In a wide ranging interview with ESG Investor recently our CEO James Phare shared his thoughts about the challenges, opportunities and costs & opportunity costs of AI adoption. James covered many points including model choice, use cases, architectural choices and lessons from bespoke consultancy projects and our own Responsible Capital AI ESG product.

Analysing financial and sustainability disclosures is key to effective ESG Integration however with ever changing standards, guidance, formats and exponentially growing volumes this is proving a challenge for ESG teams with limited resources. Enter Machine Learning, Large Language Models (LLMs) and Neural Alpha’s Disclosure Assistant.

At Neural Alpha, we have been thinking about Air and Water pollution at sea. This notoriously challenging topic to track has profound ESG implications. Our new product, Responsible Capital News Screen, examines news stories worldwide (and at sea!) to identify reported ESG Events, such as bilge dumping, oil spills or stranded vessels. News screen identifies mentioned physical assets as well as their owners, enabling ESG professionals within asset management, banking and corporates to incorporate news flow into universe construction, monitoring & engagement, due diligence / screening and risk management requirements at scale without compromising on precision and context.