How does Insig AI's ESG Framework Tool Save Time and Boost Accuracy for ESG Consultants?

Authors:

Morgan Woodward, ESG Analyst

Diana Rose, Head of ESG Solutions

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. 

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. This creates the perfect storm for human error and low workforce morale.  

Drawing on years of deep collaboration with leading sustainability and ESG consultancies, Insig AI has developed an award-winning AI-powered solution to address these issues. We relieve analysts from repetitive tasks by streamlining the process of collating data across their clients’ reports and documents. 

From standardised frameworks to custom sets of metrics and targets, the days of endless ctrl-F-ing through long, complex sustainability reports to are over. And thanks to Insig’s vast corporate reporting dataset, we can provide instant benchmarking capabilities that assess companies’ reporting readiness and competitiveness. 

What are the main issues facing consultancies?

• Consultant and Analyst Attrition: Talented professionals often pursue ESG roles with a sense of purpose, before quickly ending up stuck in dull and repetitive tasks. This leads to a drop in morale, a rise in burnouts, and a costly rehiring cycle.  

• Spiralling Costs: The high turnover rate and the constant onboarding it requires creates a drain on budgets, time, and momentum. 

• Misused Talent: With current systems, highly-skilled ESG consultants are stuck doing repetitive manual tasks, with little opportunity to apply their real expertise in impactful ways. 

• Reputation Risk: Overstretched employees are more likely to make errors, which can increase the risk of reputational damage and brand credibility. 

What are the main issues facing consultants themselves?

• Time: ESG analysts often spend weeks gathering and structuring data for any given client, as part of the reporting process. This manual and time-consuming task must then be repeated from scratch for each client. 

• Accuracy: Repetitive workflows across complex frameworks inevitably lead to an increase in human error, despite the critical need for accuracy. 

• Data: Without structure and standardisation, ESG data is fragmented, and scattered, and must be manually collected. This requires a lengthy and demanding process, which increases data risks and omissions. 

• Complexity: Analysts are tasked with navigating messy data and multi-layered frameworks, each featuring countless complex clauses. They’re expected to so accurately and reliably, yet very often operate without the right tools.  

• Pressure: The combination of strict deadlines, monotonous tasks, and long hours contribute to employee burnout. 

Overall, too much of consultants’ time is spent repeating dull and manual ESG reporting and analysis processes. What might be achievable if even half that time were freed up for strategic, impact-oriented work? 

How Insig AI’s ESG Tool Solves the Analysis Challenge:

Insig AI’s ESG Framework Tool combines high-quality data sources with AI and real-world ESG expertise to transform the reporting process. It is designed to eliminate the repetitive and manual elements of analysis that slow teams down and cause attrition, while also improving reporting accuracy and giving consultants their time back, so they can focus on high-value impact-oriented work. 

• Machine Readable Data:  Standardises messy ESG source data into structured and searchable formats in a centralised space – saving time, energy and costs. 

• Automated Gap Analysis: Upload reports and benchmark them against the reporting framework of your choice. This feature can be customised to your firm’s unique frameworks, metrics, or requirements. 

• Click-to-Source Referencing: With just a click, analysts can validate AI outputs thanks to linked and traceable source text, making them quickly verifiable and explainable by the ‘human in the loop’

• Tailored Solutions: Built by ESG, finance, and AI experts, Insig AI prides itself in tailoring solutions to match your needs. 

Case Study:

In 2024, in partnership with a leading corporate communications consultancy, Insig AI developed a tool to automate CSRD gap analysis. The tool was designed to help analysts collate ESRS disclosures and metrics across annual and ESG reports and other documents in order to advise their client on report preparation for CSRD compliance. 

What typically takes a team of analysts three weeks to complete was done in under an hour, benchmarked against nearly 2,000 datapoints.  

With our click-through referencing and AI-powered analysis, analysts saved invaluable time. This freed them up for more strategic and impact-oriented tasks, focusing on outputs that bring their clients added value and a competitive edge.

Key Takeaways:

AI won’t solve the sustainability crisis for us. But it can help us make sense of it and report on it, saving us cost and time, increasing our accuracy, and freeing up time for more value-adding work. With this pioneering tool, analysts can fast-track the analysis process, while improving its accuracy. Instead of being overwhelmed by menial tasks, they can spend their time on the areas that truly drive value; delivering deeper insights, higher-impact work, and building client relationships.

Smaller consultancies can use this technology to level the playing field by scaling their impact and efficiency, and competing with larger firms. Bigger consultancies can strengthen their value proposition in ESG reporting by using this tool to transform their accuracy, speed, and transparency. 

No one likes drowning in spreadsheets or handling messy data. We’re thrilled to let you know that this no longer has to be the case. We’re now at a point where technology can eliminate that burden, allowing consultants to focus on what they do best: critical thinking, creative insight, and impact-focused solutions.

Want to try a free trial? We’d love to show you how it works, and how fast it can start making a difference! To book a demo and learn more about our ESG tools, please contact us directly:

Morgan Woodward, ESG Analyst: morgan.woodward@insig.ai 

Diana Rose, Head of ESG Solutions: diana.rose@insig.ai