Capital has a
real-world footprint.
Behind a portfolio are businesses, workers and places. Aseri helps banks, investors and lenders understand the human rights and environmental context of the activities they finance, then decide what to investigate.
Look through the holding.
Select a business to explore the questions.
| Business | Sector | Material | Sourcing geography |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyre manufacture | Natural rubber | Thailand | |
| Aluminium | Bauxite | Guinea | |
| Forestry | Timber | Finland |
- Sector
- Tyre manufacture
- Material
- Natural rubber
- Geography
- Thailand
Bring to the committee
Tyre manufacturer
Natural rubber · Thailand
- How far upstream can the business identify its rubber suppliers?
- What evidence supports its approach to labour conditions and land use?
Ask to see: Supplier relationships, sourcing locations and the scope of existing due diligence.
Hypothetical portfolio entries, not client data, country ratings or financial advice. Geography provides context; it does not establish an impact at a business.
A portfolio screen
is a starting point.
A sector label alone cannot explain a business. Put its materials, operating locations and sourcing relationships in view to focus due diligence where further understanding is needed.
- Commodity, Country & Industry Risk Intelligence
- Explore the context around a holding’s activities and inputs. Use it to frame questions for the investee or client, alongside what you already know.
- CAHRA Intelligence
- Continually updated national and sub-national intelligence brings conflict-affected and high-risk area context into a location-specific review.
Understand the business behind the exposure.
Investee and client due diligence connects the entity to its operations, business model and supplier dependencies. We examine existing policies, available evidence and gaps that need a direct conversation.
Aseri Consulting helps teams translate that understanding into proportionate enquiries, whether reviewing an investment, a lending relationship or a specific project.
Work with our consulting teamNext: a clearer view upstream
The Supply Chain Mapping platform tool is coming soon. The planned one-click tool starts with an upload of Tier 1 suppliers to map upstream relationships, offering a future view into a business’s supplier dependencies.
Explore the planned mapping tool Give engagement
a clear mandate.
Useful questions need someone to ask them, an agreed response and a point to return to.
We help responsible investment and lending teams connect due diligence to policy, governance and day-to-day engagement. Training gives investment and credit teams a shared language for assessing the responses.
Set the enquiry
Agree the concern, what is known and which evidence to request from management.
Agree the response
Define engagement actions, owners and review dates. Make the escalation route clear when evidence is missing or concerns remain.
Return to the evidence
Record what changed, what remains unresolved and what the committee needs to consider next.
Bring evidence
back to the review.
Where a material question needs verification, agree work at the relevant investee or supplier sites.
Aseri’s audit and assurance services support human rights and social compliance work. The scope is proportionate to the question and access available; this is distinct from financial-statement audit.
Discuss targeted verificationTools for the teams doing the work
Aseri’s audit tools are available now for teams commissioning or running verification: AI-assisted audit reviews, bespoke risk-led questions and auditor coordination, including assignment and progress monitoring.
Keep findings, follow-up actions and open questions connected to the next review. Human judgement remains central to interpreting the evidence.
Explore the audit toolsMake the limits of the evidence visible.
Before an investment review, lending decision or stewardship meeting, agree which entity and activities the enquiry covers. Set a cut-off date for evidence and name the committee’s question. A global portfolio may require a focused review of one sourcing relationship.
Available information
Public disclosures and geographic or commodity intelligence help locate potential exposure. Record their dates and the operations they describe. A group policy may explain management’s stated approach; its application at a particular supplier remains a question until supporting evidence is available. Gaps in disclosure should remain visible in the brief.
Evidence that needs access
Management conversations can clarify sourcing records and responsibility for follow-up. Site work and worker or community engagement depend on agreed access and scope. Record who was heard and what could be examined. A finding relates to that enquiry’s locations and period; extending it across a whole business needs further evidence.
Put the unresolved question beside the decision.
Take a dated evidence summary to committee, with the source behind each conclusion and any conflicting accounts. Identify the decision still needed: request further records, commission a defined enquiry or escalate through the agreed governance route. Investment and lending decisions remain with your team.
For the illustrative tyre manufacturer above, an unconfirmed rubber origin becomes a named evidence request to management. Agree when to revisit it: a change in sourcing geography or a missed response date should bring the question back into review.
Start with the questions in your portfolio.
Bring a sector exposure, an investee or a lending relationship. We’ll help define the next useful piece of work.