Sustainable Investment Awards 2026

Risk and reporting assessment tool of the year: Clarity AI

Over the past year, Clarity AI reports it has delivered innovations in extra-financial risk analytics and reporting, including the launch of Transition Plan Credibility Assessments and Green CapEx datasets to enable forward-looking transition risk analysis; the expansion of real-time controversies monitoring across 5 million companies; and a strategic partnership with RiskThinking.ai to provide asset-level physical climate risk modelling.

The firm also introduced the SFDR 2.0 Check, enabling market participants to assess potential alignment of funds with proposed EU regulatory categories and anticipate regulatory impacts.

Its strategic partnership in March 2025 with RiskThinking.ai worked to integrate physical climate risk modelling into its platform. This provides asset-level visibility across more than 3 million assets, giving investors a clearer view of exposure to climate and nature-related risks. Moving from corporate averages to asset-level analysis improves risk pricing, portfolio construction, and engagement strategies.

The judges said that the deciding factor for the award was the scale of the product, with a "great deal of innovation being done at speed".