Conduct reliable ESG assessments in accordance with international standards
*First company headquartered in Japan to obtain a SASB standards "Corporate Reporting Software" Licence. It is also the world's first ESG assessment at the product and service level.　
https://sasb.org/licensing-use/firms/

(Head office: Hakata-ku, Fukuoka; Representative Director: Shunsuke Managi; hereinafter "aiESG"), an ESG assessment company, has become the first Japanese company to obtain a Corporate Reporting Software license under the IFRS Foundation's international sustainability disclosure standard, the SASB standard. This ensures reliable ESG assessments in accordance with international standards.

Background and Purpose of SASB Standards Licensing

There is a growing movement to promote the disclosure of corporate sustainability information. In Japan, the disclosure of sustainability information in securities reports and other documents will become mandatory from January 2023. Under such circumstances, issues have surfaced regarding the reliability of ESG assessments. ESG assessments in line with international standards are important for accurately judging corporate activities.

The SASB standards were established by the U.S. Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) to standardize the disclosure of non-financial information, including ESG information, by companies.
In 2021, the SASB standards will be integrated into the IFRS Foundation's International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB: International Sustainability Standards Board), which is attracting attention as a more comprehensive and higher quality global standard. Currently, more than 1,800 companies around the world have adopted it as a global standard for sustainability disclosure, and it is also used by Japanese companies(*1) and supported by investors(*2) with large investments.

By licensing the SASB standards, you gain the right to incorporate the SASB standards into your own systems, products, or services. This allows you to develop processes and products that focus on the ESG information that investors and companies care about most, and increases the transparency of your ESG assessments.

As a start-up company from Kyushu University, we have been providing reliable ESG assessments based on our many years of ESG research. With this license, we will provide more comprehensive sustainability assessments that incorporate SASB and IFRS standards.

What is aiESG, a product-level ESG analysis service?

aiESG is the world's first service that enables comprehensive ESG analysis at the product and service level. Using AI analysis based on our ESG supply chain big data, aiESG can provide detailed calculations for more than 3,200 ESG indicators and compare them to industry averages and conventional products. In particular, it is possible to compare the CO₂This is the world's first solution that enables quantitative evaluation of not only environmental aspects such as human rights, biodiversity, and labor environment, but also social and governance aspects, including human rights, biodiversity, and labor environment, which have become increasingly important in recent years.

List of aiESG evaluation items (excerpt)

Furthermore, analysis by aiESG enables geographical estimation, which is difficult with conventional Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), and visualization of environmental, social, and corporate governance hot spots, tracing back not only to direct suppliers, but also to secondary and upstream business partners.

Dashboard Image Diagram

In addition, since the only data required from the customer is product cost structure data or physical quantity data, ESG supply chain disclosures, which previously required enormous man-hours, are facilitated.

Click here for an introduction to our services (https://aiesg.co.jp/topics/report/20230515_service_aiesg/)

About aiESG Corporation (aiESG)

We are a start-up company from Kyushu University that aims to realize a sustainable society through product and service level ESG analysis. Based on 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.

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

About Us

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

For inquiries regarding this matter, please contact
To: aiESG Corporation, Public Relations
E-mail address: pr@aiesg.co.jp 

<Notes.
*1 Japanese companies using SASB standards 
Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Konica Minolta, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated, Toshiba Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation

*2 Japanese investors supporting SASB-standard disclosure
Asset Management One Corporation, Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Nissay Asset Management Co.

All as of March 2022, from published Japanese translations of SASB standards.https://www.sasb.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/SASB-Standards-Japanese-Translation-Press-Release-Final_Jp.pdf