Wizpresso founder and CEO Calvin Cheng recently joined sustainability leaders at the Evergreen 2025 Sustainable Vision Forum in Shenzhen, hosted by China Chengxin Green Finance International (CCXGFI), to share practical perspectives on how artificial intelligence can transform ESG compliance and disclosures. The session highlighted how AI can strengthen data quality, accelerate reporting workflows, and support more decision-useful sustainability communication for issuers, regulators, and investors.
At the Evergreen 2025 Sustainable Vision Forum and Awards, held at The Ritz-Carlton, Shenzhen, Calvin Cheng participated in a thematic session on AI-empowered ESG, alongside representatives from financial institutions, rating agencies, and market practitioners. The discussion focused on how technology, policy and standards can work together to advance credible, comparable, and verifiable ESG information across markets.
During the event, speakers examined the fast-evolving landscape of sustainability regulation, climate-related disclosure requirements, and investor expectations, emphasizing the need for robust data foundations and scalable tools. The forum provided a platform for cross-border dialogue on how the Greater Bay Area and broader regional markets can leverage innovation to support green and sustainable finance.
In his sharing, Calvin Cheng discussed how AI can help market participants move from manual, fragmented ESG processes to systematized, evidence-based disclosure workflows. He noted that many issuers still rely on spreadsheets, emails, and ad hoc document checks to compile ESG reports, which creates bottlenecks, inconsistency, and operational risk.
Calvin outlined how AI can:
- Structure and connect unstructured information across prospectuses, financial reports, ESG reports, and internal documents to support end-to-end traceability.
- Map ESG content to multiple regulatory and voluntary frameworks, enabling real-time gap analysis and faster response to rule changes.
- Strengthen auditability by automatically linking statements and metrics to underlying evidence, reducing the burden on compliance and assurance teams.
By integrating AI into ESG compliance, Wizpresso aims to help issuers meet higher standards from regulators and listing venues, while giving investors and stakeholders greater confidence in the integrity of ESG data. The approach reduces repetitive manual work, freeing sustainability, finance, and risk teams to focus on strategy, performance, and stakeholder engagement.
The discussion also stressed that innovation must align with globally recognized standards and best practices in areas such as climate reporting, transition planning, and impact measurement. By combining rigorous methodologies with advanced technology, the market can address data fragmentation and support more credible green and sustainable finance flows.
Wizpresso extends sincere thanks to China Chengxin Green Finance International for the invitation to speak at the Evergreen 2025 Sustainable Vision Forum and for the opportunity to engage with regulators, financial institutions, corporates, and fellow innovators. The forum offered a valuable platform to exchange views on how AI can enhance ESG compliance and disclosures and to explore future collaboration in building a more transparent and resilient sustainable finance ecosystem.