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Why is Datamaran™ different? and other Frequently Asked Questions

Burgess COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

Why is Datamaran™ different?

Datamaran™ is the only analytics platform to deliver unstructured data on regulatory, competitive, and reputational risks related to the latest economic, environmental, social, and corporate governance (EESG) issues – all in one view.

We’ve combined our diverse expertise – legal, financial, investment, ESG, and data science – with Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to extract unstructured data from a variety of sources (corporate reports, website, regulations, and news), derive meaning from the narrative, and ensure that the data is accurate and complete. This is what we call “automating human expertise.”

The end user is and has always been the focus of our work. That’s why we built Datamaran™ with a global network of end users – large cap companies, advisory firms, and industry experts.

How does Datamaran™ automate human expertise?

Our team of legal, industry, and ESG experts worked closely with our data scientists on developing and refining the analytic process behind Datamaran™ – a process we call “automating human expertise.”

This process is guided by our proprietary ontology, which is a dictionary of topics and related key terms that cover economic, environmental, social, and corporate governance (EESG) issues; it includes a growing collection of topics and terms that reflect current and emerging trends in corporate disclosure, industry standards, regulatory initiatives, and public opinion.

The engine behind Datamaran™ searches continuously for these topics and terms across a variety of sources – corporate reports, websites, regulations, and news – using techniques such as NLP, semantic analysis, and machine learning.

Who uses Datamaran™?

Datamaran™ is a multi-user platform that delivers relevant data for business executives, their advisors, and researchers via annual web-based subscriptions.

Our main users are business executives from a variety of departments, including: public and governmental affairs; legal and compliance; sustainability; procurement; business development; marketing and communications; human resources; and investor relations.

Multiple users can immediately share insights via the platform, which is accessible from your browser at anytime. Each user has their own login in order to easily customize their analyses on the go.

Where does the data come from?

Datamaran™ extracts unstructured data from a variety of publicly available sources, including:

Corporate annual reports
Corporate websites
News sites
Government websites, regulatory databases, and related sites

Our databases move at the speed of your markets, capturing the latest corporate disclosure, regulatory developments, and news to deliver consistent and relevant data. They cover a growing universe of:

6,000+ companies worldwide, based on largest market capitalization
1,500+ regulations that impact corporate disclosure on EESG issues
Multiple media channels

What does the data tell me?

Datamaran™ is a comprehensive platform that informs decision-making on regulatory, reputational, and competitive risks. It enables:

Market and competitor analyses
Supply chain monitoring
Stakeholder engagement
Media sentiment analysis
Regulation tracking
Collaborative decision-making

Ready to see how? Get in touch and schedule a demo.