NIMBUS is a web monitoring service that scans hundreds of websites for reports about environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risks related to companies. It alerts subscribers to issues like human rights violations, corruption, and industrial accidents. The service monitors risks across supply chains, investments, and business partners on an ongoing basis since audits only provide snapshots. It identifies risks in 15 categories and provides searchable reports on companies. The goal is to help decision-makers better understand often hidden ESG risks.

1. N I M B U S
Monitoring the Web for Business Risks
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2. NIMBUS
- Probing Deeper for ESG Risks
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Corporate
disclosures
Audits
N I M B U S
How well do you know your business
partners, suppliers, investees and customers?
Most companies are poorly informed of
Environmental, Social and Governance risks.
Audits provide a useful insight but are
resource intensive and infrequent.
N I M B U S monitors the web for third party
allegations and reports all year round.
Scanning hundreds of web sites and blogs, we
keep tabs on thousands of companies, all
year long, alerting you to the hidden risks.

3. Global Markets
- ESG Risk Exposure is Growing
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Suppliers
Investees
Customers
Acquisitions
JVs
Legal
Reputational
Commercial
Global markets hold huge potential, not just for cheap sourcing, but for investment and
new market opportunities. However, the significant and growing risks associated with
Environmental, Social and Governance issues are often underestimated and mismanaged.
Financial
ESG
Business Risks

4. ESG risk
- a Challenge for Decision Makers
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Suppliers
Investees
Customers
Acquisitions
JVs
Legal
Reputational
Commercial
Strategy
Due Diligence
Monitoring
Decision makers are faced with a wide range of ESG issues, often unquantifiable, across
complex supply chains, investment portfolios and commercial relationships. In the
absence of reliable data, decision makers implicitly accept residual risk - an assurance gap.
Financial
ESG
Decision Making

5. Web Communities
- a New Source of Assurance
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NGOs
Audits
Disclosures
Employees Communities
Media
Corporate exposure on the web is largely neglected as an assurance mechanism.
Traditional risk assessment and assurance relies on audits. But these are only a snapshot
and often fail to identify illegal or unethical corporate practices reported on the web.
Business
Networks
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Web Exposures

6. NIMBUS
- Monitoring Web Risk Exposure
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NIMBUS scans hundreds of international, national and local web sites for news reports,
NGO allegations and social-media coverage of unethical , irresponsible or illegal corporate
behaviour. Expert review then rates ‘risk alerts’ for uploading to our online database.
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Protest groups
Whistleblowers
Worker Forums
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Minority Interests
Local
Communities
Government
Departments
Industry
Associations
Business
Initiatives
WEB SCANS

7. NIMBUS
- Scope of Monitoring Coverage
Incidents
Accidents
Allegations
Controversies
Non-compliances
Product recalls
Enforcements
De-listings
Sanctions
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Human Rights
Community
Corruption & Fraud
Health & Safety
Labour Conditions
Environment
Governance
Product Safety & Recalls
Natural Resources
Industrial Hazards
Social Responsibility
Intellectual Property
Money Laundering
Welfare & Security
Animal Rights
NIMBUS identifies risk alerts across 15 ESG risk categories. Alerts can relate to past
pollution incidents, allegations about future impacts, legal non-compliances, stakeholder
protests, product liabilities and more.

8. NIMBUS
- Scope of Risk Reporting
Online company
checks
Routine reports
Priority alerts
Customised
market analyses
Due Diligence
Monitoring
Strategy
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Dates (web report, incident)
Sector (UK SIC)
Company name
Location (three levels)
Sources – web links
Further Information
Allegation/incident description
Risk rating and Alert level
Alerts and monitoring reports are available on- and offline. Company checks can be
undertaken online, as well as trend and market analyses.

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NIMBUS database can be searched in various ways, including by company name or by a
combination of search filters such as location, industry sector, ESG risk category, date.

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Companies can be searched on the basis of a partial text search and then selected for
searching. The number of risk alerts in NIMBUS will be shown. A single click will list all .

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Search results provide alert summaries, country locations, alert level s and dates, all of
which can act as sorting criteria. Full reports can be viewed for selected alerts.

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Full reports provide more detail, including region/city, ESG risk categories, sector, full
description, company response, sources, additional info links and related alert x-refs.

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Advanced searches can choose, for example, individual countries, regions, cities, etc.

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Power searches can combine filters, for example, location, industry sector, ESG risk
category and date range.

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Average risk ratings and risk alert distributions are available for selected searches, e.g.
manufacturing in China since 2009. More customised database analyses can be
undertaken upon request.

16. Enquiries
If you are interested in NIMBUS please contact Paul Wenman:
• +44 7720 416363
• paul.wenman@investassure.net
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