Case Study: American Electric Power (AEP) identifies emerging ESG issues and strengthens its human rights policy with Datamaran

Finding emerging ESG issues using Datamaran

American Electric Power (AEP), the largest electric transmission operator in the US, needed a better way to identify emerging ESG issues, benchmark against peers, and strengthen its policies amid a fast-changing regulatory landscape. AEP turned to Datamaran’s AI-driven ESG platform to support a more data-backed materiality assessment and help its sustainability team prioritize the issues most relevant to the business.

Using Datamaran, AEP conducted its first materiality assessment and identified human rights as a prominent emerging issue, alongside topics like environmental justice and just transition. As a result, AEP developed its first human rights policy for disclosure in its Corporate Sustainability Report, and Datamaran became embedded in the company’s ongoing ESG reporting and executive decision-making process.

American Electric Power (AEP)

Sandy Nessing

Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer