- Sustainable Fitch will integrate AI-powered text analysis from SESAMm into its ESG Scores and Ratings solution.
- The integration will help Sustainable Fitch offer a more comprehensive ESG insights to asset owners and asset managers.
- SESAMm won Best of Show in its Finovate debut at FinovateEurope 2022 in London.
ESG data and analysis provider Sustainable Fitch will integrate AI-powered text analysis from SESAMm into its ESG Scores and Ratings solution. The integration will enable Sustainable Fitch to provide more comprehensive ESG insights to its asset owner and manager clientele.
The addition of SESAMm’s analysis will improve decision-making and help guide investment and due diligence. The partnership will also help provide broader data coverage for both public and private market data analysis.
“Working with SESAMm’s technology allows us to leverage their advanced solutions to enhance our ESG Scores and Ratings offering,” Sustainable Fitch Global Head of ESG Analytics Gianluca Spinetti said. “By integrating SESAMm’s extensive data coverage, we can offer our clients more comprehensive ESG insights.”
Headquartered in New York, Sustainable Fitch is a research firm that provides data, tools, analysis, and insights for the fixed-income market. The company provides ESG ratings, Second Party Opinions, thought leadership, and more to help individuals and institutions make informed decisions when it comes to ESG impact.
Launched in 2022, Sustainable Fitch has been recognized by Environmental Finance as one of the top five largest global Second Party Opinion providers. This year, the company won “Best Specialist ESG Ratings Provider” at the ESG Investing Awards and “Best ESG Data Provider/Vendor” at the Inside Market Data Awards & Inside Reference Data Awards.
“We are excited that a recognized leader in ESG analysis is using our insights for their ESG analysis,” SESAMm CEO Sylvain Forté said. “Our AI-powered text analysis will provide deeper insights and broader coverage, helping Sustainable Fitch to deliver high-quality ESG data and ratings.”
SESAMm won Best of Show in its Finovate debut at FinovateEurope in London in 2022. The company most recently demoed its technology at FinovateFall 2023, where the French AI firm showed an integration of ChatReveal, its proprietary generative AI solution. Bringing advanced chatbot technology to the SESAMm platform, ChatReveal examines more than 23 billion articles on five million public and private companies. The technology identifies if the company is the subject of ESG controversies or issues to help private equity firms and financial institutions better understand the potential risk of companies in their portfolios.
Last month, SESAMm unveiled its ESG Controversy Risk Exposure Heatmap. The solution delivers an overview of environmental, social, and governance risks to provide an easy way to visualize and assess a company’s reputational profile. This enables users to focus on particular areas of concern and prioritize next steps.
Headquartered in Paris, France, SESAMm was founded in 2014. The company has raised more than €50 million in funding and includes Elaia, Opera Tech Ventures, The Carlyle Group, and NewAlpha Asset Management VC among its investors.