crossrefMachine Learning and Knowledge Extraction2026-02-05
Enhancing the Extraction of GHG Emission-Reduction Targets from Sustainability Reports Using Vision Language Models
Lars Wilhelmi, Christian Bruns, Matthias Schumann
This study investigates how Vision Language Models (VLMs) can be used and methodically configured to extract Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) metrics from corporate sustainability reports, addressing the limitations of existing text-only and manual ESG data-extraction…