AI powered

ESG 360˚
Cross Industry

August 2021

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Why
Sustainability? Challenge
ESG data gathering, and processing has
many challenges including:
Need
• Low coverage and sparsity
Across different industries, assessing
sustainability is a key ask. Banks need it • Low correlation in ESG scores by
for green loans. Investors for green leading agencies
investments. Retailers for green supply
• Lack of transparency in underlying
chain. Energy companies for carbon
factors driving the ESG score
accounting and so on.
• Lack of standardization due to multiple
guidelines
ESG data is the primary need to cater to
• Variance in ESG scores across agencies
these.
and many more

How can ESG data be comprehensively

gathered at scale? How can transparent
insights be generated to support ESG
scores?
What is the vision of AI Powered ESG360˚?
AI Powered ESG 360o
A unified platform to aggregate ESG data and enable insights to
support cross-industry clients in green decisioning.
Data Model ESG360˚ Data Model AI Algorithm and Data
ESG360˚ data model comprehensively captures globally relevant
yet industry specific screening factors from standards like GRI, Vendors
SASB etc.

AI Algorithm and Data Vendors

Gathers ESG data from in-house custom AI algorithm built on AI Powered
public disclosures as well as from ESG and alternate data vendors
ESG360˚
Insights Widget
Uses Insights Widget to enable client conversations and
demonstrate the asset’s capability, which is replicable across
geographies and industries

Cloud Platform Cloud Platform Insights Widget

Establish a unified cloud platform to host ESG data and enable
access to various Accenture users to leverage it for insights
generation
What do you How do you
buy? engage?
Data Model ESG & Data Advisory

• List of E-S-G KPIs with industry mapping • ESG data SMEs bring in their niche
and three-level categorization derived know-how to deliver advisory
from GRI, SASB and our vendor’s data consulting to clients on ESG vendor
dictionaries assessment

ESG 360˚ Dataset & AI Scores

• Build ESG data for selective companies. Insights as a Service

Synthesize to generate peer ranks and
gather ESG scores from vendors • Access API from Accenture Cloud
Platform to fetch data and insights
Insight Widget

• Visual depiction of the insights

generated on the back on ESG data Cloud Managed Service
gathered
• End to end data gathering including
Client + ESG 360 ˚ data on Cloud external data, along with data
advisory and access to insights
• On Accenture cloud platform, include widget delivered to client on
client internal data in ESG dataset and Accenture cloud
build insights

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 Enable accurate data integration from
various sources. Also, enable self-disclosed
Accenture’s end-to- data validation with alternate data

end ESG 360˚

solution is custom- Holistic peer assessment at company
built, comprehensive level with insights on best practices fuel
strategic decisioning
and transparent

Save effort to quickly leverage the

most suitable and relevant ESG and
alternate data vendors

Comprehensive, updated and easily Customizable and transparent

customizable data model that brings solution per client’s guidance and
the exhaustive list of relevant metrics asks
and accelerates use-case specific
development
ESG360˚ Data
Model
400+ ESG attributes comprehensively
consolidated by harmonizing leading
global frameworks like GRI, SASB etc.
AI Powered ESG360 o
in action
• The ESG 360o provides unparalleled visibility into
the drivers of sustainability at company level
• Enables identifying “Disclosure Reliability and
Comprehensiveness Risk” signals
• Leverages AI to mine ESG data from open
sources and external vendor data to provide a
comprehensive view
• Provides actionable insights to enable
organizations move towards a truly green future
 o
ESG 360 Lite
• Ready-to-show to your clients
• Covers 78 countries across 24 industries for
22K+ companies
• ESG scores built using 300+ ESG attributes from
external data only
Value to clients

Attract investment Reduce risks across supply Make disclosures reports

chain, violations etc. comprehensive

Take strategic sustainability Reduce cost with energy and Improve brand image and
initiatives material efficiency etc. reduce reputational risk
How ESG 360˚ works?
CDI Platform is built to support Accenture solutions at scale complying with data security and governance norms

ESG 360˚
Client Internal Platform
Data

Dashboard
Accenture Data Standardization, Data Stories,
Data ESG 360˚
Sources Capture
Tagging,
Proprietary B2B
Application
Platform
IDF Structured Data Data Stories,
Interlinking Operational
Aspire Unstructured Data
Data Stories

External Data ESG

360˚
Arabesque S-Ray
S&P Trucost
Bitvore Cellenus
Ideal Rating
Glenbrook
Moving towards a The center for data & insights helped by:

1. Building ESG data for their selected panel of

greener future customers using in-house AI tool. This
includes both quantitative and text (best
with ESG 360o practices) data

2. Added ESG data from external data vendors

to enhance and enrich the data lake

3. Greenwashing scores were built

Our client is a leading Italian bank and 4. Comparative sustainability assessment of

wants to evaluate how green their books the client’s customers were performed.
are. However, their ESG vendors provide Confidence on ESG assessment established
only scores but what drives the score by triangulating the ESG scores across
remains a black-box. vendors and in-house capabilities

With AI powered ESG360, the client got 5. Insight widget UI leveraged to show the
deeper insights into how green their data driven insights
lending books are

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Choosing greener The center for data & insights helped by:

1. Provided ESG data advisory by providing

partners with ESG vendor comparative landscape of >15 top
players. It consisted of key insights
360o gathered by interviewing every vendor.

2. Enabling client shortlist ESG data vendors

with coveted insights

Our client is a leading German bank and

was facing the challenge of identifying the
most suitable ESG data vendor to directly 3. Client is delighted with the speed and depth
contract with. of SME advisory

Client was able to shortlist the top ESG

vendors for their use case in less than 2
weeks and are moving towards direct
contracting.

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 Ongoing

Comprehensive The center for data & insights helped by:

1. Identifying gap between current KPIs being

ESG reporting monitored / reported versus that by peers

roadmap with 2. Added KPI additional KPIs based on

regulatory requirement, internationally
ESG360˚ recognized standards etc.

3. Prioritized KPIs based on – desirability and

complexity – to be tracked and reported in
short term vs. medium term vs. long term
Our client is a leading British Tobacco
Products Manufacturer that wants to
accelerate its green journey towards
sustainability and circular economy
through identification of gaps in their
disclosure and current reporting system
to create a long-term sustainability
roadmap Prioritized
gaps

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 Ongoing

Attract sponsors The center for data & insights helped by:

1. Building ESG data for self and peers

and partners with 2. Added ESG data from external data vendors
ESG 360o to enhance and enrich the data lake

3. Disclosure reliability and

comprehensiveness risk scores are built

4. Comparative sustainability assessment

performed. Confidence on ESG assessment
Our client is a leading football club in EU established by triangulating the ESG scores
and wants to create strategic ESG framework across vendors and in-house capabilities
and assess current ESG performance.
5. Insight widget UI leveraged to show the
The club would leverage this to portray its current data driven insights
ESG priorities and long-term roadmap during its
sponsorship and partnership conversations

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 To-be-
started

ESG data driven The center for data & insights helped by:

1. Provide accelerators and reference

reinvention with architecture like

ESG 360o • ESG data ontology with 400+ KPIs

• ESG data gathering techniques powered

by AI

• ESG data scientists to enable data

management, analysis and model
Our client is a leading bank globally and development
wants to enable intelligent ESG data
management, integration and model • ESG SMEs for data advisory to select the
development. most suitable vendor partner

2. Design and stand-up an ESG data platform

that is scalable to support the growth of
ESG data and use cases

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Connect with us
People behind the product

Ajay Vasal Gaurav Goyal Prithika Priyanshi

Global Lead, Centre for Data & Insights CDI Industry Lead AI Powered ESG360 Lead
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Divyank Sinha Shivam Singh Baghel Saransh Srivastava

AI Powered ESG360 Manager ESG Data Scientist ESG Data Scientist
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