Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) screening is increasingly important for investors to assess risks in investment portfolios
However, many ESG screening tools underplay the due diligence required to manage emerging ESG risks (e.g. plastics and for specific human rights issues) to the new standards stakeholders expect.
To help investors respond to rapidly changing issues, AlphaQuants developed a set of ESG tools combining AI, Natural Language Processing with corporate human rights and environmental risk. ESQuant tools rapidly and diligently assess how portfolio companies respond to specific ESG issues, providing investors with fast and flexible solutions.
Unique approach to ESG
Existing tools often are reliant on media reports to assess risk and consequently focus on well-known consumer brands. However, ESQuant tools measure due diligence processes in place to manage Environmental and Social risks in three steps: