Non-EU vendorESG & SustainabilityHeadquarters: US

Diligent ESG: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Diligent ESG is Diligent's ESG and sustainability solution, intended for organisations that want to centralise their ESG programme. The platform collects ESG data in one place, lets teams collaborate on it, measures it and produces reports on demand. It includes carbon accounting, which brings relevant data together and generates audit-ready reports, and board diversity software. Access to on-demand ESG experts is also offered. It is proprietary software and not open source.

Diligent Corporation is a US company. Its privacy notice states that personal information may be transferred to, stored and processed in various countries, and that Diligent complies with the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Diligent Governance Ireland Limited in Dublin acts as its EU representative. The sources consulted do not name a specific hosting region for the ESG product, so a European organisation should have the storage location confirmed in its contract.

See the 8 European alternatives ↓Assess your stack with Diligent ESG pre-selected

Mastodon LinkedIn Bluesky X Email

Sovereignty score

27 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign

Jurisdiction SOV-210
Headquartered in the US: CLOUD Act and FISA 702
Data residency SOV-350
Hosting inside and outside Europe (EU, OTHER)
Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-320
Key management with a non-European vendor
Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
Closed source: switching requires data migration
Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-615
Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 5, 2026

Headquarters	US (US)Verified by hand
EU adequacy decision	Only for companies individually certified under the EU-US Data Privacy FrameworkVerified by hand
Sovereignty model	Vendor-hosted (non-EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting	EU, OTHERVerified by hand
Open-source	NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant	YesVendor-stated
Category	ESG & Sustainability
Type	Product
Website	diligent.com ↗

How we verify · Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Diligent ESG

The European alternatives to Diligent ESG come from our knowledge base of over 6,800 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

40 European ESG & Sustainability vendors are in the catalogue. View the whole category · Submit an alternative · View category on the map

Is Diligent ESG one of many dependencies?

Score your whole stack in about three minutes. Free, no account needed.

Assess your stack →View a sample report (opens in a new tab)

Why digital sovereignty matters with Diligent ESG

Diligent ESG is headquartered in the United States. US vendors fall under the CLOUD Act and FISA 702: US authorities can compel access to data, even when that data sits in a European data centre. That is the core of the jurisdictional exposure in our model.

Diligent ESG hosts data in EU, OTHER. Exactly what stays within the EU — and what does not — is defined by the vendor's data processing agreement and sub-processor list, not by a setting you control yourself; check those documents for the precise scope, including backups, logs and support access.

Diligent ESG is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Diligent ESG together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Diligent ESG?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Diligent ESG include bluesign, Carbmee and Carbonfact. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Diligent ESG?

Our list of EU alternatives to Diligent ESG is mostly commercial options. Browse the category on the map for open-source choices.

Is Diligent ESG GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Diligent ESG is headquartered in US and hosts data in EU, OTHER. The vendor states it is GDPR-compliant, but the data falls under non-EU jurisdiction. For full EU data residency the EU alternatives on this page usually offer more certainty.

Details and sources

Verified by handHeadquarters, owner, hosting locations and licence have been checked by us against public sources. Free of charge and for every vendor, not a paid label. Nothing in this knowledge base is taken over automatically. Last checked on October 5, 2026.

Sources

Public sources used in the latest check of this record.

diligent.com/solutions/esg-and-diversity

Compliance evidence

The links below point to the vendor's own public documents. We only record what we found: a missing link means "not found publicly", not "not compliant".

No public compliance evidence has been recorded for this vendor yet. Do you know its DPA or subprocessor list? Something wrong? Suggest a correction

Digital sovereignty in ESG & Sustainability

ESG & Sustainability: Carbon accounting, CSRD reporting, supply-chain due diligence (CSDDD/EUDR/CBAM) and ESG data management. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

Also in this category

See all →

Open in the alternatives dashboard Missing a vendor? Submit it Are you this vendor? You can also become a sponsor on the ESG & Sustainability page — with no effect on your score