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Don't panic—this is not another blog about GenAI. This one’s about client data disasters!
If you think your data is bad, trust me—you’re not alone.
Over the course of a 20-year career working with financial data, you get to see a lot. From pristine, best-practice, cleaned, tagged, and structured data whizzing via APIs across the globe... …to a hard drive storing data worth £250,000 being used as a coffee cup holder!
As part of understanding a client’s data engineering and AI needs, I ask a lot of questions.

Steve Cracknell
Jun 253 min read
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What You Need to Know about EFRAG’s ESRS Simplification Plans
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has published their progress report on the Omnibus simplification package, here's what you need to know:
EFRAG is working towards an October 31st deadline to deliver its advice to the EU Commission on the simplification of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).

Claire Walls
Jun 242 min read
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Your Precocious Intern – How to use generative AI responsibly in reporting
Insig AI and Falcon Windsor are proud to publish our research report and recommendations on the use of generative AI in the creation and preparation of corporate reporting. The report is the first in-depth look at how generative AI is actually being used in corporate reporting, and what’s at stake if it isn’t properly managed.

Report Authors: Falcon Windsor and Insig AI
Jun 192 min read
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Can We Trust AI to Solve Sustainability?
The future of AI is often framed in two extremes: Utopia or Dystopia. On the one hand, some consider that AI is being built for the betterment of human society. Meanwhile, others see it as inherently perpetuating an extractivist system that is dependent on unsustainable resource use.Â
Like a flint stone, a calculator, or the internet, AI is merely a tool. A tool’s power is given to it through the intentions and actions of its user.

Morgan Woodward
Jun 104 min read
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Why AI-Driven Data Governance Is the Next Competitive Advantage
In a world drowning in data, competitive advantage no longer comes from how much data you have — it comes from how well you govern it. The era of AI-driven data governance is here, and it’s reshaping how businesses make decisions, stay compliant, and protect sensitive information. Most organizations today are sitting on goldmines of data. But instead of being a strategic asset, data often becomes a liability.

Richard Sansbury
May 213 min read
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VSME, LSME, NESRS: The overlooked frameworks of the CSRD Universe.
In February 2025, the European Commission published a proposal, commonly referred to as the Omnibus proposal, to simplify EU sustainability reporting rules. If adopted, this would significantly narrow the scope of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), which were developed to support implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). Since the proposal’s announcement, many companies have slowed their CSRD compliance efforts.

Claire Walls
May 153 min read
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How AI is Transforming ESG and Data Governance
With the recent developments in Generative AI (Gen AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs), there has been a flurry of discussions around the possible business use cases for these tools, as well as the risks. A promising area is in the ESG space, around data collection, analysis, and reporting. From our experience, while people are generally optimistic around AI's potential benefits, there is also a fundamental concern around what good data governance looks like.

Claire Walls
May 74 min read
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Start With Your Data, the Rest Will Follow
"What do you mean we can't use AI in our business?"
This is a common — and often incredulous — reaction I hear from prospective clients when I tell them that they can't use AI in their business. The surprise typically stems from a belief that they can simply point an AI at their data and it will magically figure out what to do and solve any problem.
Unfortunately, AI isn't magic, it’s maths.
If a human can't make sense of your data, it’s very unlikely that a machine can.

Steve Cracknell
Apr 244 min read
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How does Insig AI's ESG Framework Tool Save Time and Boost Accuracy for ESG Consultants?
ESG consultants are under mounting pressure from all sides. Against a backdrop of intensifying climate change impacts while navigating regulatory confusion, their clients are asking for faster analysis and reporting, without compromising on quality and transparency.Â
However, instead of using their time to drive real sustainable action, analysts are stuck wrangling messy, scattered data, and manually mapping it onto complex ESG frameworks.

Morgan Woodward
Apr 174 min read
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The growing need for AI-ready corporate ESG reports
The recent and rapid development of Large Language Models (LLMs) has generated excitement over the various ways they can be applied ...

Claire Walls
Mar 23 min read
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Finding reporting gaps: essential to ESG analysis and a weakness of LLMs.
Can sycophants be good analysts?
In the past two years, a lot has been said about the limitations of large language models (LLMs).

Claire Walls
Feb 274 min read
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The relentless surge of AI technology: are you falling behind?
Back in 2005 at Goldmans, the technology we were developing was seen to be cutting edge. Goldman had invested billions of dollars in...

Steve Cracknell
Feb 252 min read
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TDI Global reveals 59% of world’s largest companies are failing to meet basic reporting expectations, while the UK takes a clear lead
With this year’s exponential advancements in open-source AI, regulators and investors are now armed with tools for benchmarking and scrutiny

Diana Rose
Jun 27, 20244 min read
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Using AI to help financial regulators detect greenwashing. Presentation with ImpactScope at World AI Cannes Festival 2024
Presentation by the CEO of ImpactScope, Sean Murphy and Steve Cracknell, Chief Product Officer & Founder Director of INSIG AI at the...

Steve Cracknell
Apr 4, 20241 min read
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Harnessing specialised large language models for corporate sustainability reporting
In the rapidly evolving intersection of technology and corporate sustainability reporting, there is a growing role for specialised Large Lan

Diana Rose
Jan 31, 20245 min read
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Transparency & Disclosure Index reveals stark differences in reporting patterns across UK's largest companies
Mirroring the strong trend seen among large-cap companies, there has been significant growth (around 500%) in the number of ESG-related ...

Diana Rose
Nov 12, 20233 min read
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Only 5% of FTSE100 have credible climate transitions plans according to EY: Insig AI's response
Insig AI’s ESG disclosure data supports EY findings on lack of credible FTSE100 climate transition plans and reveals other sectoral and repo

Diana Rose
Apr 4, 20233 min read
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Generative AI: The game-changing access to advanced technology
The hype around Generative AI (GenAI) is real, and the advancements we will start to see with this technology being made widely accessible..

Steve Cracknell
Mar 3, 20234 min read
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