June 11, 2026, Zurich, Switzerland
RepRisk celebrates 20 years of bringing transparency to business conduct risk
# From a spreadsheet of 150 companies in 2006 to a human-led AI data architecture screening 2.5 million documents a day in 80 languages, RepRisk marks 20 years of bringing transparency to business conduct risk and driving impact.
RepRisk, the world’s most respected DaaS company for reputational and business conduct risks, today celebrates its 20-year anniversary, marking two decades of enabling financial institutions and companies to identify risks earlier, act faster, and make better-informed decisions.
What began in 2006 as a client-driven tool to track business conduct risks across 150 companies has grown into a global risk intelligence provider whose data is trusted by leading banks, investment managers, sovereign wealth funds, corporations, and financial platforms worldwide.
As RepRisk enters its third decade, the need for high-quality risk data has never been more urgent. Business conduct risks are becoming more frequent, complex, and costly, while artificial intelligence is moving deeper into financial decision-making. For banks, asset managers, and other financial institutions, the next phase of risk intelligence will depend not only on speed and scale, but on data that is relevant, accurate, explainable, and auditable.
RepRisk is built for that shift. Its human-led AI data architecture combines advanced technology, deep domain expertise, and a consistent methodology to identify and assess business conduct risks from public sources and stakeholders around the world. Today, RepRisk screens 2.5 million documents every day from more than 150,000 public sources in 80 languages, enabling clients to detect risk signals that company reports and traditional due diligence may not reveal.
“Since we founded RepRisk 20 years ago, our mission has been to provide transparency on business conduct risks to drive positive change,” commented Philipp Aeby, CEO and Co-Founder of RepRisk. “That mission is now entering a new era. AI is accelerating how financial decisions are made, but speed only creates value when the underlying data can be trusted, explained, and defended. In lending, investment, and risk management, there is no room for hallucinations. RepRisk was built for this moment: human-led AI, grounded in reliable data and a proven methodology, is the foundation for better decisions. Together, with our amazing team of 400+ pioneers, we’re proud to be setting the global standard for business conduct risk data with client-centric solutions.”
Our story: mission-led and quality-driven
RepRisk’s origins go back to a period of rapid global market growth, when investment banks were looking for better ways to understand business conduct risks linked to newly listed companies and global corporate activity. In response to a request from a major bank, the founding team developed a systematic framework to monitor risks such as deforestation, labor issues, human rights abuses, and corruption as reflected in media and stakeholder sources.
That early spreadsheet of around 150 controversial companies became the starting point for the RepRisk Platform, fully launched in January 2007. Since then, RepRisk has continued to expand its data, technology, and research capabilities while keeping human expertise at the center of its approach. Today, its dataset covers close to 350,000 companies and more than 100,000 projects linked to material risks, providing decision-useful risk intelligence across markets, sectors, and geographies.
Over the past two decades, RepRisk has become a core data partner for many of the world’s leading financial institutions. It is used by more than 100 of the world’s major banks and 17 of the 25 top investment managers. The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global has relied on RepRisk since 2009 and re-selected the company for the fifth tender in a row in 2026, awarding RepRisk a score of 10/10 for the quality of its offer.
With a 95% client retention rate, RepRisk’s growth reflects sustained confidence in its data quality, methodology, and ability to support critical workflows. As business conduct risk becomes more material to financial performance, regulatory resilience, and long-term value protection, RepRisk remains focused on advancing the data, technology, and expertise clients need to know more, be sure, and act faster.
RepRisk data is embedded across major financial platforms and market infrastructure, including BlackRock Aladdin®, Bloomberg Terminal and Data License, J.P. Morgan Fusion / J.P. Morgan DataQuery, and FactSet. It is also used by index and exchange providers, including S&P Dow Jones Indices, Nasdaq, FTSE/LSEG, B3, and JPX Nikkei.
About RepRisk
RepRisk is the world’s most respected Data as a Service (DaaS) company for reputational risks and responsible business conduct. Since 2006, RepRisk’s data has been trusted by the world’s leading banks, investment managers, Fortune 500 companies, sovereign wealth funds, and organizations such as the OECD and UN. Combining advanced AI with deep human expertise, and a proven methodology at the core, RepRisk’s solutions bring peace of mind, enabling clients to ‘know more, be sure, and act faster’. Our pioneering solutions help to strengthen due diligence processes across business conduct topics, such as biodiversity, deforestation, human rights, and corruption, empowering clients to identify, monitor, and mitigate reputational, compliance, and financial risks. Headquartered in Zurich, and with offices in Toronto, New York, London, Berlin, Manila, and Tokyo, we stay close to clients and bring an independent lens to the industry. United by our shared belief in the power of data, our 400 people are proud to be setting the global standard for business conduct data and driving positive change through transparency.
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