KESGI Dashboard Launched: AI-Based ESG Data Platform for Green Business
Efforts to accelerate Indonesia’s green economy have entered a new phase. Katadata, through Katadata Green, has launched the KESGI (Katadata ESG Insight) Dashboard, a data-based platform designed to strengthen the implementation of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles among publicly listed companies.
The launch took place at the Katadata ESG Forum themed “ESG for Accelerating Decarbonisation & Green Business” in the Main Hall of the Indonesia Stock Exchange, Jakarta, attended by more than 100 participants from regulators, investors, to industry players.
The KESGI Dashboard emerges as a solution to the main challenges in ESG implementation, particularly regarding the limitations of integrated and easily analysable data.
This platform aggregates and processes ESG data from companies listed on the stock market, enriched with expert panel assessments and artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Katadata’s Co-founder and CEO, Metta Dharmasaputra, views the green economy as having the potential to become a new engine of national growth.
“Without this sector as a new driver, it will be difficult to achieve the 8 percent economic growth target,” she stated.
She also highlighted the results of a 2024 survey by the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) together with Mandiri Institute on 150 companies, which showed that the main challenges in ESG implementation still revolve around the scarcity of quantitative data, limited human resources, and high data collection costs.
Katadata’s Co-founder and Chief Content Officer, Heri Susanto, said the KESGI Dashboard is designed to bridge those gaps.
“KESGI becomes a solution so that data can be transformed into insights, from compliance to decisions, and from fragmentation to integration,” he said.
According to Heri, KESGI uses a methodology that refers to global standards but is aligned with national regulations.
Its assessment system covers the three ESG pillars with 15 main topics and more than 100 indicators, enabling a comprehensive overview of company sustainability performance.
In the future, Katadata will also develop the Katadata ESG-50 Leader Index, which will identify 50 companies with the best ESG practices in Indonesia’s capital market.
This index is expected to serve as a reference for investors in assessing company sustainability performance as well as financial performance.
Deputy Head of Katadata Green, Jeany Hartriani, emphasised that ESG can no longer be positioned merely as a reporting obligation.
“ESG must be more than just reporting, but a leadership principle that underpins company operations,” she stated.
Meanwhile, the Acting Director of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI), Jeffrey Hendrik, said ESG indices are now increasingly relevant in investment decision-making.
Referring to data from the Financial Services Authority as of February 2026, there are 72 ESG-based mutual fund and ETF products with total managed funds reaching Rp15.83 trillion.
“BEI has provided six ESG-based indices to encourage sustainable investment products, while strengthening the ecosystem through collaboration with various partners, including Katadata,” he explained.
As part of ecosystem strengthening, Katadata Green also signed a memorandum of understanding with several strategic partners, such as East Ventures, Life Cycle Indonesia, Indonesia Carbon Capture and Storage Center, A+ CSR Indonesia, Rekosistem, and Jejakin. This collaboration aims to expand the adoption of data-based ESG practices across various industrial sectors.