Modern systemsCase study
Platform and design-system redesign for the first AI-driven ESG risk analytics service, later acquired by FactSet.
Truvalue Labs was the first company to apply AI and natural-language processing to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) risk metrics, evaluating corporate behavior and performance from news and other unstructured sources.
Its customers were institutional investors accustomed to dense, data-heavy research tools, and many did not yet trust or understand ESG data. The platform needed to present ESG as seriously as traditional financial metrics. A CedarVane co-founder, an early employee at Truvalue Labs, worked across the platform, design systems, and brand, and contributed as a developer on special projects.
The platform UI was redesigned to fit the ecosystem of financial research tools customers already used: denser, darker, and data-forward. The update moved the product away from a lightweight SaaS skin and set the stage for richer analytics features.
In April 2020 the company released a free Covid-19 dataset and dashboard examining corporate news and activity through an ESG lens. Design and implementation went from idea to launch in ten days, working with data scientists and researchers. The dataset was published through an MVP developer site, designed and built in about a month.
Developed with a UX designer as part of the UI redesign: the platform’s first design system, covering color, typography, iconography, components, and building blocks.
A brand system spanning research reports, printed materials, banners, and apparel.
The Covid-19 ESG Monitor was featured in a Financial Times article on big data. Truvalue Labs was acquired by FactSet in November 2020, and the platform work continued inside FactSet Workstation.
This work was done by a CedarVane co-founder before the company was founded.