Adverse Media Screening

Purpose

Adverse media screening surfaces publicly reported information — news reporting, regulatory notices, litigation reporting — relevant to an assessment of integrity or reputational risk.

Scope

Screening covers major news media, regulatory and enforcement notices, and litigation reporting in publicly accessible sources, within the jurisdictions and languages agreed for the engagement.

Typical commissioning circumstances

• As a component of a wider due diligence or enhanced due diligence engagement.
• Periodic monitoring of an existing relationship.
• Following an internal concern raised about a counterparty.

Sources and methods

Screening uses licensed media monitoring tools and manual review, applying search terms designed to capture relevant reporting while limiting false positives from common names.

Deliverables

A report listing relevant items found, each cited to its source and dated, with an explicit distinction between corroborated findings and single-source allegations, as described in the due diligence methodology overview.

Limitations

Adverse media reflects what has been publicly reported, not an independent investigation of the underlying facts. A reported allegation is not treated as a proven finding unless independently corroborated.

Confidentiality

Screening outcomes are provided to the commissioning party only and are not published in the registry.

Review process

Where a subject disputes an item included in a report, they may request review through the review and correction process.