Companies now have access to a comprehensive, data-driven materiality analysis process with ongoing analytics and advisory services, thanks to an exciting global partnership with Datamaran. ERM’s offering brings together Datamaran’s proprietary artificial intelligence technology and ERM’s advisory services in an exclusive environmental, social and governance (ESG) materiality offering. The offering will give companies the most real-time and comprehensive understanding of their material ESG topics, aligning executive teams and providing a sound basis for strategic decision-making.

Datamaran is a unique software platform that provides the most comprehensive view of new and emerging regulatory, reputational and competitive developments for ESG topics, along with the robust data to support it. ERM’s sustainability advisors work with companies to utilize the platform and apply the insights to business strategy and in disclosure to stakeholders. This partnership gives companies the best of both worlds – state-of-the-art artificial intelligence technology and advisory services – providing the most sophisticated materiality analysis on the market.

ERM is the only sustainability advisory services firm that provides a robust, data-driven and real-time materiality analysis powered by Datamaran. ERM’s expert advisory teams will build on the insights from Datamaran’s cutting-edge materiality process and tailor them to the client’s needs. This means companies can smartly invest time and money in analysis, consultation, ESG management and strategic advice, rather than on lengthy manual analyses. With Datamaran, investment can be focused on engaging and aligning the executive team on strategy, getting the most out of the ERM consultants’ expertise.