(Head Office: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka; Representative Director: Shunsuke Managi; hereinafter "aiESG"), a provider of cloud-based supply chain ESG analysis at the product and service level, has been selected by Mitsui & Co. Through this initiative, aiESG aims to establish and socially implement a web-based system that uses AI technology to visualize and evaluate corporate sustainability and other data that can be used by investors to assess a company's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. We aim to establish a web-based system and implement it in society.

What is the Mitsui Co-Creation Fund?

Mitsui supports projects in which "Issue Finders" (social startups, NPOs, researchers, etc.) and Mitsui executives and employees who share the same "aspirations" and who are working together to solve social issues through co-creation, utilizing their experience and aiming to solve issues through co-creation and intellectual chemical reactions. This is an initiative that aims to solve issues through co-creation and intellectual chemical reactions between the two parties.

Reference and citation: Mitsui Co-Creation Fund:Website

Adopted Project "The Challenge of Establishing a Global Standard ESG Assessment Model Using AI Technology

The "Challenge to Establish a World-Standard ESG Assessment Model Using AI Technology," which was selected as the fifth grant project, aims to solve social issues such as environmental destruction caused by corporations, human rights abuses and the cycle of poverty, and negative impacts on human health and happiness. Specifically, we use our proprietary AI model to process big data, which integrates data from international organizations such as the United Nations, the International Labor Organization (ILO), and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), public databases published by individual countries, and satellite and geospatial data, to quantify and visualize environmental and human rights risks that could potentially be affected by corporate activities. This system enables investors to visualize and quantify environmental and human rights risks that may affect a company's business activities. This system is a global standard that complies with international frameworks such as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards, which investors use to evaluate a company's ESG responsiveness.

aiESG will take full advantage of the strong support from Mitsui through this fund to accelerate the construction and advancement of such a system. In particular, we will make full use of the networking capabilities of Mitsui, which is deeply involved in the global supply chain, to collect and exchange opinions on domestic and international on-site data, which is difficult for university research institutions to obtain, and to support the development of logic and reflection of data based on such data in line with reality. We will contribute to a sustainable future.

aiESG will promote the establishment of a platform that is truly useful for corporate ESG information disclosure and sustainable business decisions by developing realistic logic based on this on-the-ground knowledge and promptly reflecting data in the system.

We will continue our efforts to realize a sustainable future.

About aiESG

"aiESG" is a start-up company from Kyushu University that aims to realize a sustainable society through product and service level ESG analysis. Based on the results of many years of international and academic ESG research, including UN report representatives, we provide an ESG assessment platform "aiESG" that traces back the entire supply chain. We also provide support services on all aspects of ESG.

Click here to visit our corporate website　https://aiesg.co.jp/)

Company Profile

Company name: aiESG Inc.
Head Office: NMF Hakata Ekimae Bldg. 2F, 1-15-20 Hakata Ekimae, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
Representative Director : Shunsuke Managi
Chief Executive Officer : Daikichi Seki
Business : ESG analysis business at the product/service level
HP :https://aiesg.co.jp/
Establishment : July 2022

For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact:
Public Relations, aiESG, Inc. e-mail: pr@aiesg.co.jp