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  • Professor Andrea M. Armani, University of Southern California
  • Ruti Ben-Shlomi, Ph.D., LightSolver
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  • Professor Stefan Witte, Delft University of Technology

Wolters Kluwer honored in 2025 Globee® Awards for Technology

Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information, software solutions and services, today announced that its Corporate Performance & ESG division has been honored with two Globee® Awards for Technology.

AI-powered CCH® Tagetik Intelligent Platform has been named as the Silver Globee Winner and Best of Category in the Financial Corporate Performance Management Software category, and Enablon ESG Excellence is a Silver Globee Winner and Best of Category in the Use of Cloud for Sustainability category.

Karen Abramson, CEO of Wolters Kluwer Corporate Performance & ESG, said: “Wolters Kluwer Corporate Performance & ESG is honored to be recognized for two Globee Awards for Technology. Our solutions enable leadership teams to plan, predict and act to drive growth, streamline reporting and support sustainable and resilient business performance. We are committed to product excellence and innovation, anticipating market trends and delivering solutions that meet the evolving needs of our clients.”

The award-winning, AI-powered CCH® Tagetik Intelligent Platform digitally transforms the efficiency, accuracy, and strategic ability of the Office of the CFO. It is a unified AI-powered platform for corporate performance management (financial consolidation and close; budgeting, planning, and forecasting; ESG and regulatory reporting; corporate tax). At the heart of its continuous evolution is Ask AIa super agent that embodies Agentic AI with a Finance Brain™. Our AI-powered platform, with Ask AI, empowers CFOs to unlock insights from their data, enabling faster, more strategic decision-making.

Enablon ESG Excellence brings clarity to the complexity of ESG by harnessing advanced technologies to support and enable the end-to-end process of ESG reporting. This innovative solution enables leaders to manage risk, drive sustainability and boost productivity across the entire value chain.

The 20th Annual 2025 Globee® Awards for Technology celebrates the most outstanding achievements across all areas of technology—from artificial intelligence and cybersecurity to fintech, cloud, automation, health tech, and more. The awards are judged through a 100% merit-based selection process, with winners determined solely by the average scores provided by independent industry experts and peers from around the world.

Wolters Kluwer Corporate Performance & ESG (CP & ESG) division is the world’s leading provider of integrated software solutions for EHS, ESG, Corporate Performance Management and Audit and Assurance. Through innovative technology and unique expertise, Wolters Kluwer CP & ESG enables business leaders to make informed, strategic decisions driving transformation, performance and risk management for a sustainable and resilient world.

About Wolters Kluwer

Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) is a global leader in information, software solutions and services for professionals in healthcare; tax and accounting; financial and corporate compliance; legal and regulatory; corporate performance and ESG. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with technology and services.

Wolters Kluwer reported 2024 annual revenues of €5.9 billion. The group serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs approximately 21,600 people worldwide. The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands.

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Sarah Whybrow

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Corporate Performance & ESG

Wolters Kluwer

Mob: +44 7855 186713

sarah.whybrow@wolterskluwer.com

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