Floodlight vs XDI
Physical climate risk analytics provider (Cross Dependency Initiative) delivering engineering-grade Average Annual Loss and damage-ratio modelling for assets, infrastructure, and sovereign portfolios.
Satellite-verified emissions data
Emissions figures derived from independent atmospheric satellite observations, not reported disclosures or emissions factors.
Asset-level monitoring
Emissions and risk scores tied to individual facilities, buildings, or assets - not rolled-up sector or company averages.
Independent third-party verification
Data produced without reliance on issuer self-disclosure; independently reproducible and auditable by third parties.
Continuous / near-real-time monitoring
Emissions tracked on an ongoing basis with alerts for anomalies; not a once-a-year snapshot.
Global asset coverage (190+ countries)
Coverage of industrial and commercial assets worldwide, not limited to North America or Western Europe.
Scope 1 direct emissions
Direct emissions from owned or controlled sources including combustion, process emissions, and fugitive releases.
Scope 3 / PCAF financed emissions
Financed emissions across lending and investment portfolios aligned with PCAF data quality scores 1-3.
CBAM embedded emissions reporting
Facility-level embedded emissions per CN code for EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism importer reporting.
Physical climate risk assessment
Asset-level exposure scores for flood, heat stress, wildfire, sea-level rise, water stress, hurricane, and other perils.
XDI is engineering-grade for infrastructure and asset damage modelling.
Transition risk assessment
Exposure to regulatory carbon costs, stranded-asset risk, and technology disruption under decarbonisation scenarios.
Climate Value-at-Risk (Climate VaR)
Probabilistic financial loss estimate under named climate scenarios, in the same units as market and credit VaR.
XDI reports Average Annual Loss / damage ratios rather than a market/credit-style Climate VaR.
NGFS Phase V scenario alignment
Stress-testing across all six NGFS Phase V reference pathways (Net Zero 2050, Below 2C, Delayed Transition, etc.).
CSRD / ESRS E1 compliance
Data mapped to CSRD ESRS E1 data-point IDs including E1-5, E1-6, and E1-9 financial-effects table.
Full audit trail and data provenance
Every figure traceable to satellite overpass, model version, and confidence band - reproducible by external reviewers.
REST API access
Programmatic access to all data via documented REST API with pre-trade and portfolio query modes.
Honest verdict
Where Floodlight wins
XDI's output is Average Annual Loss (AAL) and damage ratios grounded in engineering asset models, but it does not produce a probabilistic Climate Value-at-Risk figure in market/credit-VaR terms, and it has no emissions-measurement capability. Floodlight expresses physical risk as Climate VaR alongside satellite-verified Scope 1 emissions, giving risk and sustainability teams one consistent, auditable data source instead of two separate ones.
Where XDI wins
XDI has strong engineering-asset-model depth - it models physical damage mechanisms (structural, foundation, flood-height thresholds) at a level of granularity aimed at engineers and infrastructure planners, and has been used in sovereign and multilateral-development-bank infrastructure resilience studies. For infrastructure-heavy portfolios where engineering-grade damage modelling matters more than financial VaR framing, XDI is a strong specialist choice.
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