Good Governance

SESAMm's Good Governance Report delivers a structured, data-driven assessment of governance risk for any public or private company. Each finding comes with a risk level, a summary of findings, and source references for transparency.

The report is commonly used for:

  • SFDR compliance: Accelerate mandatory good governance checks for SFDR Article 8 and 9 funds
  • Early warning signals: Identify signs of board dysfunction, unethical practices, or financial mismanagement before committing capital
  • Accelerated due diligence: Replace time-consuming manual reviews of disclosures, board composition, NGO reports, and press coverage with a structured, AI-generated assessment in minutes
  • Consistent, scalable assessments: Every company is assessed using the same methodology, making results directly comparable across your portfolio

Requesting your report

Requesting a Good Governance Report takes just a minute.

Step 1: Enter your email address.

Step 2: Select the Good Governance Report.

Step 3: Select the Governance Categories you would like to analyze. Only the categories you select will be considered in the screening process.

Step 4: Set the start date of the time frame to be analyzed (optional). By default, only the past year will be taken into account.

Step 5: Upload your list of companies as an Excel file (.xlsx) — single sheet with column names on the first row (header). Up to 50 companies can be processed at once.

Your report will be sent to your inbox shortly after submission. Depending on the number of companies requested, delivery may take a few hours.

Governance categories

When requesting a Good Governance Report, you can choose which categories to analyze:

Management Structure

  • Board Oversight & Independence
  • Anti-Corruption, Bribery & Ethics
  • Compliance with Laws & Regulations
  • Accurate & Transparent Financial Reporting
  • Internal Controls & Risk Management
  • Governance Policies & Systems

Employee Relations

  • Occupational Health & Safety
  • Training & Development
  • Worker Voice & Feedback Mechanisms
  • Diversity, Inclusion & Non-Discrimination
  • Labour Rights & Collective Bargaining

Remuneration

  • Executive Pay Alignment & Ratio
  • Remuneration Compliance

Tax Compliance

  • Responsible Tax Behavior
  • Country-by-Country Reporting & Transparency
  • Tax Oversight

Shareholder Rights

  • Shareholder Rights Protection

Methodology

Each selected category is assessed in three stages:

Step 1: Identify the events

Public sources are scanned to surface relevant controversies and issues for each category. Material and substantiated findings are retained, each rated by severity:

  • 🔴 High: Systemic failures, fatalities, violations of international standards, fines over USD 100m
  • 🟡 Moderate: Serious incidents, multiple injuries, material weaknesses, fines between USD 10–100m
  • 🟢 Low: Isolated minor incidents, NGO criticism, small fines

Step 2: Account for remediation

Credible, company-led corrective actions taken in direct response to those events are identified. Where a genuine company initiative exists, it can lower the assessed risk level.

Step 3: Assess and summarize

Events and remediation are reviewed together through a neutral, evidence-based lens to produce each category's risk rating and a concise summary.

Each finding is assigned one of three risk levels:

  • Low Risk: No controversies, or only minor/isolated issues. Remediation is effective and complete.
  • Potential Medium: Policies exist but gaps or minor controversies are present. Issues are not systemic.
  • Potential High: Significant deficiencies, systemic failures, or confirmed violations of international standards.

Report format

The report is delivered in a standard Excel format (.xlsx). For each category it includes the risk level, a short summary, relevant sources, and detailed findings content.

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