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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SESAMm’s AI Technology Reveals ESG Insights

Discover unparalleled insights into ESG controversies, risks, and opportunities across industries. Learn more about how SESAMm can help you analyze millions of private and public companies using AI-powered text analysis tools.

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.

SESAMm’s AI Technology Reveals ESG Insights

Discover unparalleled insights into ESG controversies, risks, and opportunities across industries. Learn more about how SESAMm can help you analyze millions of private and public companies using AI-powered text analysis tools.

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.

Want to see the report in action?

Contact us to learn more or request a sample tailored to your needs.

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.

Ready to Get Started?

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.

In an era of growing regulatory pressure and public scrutiny, staying ahead of ESG-related risks is more important than ever. That’s why we’re introducing UNGC Violation Screening, a powerful new capability that automatically flags ESG controversies potentially breaching the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Principles.

Built with compliance and transparency in mind, this feature enables you to:

• Stay ahead of reputational and compliance risks
• Evaluate global norm breaches with a standardized lens
• Focus your attention on the events that matter most

Powered by advanced AI and large language models, SESAMm classifies millions of ESG events in real time, helping you prioritize reputational and compliance risks at scale.

Why UNGC Violation Screening Matters

Whether you're tracking supply chain risks or screening investments for SFDR alignment, SESAMm’s new feature offers a standardized approach to evaluating potential UNGC breaches. It helps you:

• Stay compliant: Built to align with the 10 UNGC Principles and SFDR PAI 10, this feature supports streamlined compliance workflows and helps ensure you're meeting disclosure and due diligence obligations.
• Surface critical risks fast: Quickly detect ESG controversies tied to UNGC violations, without relying solely on manual review.
• Quickly prioritize critical ESG issues: Standardized risk scoring cuts through irrelevant noise.
  

Three Levels of Risk Classification

Each ESG controversy is categorized by severity:

• Violator: Clear and explicit breaches of the UNGC Principles, backed by evidence such as official sanctions, public admissions, or substantial regulatory fines.
• Watchlist: Potential serious violations where evidence is partial or inconclusive. These events suggest possible misconduct but fall short of confirming a clear breach.
• Low Risk:  Events that raise concerns but lack evidence of a UNGC violation. While no breach is confirmed, these cases still merit monitoring.

Each classification includes a justification, offering full transparency into the rationale behind the label. For example:

"Shein’s acknowledgment of child labor practices within its supply chain raises serious concerns regarding human rights violations and labor standards. The company’s prior actions [...] indicate a high-risk breach of multiple UNGC principles.”

A Closer Look: Rio Tinto

Consider the case of Rio Tinto, which agreed to pay a $15 million fine following foreign bribery charges. The company was accused of making improper payments to a consultant linked to a former Guinean official to secure mining rights in Guinea. Since then, Rio Tinto has cooperated with the investigation, improved its internal controls, and terminated employees involved in the misconduct, while maintaining its commitment to ethical business practices.

While serious, SESAMm’s UNGC Violation Screening labeled this incident not as a full violation, but rather Watchlist level. Why? Because investigators acknowledged that the company:

• Cooperated with authorities
• Was unaware of the employee’s misconduct
• Took disciplinary action and corrective steps

This demonstrates the power of SESAMm’s nuanced approach: balancing evidence and context to provide actionable, explainable insights.

UNGC Screening: Designed for Today’s Compliance Landscape

As expectations rise, investors, sustainability teams, and risk managers need tools that go beyond checkbox compliance. SESAMm’s UNGC Violation Screening delivers speed, clarity, and global coverage, helping you meet your due diligence goals and protect against reputational fallout.

Ready to integrate UNGC breach detection into your workflow?  Contact us to learn more or request a demo.

SESAMm’s AI Technology Reveals ESG Insights

Discover unparalleled insights into ESG controversies, risks, and opportunities across industries. Learn more about how SESAMm can help you analyze millions of private and public companies using AI-powered text analysis tools.

Nous sommes fiers d’annoncer que SESAMm figure une nouvelle fois dans le Palmarès FinTech 100 France, qui distingue chaque année les 100 meilleures entreprises fintech du pays selon des critères tels que l’innovation, la croissance, la pertinence des solutions proposées et l’impact environnemental et social. Cette reconnaissance met en lumière les fintechs qui façonnent l’avenir du secteur financier.

Depuis 2022, notre progression dans ce classement prestigieux témoigne de notre engagement constant pour l’excellence et l’innovation : nous avons débuté en 63ᵉ position en 2022, grimpé à la 36ᵉ en 2023, puis à la 34ᵉ place en 2024 où nous étions également reconnus parmi les entreprises les plus actives sur les enjeux environnementaux, sociaux et de gouvernance (ESG). En 2025, nous avons franchi un nouveau cap en atteignant la 19ᵉ place, en hausse de 15 rangs par rapport à l’an dernier, et en nous hissant à la 1ʳᵉ place dans la catégorie Environnement, Impact et ESG.

Cette reconnaissance reflète le dynamisme de nos équipes et la pertinence de nos innovations pour accompagner les acteurs financiers dans l’analyse et la gestion des risques ESG. Nos dernières avancées, telles que nos AI ESG Assessment Reports et notre fonctionnalité de détection en temps réel des violations du United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), illustrent notre volonté de fournir des solutions toujours plus performantes et fiables à nos clients.

Merci à nos équipes, nos clients et nos partenaires pour leur confiance et leur soutien indéfectible !

SESAMm’s AI Technology Reveals ESG Insights

Discover unparalleled insights into ESG controversies, risks, and opportunities across industries. Learn more about how SESAMm can help you analyze millions of private and public companies using AI-powered text analysis tools.

Generate reports on any company - public or private - in under 30 minutes.

Due diligence just got a major upgrade. With SESAMm’s new AI-powered ESG Assessment Reports, you can uncover critical risks on any company in minutes. These reports leverage state-of-the-art AI technology to analyze billions of documents and generate detailed reports that cover environmental, social, and governance risks, as well as controversial activities, industry and regulatory pressures, and sanctions screening. SESAMm’s ESG reports unlock rapid, scalable, and data-driven due diligence, so you can make fast, confident investment decisions.

The Benefits at a Glance

Fast, Scalable Due Diligence

Traditional due diligence research is time-consuming and manual, particularly when covering small, private firms. SESAMm’s reports are ready in minutes, letting you assess companies quickly and at scale.

Complete ESG Risk Coverage

Get a 360° view of risk, with sections on E, S, and G risks, controversial activities, industry and regulatory pressures, norms screening, sanctions screening, ESG disclosure maturity, and more. Beyond ESG risks, SESAMm is analyzing publicly available company disclosures for the first time.

Built for All Company Types

Analyze any company and even infrastructure projects. Our AI-generated reports adapt to the company’s size and context.

Ready to Share

Delivered as polished PDFs, these reports are ready to be shared.

Ready to see these reports in action? Request a demo here.

SESAMm’s AI Technology Reveals ESG Insights

Discover unparalleled insights into ESG controversies, risks, and opportunities across industries. Learn more about how SESAMm can help you analyze millions of private and public companies using AI-powered text analysis tools.

Inrate’s Controversies assessment and ESG Ratings will now be enhanced by SESAMm’s extensive AI-driven controversy data, deepening visibility into real-time corporate risks.

Zurich & Paris — 5^th May 2025 — Inrate, the leading ESG data and ratings specialist that pioneered impact ratings built on science-based sustainability analysis, and SESAMm, a global leader in AI-powered ESG and reputational risk data, have announced a new partnership. This collaboration will enrich Inrate’s ESG Ratings with SESAMm’s real-time controversy insights, which cover millions of companies across
over 4 million global sources.

Through this partnership, Inrate will integrate SESAMm’s large-scale controversy event data into its controversies analysis, ESG assessments, and ratings. This enhances Inrate’s insights into ESG controversies and strengthens its rigorous approach to evaluating corporate sustainability performance. All of Inrate’s research and ratings extend beyond reported data, incorporating the sustainability impact of business activities and ESG controversies for a holistic picture of a company’s sustainability performance.

“Our ESG Ratings are built on a robust foundation—assessing companies based on the impact of their activities, not just on what they choose to disclose,” said Saurabh Srivastava, Head of Sustainability Data and Ratings at Inrate. “By integrating SESAMm’s extensive data set, we further enhance our ability to uncover relevant ESG events quickly and with greater global coverage, capturing a more complete and
objective view.”

“Inrate’s ESG Ratings offer a powerful lens on real ESG impact. By adding SESAMm’s expansive, multilingual controversy data, users gain faster and broader visibility into the ESG events that matter,” said Sylvain Forté, CEO & Co-founder of SESAMm. “We’re proud to partner with a company that shares our values of providing unbiased, transparent data.”

About Inrate

Inrate, a Sustainability Data & ESG Ratings firm, helps financial institutions view sustainable finance through an impact lens. We offer high-quality, granular analyses across a broad range of datasets used by investment teams from due diligence, portfolio analysis, and reporting, to exit.

About SESAMm

SESAMm is a global leader in ESG controversy data, using advanced Generative AI. We automate monitoring and due diligence on public and private assets, providing coverage of more than 5 million companies. We work with Carlyle, Warburg, Natixis, RBI, Fitch, Oddo, and many more. SESAMm has raised $50M from renowned investors and operates across four continents.
Learn more at www.sesamm.com.

SESAMm’s AI Technology Reveals ESG Insights

Discover unparalleled insights into ESG controversies, risks, and opportunities across industries. Learn more about how SESAMm can help you analyze millions of private and public companies using AI-powered text analysis tools.

At SESAMm, we’re committed to helping our clients navigate the complexities of ESG risk management and compliance. Our Partner Network, set to launch in 2025, is a new initiative designed to provide clients with seamless access to expert remediation services—something that is especially important in light of new regulations like CSDDD. Whether conducting on-site audits, providing grievance mechanisms, or offering cybersecurity due diligence, our partners are carefully selected to address diverse client needs.

Why the Partner Network?

Identifying risks is only part of the battle—effectively mitigating them is just as crucial. The SESAMm Partner Network bridges this gap by connecting clients with top-tier partners offering important mitigation services.

Key Features of the Partner Network

• Remediation Options: Comprehensive services for CS3D compliance and financial regulations.
• Streamlined Processes: Pre-negotiated agreements ensure fast access to expert teams.
• Seamless Integration: Automated recommendations and real-time results tracking via SESAMm’s platform.

The Partner Network

Discover our partners below - and keep an eye out for new additions; the Partner Network is growing fast.

Proactive M&A Cyber Due Diligence with CybelAngel

CybelAngel offers a cutting-edge external risk protection platform that proactively identifies and mitigates external threats before they can be exploited. Recognized for its excellence by Gartner, CybelAngel has become a trusted partner for organizations globally.

CybelAngel's M&A Cyber Due Diligence reports provide a comprehensive external assessment of a third party's cybersecurity posture. By combining advanced threat intelligence with expert human analysis, these reports offer crucial context and actionable insights into potential cyber exposures. This approach enables organizations to make informed decisions about mergers, acquisitions, or partnerships by revealing vulnerabilities that may not be apparent through traditional due diligence methods.

The reports include:

• Exposure scores and detailed metrics
• Benchmark of cyber exposure to industry standards
• Detailed analysis, technical findings, and data samples
  

Learn more about CybelAngel.

ESG & Sustainability Assessments, Due Diligence, and more with Indefi

Indefi are strategy consultants dedicated to serving investment managers and financial investors globally. They partner with business leaders on growth strategy, market entry, product development and enhancement, sustainability, M&A and transaction support.

Through this collaboration, SESAMm clients can now access Indefi’s industry-leading services, including ESG and sustainability assessments, buy- and sell-side commercial due diligence, sustainable investment strategies, and sustainability reporting (SFDR, Article 29, and CSRD). This partnership ensures an efficient and effective response to identified risks while supporting clients in meeting regulatory and sustainability goals.

Learn more about Indefi.

Looking Ahead

The SESAMm Partner Network will officially launch in Q1 2025. Stay tuned for updates as we welcome new partners to the network and continue to develop innovative solutions for risk and ESG management.

SESAMm’s AI Technology Reveals ESG Insights

Discover unparalleled insights into ESG controversies, risks, and opportunities across industries. Learn more about how SESAMm can help you analyze millions of private and public companies using AI-powered text analysis tools.