Accelerating ESG-related legal research technology

Specifications and desired outcome

Note: Giving the broadness of the topic to tackle, the following specifications describe the ideal solution to be created during the cooperation with Dentons. Thus, more specific use cases are also sought as part of the Challenge, which may be further developed together over time.

The focus of the solution should be towards sustainable real estate developments, potentially including sustainable finance requirements of financing such development projects as part of the ESG framework, consider each relevant stakeholder (e.g. investors, developers financial institutions), and offer a sectorial approach, with particular interest in the environmental impact and anti-modern slavery aspects of large commercial real estate developments (office buildings, retail/shopping mall, outlet center projects, etc.). Both the local, jurisdictional, regional, and supranational perspective must be included in the solution. Taking a step-by-step approach and focus on specific use-cases is more likely to lead to a broader and more mature solution or suite of solutions later on.

The use case should have the ability to cover publications from the types of organizations listed below.

International bodies that are standard setters
Parliaments, ministries, central banks, regulators/supervisors, and all other government bodies
Exchanges (all types) and market infrastructure bodies publishing rulebooks/standards
Industry bodies (incl. associations) that publish industry standards (e.g., ISO)

It should also have the ability to cover, among others, the following subjects and areas of laws depending on the sectors covered
(a proof of concept might have a narrower scope)

Environmental impact
Anti-modern slavery requirements
Supply chain management and transparency
Asset Management
Investment firms

Knowledge Base

The list below is absolutely not exhaustive, and should only guide the participants.

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Accelerating ESG-related legal research technology

Specifications and desired outcome

Knowledge Base