The SPARC Edge

Today’s volatile world is shifting the dynamics for thousands of companies, creating a critical need for investors to gain a deeper understanding of the emerging issues that are both financially material and salient to stakeholders.

SPARC provides investors with the data, analysis, and tools to assess whether the companies they invest in are future-proofed. We do this in a practical, evidence-based, and purpose-driven way so that investors can: 

  • Anticipate the next big emerging issue by applying SPARC's 200+ Focal Points.

  • Improve the materiality assessment for thematic issues, including sustainability-related future shocks, exogenous events, and emerging stakeholder-driven trends.

  • Optimize the mix of artificial, human, and stakeholder intel and insights using SPARC's 100+ proprietary data sources from leading NGOs, subject matter experts, and product sustainability specialists.

The SPARCLE model: Seven key determinants exhibited by future-proofed companies poised for success in today’s low-carbon, natural resource-constrained, and geopolitically volatile world.

The SPARCLE model—comprised of seven critical corporate governance factors that are often missed or misunderstood by analysts—is designed to fully illuminate a company’s performance at managing its:

  • Stakeholders

  • Purpose

  • Authenticity

  • Reputation

  • Culture

  • Longermism

  • Environment

SPARC equips financial institutions with everything needed to assess a company’s performance on hundreds of material factors that collectively enable investors to know if the companies they invest in are:

  • Approaching a stakeholder governance inflection point?

  • Future-proofed for climate change disruptions, decarbonization, and water and natural resource scarcity?

  • Allocating capital for short-term financial gains at the expense of long-term sustainable value creation?

  • Well positioned for long-term financial sustainability, as demonstrated through its transition plan commitments?

  • Over-exposed to geopolitical flashpoints in the Ukraine, the Middle East, Africa, and elsewhere?

  • Governed effectively to manage data privacy, cybersecurity threats, and AI innovations?

SPARC is Different

  • We specialize in thematic issues: Thematic Issues drive performance; by concentrating on the material issues and events, we identify the risks around the corner. The SPARCLE model is designed to serve as an early warning signal for investors.

  • We are transparent, decisive, and future-focused: There is no "black-box" in our model. SPARC assessments are fully transparent, forward-looking, and evidence-based. Our analysts are not afraid to make tough calls in assessing a company's future fitness.

  • We bring the best of AI, HI & SI: The blended use of artificial, human, and stakeholder intelligence allows SPARC's expert analysts to distinguish signals from the noise. SPARC's starting line for data analysis and predictive analytics is the finish line for the current market providers.

Our Services

  • Measuring Corporate Sustainability Impacts (CSI)

    The SPARCLE Model: Seven Critical Factors for Measuring Intangible Value Creation

    Data, Analysis, and Performance Forecasts: 100 Financially Material and Stakeholder Salient KPIs

  • Thematic Issue Radar & Alerts

    Focal Point Alerts: 200+ Focal Point Issues that Provide an Early Warning Signal for Corporate Engagement

    SPARC Radar: Materiality Assessments for Future-Focused Themes Enable Investors to Distinguish Signals from Noise

  • Stakeholder Governance Monitor

    The SPARC Model and Methodology: Tools for Engaging Companies on Critical Stakeholder Governance Issues and Opportunites

    Predictive Analytics and Thematic Issue Forecasts: In-Depth Research on the Issues Critical for Future-Fit Companies