GLASGOW, Scotland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#COP--Japanese fintech start-up Sustainable Lab Inc., a pioneer in data science for sustainability, is pleased to announce that it has joined COP26 and will give a presentation on its latest research.

Sustainable Lab Inc. has joined the Official GEI COP26 Exhibition Stand program and will present several projects, including a research conducted with the world�s largest pension fund and Kyoto University, one of the top universities in Japan.

The company will deliver three key findings. First, ESG investment can be accelerated by using non-financial data science to visualise the unique Japanese philosophy which leads many long-lasting companies over 100 years in Japan. Second, Japanese corporations and institutional investors have highly prioritized environment since the start of COVID-19, whereas they saw the highest value for employees before. Third, increasing the ratio of female managers can be a trigger of performance improvement through the analysis of the latest seven years� time series data of 525 non-manufacturing companies listed with the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

�We�re very excited to participate COP26 as a representative of Japanese non-financial data science professionals and to share our unique insights on how to make the world better,� said Renji Hirase, founder and CEO of Sustainable Lab Inc. �We believe that our approach, illuminating socially and environmentally good companies by using AI and data science, will accelerate better ESG investing and reporting that are crucial for stopping climate change.�

About Sustainable Lab Inc.

Sustainable Lab Inc, founded in 2019, is a large data professional team using AI to analyse nonfinancial and SDGs� big data for illuminating social-good companies while creating solutions for sustainability transformation. Our product, TERRAST, is an AI-powered big data platform of nonfinancial information focusing on ESG/SDGs. By using internationally recognized indicators, as well as reported data, we can quantify the nonfinancial data (ESG/SDGs). These data are often discussed in qualitative terms; thus, we can make an integrated judgment of the corporation�s environmental and social values with our work.

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Natsuki Takagi

PR Division for Sustainable Lab Inc.

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