tooling that powers the site.
Public foundations
Built on standards, data and initiatives that already exist in public
Green List is not a new ESG authority. Every rule the registry applies traces back to a framework that is already open and recognised in industry — we simply assemble them into one auditable record.
Methodology references
The Green Stars scoring engine is calibrated against recognised sector frameworks — not invented from scratch.
- GRI 11 — Oil & Gas Sector Standard
- CDP Climate Change & Water questionnaires
- SASB Oil & Gas industry standards (ISSB-aligned)
- TCFD / IFRS S2 climate disclosures
- IEA Global Methane Tracker + OGMP 2.0 reporting levels
Primary data sources
Every published figure traces back to a disclosure that a third party can open and inspect.
- HKEX ESG reports — English disclosures from Hong Kong listings
- CSRC sustainability filings — mainland-listed operators
- IPE Blue Map — real-time emissions data for Chinese facilities
- Audited annual reports — independently reviewed by Big-4 firms
- Satellite verification — Kayrros and GHGSat methane plume data
Aligned initiatives
We publish against — and credit — the sector initiatives already doing the upstream work.
- COGMA — China Oil & Gas Methane Alliance
- OGMP 2.0 — UN-backed methane partnership
- UN Sustainable Development Goals (6, 7, 12, 13)
- TNFD — Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
- CBAM / CSDDD compliance for EU-facing supply chains
Contact
Get in touch
For editorial corrections, methodology questions, or secure disclosure of primary data, the editorial desk reads every message.
- Editorial email
- support@greenlist.info
- PGP key
- Fingerprint published ahead of Vol. 02