What is the KEY ESG MCP connector?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is an open standard that lets AI assistants connect directly to external platforms and query live data. The KEY ESG MCP connector gives AI tools read access to your ESG data, so you can ask questions and get accurate, real-time answers without exporting anything.
Once connected, your AI assistant can pull metrics, targets, action plans, policies, and portfolio performance directly from KEY ESG, and use them to answer questions, draft reports, or complete questionnaires on your behalf.
The underlying tools are production-ready and fully secured, backed by the same data that powers the KEY ESG platform. We are making it available in beta because we want to continue testing it against real-world workflows and edge cases before we consider it fully complete. We will update this article as the connector evolves.
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What you can do
Prepare LP and investor reports
Ask your AI assistant to summarise your portfolio's ESG performance, emissions totals, diversity metrics, target progress, and get a structured answer you can use directly in a report, without pulling a single spreadsheet.
Complete ESG questionnaires
Procurement portals, RFPs, sustainability-linked finance applications, and framework submissions all ask for the same ESG metrics, policies, and commitments in different formats. Your AI assistant can answer them in real time using live KEY ESG data, with no manual data extraction.
You can also upload questionnaire files and ask your AI assistant to complete them using your KEY ESG data. Excel questionnaires work well for this workflow. PDF questionnaires are not currently supported, we are continuing to test this capability and will share further guidance as we go.
Run a portfolio ESG health check (fund managers)
Instantly surface data gaps and at-risk targets across your portfolio, which companies are missing Scope 2 data, which targets are off-track, without opening the platform.
Generate board and exec ESG briefings
Before a board meeting, ask your AI assistant for an on-demand ESG summary: key metrics, target progress, and current improvement initiatives, composed from live data in seconds.
Track carbon performance
Query Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and check progress against net zero or reduction targets, with status context showing whether you are on track, at risk, or have missed targets.
Audit your ESG policies
Identify which policies are overdue for review and access policy documents directly, including a download link to each document.