SESAMm, a leading provider of AI-powered ESG and reputational risk data, is pleased to announce that Flexstone Partners, a global private equity investment manager and advisor, has selected SESAMm’s platform to strengthen its pre-investment screening and portfolio monitoring processes.

With approximately €10 billion in assets under management, Flexstone Partners invests globally across all private asset classes, including private equity, mezzanine, and infrastructure, through primary and secondary investments in funds, as well as direct co-investments in buyout & growth capital transactions. As a signatory of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, the firm integrates ESG considerations across its strategies and throughout the investment lifecycle.

As part of its investment process, Flexstone Partners systematically screens potential and existing holdings for controversies and reputational risks. The firm will now leverage SESAMm’s AI-powered ESG and reputational risk data to identify issues such as human rights violations, corruption, and environmental breaches, even among non-listed firms.

“This collaboration marks another milestone in our work with Natixis Investment Managers’ affiliates,” said Sylvain Forté, CEO and co-founder of SESAMm. “Flexstone stands out for its rigorous and forward-looking approach to ESG integration. We’re proud to support their teams with AI-powered insights that help strengthen due diligence and portfolio monitoring across their global investments.”

With SESAMm, users gain real-time visibility into ESG and reputational risks across millions of public and private companies worldwide. The platform leverages multilingual large language models to analyze content from over 4 million sources in 100+ languages, providing fully auditable data and early detection of potential red flags, empowering investment teams to strengthen both due diligence and ongoing portfolio monitoring.

“SESAMm’s controversy insights demonstrated both speed and quality, and the platform appears to integrate smoothly into our existing due diligence and monitoring processes. While we have not yet fully deployed the tool, we see strong potential for enhancing ESG risk identification and mitigation,” said Samira Boussem, Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainability Investment at Flexstone Partners. “We expect that it will bring a new level of efficiency to our analysis.”

About Flexstone Partners

Flexstone Partners ("Flexstone") 6 is an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers, one of the largest asset managers in the world with over $1,427 billion in assets under management. The company manages $10.6 billion in assets 7and offers institutional investors worldwide tailored investment and advisory services in private equity. Flexstone's strategies in co-investment and the secondary market primarily focus on small and mid-cap segments, growth equity, and emerging managers in the United States, Europe, and Asia. With over 56 experts based in New York, Paris, Geneva, and Singapore, Flexstone’s international team addresses the needs of its clients around the globe. Composed of a team of specialists with complementary profiles, Flexstone has in-depth market knowledge and unique expertise in private equity. It is present in the most promising markets across North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information: www.flexstonepartners.com

About SESAMm

SESAMm is a global leader in controversy data, leveraging advanced large language models and generative AI to uncover ESG, reputational, and supplier risks in seconds. Our AI-powered platform surfaces real-time insights, even in low-disclosure markets, on millions of companies and infrastructure projects, supporting more informed decisions, enhanced due diligence, and regulatory alignment at scale. We work with leading firms, including Carlyle, Warburg, Natixis, RBI, Sustainable Fitch, Oddo, and others. SESAMm has raised $50M from renowned investors and operates across four continents. Learn more at www.sesamm.com

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SESAMm, leader mondial de la donnée de controverses, annonce le renouvellement de son partenariat avec Praemia REIM autour de son outil de suivi des controverses ESG. Grâce à l’exploitation de sources d’information internationales, à l’intelligence artificielle et à une revue par des analystes, la solution permet une détection des risques réputationnels et extra-financiers liés aux actifs immobiliers. Ce dispositif s’inscrit dans une démarche globale de maîtrise des risques ESG et d’amélioration continue des pratiques responsables.

Un outil au service de l’engagement dans l’immobilier de santé

Praemia REIM utilise l’outil SESAMm comme levier de dialogue auprès de ses locataires, notamment dans le secteur de la santé, où les enjeux sociaux et éthiques revêtent une importance particulière. En facilitant une gestion active des controverses, la solution contribue à l’accompagnement des locataires opérateurs de santé, à renforcer la transparence et à répondre aux attentes croissantes des investisseurs en matière d’impact social et de responsabilité des pratiques. SESAMm confirme ainsi son positionnement comme partenaire technologique clé pour les acteurs de l’investissement immobilier responsable.

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SESAMm is delighted to welcome Magnus Billing to its Advisory Board. With more than 30 years of experience at the intersection of finance, technology, and sustainability, Magnus brings a wealth of knowledge and global perspective to support SESAMm’s mission of advancing AI-powered ESG and reputational risk analysis.

“Magnus has been a driving force in the evolution of sustainable finance, combining deep regulatory insight with a strong understanding of how data and technology can accelerate change,” said Sylvain Forté, CEO and Co-Founder of SESAMm. “His experience and perspective will be invaluable as we continue to scale globally and strengthen our partnerships with leading financial institutions in the Nordics and beyond.”

Magnus has held several senior leadership roles throughout his career, including CEO of Alecta, Sweden’s largest pension fund with approximately USD 100 billion in assets under management, and CEO of Nasdaq Nordics and Baltic Markets. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief Legal Counsel for Nasdaq Europe, overseeing market regulation and governance across multiple jurisdictions.

Beyond his corporate leadership, Magnus has played an influential role in shaping the global sustainable finance agenda. As a member of the EU High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Sustainable Finance, he contributed to the development of the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan, which continues to guide regulatory frameworks across Europe.

Today, Magnus serves as a non-executive director and senior advisor to organizations advancing sustainability and development finance. He was recently appointed Independent Chair of the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA), further expanding his contribution to advancing sustainability data and analytics worldwide.

“SESAMm’s work at the intersection of AI and sustainable finance is both innovative and impactful. I look forward to supporting the company’s mission to help financial institutions better understand and act on ESG and reputational risks,” Magnus stated.

We’re thrilled to welcome Magnus to SESAMm’s Advisory Board and look forward to working together as we continue to advance AI-powered ESG and reputational risk analysis worldwide.

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SESAMm, the leading provider of controversy data, is pleased to announce that ENGIE has chosen SESAMm to strengthen its ESG risks monitoring of subsidiaries, including positive impact news.

SESAMm delivers real-time controversy data on millions of private and public companies, leveraging multilingual large language models to analyze content from more than 4 million sources in 100+ languages. This enables SESAMm to surface potential red flags such as human rights violations, corruption, and environmental breaches, even in hard-to-assess, non-listed firms, while also highlighting positive impact events.

With SESAMm’s AI-powered platform, ENGIE will supplement its ESG analysis tools for its global operations. This includes early detection of controversies, benchmarking against industry peers, and surfacing positive achievements that reinforce ENGIE’s role in the energy transition.

“We’re proud to support ENGIE in monitoring both risks and opportunities,” said Sylvain Forté, CEO and co-founder of SESAMm. “Our AI-driven insights will help their teams anticipate challenges, benchmark effectively, and showcase progress in building a more sustainable future.”

About ENGIE

ENGIE is a major player in the energy transition, whose purpose is to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral economy. With 98,000 employees in 30 countries, the Group covers the entire energy value chain, from production to infrastructure and sales. ENGIE combines complementary activities: renewable electricity and green gas production, flexibility assets (notably batteries), gas and electricity transmission and distribution networks, local energy infrastructures (heating and cooling networks), and the supply of energy to individuals, local authorities, and businesses. Every year, ENGIE invests more than €10 billion to drive forward the energy transition and achieve its net-zero carbon goal by 2045.  Learn more at www.engie.com.

About SESAMm

SESAMm is a global leader in controversy data, leveraging advanced large language models and generative AI to uncover ESG, reputational, and supplier risks in seconds. Our AI-powered platform surfaces real-time insights, even in low-disclosure markets, on millions of companies and infrastructure projects, supporting more informed decisions, enhanced due diligence, and regulatory alignment at scale. We work with leading firms, including Carlyle, Warburg, Natixis, RBI, Sustainable Fitch, Oddo, and others. SESAMm has raised $50M from renowned investors and operates across four continents. Learn more at www.sesamm.com.

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New partnership equips customers with real-time intelligence from over 4 million sources to strengthen due diligence and monitoring across global supply chains

WASHINGTON, D.C. – September 26, 2025 – Sayari, a leader in corporate risk intelligence and supply chain transparency, today announced a new data partnership with SESAMm, a global provider of AI-driven controversy risk data. This collaboration integrates SESAMm’s real-time, AI-driven controversy risk data into the Sayari platform, providing users with unprecedented insights into hidden ESG risks across global supply chains. By combining our unique datasets, we are closing the information gap on hard-to-assess private entities and their suppliers, a critical blind spot in traditional ESG and supply chain monitoring.

The partnership directly addresses the growing need for procurement and risk teams to have comprehensive insight into emerging reputational risks as global ESG compliance requirements intensify. By integrating SESAMm’s data, Sayari's solution now monitors over 650,000 suppliers, allowing customers to proactively identify and mitigate risks from small, hard-to-assess private entities that are typically excluded from traditional ESG coverage.

The data partnership is powered by SESAMm’s advanced AI, which analyzes content from over 4 million sources in more than 100 languages. This real-time analysis provides actionable decision intelligence that can detect red flags like human rights violations, environmental scandals, and governance failures, often days or even weeks before they surface in traditional data sets, transforming reactive risk management into strategic foresight. This powerful analysis offers a unique advantage, complementing traditional ESG metrics and strengthening due diligence and ongoing monitoring efforts. The data is available across all of Sayari's platforms, including API, bulk, and visually in both Sayari Graph and Sayari Map.

“For the first time, our customers can gain a truly holistic, interconnected view of every entity in their ecosystem, from tier-1 suppliers to hidden sub-tier partners,” said Chris Brazdziunas, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Sayari. “By integrating SESAMm's real-time, AI-driven insights, we're empowering our clients to proactively identify and mitigate hidden risks on a global scale, fundamentally changing the way they approach due diligence and supply chain transparency.”

“For more than a decade, we’ve advanced AI to reveal hidden ESG and reputational risks in companies worldwide. We’re excited to partner with Sayari to bring these insights into procurement and supply chain risk management, enabling teams to detect issues earlier and address them more effectively,” said Sylvain Forté, CEO and co-founder of SESAMm.

The future of risk management demands a holistic, interconnected view of every entity within an organization's ecosystem. This partnership, powered by AI-driven analysis of more than 4 million sources, lays the foundation for a comprehensive, integrated risk management solution that will revolutionize the quality, efficiency, speed, and scale at which organizations can identify and manage third-party risk. The ability to transform deep analysis into strategic foresight is the key to empowering customers to act with confidence in an increasingly complex global economy.

About Sayari

Sayari provides global corporate transparency and supply chain risk identification for government and industry. Its commercial risk intelligence platform aggregates data from more than 250 jurisdictions worldwide. Sayari's solutions are trusted by government agencies, financial institutions, and Fortune 500 companies.

About SESAMm

SESAMm is a global provider of AI-driven controversy risk data. The company delivers real-time reputational and sustainability risk signals using advanced large language models and generative AI. SESAMm has raised over $50 million in funding and is backed by major investors including Carlyle, BNP Paribas, and Elaia. They work with major financial institutions, private equity firms, rating agencies, and corporations.

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Private equity deal teams and M&A teams are under constant pressure to move faster, screen more opportunities, and avoid costly blind spots. To meet this challenge, SESAMm is expanding its suite of AI Reports with a new offering: the AI-powered Deal Screening Report.

This latest addition gives deal teams the ability to conduct pre-commercial due diligence on any company or project in minutes, not weeks. Not only does it surface insights and risks on the target company, it also provides a full competitive and market analysis.

Faster, Smarter Deal Screening

Built for high-volume, time-sensitive deal environments, SESAMm’s Deal Screening reports act as an early-stage radar: surfacing hidden risks, growth signals, and market dynamics before significant expenses are incurred.

Delivering weeks of manual research in just hours, these reports provide a structured view of target companies to guide where deeper diligence should focus.

Key benefits include:

• Faster prioritization: Eliminate weak targets early and shrink the funnel.
• Sharper focus: Direct consultants and expert networks to areas that matter most.
• Greater confidence: Make earlier, more strategic go/no-go decisions.
• Lower costs: Reduce wasted hours and consultant spend on low-value deals.
  

Supporting the Full Diligence Cycle

Deal Screening reports fit seamlessly into every stage of the diligence process:

• Pre-CIM: Shape hypotheses and spot risks before significant time and budget are invested.
• During CIM review: Use SESAMm insights to challenge claims and guide expert calls.
• Post-CIM: Monitor ongoing sentiment and emerging risks as diligence deepens.
  

By acting as a bridge to deep diligence, SESAMm ensures consultants and expert calls are focused on what truly matters, helping deal teams allocate resources more effectively and move forward with sharper decision confidence.

A Growing Suite of AI Reports

These new Deal Screening reports are the latest addition to SESAMm’s expanding portfolio of AI-generated reports. From ESG assessments to supply chain and business exclusion screenings, SESAMm provides scalable, AI-powered insights that help firms make faster, smarter, and more confident decisions.

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Paris, September 16th, 2025 – Clarity AI and SESAMm, two pioneers in AI-driven sustainability and risk analysis, today announced a partnership to enhance ESG controversy monitoring in private markets, giving investors unprecedented insights into millions of non-listed companies.

Private markets account for ~$22 trillion in assets under management (AUM), but remain significantly less transparent than listed firms when it comes to sustainability and reputational risks. By combining Clarity AI’s end-to-end sustainability analysis platform with SESAMm’s advanced controversy detection, investors will gain broader, deeper insights into companies that have historically been hard to assess. This lack of visibility creates added challenges for asset managers and financial institutions, particularly as they work to comply with regulations such as SFDR and CSRD.

Through the partnership, Clarity AI’s comprehensive coverage of both public and private companies will be enriched by SESAMm’s real-time controversy data on millions of additional private entities. SESAMm’s multilingual large language models analyze content from over 4 million sources in 100+ languages, surfacing potential red flags such as human rights violations, corruption, and environmental breaches, even in hard-to-assess, non-listed firms.

“SESAMm's technology leads the industry in detecting ESG controversies within private companies. Through our partnership with Clarity AI, we are now bringing this powerful capability directly to investors globally, ensuring they have a full picture of the risk in these markets,” said Sylvain Forté, CEO and co-founder of SESAMm.

“At Clarity AI, our mission is to bring transparency to sustainability, wherever capital flows,” said Daniel González, Global Partnership Director at Clarity AI. “This partnership is a breakthrough for private markets, where opacity has long hindered investors’ ability to monitor ESG risks. By combining SESAMm’s controversy detection with Clarity AI’s end-to-end sustainability platform, we are giving investors the most comprehensive view of both public and private companies. That means stronger due diligence, faster monitoring, and greater confidence in meeting evolving regulatory demands, all in one place.”

This collaboration reinforces Clarity AI's offering for private markets, now including environmental metric estimations for 2.3 million non-listed companies. Together, both firms are taking a significant step toward closing the information gap between public and private markets, equipping asset managers, private equity firms, and financial institutions with actionable insights to better understand reputational and sustainability risks, while supporting due diligence, risk monitoring, and regulatory compliance.

About Clarity AI

Clarity AI is the leading sustainability technology company, delivering data-driven insights to investors, companies, governments, and consumers. Its AI-powered platform offers flexible access to advanced analytics, supporting use cases from portfolio management and research to regulatory reporting, strategic planning, and consumer applications. Trusted by clients managing over $70 trillion in assets, Clarity AI also powers sustainability intelligence through integrations into leading investment platforms such as BlackRock Aladdin, SimCorp or Caceis. The company operates globally, backed by top-tier minority investors including BlackRock, Softbank, and Visa.

About SESAMm

SESAMm is a global leader in controversy data, leveraging advanced large language models and generative AI to uncover ESG, reputational, and supplier risks in seconds. Our AI-powered platform surfaces real-time insights, even in low-disclosure markets, on millions of companies and infrastructure projects, supporting more informed decisions, enhanced due diligence, and regulatory alignment at scale. We work with leading firms, including Carlyle, Warburg, Natixis, RBI, Sustainable Fitch, Oddo, and others. SESAMm has raised $50M from renowned investors and operates across four continents.
Learn more at www.sesamm.com.

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Accelerate due diligence and uncover hidden risks across your supplier network with reliable, source-backed insights.

Following the successful launch of our ESG Assessment and Secondaries & Credit Screening reports, SESAMm is excited to unveil the third report in our growing suite of AI-generated screening solutions: Supply Chain Screening.

This report is designed specifically for procurement teams, compliance officers, and risk managers who need a fast, scalable way to screen suppliers against exclusion lists, whether for onboarding, third-party due diligence, or ongoing monitoring.

With just a list of company names, the report flags potential involvement in restricted or high-risk business activities, helping you identify potential exposure to sensitive sectors such as:

• Fossil Fuels & Nuclear
• Weapons & Military Equipment
• Predatory Lending
• Gambling & Betting
• Adult & Violent Content
• Severe Human Rights & Labor Violations
• Tobacco, Alcohol & Recreational Drugs

Each result is backed by cited sources and a clear explanation of why the company was flagged, bringing transparency to your decision-making process. Delivered in a structured, easy-to-share format, the report helps teams move beyond static exclusion lists and legacy classifications to surface material and reputational risks across their supplier network.

Supply chain complexity is growing - and so is scrutiny from regulators, customers, and investors. With SESAMm’s Supply Chain Screening Report, you can meet this challenge head-on.

As AI continues to reshape how risk and compliance teams operate, we’re expanding our report offerings to cover even more use cases and industries. Stay tuned for what’s next.

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Screen smarter. Act faster. Flag hidden risks at scale.

Speed and accuracy are critical in due diligence, especially when screening for reputational or compliance risks across large portfolios. That’s why we built SESAMm’s Secondaries & Credit Screening report: a faster, smarter way to assess exposure to restricted and controversial business activities.

How it works

Designed for investors, compliance teams, and financial institutions, this report uses SESAMm’s generative AI and large language models (LLMs) to analyze millions of documents and flag companies involved in sensitive sectors.

With just a list of company names, it highlights potential involvement in:

• Fossil Fuels & Nuclear
• Weapons & Military Equipment
• Predatory Lending
• Gambling & Betting
• Adult & Violent Content
• Severe Human Rights & Labor Violations
• Tobacco, Alcohol & Recreational Drugs

Each result includes linked sources and a clear explanation, providing not just a flag but the context behind it.

Fast, Transparent, Scalable

Whether you're conducting secondary deal due diligence, reviewing a loanbook, or aligning portfolios with exclusion lists, this new report offers:

• Scalable, fast batch screening: Upload a list of companies and get standardized, structured results in minutes.
• Transparency: Each flag is backed by a justification and includes access to cited sources.
• Faster decisions: Get standardized Excel outputs in minutes.
• Deeper insight: Uncover risks that go beyond traditional industry classifications.

A New Standard for Risk Screening

Already in use by leading financial firms, the Secondaries & Credit Screening report brings clarity to complex decisions, helping teams flag risks earlier, faster, and more confidently.

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Reach out to see a sample report or request a custom screening of your own list. With SESAMm’s Secondaries & Credit Screening, your next due diligence process just got faster and smarter.