Plugging the AI transparency gap: Collective Impact Coalition for Ethical AI 2025 Progress Report

The Collective Impact Coalition for Ethical Artificial Intelligence (AI CIC), seeks to ensure that digital technology companies integrate human rights and ethical considerations into the development, deployment, and procurement of AI. The AI CIC brings together investors, civil society organisations (CSOs), and other stakeholders to press companies for stronger policies, governance structures, and disclosures that can shed light on their commitments and operationalisation of responsible AI.

Since 2022, the AI CIC has rallied dozens of new contributors, growing from 44 members at its inception to 78 today, including 64 investors and 14 civil society groups. Investors seeking guidance and dialogue with companies in their portfolios have driven the expansion of our coalition. As of November 2025, 64 investors representing USD 11.3 trillion in assets under management are actively engaging with technology companies across several industries under the banner of the AI CIC.

This report breaks new ground by providing a granular view of how responsive individual companies and industries have been to investors’ outreach on ethical AI. After three years of individual and collective efforts, we believe this kind of transparency is necessary, both to encourage future engagement and to provide strategic insight to the broad community advancing transparency and accountability in the industry.