ANNOUNCEMENT OF COLLABORATION BETWEEN PwC AND RISK INSIGHTS

This month, Risk Insights was pleased to announce the start of a collaboration between Risk Insights and industry giant, PwC. Under the deal signed between two parties, PwC will use Risk Insights’ ESG GPS tool to access the underlying ESG GPS ratings reports and leverage the ESG GPS database to advise companies on how to improve their ESG strategies, transformations, performances, and reporting.

ESG GPS currently covers the three major stock exchanges across the African continent, which includes South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya. We invite this new collaboration with open arms and are pleased to work with a major global sustainability player such as PwC.

The relationship between PwC and Risk Insights (Pty) Ltd remains one of independent contractors and does not result in the verification or provision of assurance on each other's services.

Read the full announcement on the collaboration on the Risk Insights website here.

 

 

Risk Insights being recognized by the World Economic Forum for two consecutive years:

We are very proud and humbled that the World Economic Forum again recognized Risk Insights (Pty) Ltd in an honourable mention for the Excellence in Sustainability as the first company in Africa to create ESG GPS an AI-driven tool for rating the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance of listed companies for the continent. Risk Insights was previously awarded for being the winner of excellence in agile business governance in 2020.

We thank the World Economic Forum for this recognition, our clients for their ongoing support and the Team of Risk Insights  for their hard work in building the path to save our Plant!  ESG GPS  built by Africans for Africa.

Read the full announcement and list winners on the World Economic Forum New Champions Article here.

 

 

Risk Insights’ participation in more ESG events

Risk Insights continues to participate in numerous ESG related events and held a masterclass over the past month, with aim to bring much required attention to the ESG issues and solutions both in South Africa and across the continent. We at Risk Insights were very pleased to  facilitate event of the Investment Analysts Society of South Africa (IAS): Masterclass on ESG, special thanks to Anne Marie Wood and Jamie Yaldwyn from the IASociety of South Africa for invitation.  We were also participated at the 3rd Global Investment Opportunities Conference on the 24th to the 25th of November held in Kenya arranged by Enwealth Financial Services Limited, special thanks to CEO of Enwealth Simon Wafubwa.  ESG continues to grow in our green continent, and Risk Insights continues to make its contribution towards development of ESG.

 

Window on The Week:

As the impact and recognition of ESG continues to grow across the continent, we at Risk Insights continue introduction of its framework in a manner that assists stakeholders, potential investors, regulators and other stakeholders to understand how important it is to be ESG compliant on every level with each individual factor. With this, our BI Analyst, Shari Ramlall, began a new series within the Window on the Week segment called: the ABCs of ESG. This series aims to impart knowledge about ESG and how compliance with the principles will pivot your business towards a sustainable future and how ESG GPS can assist in this journey.

 

Find the full series below:  

 

 

 Food for thought…

 

 

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DWS rocked by $1trillion SEC greenwashing probe - reports

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About Risk Insights

Risk Insights is a professional data analytics consultancy that delivers to its client’s sustainable solutions and products using the latest achievements of data science. Risk Insights provided sustainable solutions with numerous products and services, including but not limited to:

• Data analytics
• Advisory services
• ESG ratings for public companies
• Education

 

We believe in the impact that sustainability practices can have on the longevity and continuity of a business.

Being on the front line of the development of cutting-edge technology has Risk Insights grown to become the

first developer of an ESG rating tool for Africa.

As such Risk Insights was awarded the Agile Governance Award by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2020

and an Honourable Mention for Excellence in Sustainability in 2021

 

ESG GPS

Risk Insights proprietary ESG GPS is a sustainability rating model developed by Risk Insights team that has been used to rate all large caps, mid-caps, and small caps on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange using AI and machine learning. Being the first Africa-focused AI driven ESG sustainability rating tool. Stay tuned for more information!

To find out more about Risk Insights’ ESG GPS, click here.

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Risk Insights and ESG GPS would like to thank you for your continued support. We shall be in contact again next month. We look forward to talking to you!

Sincerely,

The Risk Insights ESG GPS Team