What is a “green person”?

Our people directory helps a climate-minded reader understand who is shaping the climate economy — and who to trust. It is deliberately different from our company profiles: people are presented facts-only, with sources, and are not scored.

Who we include

We profile credible climate leaders, founders, and investors; policymakers and scientists who shape the transition; and, deliberately, well-documented bad actors — fossil-fuel executives and people found by regulators, courts, or major outlets to have greenwashed. People can be linked to a company we profile, or stand alone. Inclusion is editorial and never implies endorsement.

Why there's no score

We score companies, but we deliberately do not rate, rank, or label individuals. Reducing a person to a number invites unfairness and is hard to do responsibly. Instead we lay out documented facts — career history, affiliations, recognition, and sourced controversies — and let you draw your own conclusion.

Sourcing standards

Every affiliation and every controversy carries a link to a primary source— a news report, court or regulatory filing, company statement, or the person's own words. Controversies are written in neutral, attributed language (“According to …”), not as judgements of character. We link to watchdog research such as DeSmog and InfluenceMap as further reading, but we never republish their words. Claims we can't source are not published.

Human review

Profiles are drafted with AI-assisted, web-grounded research, but nothing goes live automatically. An editor reviews every profile and approves it before publication; any claim without a source is removed first. Each profile shows a data-confidence signal so you can tell a well-evidenced profile from a thin one.

Right of reply

If you are profiled here — or spot an error in anyone's profile — every page has a contest / correctlink. Tell us what's wrong and, ideally, share a source. We review submissions and correct factual errors promptly. This is research for the public interest, not investment advice or a judgement of any individual.