---
title: Finding emerging ESG issues using Datamaran
description: Sandy Nessing, Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer at AEP, explains how her team leverages Datamaran's dynamic, data-driven materiality assessment to get their Board engaged and improve their understanding of the changing ESG risks and opportunities landscape.
---

[Customer Stories ](https://blog.datamaran.organic.dev/customer-stories)

# [Finding emerging ESG issues using Datamaran](https://blog.datamaran.organic.dev/customer-stories/finding-emerging-esg-issues-using-datamaran)

 Written by [Marjella Alma](https://blog.datamaran.organic.dev/customer-stories/author/marjella-alma) | Sep 20, 2022 4:00:00 AM

 

Challenge  
AEP,  the largest electric transmission operator in the US, wanted to identify the most pressing emerging ESG issue for their business and strengthen their policies.

Solution  
AEP used Datamaran to benchmark their position amongst peers to identify this issue in-house, based on deep research of the evolving legislation.

Result  
AEP conducted a materiality assessment for the first time using Datamaran, recognized that human rights was one of the most prominent issues and developed a human rights policy for the first time for disclosure in their Corporate Sustainability Report.

[View full post](https://blog.datamaran.organic.dev/customer-stories/finding-emerging-esg-issues-using-datamaran)

```json
{
  "@context" : "http://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Marjella Alma"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2023-07-02T19:00:28.289Z",
  "datePublished" : "2022-09-20T04:00:00Z",
  "headline" : "Finding emerging ESG issues using Datamaran",
  "image" : {
    "@type" : "ImageObject",
    "height" : 720,
    "url" : "https://40136699.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/40136699/Imported_Blog_Media/AEP%20image.jpeg",
    "width" : 1280
  },
  "mainEntityOfPage" : "https://blog.datamaran.organic.dev/customer-stories/finding-emerging-esg-issues-using-datamaran",
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "height" : 60,
      "url" : "/hs/hsstatic/content_shared_assets/static-1.4092/img/default-amp-logo.png",
      "width" : 60
    },
    "name" : "Customer Stories"
  }
}
```