Data Coverage
How Advanced Technology Can Increase Data Reliability
Only about 17% of those publicly listed companies report their direct emissions. But those 6,500 companies emit about 74% of the Scope 1 emissions of the full universe of public companies. So while we donʼt have all the data weʼd like to, the good news is that we have a good chunk of the data…
Opaque ESG ratings are no longer satisfying investors, regulators and corporate leaders
Independent research firm releases report on ESG ratings solutions In a recent report, The Forrester New Wave™: ESG Ratings, Data, And Analytics, Q3 2022, the independent research firm outlines that "Opaque ESG ratings are no longer satisfying investors, regulators, and corporate leaders." Yet, "At the same time, leading providers in the space are making real…
La falta de transparencia en las calificaciones ASG ya no convence a inversores, reguladores ni grandes empresarios
Consultora independiente publica informe sobre soluciones de calificaciones ASG En su informe “The Forrester New Wave™: ESG Ratings, Data, And Analytics, Q3 2022”, la consultora independiente Forrester destaca que "la falta de transparencia en las calificaciones ASG ya no convence a inversores, reguladores ni grandes empresarios." Sin embargo, también señala que "al mismo tiempo, los…
Quantitative Data, Standardized Frameworks, and Value Creation for Impact
A partnership between Clarity AI, the award-winning sustainability tech firm, and eFront, the largest alternative investment management platform to bring sustainability reporting capabilities to global private markets. In an age where climate risk is investment risk—how do you know what’s progress or egress? What’s the expectation from investors, and how do you quantify their mandates?…
Ocean Acidification is Led by 3 Sectors
Environmental impact analysis: Identifying sectors causing most harm to our oceans The month of June contains World Ocean Day, and in recognition of that, Clarity AI analyzed the impact on our oceans that different sectors have, using a key metric around ocean acidification that feeds into the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) framework, specifically on…
How Can AI Fill In the Gaps for Full SFDR Compliance?
Research shows that SFDR PAIs coverage gaps are a main challenge of SFDR compliance The European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) could revolutionize sustainability reporting—and, in turn, rescope the data that companies track to measure their ESG performance. The purpose of SFDR is to improve the transparency of ESG disclosures by financial product and…
Sustainable Investing: How Data Science can Improve Reliability of Reported Data
Clarity AI standardizes ESG data to establish a reliable database prior to the implementation of CSRD reporting Sustainability performance data are still in their early days. The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) will eventually make these data part of companies’ annual reports with third- party auditing. However, CSRD will not be fully implemented until 2025,…
Natural Language Processing (NLP) to Improve SFDR Reporting
SFDR Reporting Solution: Clarity AI's controversy scoring system provides consistent incident assessment Most of the solutions available in the market for the analysis of companies’ behavior rely heavily on the manual assessment of news or on sentiment analysis, leading to weaknesses like subjective assessment, volume limitation, and limited ability to interpret metrics. These limitations reduce…
How Machine Learning Can Expand Sustainability Data Coverage
Using estimation models to improve sustainability reporting Lack of data coverage is a major hurdle that can be overcome through the use of machine learning. Today, 80% of listed companies do not report required sustainability data. That means that, regardless of reliability issues, only 20% of publicly listed companies report comprehensive data on sustainability as…
How Data Science Can Enable SFDR Reporting
Enabling SFDR reporting is an essential dimension of bringing societal impact to markets. This paper on SFDR presents three specific use cases that showcase the merits of enabling reporting via data science.
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