Leading asset managers are adopting AI to analyze sustainability disclosures at scale. For several years now, asset managers have been looking for workarounds that deal with a hard truth: ESG data is essential for investment decisions and stewardship, but sustainability reporting is inconsistent, fragmented, and time-consuming to analyze manually. If assessing via a custom framework, […]
Use Case: Portfolio Monitoring
The difference between ChatGPT and specialist sustainability AI tools
By Ryan Meyers, Chief AI Officer at Manifest Climate Most ESG professionals, including ESG teams at financial institutions and ESG consultants, have discovered the potential of AI for their work. When we speak with ESG teams, many are actively using general-purpose tools like Claude and ChatGPT for everyday tasks and have found them genuinely helpful. […]
12 Best AI tools for ESG consultants
Sustainability consulting is a rapidly evolving discipline. Client needs are becoming more complex and disclosure expectations keep expanding. At the same time, given current economic and political headwinds, many sustainability budgets have shrunk, meaning external consultants are often expected to do more with less. As AI becomes more sophisticated, many consultants are facing mandates from […]
ESG Consulting: Top Challenges for Advisors in 2026
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has rapidly become an important investment and risk management philosophy, influencing corporate governance at major businesses worldwide. ESG strategy includes environmental and social factors, like emissions, climate risk, long-term value creation, and the broader social impacts of business decisions. Companies need to demonstrate their overall ESG strategy to private equity […]
Webinar: AI for investor-grade sustainability intelligence
Overview As sustainability data grows in volume and complexity, investors, financial institutions, and their advisors need smarter ways to extract actionable insights. AI is rapidly transforming ESG and sustainability intelligence—helping investors and advisors monitor performance, assess risks, and make informed decisions at scale. Join Manifest Climate for an exclusive webinar exploring how AI can instantly […]
How to track sustainability progress across investments
Investors are under growing pressure to show that their portfolios support measurable progress on sustainability. Regulators expect decision-useful climate disclosures, clients want evidence of improvement, and the market increasingly rewards companies that manage climate risks well. PwC projects that sustainable investment assets will reach $33.9 trillion by 2026, reflecting how strongly financial performance and sustainability […]
Portfolio company ESG evaluation: a practical guide
Investors are under growing pressure to show how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues shape their portfolio decisions. Their stakeholders care about what their money is doing, and expect strong oversight. Regulators are making sure of it, with disclosure requirements expanding in many jurisdictions. Investors and others are looking more closely at how companies manage […]
Unlocking ESG intelligence for smarter decision making
Sustainability teams today are drowning in data but struggling to extract insight. ESG (environmental, social, and governance) information often lives scattered across spreadsheets, reports, and disclosure frameworks. Many organizations collect large volumes of data without turning it into decisions that matter. A Deloitte survey found that 83% of companies increased sustainability investments in the past […]
Sustainability monitoring: a guide for advisors, investors, and sustainability teams
Sustainability is no longer something that can be treated as a side concern. For advisors, investors, and sustainability teams, it has become central to understanding long-term value, risk, and opportunity. Monitoring sustainability performance is now essential not just for a single company, but across clients, peers, suppliers, and portfolio companies. At the same time, it […]
A guide to sustainable portfolio management in the AI era
Integrating sustainability into investment decisions has become both a strategic imperative and a complex challenge. Investors today face an overwhelming volume of ESG data, inconsistent corporate disclosures, and rapidly evolving regulations. Yet to achieve long-term value and resilience, asset managers must effectively identify sustainability risks and opportunities across portfolios. Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing how […]