AsianInvestor article: “Asset owners look to artificial intelligence (AI) to fill ESG data gaps”.

SDI AOP Research Director James Leaton was recently interviewed by AsianInvestor on the central role artificial intelligence (AI) has played in the development of the taxonomy of the SDI AOP.

The AI has helped to analyse 9.259 companies to identify those whose products or services contribute to the UN SDG’s providing SDI AOP members with an investible universe of equity and fixed income securities that perform well. The AI scans accounts and company publications, as well as other publicly available information, for constituents of a range of equity and fixed income indices – work that would require a huge team of human staff.

AI also plays an important role in the recently launched SDI Innovation Outlook. The AI scans records of 20 million patents that are updated every week, a task that would be impossible for a human team.

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