Providing a platform solution enabling one-stop data gathering and analysis of data necessary for corporate sustainability activities
SustanaPlat: A Platform for Supporting Data Gathering and Analysis of Sustainability Data
Solution
Patent registration number: 7730436
Addressing sustainability is a key theme for corporate leadership. Even as the operational burdens companies face grow in line with the rapid increase in the scale of markets, companies still lack adequate tools to enable the one-stop gathering and analysis of sustainability data.
Using patented AI technology, ABeam Consulting proposes the SustanaPlat platform to automatically gather data from various corporate reports and other sources and provide analysis results adapted to an ESG and sustainability perspective. This solution, which can be used throughout corporate sustainability operations, including decision making over sustainable finance and business investments, and in evaluating ESG risk, drives the realization of a sustainable society on a global scale.
Background
To generate sustainable corporate value amidst rapidly growing demands for addressing sustainability issues, companies urgently need to put in place frameworks to support prompt and accurate decision making
As aspirations towards realizing a sustainable society have swept the globe in recent years, sustainability initiatives have become an essential theme for corporate leadership. Sustainability-related markets in particular have seen rapid growth with, for example, environment, society and governance (ESG) investments and the value of green bonds issued, mainly in Europe, growing some 15 times over roughly the past decade. Regulations and demand for disclosure has also grown across countries, bringing about an era where companies face greater pressure than ever to address sustainability issues.
Against the backdrop of these market trends, if companies are to improve their sustainability, they will need to improve their ESG evaluation capabilities and their gathering and analysis of sustainability data, so that they can carry out appropriate sustainability measures. At companies and financial institutions active on the global stage, in particular, having the frameworks in place to efficiently and comprehensively manage massive amounts of information, and to employ this in making management and investment decisions, is a must.
Challenges
Implementing efficient measures to deal with growing operational burdens stemming from the increasing complexity of data gathering, analysis and management is essential for addressing sustainability issues
Pitfalls
- It takes time to extract the necessary information from the massive volume of client disclosure documents, including sustainability reports, integrated reports and annual reports. This makes it harder to devote time to more important work
- Not only do the standards for targets differ across firms, but the items that are disclosed themselves differ across companies. This renders it difficult to make horizontal comparisons or perform comprehensive analyses
- There are limits to what can be achieved through individualized data gathering in an environment with a massive volume of data that is frequently updated. This means that relying on the experience and efforts of individuals alone will not cover everything, and will lead to the constant risk of key information being overlooked
Approach
ABeam Consulting offers the SustanaPlat platform solution, which makes use of patented generative AI technology, as a way of reducing the burden of data gathering and analysis operations needed for corporate sustainability activities.
The SustanaPlat platform is equipped with features that employ generative AI to streamline operations, including automatic gathering and analysis of sustainability data, information comparison across multiple companies, and central management of ESG data. It can also support customizable and secure data linking, and function as a system that enables easy, company-wide, integrated use of up-to-date data.
This creates greater business opportunities for companies by allowing them to apply time and effort previously taken up by traditional sustainability operations to other work such as formulating business strategy and making investment decisions.
Key features
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Solutions and Features Rooted on Data Gathering and Analysis Needs
SustanaPlat enables the comprehensive and rapid gathering and analysis of massive amounts of sustainability data. It comes equipped with features adapted to operational needs, including summarizing sustainability activities and comparing data across multiple companies.
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A One-Stop Platform Ready for Immediate Use
SustanaPlat can also be introduced quickly without taking up time with planning and consideration work. The platform also supports the company-specific customization and secure internal linking of data. It offers companies a platform for automatically gathering and analyzing sustainability data such as ESG data, and allows it to be shared and searched company-wide.
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Applicable to Sustainability Finance Operations
Through joint development with European banks, we have fitted SustanaPlat with features adapted to the needs of sustainable finance and financial operations. It can also be directly applied to work that requires a high level of expertise, such as making proposal documents for sustainable investment and lending and pitch decks specialized for financial institutions.
Solutions and Features Rooted on Data Gathering and Analysis Needs
SustanaPlat has four main features that use generative AI technology to comprehensively and quickly gather and analyze data, fulfilling the needs of sustainability operations.
- Peer Comparison (comparison across peer companies): Covers sustainability indicators for a company and its competitors. This feature not only allows you to check on industry trends, it also enables comparison of sustainability initiatives in table form, allowing for more in-depth analysis.
- Sustana Dashboard (summarizing disclosure data): Allows you to see up-to-date sustainability data and news extracted from multiple data sources at a glance. This feature also allows you to export this information and analyze it in combination with your internal data.
- Sustana Report (Sustana strategy summaries): Extracts necessary information such as performance, challenges and risks, and organizes it systematically in the form of reports. This feature enables you to comprehensively understand targets, challenges and countermeasures, including risks that are not stated in integrated reports.
- Trend Analysis: Allows you to grasp sustainability data and trends issued by sources such as the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Ministry of the Environment.
A One-Stop Platform Ready for Immediate Use
Using SustanaPlat allows users to easily obtain necessary information without costing them labor, just by accessing the platform. Because SustanaPlat is a platform that already comprehensively addresses sustainability-related needs, it can be introduced quickly.
Furthermore, the features described above can be given customized settings depending on the needs of the user company. Where necessary, companies can also integrate their own internal data to the ABeam Consulting secure cloud so that they can be used for analysis.
SustanaPlat uses our patented generative AI technology to gather and analyze data from reports of various companies, so data on the platform is constantly kept up to date.
Applicable to Sustainability Finance Operations
SustanaPlat is ready for use across a wide range of industries seeking greater efficiency in sustainability operations. In the finance sector, in particular, the platform is equipped with features adapted to operations specific to financial institutions, thanks to a design reflecting the needs of European banks, among other companies, which lead the way on sustainable finance. Specifically, SustanaPlat can be applied directly to the following:
- Selecting key sectors and companies in sustainable finance
- Pitch deck drafting, credit assessment and post-lending monitoring in financial institutions
SustanaPlat offers powerful support driving the realization of a sustainable society in the domain of sustainable finance, a theme of the utmost important for the future of financial institutions.
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