Not all outside-in ESG data is created equal. This comparison evaluates three providers that score companies on external news and media rather than self-reported disclosures, across the dimensions that matter most to sustainable investors, quant researchers, and risk and compliance teams.
Near-real-time ESG sentiment and controversy analytics derived from 2+ million daily news and social media articles, scoring 140,000+ public and private companies and 252 countries and regions on hundreds of environmental, social, governance and controversy themes.
★ Best for: ESG alpha signals, near-real-time perception monitoring, sovereign ESG
Truvalue Labs
An AI-driven ESG scoring product, part of FactSet since 2020, that maps external news, NGO and trade content onto the 26 SASB materiality categories and 16 UN SDGs and publishes daily Insight, Pulse, Momentum and Volume scores.
Best for: Materiality-framework scoring, FactSet workstation users
RepRisk
A Swiss due-diligence data provider that screens 175,000+ public sources in 100 languages, with human analyst review, to flag adverse ESG and business-conduct incidents for 300,000+ companies and 130,000+ infrastructure projects.
Best for: Due diligence, compliance screening, supply-chain and project risk
Why MarketPsych
Perception, not just performance
Incident databases tell you that something happened. MarketPsych tells you how it is being perceived. Beyond E, S and G pillar scores, the Advanced package tracks 300 company analytics such as ManagementTrust, WorkplaceSentiment, CarbonEmissionsImprovement and TaxFraud, produced by an NLP engine that scores text on 4,000+ dimensions of meaning. Because sentiment runs positive as well as negative, the data captures ESG improvement, not only risk.
Minutely updates catch controversies early
Truvalue Labs and RepRisk publish daily. MarketPsych ESG analytics update minutely, hourly and daily, so a management scandal or industrial accident registers in the data within minutes of surfacing in news and social media, before it breaks in mainstream coverage. When Elon Musk discussed substance use on a podcast in September 2018, Tesla's ManagementSentiment score tracked the intraday stock reaction minute by minute.
The longest ESG media history available
MarketPsych ESG analytics extend back to 1 January 1998, nine years before either competitor's 2007 start. Strategies can be validated across the dot-com crash, 2008, COVID, and the ESG boom and backlash on a single consistent time series, rather than stitched together from short histories.
Companies and countries
Sovereign ESG is a blind spot for most media-based providers. MarketPsych scores 252 countries and regions on 456 analytics, from EnvironmentalEfforts to SocialUnrest, alongside 70,000+ public and 70,000+ private companies domiciled in 120+ countries. Private companies and suppliers that file no ESG disclosures are scored on the same basis as listed ones.
Built to sit alongside LSEG ESG scores
The Core package publishes 17 daily scores designed for direct comparison with LSEG's disclosure-based ESG scores, using the same industry weightings and percentile ranking. Setting what a company reports next to what the media reports about it is the most direct route to identifying greenwashing, and it is used that way by analysts, corporates and regulators.
Flexible delivery and free research support
Delivered via Direct API, Snowflake, Databricks, WRDS and the LSEG ecosystem (Datastream, QA, sftp). Every client receives free research support and extensive Python notebooks. ESG Analytics won the ESG Insights Awards for ESG Sentiment Data in 2022 and runs on carbon-neutral cloud servers.
Use Case Fit
Different use cases favor different providers. Here is an assessment of fit across common ESG workflows.
Use Case
MarketPsych
Truvalue Labs
RepRisk
ESG Alpha Signal Generation
Great
Good
Good
Near-real-time Controversy Monitoring
Great (minutely)
Good (daily)
Good (daily)
Quant Backtesting
Great (since 1998)
Good (since 2007)
Limited (human intervention)
Sovereign & Country ESG Analysis
Great
Not available
Limited
Greenwashing Detection
Great
Good
Good
Positive ESG Momentum & Opportunities
Great
Great
Not available
Corporate Perception Monitoring
Great
Good
Good
Private Company Coverage
Good
Good
Great
Due Diligence & Compliance Screening
Good
Good
Great
Supply Chain & Infrastructure Project Risk
Limited
Limited
Great
SASB / SDG Framework Alignment
Great
Great
Good
Human-reviewed Incident Summaries
AI-generated (via Radar DB)
Good (AI-generated)
Great
Feature Comparison
Evaluating the dimensions that drive ESG alpha, risk management and research quality for institutional users.
Feature
MarketPsych
Truvalue Labs
RepRisk
Data Foundation
Purpose-built for media-based ESG
Core business vs. one module among many
A FactSet company since 2020
Outside-in perspective
Excludes company self-reporting
Historical data depth
How far back does the data reach?
Since Jan 1998
Since 2007
Since Jan 2007
Sources screened
Thousands of vetted news & social outlets
2M+ articles & posts daily from tens of millions of authors
100,000+ sources
News, trade journals, NGO & industry reports
175,000+ public sources
2.5M+ documents screened daily
Social media included
ESG blogs & social media, curated for financial relevance
Not a core source
Included among stakeholder sources
Languages
28 languages
English since 1998
13-30+ languages
Per FactSet materials
100 languages
Update frequency
Minutely, hourly & daily
Daily
Daily
Scoring Depth & Differentiation
Analytics per company
Core: 17 daily scores
Advanced: 300 company analytics across E, S, G, Controversy & Buzz
Direct API · Snowflake · Databricks · LSEG (Datastream, QA, sftp) · WRDS
FactSet Workstation · data feeds · API · AWS Data Exchange
RepRisk Platform · data feeds · API · AWS Data Exchange · Nasdaq Data Link
Research support & onboarding
Free research support + extensive Python notebooks
FactSet client support
Client & analyst support
Platform requirement
Standalone feeds, MCPs & Terminal available
Standalone feeds available
Deepest integration inside FactSet
No terminal required
Disclosure
This comparison page was prepared by MarketPsych. Information about third-party products is based on publicly available documentation and may not reflect the most current offerings. Competitor data was current as of 2025-2026. Truvalue Labs is a FactSet company; RepRisk is a product of RepRisk AG. MarketPsych makes no representations about the completeness or accuracy of information about third parties. Readers should consult each vendor directly for current pricing, coverage, and feature details. MarketPsych ESG Analytics is available via Direct API, Snowflake, Databricks, and LSEG platforms.