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Media & Press • September 20, 2022

Clarity AI: Whitewashing the Green Out of Brands Working Towards Transparency in Sustainability Won’t Save the Planet

Clarity AI, the leading global sustainability tech platform, announced today that it believes the positive viral attention Patagonia received last week and the negative viral attention H&M and other fast-fashion brands received over the past few months is clouding the picture of what can actually save the planet.

Media & Press • September 1, 2022

Clarity AI Partners With BlackRock’s eFront on ESG Analytics for Private Investors

Sustainability tech company Clarity AI has begun providing analytics to private equity investors to meet growing demand for ESG data and analysis from the alternative finance sector. The New York-based company will leverage its sustainability data on about 30,000 firms to create sustainability benchmarks for use by private investors on Bl...

Media & Press • August 31, 2022

9 green cloud startups that investors are betting on to cash in on a $2 trillion climate opportunity

As the planet warms, tech companies are finding ways to reduce environmental impacts. As of 2021, venture-capital firms around the world had invested over $30 billion in climate-tech startups offering services like remote sensing tools to calculate carbon offsets and emission-tracking software.

Media & Press • August 30, 2022

vestr adds ESG reporting feature from Clarity AI

“We are very excited to see our capabilities live in vestr’s DELTA platform and to be able to bring societal impact to markets to an even broader base of clients. We have the most comprehensive sustainability tech kit available on the market, and we are thrilled that vestr clients will have the ability to access […]

Media & Press • August 20, 2022

Knowing when to divest

Until new regulations arrive, investors should conduct a deep-dive analysis and engage with companies to determine which are not as sustainable as they appear.

Media & Press • August 8, 2022

El verano de la inversión sostenible

En virtud de una evolución del reglamento europeo sobre productos financieros, conocido como Green Mifid II, los bancos y asesores financieros tienen la obligación de preguntar a sus clientes si quieren que sus fondos de inversión tengan en cuenta criterios medioambientales, sociales y de buen gobierno corporativo (ESG, por sus siglas ...

Media & Press • August 8, 2022

Clarity AI partners with BlackRock

Technology platform Clarity AI is partnering with Blackrock’s alternative investment management platform eFront. The partnership will enable general and limited partners using eFront to generate quantitative sustainability assessments of alternative investment portfolios, Clarity AI said.

Media & Press • August 8, 2022

BlackRock’s eFront Partners with Clarity AI on ESG Data for Private Markets Investors

Clarity AI announced today a new partnership with BlackRock’s alternative investment management platform eFront, enabling private market investors to generate quantitative sustainability assessments of their alternative investment portfolios. The partnership aims to “help solve the gap of sustainability metrics outside publicly listed...

Media & Press • August 2, 2022

SFDR could revolutionise reporting but don’t wait for data

There is a job to do in rebuilding trust in investors’ ability to report on sustainability credentials, especially as the asset management industry has recently been hit by some high-profile greenwashing scandals.

Media & Press • July 30, 2022

Gallery: 100 days to COP27

As we reach 100 days to COP27 we asked asset managers: What is the most urgent issue for the asset management industry that needs tackling at COP27? Clarity AI, VP of Product provides his perspective on the COP27 agenda.

Media & Press • July 27, 2022

Institutional investors divided on SEC emissions reporting proposals

Proposals from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to mandate public companies to report their carbon emissions have generated an avalanche of responses, including some strongly opposed and others pushing the SEC to increase its coverage. The SEC plans to enforce companies to report Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) emis...

Media & Press • July 26, 2022

War prompts boardrooms to prioritise tackling financial crime

Anti-financial crime is finally moving up the governance agenda for companies and investors. Organisations must already comply with a slew of regulations aiming to identify and prevent financial crimes such as corruption, money laundering and fraud. But until recently, anti-financial crime (AFC) was not a strong part of governance framewo...

Media & Press • July 12, 2022

Clarity AI onboards Nordic life insurer: “We see good traction for our SFDR and EU Taxonomy offering

Clarity AI has developed a product alongside one of the biggest asset managers in the Nordic region. The regulatory environment has prompted one of the region’s biggest life insurers to start using the platform.

Media & Press • July 4, 2022

Rebeca Minguela: “Evitamos los juicios binarios: decir si una empresa es mala o buena”

Hace cinco años, Rebeca Minguela fundó Clarity AI, una firma dedicada a recabar todos los datos empresariales sobre métricas vinculadas con la contaminación, la gobernanza y los efectos de las compañías sobre la sociedad, para después agregarlos y distribuirlos a bancos, fondos de inversión y gestoras de activos interesadas en est...

Media & Press • July 4, 2022

Tougher Enforcement, Regulation on ESG Funds a “Wake-up Call”

In February 2022, 20% of funds registered under SFDR’s Article 8 were found to be ‘questionable’, in terms of the credibility of their ESG characteristics. In March 2022, sustainability technology provider Clarity AI said equity funds labelled as Article 8 under SFDR are no more aligned with the environmental taxonomy than non-ESG ...

Media & Press • July 1, 2022

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Clarity AI's Rebeca Minguela said lots of investors misunderstand ESG, even Elon Musk: “Many investors believe it might be only focused on climate impact. Not just ‘many investors’ — even Elon Musk tweeted about it.”

Media & Press • July 1, 2022

Elon Musk is smart — but he doesn’t understand ESG, tech CEO says

In an interview last month with CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe,” Rebeca Minguela spoke of the confusion surrounding what ESG actually means. “Many investors believe it might be only focused on climate impact,” she said. “Not just ‘many investors’ — even Elon Musk tweeted about it.”

Media & Press • June 27, 2022

Rebeca Minguela: Sorry, Elon Musk, but you’ve got it all wrong about ESG and Tesla

Dear Mr. Musk: Recently, you called environmental, social, and corporate governance an “outrageous scam” following the removal of Tesla, your flagship company, from S&P’s ESG Index. While I respect and applaud the positive impact Tesla is having on the world and your leadership role in moving us to a more sustainable future, what is...

Media & Press • June 24, 2022

Transparency is a ‘huge problem’ when it comes to sustainable investment, says Clarity AI CEO

Rebeca Minguela, founder and CEO of Clarity AI, says that’s a challenge that applies not only to the climate crisis, but also to areas like diversity and other social issues.

Media & Press • June 17, 2022

Los estudiantes del CESGA de EFFAS tendrán acceso a los datos de empresas, fondos y gobiernos de Clarity AI

La federación europea de asociaciones de analistas financieros ha llegado a un acuerdo con la plataforma tecnológica.

Media & Press • June 2, 2022

Clarity AI soutiendra le reporting SFDR de BlackRock

Les données de Clarity AI sont déjà intégrées à Aladdin et mises à disposition des clients de BlackRock pour répondre à leurs besoins en termes de reporting SFDR

Media & Press • June 2, 2022

BlackRock taps ClarityAI for SFDR reporting

Sustainability tech vendor ClarityAI has announced that its sustainability data will be used by BlackRock in preparation for its reporting under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) framework.

Media & Press • June 2, 2022

Clarity AI’s sustainability data to support BlackRock’s Enterprise SFDR reporting

Clarity AI, a Global sustainability tech platform Clarity AI's sustainability data has been integrated into BlackRock’s Aladdin platform in preparation for the firm's enterprise reporting for the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) framework.

Media & Press • June 1, 2022 • Emanuela Kerencheva

BlackRock Partners with Clarity AI to Offer Aladdin Users Data for SFDR Reporting

Sustainability analytics and data science platform Clarity AI announced today that investment giant BlackRock is utilizing its sustainability data, integrated into BlackRock’s Aladdin platform, to support enterprise reporting for the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) framework. Clarity AI is a pure-play impact eva...

Company News, Media & Press • May 26, 2022

The Challenges in Sustainable Finance

Our Founder & CEO, Rebeca Minguela, joined CNBC live at Davos to talk through sustainable finance. “In order to prioritize where to focus to have a better Impact of course you need to measure first. Helping investors and companies assess scope 3 using estimation models, so machine learning models. Also for scope 1 and 2, [&helli...

Media & Press • May 23, 2022

‘Do-good’ measures don’t do at all

A multitude of methodologies to rate businesses is causing confusion for ethical investors. Individual investors who entrust their money to funds espousing environmental, social and governance principles may - unwittingly - be helping finance companies that "make climate change worse, not better."

Media & Press • May 4, 2022

Sustainable Switch Newsletter – ESG Lens

In this edition of the Sustainable Switch newsletter, the ESG Lens is focused on a recent Clarity AI data insight. When using each nation’s respective major stock index as a proxy, France scores well against other large-GDP European nations in Clarity AI’s ESG Impact framework.

Media & Press • April 12, 2022 • Hiten Samtani

SEC’s climate proposals are “wake-up call” for real estate

Big impact on major operators and investors; opportunity for startups The real estate industry is built on other people’s money. A lot of those investors will now be asking tough questions about climate change, thanks to new regulations proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Late last month, the SEC announced that publicly ...

Media & Press • April 11, 2022

Putting The “Green” Back Into Greenbacks With Climate Fintech.

Climate change is driving rapid, unprecedented, and in many cases unpredictable shifts across our planet. Many of the foundational assumptions upon which we have built our financial services are changing. And fast.

Media & Press • March 23, 2022

SEC Fires Starting Gun On ESG Disclosures; Mixed Reactions

While a US story, the actions by the regulator of the world’s largest economy will spark commentary and possible emulation around the world. Already, the suggestion that firms should describe in detail their environmental impact is prompting pushback in some quarters. The move comes at a challenging time for global energy policy.

Media & Press • March 18, 2022

Less than 5% of Article 8 revenues come from green activities, study finds

Research by Clarity AI suggests that Article 8 funds are barely more taxonomy-aligned than Article 6 funds.

Media & Press • March 17, 2022

Tiny 7% of sample 31,000 equity funds have more than 10% ‘green revenue’

Only a small fraction of revenues from funds that are often classified as green contribute to mitigating climate change, a new study has found, which raises concerns about investors being misled by supposedly ‘green’ funds.

Media & Press • March 17, 2022

‘Sustainable’ funds are no more green than traditional products, study finds

Investment funds that market themselves as sustainable under European rules get similar levels of "green revenues" through the companies they invest in as traditional funds, according to a new study published on Thursday.

Media & Press • March 17, 2022

SFDR Article 8 Funds Not Taxonomy-Aligned

Delays to corporate sustainability reporting legislation makes investor assessments more challenging, says Clarity AI. Equity funds labelled as Article 8 under the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) are no more aligned with the environmental taxonomy than non-ESG funds, according to Clarity AI.

Media & Press • March 4, 2022

EU sustainability regulations: Why wealth managers need better data, analysis and insights

CAPTIAL MONITOR: ‘Compliance’ is well established as one of the biggest words in wealth management. But, with the climate crisis now front and centre, and corporate behaviour under scrutiny like never before, its scope and strategic importance has changed markedly. Wealth managers are likely to be up to speed with the requirements of ...

Media & Press • February 25, 2022 • Ian Horne

Can Artificial Intelligence Inspire Our ESG Strategies?

Citywire — Responsible investing is challenging, nuanced and, in places, subjective. Can artificial intelligence make the job easier? This week’s Tech Travels covers two of my favourite topics. Artificial intelligence (AI) and sustainable investing. And when I say sustainable investing, I mean the entire vat of alphabet soup – E...

Media & Press • February 10, 2022

How data science can transform ESG investing

CAPITAL MONITOR: ESG ratings have traditionally been compiled in a laborious and often seemingly arbitrary manner. Poring through company reports, listening to analyst briefings, and unearthing what industry developments and news one can find before making a qualitative, subjective assessment based upon a patchwork of incomplete informati...

Media & Press • January 13, 2022

Sustainable reporting ‘for all investments’ is about to increase

CNBC EUROPE — SUSTAINABLE FUTURE Rebeca Minguela, founder and CEO of Sustainable tech platform Clarity AI, discusses the future of sustainable reporting and its regulation in the near future.

Media & Press • December 21, 2021

Why wealth managers must deliver greater levels of transparency and granularity to their clients

CAPITAL MONITOR: When Bloomberg reported earlier this year that ESG assets were on track to be worth $52trn by 2025 – more than a third of the total forecast for worldwide assets under management – it will have reflected a direction of travel familiar to most wealth managers. In recent years, they have found themselves […]

Media & Press • December 3, 2021 • Simon Jessup

Softbank led $50M funding round for Clarity AI

Reuters: Softbank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2 has led the latest funding round for sustainability data technology platform Clarity AI, alongside existing investors including BlackRock, valuing the start-up at $450 million. The $50 million funding round, completed in August, also included Fifth Wall Climate Technology Fund and Jony ...

Media & Press • December 2, 2021

Clarity AI captures 44 million (Euros) and adds Softbank and the former Apple Design Director as shareholders

Clarity Al, the technology company founded by Rebeca Minguela, that allows investors to manage the social and environmental impact of their portfolios through a technology platform in the cloud, has closed a financing round of 50 million dollars.

Media & Press • March 29, 2021

Clarity AI partners with BNP Paribas Securities Services and its platform Manaos

Manaos users will now be able to access Clarity AI’s vast universe of sustainability data and insights.

Media & Press • September 29, 2020 • CNBC

Rebeca Minguela discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated ESG investing trend

Rebeca Minguela, founder and CEO of Clarity AI, discusses the rising demand for ESG tracking and monitoring and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on that trend.

Media & Press • August 10, 2017 • Forbes

Young Social Entrepreneurs Who Are Making The World A Better Place

"Also new to the YGL community this year is Rebeca Minguela, founder and CEO of Clarity, a company that uses data science to address the problem of unequal capital allocation."

Media & Press • May 26, 2017 • World Economic Forum

Investing responsibly can unlock trillions of dollars – here’s how

"Through machine learning algorithms, Clarity estimates the needs of the population and determines how companies are actually covering those needs in relation to the capital used."

Media & Press • May 21, 2017 • El Mundo

The most important young Spanish woman you don’t know… but should

"Clarity measures two things: the behaviour of the company and the impact of its activity. The investor will be able to invest according their interests and conscience, leveraging multiple sources of data and information."

Media & Press • March 31, 2017 • El País

The only Spaniard among the hundred Young Global Leaders

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Clarity AI: Whitewashing the Green Out of Brands Working Towards Transparency in Sustainability Won’t Save the Planet

Clarity AI Partners With BlackRock’s eFront on ESG Analytics for Private Investors

9 green cloud startups that investors are betting on to cash in on a $2 trillion climate opportunity

vestr adds ESG reporting feature from Clarity AI

Knowing when to divest

El verano de la inversión sostenible

Clarity AI partners with BlackRock

BlackRock’s eFront Partners with Clarity AI on ESG Data for Private Markets Investors

SFDR could revolutionise reporting but don’t wait for data

Gallery: 100 days to COP27

Institutional investors divided on SEC emissions reporting proposals

War prompts boardrooms to prioritise tackling financial crime

Clarity AI onboards Nordic life insurer: “We see good traction for our SFDR and EU Taxonomy offering

Rebeca Minguela: “Evitamos los juicios binarios: decir si una empresa es mala o buena”

Tougher Enforcement, Regulation on ESG Funds a “Wake-up Call”

Protocol Source Code Newsletter

Elon Musk is smart — but he doesn’t understand ESG, tech CEO says

Rebeca Minguela: Sorry, Elon Musk, but you’ve got it all wrong about ESG and Tesla

Transparency is a ‘huge problem’ when it comes to sustainable investment, says Clarity AI CEO

Los estudiantes del CESGA de EFFAS tendrán acceso a los datos de empresas, fondos y gobiernos de Clarity AI

Clarity AI soutiendra le reporting SFDR de BlackRock

BlackRock taps ClarityAI for SFDR reporting

Clarity AI’s sustainability data to support BlackRock’s Enterprise SFDR reporting

BlackRock Partners with Clarity AI to Offer Aladdin Users Data for SFDR Reporting

The Challenges in Sustainable Finance

‘Do-good’ measures don’t do at all

Sustainable Switch Newsletter – ESG Lens

SEC’s climate proposals are “wake-up call” for real estate

Putting The “Green” Back Into Greenbacks With Climate Fintech.

SEC Fires Starting Gun On ESG Disclosures; Mixed Reactions

Less than 5% of Article 8 revenues come from green activities, study finds

Tiny 7% of sample 31,000 equity funds have more than 10% ‘green revenue’

‘Sustainable’ funds are no more green than traditional products, study finds

SFDR Article 8 Funds Not Taxonomy-Aligned

EU sustainability regulations: Why wealth managers need better data, analysis and insights

Can Artificial Intelligence Inspire Our ESG Strategies?

How data science can transform ESG investing

Sustainable reporting ‘for all investments’ is about to increase

Why wealth managers must deliver greater levels of transparency and granularity to their clients

Softbank led $50M funding round for Clarity AI

Clarity AI captures 44 million (Euros) and adds Softbank and the former Apple Design Director as shareholders

Clarity AI partners with BNP Paribas Securities Services and its platform Manaos

Rebeca Minguela discusses how the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated ESG investing trend

Young Social Entrepreneurs Who Are Making The World A Better Place

Investing responsibly can unlock trillions of dollars – here’s how

The most important young Spanish woman you don’t know… but should

The only Spaniard among the hundred Young Global Leaders

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