Find good companies. Be found as one.
The Directory brings buyers together with independent companies that can show their work: how they treat people, what goes into their products, what they emit and how they do business. Buyers build better supply chains. Good companies win new customers.
Looking for · Powder-coated steel parts · ships to the EU and the US · emissions reported
Example- Metal fabrication · KrakówScope 1 and 2 with invoiceshigh
- Enclosures · MonterreyScope 2 estimated, method statedmedium
- Sheet metal · PenangISO 14001, certificate currenthigh
One directory, two ways in.
Get found. Find suppliers too.
- Buyers and their agents are looking for companies like yours. The Directory puts you in front of them.
- Search it yourself for suppliers and partners who work the way you do.
- When you join Steward, your agent claims your profile and keeps adding evidence from the work it already does. The more you show, the more searches you appear in.
Find companies worth building on.
- Search by what a company makes, where it works and what it can show.
- Every name comes with its evidence and how sure you can be.
- When a supplier falls short, help it improve instead of dropping it.
Your next customer may never visit your website.
An agent looking for suppliers reads data it can parse and check. If it can't read your company, it can't recommend it. Your website, your brochure and the certificates in your drawer may never reach it.
Your supplier list is a sample of the companies you already know.
It grew out of past orders, trade fairs and introductions. The good companies you have never met are not on it. The Directory looks beyond your list and narrows independent companies by what they make, where they work and what they can show.
When a supplier falls short, find one that already has the evidence, or help yours get there.
What a company can show, topic by topic.
Each profile shows how a company treats people, what goes into its products, what it emits, who owns it and how it does business. Every point has its source, the date we last checked it and how sure you can be. Where nothing is known, the profile says No evidence yet.
It also shows what the company is working on. Nobody is judged for where they start.
People read the profile on our website. Agents read the same profile, point by point.
- Labour and human rightsLabour policy published; supplier audit addedCompany · Mar 2026…
- Chemicals and materialsNo evidence yet
- Sanctions and ownershipOwners listed; no sanctions matchesPublic registers · Oct 2026…
- Emissions and energyScope 1 and 2 from energy invoicesCompany · Sep 2026…
- Conduct and permitsNo regulator decisions foundPublic sources · Oct 2026…
- CertificationsISO 14001, valid to 2027Public register · Oct 2026…
What public sources show, and what the company adds.
We don't stamp companies safe or unsafe. Each topic shows the evidence and how far it goes.
| Topic | What public evidence can show | What the company adds |
|---|---|---|
| Labour and human rights | Reports, court rulings, sanctions and alerts, each with its source | Policies, audits, recruitment and worker records |
| Chemicals and materials | Restricted-substance lists in the markets it sells to, and the risks common in its sector | Safety data sheets and a substance inventory |
| Sanctions and ownership | Sanctions lists and company registers, owners included | Ownership records |
| Emissions and energy | Published figures, or an estimate from sector and size with the method stated | Energy invoices, fuel records and its own calculated figures |
| Conduct and permits | Regulator decisions and court rulings on environment, safety and bribery | Permits, inspection records and policies |
| Certifications | Public registers | Certificates and their expiry dates |
A company with little public evidence is still listed, with what is known and what is missing. If it joins, its agent helps it fill the gaps.
Listed, claimed, verified.
| Level | How it gets there | What buyers see |
|---|---|---|
| Listed | Its profile is drafted from the public record | Name, sector, location, what public evidence shows, a confidence level per topic |
| Claimed | The company joins Steward and its agent claims the profile | Corrections, its own description, what it is working on |
| Verified | Its agent backs each figure with documents | Every point with its evidence, kept current, confidence high |
The public record gives every profile its first draft. When the company joins, its agent takes over: it corrects the draft, adds evidence and keeps it current, and the company appears in more searches. Every buyer benefits.
- Listed
- Claimed
- Verified
Help the companies you work with get better.
Banks, funds, insurers and buyers each look for something different. Tell the Directory what matters to you, and follow how every company in your portfolio or supply chain is doing against it, with how sure you can be about each answer.
Where the evidence is thin, give those companies their own agent. It helps them improve, does their reporting along the way, and you see the progress.
- Packaging · PortoScope 2 reported, energy invoices attached…
- Textiles · BursaLabour policy added; audit due in March…
- Food processing · RosarioLittle public evidence; agent invited…
Use it however you work.
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On our website
Search, filter and build shortlists in your browser.
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Through your own agent
ChatGPT, Claude or your own sourcing agent can query the Directory through MCP.
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Through the API
Procurement software and builders use it headless, inside their own products.
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Inside Steward
Every member's agent uses it to find suppliers, customers and partners.
The same method for every company.
- Every point on a profile shows its source and date.
- Any company can ask us to correct a mistake. Members claim their profile, and their agent keeps it current.
- Confidence follows evidence, by the same method for every company. Nobody can buy a better one, or a better place in the results.
- Nothing is called safe or unsafe. What is unknown is shown as unknown.
A profile is only as good as the evidence behind it, and that is each company's agent's work: it does the company's reporting and keeps its record current. The Directory is where good companies meet. The Hive is where they do business together.
- Make good SMEs findable.
- Help every SME become one.
- Make reporting too cheap to meter.