ERM and osapiens Formed AI ESG Partnership
The collaboration integrates sustainability advisory with AI-driven platform tools to automate EU regulatory reporting.
Updated on Sept. 25, 2026 in Artificial Intelligence
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ERM and osapiens have announced a partnership to combine sustainability advisory services with an AI-powered ESG data collection platform. The integration is designed to help businesses manage complex requirements for European Union compliance.
Why it matters
The partnership addresses the growing corporate need to automate data management while ensuring accuracy for demanding regulatory frameworks. This collaboration aims to provide businesses with the reliable data necessary to inform operational and strategic decisions.
The platform automates ESG data collection using software-as-a-service tools while utilizing human-in-the-loop validation, where ERM specialists verify the quality of the information generated by the osapiens AI.
The players
ERM
A global advisory firm providing sustainability and ESG-related strategic consulting and regulatory expertise.
osapiens
A developer of AI-powered platform software designed for environmental, social, and governance data collection.
The details
The platform functions by streamlining data ingestion from multiple sources to meet complex reporting standards like the CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) and EUDR (European Union Deforestation Regulation). ERM acts as the layer of human verification, applying advisory expertise to validate the automated outputs produced by the osapiens cloud infrastructure.
Timeline
September 25, 2026: The partnership between ERM and osapiens was announced.
The Tech Race
This collaboration reflects the broader market push to operationalize ESG compliance through AI-human hybrid models. It positions the firms to compete against other enterprise software providers attempting to bridge the gap between automated data collection and regulatory accuracy.
Corporate sustainability teams can now utilize this integration to shift from manual, document-heavy reporting to automated, validated data pipelines. The system targets businesses operating under EU regulatory scrutiny that require high-precision data for CSRD, CBAM, CSDDD, and EUDR compliance.
The takeaway
Businesses should monitor how third-party validation platforms influence audit results under EU reporting mandates. Watch for future integration benchmarks that quantify the time reduction in data collection compared to traditional manual audit processes.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by ESG News.
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