Vienna – 19 May, 2026 – Clarity AI, the leading global technology platform for extra-financial intelligence, and Climcycle, the integrated ESG risk management and regulatory compliance platform for banks, today announced a partnership to embed audit-ready sustainability data directly into banking systems across the DACH region and broader Europe.
The integration brings Clarity AI’s AI-native extra-financial intelligence into the workflows where financial institutions are increasingly expected to defend their risk assessments to regulators, along with the data traceability to support it. Coverage includes Scope 1-3 emissions and targets, EU Taxonomy KPIs, Social and Governance KPIs, Adverse media screenings, as well as information on production sites and suppliers, all surfaced within the systems banks already operate in. By combining Climcycle’s end-to-end data model, risk models and workflows with Clarity AI’s broad data coverage, banks benefit from a more audit-safe and fully documented methodology while reducing the manual workload on compliance teams and eliminating the need to bridge between separate tools.
From reporting to defensibility
The demand for embedded, audit-ready data reflects how sharply regulatory expectations in the region have shifted. CSRD, EU Taxonomy requirements and EBA climate risk guidelines have together pushed sustainability from a disclosure exercise into an operational compliance obligation. Banks are no longer just expected to report. They are expected to show their work, trace their data, and defend their risk assessments to regulators.
However, the infrastructure most banks built for the reporting era wasn’t designed for that. Sustainability data lived in separate tools, disconnected from the workflows where compliance teams actually operated.
“The question we kept hearing from banks wasn’t ‘where do we find sustainability data’. It was ‘how do we make it work inside our actual systems’,” said Ben Krusche, Director of Strategy and DACH Region at Clarity AI. “Our goal is to make compliance intelligent, not intensive. That’s exactly what this integration solves.”
Embedded by design
For banks in the DACH region, the integration means sustainability data is now fully embedded where compliance decisions are made, with full traceability and auditability built in.
“Banks are operating under some of the most demanding supervisory expectations in Europe. What they needed wasn’t more data, it was data they could trust brought into context. That’s what this partnership delivers.”, said Richard Branco, Head of Risk Management Solutions at Climcycle.
The integration is live and available today to banks using Climcycle.
About Clarity AI
Clarity AI is an AI-native platform that brings impact and risk into decision-making across capital markets, companies, governments, and consumers. We transform complex extra-financial data into decision-grade intelligence that supports capital allocation, regulatory compliance, risk management, and long-term strategy.
Our clients — including leading global institutions such as BlackRock, Nordea, Santander, BNP Paribas, and PGIM — rely on Clarity AI to gain comprehensive visibility across the universe they operate in, with insights that are transparent, auditable, and ready for public disclosure. Through proprietary global datasets, research-backed methodologies, and artificial intelligence, Clarity AI delivers scalable solutions designed for high-stakes decisions. Our modular infrastructure integrates easily into existing workflows, enabling efficiency without adding operational complexity.
With global presence across EMEA, APAC, and the Americas, Clarity AI enables markets to support resilient, sustainable growth.
About Climcycle
Climcycle is the leading SaaS-Solution for ESG risk management and regulatory compliance for banks. We serve as an end-to-end solution for ESG in bank portfolios from loan origination to reporting, providing actionable insights and audit-proof reporting.
Banks in Europe, Asia and the Americas like Raiffeisen, Volksbanken, Luminor or KfW are trusting users of Climcycle. With nine modules built around one integrated data warehouse Climcycle breaks up silos and serves as a single point of truth – from loan origination over risk steering to reporting.
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