UK-based stewardship platform provider Root was crowned winner of the first product pitch competition to be held at ESG Investor’s Nature Data for Institutional Investors event. A panel of judges from the asset owner and manager community evaluated the four participants in the contest on the basis of product functionality, presentation skills and potential impact on investors’ efforts to address the nature risks in their portfolios. All pitch participants were asked to demonstrate the value of their products to institutional investors via a seven-minute presentation, with the aid of slides. Other participants in the pitching contest were GIST Impact, Neural Alpha and Klere. Co-founder and CEO Frederick Fabian presented Root’s Stewardship Intelligence solution, which uses large language models to enhance investor stewardship programmes through analysis of investee firms’ performance against benchmarks, proxy reports and other information sources. “It was a pleasure to present Root’s Stewardship Intelligence solution at the Nature Data for Institutional Investors conference,” said Fabian. “We look forward to launching our specialised proxy and ESG research reports in January 2025 and empowering asset managers to scrutinise their portfolio companies on climate and nature risks, whether it be systemically assessing transition plans, remuneration incentives or holding individual directors accountable.”
