Case Monitoring


Case Monitoring is the company-level dashboard in Event Monitoring. Use it to search for individual entities and review their ESG controversy history, including the underlying news articles, risk scores, and a hierarchy of Cases, Events, and Articles.

Searching for a company

You can search for a company in Case Monitoring by typing the company name directly into the search bar on the homepage. Use the company description, website, and identifiers (such as ISIN for listed companies or LEI) shown in the dropdown to confirm you have the right entity before clicking through.

Tip: If the company you need is not in the database, you can request it to be added directly from the search page. Fill in the short form with the company name and any available details (website, country, brief description).

Company overview

Once on a company page, you will see the company description, country, website, and any identifiers at the top. Below that is the main controversy timeline.

The default view covers the past three years. You can extend this back to 2019 using the date selector, then click Apply to update the view.

Controversy Overview (AI summary)

The Controversy Overview is an AI-generated summary highlighting the main ESG topics identified for the company, with bold text for key themes and links to the source controversies. It is a quick-read digest of everything in the dashboard below, useful for getting oriented before digging into individual Cases.

To access the Controversy Overview click this button:

Downloadable Company Exposure Report (PDF)

The Controversy Exposure Report is a downloadable PDF report that summarizes all cases and events for that company, complete with visualizations. Every section includes plain-language explanations of what the scores mean and how the analysis was conducted. It comes formatted and ready to share with your colleagues. To download the report, just click the pdf button next to the Controversy Overview button.

The Controversy Exposure Graph

Below the Controversy Overview is a graph showing the Controversy Exposure Score (CES) over time, displayed as a dark line. This is an aggregate score from 0 to 100 combining the intensity, volume, and novelty of the company's controversies. The graph shows how the company's overall risk exposure has evolved. 

Alongside the CES line, the graph shows ESG events grouped by Intensity Score, giving you a volume view of controversy activity over the selected period.

Browsing Cases and Events

Below the graph is the full list of Cases. Each row shows:

  • The Case title and a summary of what the controversy is about
  • The ESG risk category and sub-risk
  • The date range (when it started and when it was last updated)

Click on a Case to expand it and see the Events inside it. Each Event represents a distinct development in that controversy.

From there, you can click on an Event to see the individual Articles that make up that Event. These articles are the underlying news items SESAMm identified. For more information on the Cases and Events methodology, visit here.

Tip: On the article view, use the Translate button to read the article in your preferred language. You can also use the Summarize function to get a condensed version without reading the full text.

Reading articles

SESAMm collects both premium (paywalled) and publicly available content. From the dashboard you have access to the full text of all articles regardless of whether they sit behind a paywall. SESAMm also retains article content in its data lake, so articles remain accessible even after the original publisher removes them.

Each article view includes:

  • Highlighting in blue for keywords linked to the company
  • Highlighting in red for keywords linked to the ESG risk category
  • A link to the original source publication
  • A thumbs-down feedback button if you believe the article has been incorrectly categorized

Filtering by risk

The filter panel at the top of the page enables you to filter the list of controversies by:

  • Risk level (E, S, or G)
  • Specific sub-risk: SESAMm covers 42 sub-risk categories including data privacy, forced labor, anti-corruption, environmental accidents, and more
  • Thematic keyword search

In the Related Cases box, you can further filter by:

  • UNGC Classification
  • Intensity Score range

Cases by Subrisk

This visualization shows a unified view of case exposure by subrisk. This ladder view shows case volume and max intensity in a single row. Click any subrisk to drill into related cases.

Switching between companies

Click on the company name at the top of the page to open the search bar again and move to a different company without going back to the homepage.

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