The Rating Experts
The Rating Experts
Ratings, rankings, awards and sustainability metrics increasingly shape how organizations are perceived.
R.A.T.E. helps you understand and manage this external evaluation logic translating complexity into decision-ready insight for credible communication and strategic positioning.
Insights for you
Rankings & Awards Management
ESG & Corporate Responsibilty
ESG & Corporate Responsibilty
Your Ratings, Award and Sustainability Advisory
External ratings, rankings and awards increasingly define how organisations are perceived.
At R.A.T.E., ratings management is our core business. We support organizations in understanding, managing and strategically positioning themselves across relevant evaluation frameworks.
Sustainability and ESG advisory complements this core by strengthening the underlying structures, data and processes that drive credible performance without blurring responsibilities or focus.
Our Areas of Expertise
From external evaluation to decision-ready insight
We turn complexity into decision-ready insight
As The Rating Experts, we help you understand and manage how you are assessed translating external evaluation logic into clear priorities and decision-ready insight.
Alongside this core work, our Sustainability Advisory supports you in strengthening the structures, data and governance that underpin credible performance and withstand external scrutiny.
Structured thinking. Clear priorities.
What unites our team is a shared analytical mindset: separating signal from noise, turning complex data into structured insights, and translating external assessment logic into clear strategic options.
We work hands-on and closely with client teams across Sustainability, Investor Relations, Communications, and HR. Our approach is collaborative, precise, and grounded in how decisions are actually made internally and externally.
Whether advising on ratings, sustainability, or reputation-critical topics, we bring analytical rigor, regulatory understanding, and pragmatic execution to every project.
Experience that translates into execution
Our team brings together more than two decades of combined experience across ratings, rankings, sustainability, and capital-market communication.
We are international and interdisciplinary combining sustainability expertise with financial and communications backgrounds.
Based in Germany and working with clients globally, we combine advanced analytical tools with a pragmatic consulting mindset. Our goal is not to produce reports, but to help organizations turn external expectations into strategic advantage efficiently, credibly, and with purpose.
Meet the Team
Chiara Bernd
Senior Consultant
Chandana Reddy Bhavanam
Analyst
Hari K. Ramachandran
Senior Analyst
Steffen Rufenach
CEO
Egor Zaitsev
Analyst
Nikolai Zernikow
Senior Analyst
Career at R.A.T.E.
Excited to make an impact? At R.A.T.E., we seek passionate and talented individuals to join our diverse and international team. Explore opportunities to drive impactful change and advance your career in a dynamic and supportive environment. Join us in delivering excellence and shaping the future of corporate communications and sustainability.
