i-ESG extends UN Global Compact Korea partnership, plans ASAP 2.0 upgrade

i-ESG presented first-year results for its AI-powered Sustainability Assessment Platform and outlined an ASAP 2.0 upgrade plan at UN Global Compact Network Korea’s Korea Leaders Summit 2026 in Seoul. The partnership now includes FactTrace AI-backed analysis for a new responsible AI report and a broader rollout plan for 2027.

Why it matters: - The partnership gives UN Global Compact Network Korea members a year-round AI tool for sustainability assessments, reporting and executive decision-making. - ASAP 2.0 is designed to reduce manual data work and add more verifiable AI-assisted review as companies face expanding disclosure demands. - The upgrade could also extend the same assessment standard to subsidiaries and key suppliers, widening the platform’s reach across company value chains.

What happened: - i-ESG presented the first-year results of ASAP, the AI-powered Sustainability Assessment Platform, at UN Global Compact Network Korea’s Korea Leaders Summit 2026 on November 3 at Grand Hyatt Seoul. - i-ESG and UN Global Compact Network Korea co-developed ASAP and launched it at KLS 2025. - i-ESG has served as the network’s solution partner and operated ASAP stably over the past year. - Member companies have used ASAP results to set strategic priorities and inform sustainability reports and executive reporting. - UN Global Compact Network Korea also presented the “Analysis Report on AI Industry Sustainability and Responsible AI” at the summit. - FactTrace AI handled the disclosure analysis for that report.

The details: - ASAP is based on the UN Global Compact Communication on Progress criteria. - ASAP 2.0 is targeted for completion in the first half of 2027. - The upgrade will add a Pre-fill feature that lets companies upload existing reports and documents so AI can draft responses. - The assessment criteria will be updated to reflect CoP 2027. - Companies will be able to link FactTrace AI analysis to the assessment for more specific feedback. - The two organizations are discussing expanding ASAP to subsidiaries and key suppliers under the same standard. - The responsible AI report examined disclosures from 118 AI-industry companies in Korea and abroad. - FactTrace AI recorded the source sentence and page behind each assessment so users can trace results back to the original document. - In source checks for the report, covering companies whose original reports were available, 99.8% of supporting sentences matched the original text. - i-ESG’s CEO Jongwoong Kim said the company wants ASAP 2.0 to help companies spend less time gathering data and more time deciding what to do.

Between the lines: - The move signals a shift from basic assessment support to a more automated review workflow that combines data collection, source verification and reporting. - The fact that UN Global Compact Network Korea used FactTrace AI for a report on responsible AI suggests the partnership is broadening beyond ESG scoring into AI governance and disclosure analysis. - Verifiable evidence is becoming a central selling point, not just speed or convenience.

What's next: - i-ESG and UN Global Compact Network Korea plan to complete ASAP 2.0 in the first half of 2027. - The organizations will continue discussing whether to expand the platform beyond member companies to subsidiaries and key suppliers. - The CoP 2027 criteria update and FactTrace AI integration will shape the next version of the platform. - i-ESG is also continuing overseas expansion through entities in Abu Dhabi and Singapore.

The bottom line: - i-ESG is turning ASAP into a more automated, evidence-backed sustainability assessment system as its partnership with UN Global Compact Network Korea deepens.