{"id":988110,"date":"2026-03-25T00:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T00:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorecem.com\/?page_id=988110"},"modified":"2026-04-30T21:26:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:26:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/explorecem.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"FINAL &#8211; CEM &#8211; About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"988110\" class=\"elementor elementor-988110\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2288792 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2288792\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc40a7b elementor-invisible elementor-widget__width-initial animated-fast elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc40a7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CEM started with a problem worth solving<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9cff21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a9cff21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-f098bc1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f098bc1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CEM was founded on a belief that pension organizations and the millions of people who depend on them deserve better. For over 30 years, we have worked alongside the world&#8217;s leading institutional investors to bring clarity, honesty, and rigour to the decisions that matter most. That mission has never changed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d81965a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d81965a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-ae4d42d e-n-tabs-none vamtam-has-theme-style elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-tabs\" data-id=\"ae4d42d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;horizontal_scroll_mobile&quot;:&quot;enable&quot;,&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal_mobile&quot;:&quot;start&quot;,&quot;tabs_justify_horizontal&quot;:&quot;end&quot;,&quot;horizontal_scroll&quot;:&quot;disable&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-tabs.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-tabs\" data-widget-number=\"182768685\" aria-label=\"Tabs. 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That gap becomes his mission. Over the following decade, he begins testing the concept in institutional settings, quietly laying the intellectual groundwork for what would become CEM.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1827686852\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1827686852\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-98936b4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"98936b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-830149f elementor-invisible animated-fast e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"830149f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:50}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cdc272 elementor-invisible e-con-full blur-background animated-fast e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8cdc272\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4f671d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4f671d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd8e896 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd8e896\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88f5e53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"88f5e53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The catalyst<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-fb1c555 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb1c555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tl-card\" class=\"tl-card\"><p>In 1987, Ontario Treasurer Robert Nixon declares that public sector pensions are being poorly managed. Keith is appointed Principal Advisor to the Rowan Task Force, whose landmark report &#8220;In Whose Interest?&#8221; leads directly to the creation of the Ontario Teachers\u2019 Pension Plan in 1990. The Canadian pension model is born.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1827686853\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1827686853\" data-tab-index=\"3\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 3;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-e891f77 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e891f77\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b3c34 elementor-invisible animated-fast e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"09b3c34\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:50}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488cd75 elementor-invisible e-con-full blur-background animated-fast e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"488cd75\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c71a27 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7c71a27\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31afcc0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31afcc0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce6f5f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ce6f5f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The launch<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-890c23e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"890c23e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tl-card\" class=\"tl-card\"><p>In 1991, Keith and John McLaughlin, his co-founder, sketch out a benchmarking framework in excel and begin ingesting investment data from defined benefit pension plans. \u00a0The concept is proven and they launch the &#8220;Cost-Effectiveness Measurement&#8221; business. \u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1827686854\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1827686854\" data-tab-index=\"4\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 4;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-0b45835 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0b45835\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e23fc53 elementor-invisible animated-fast e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e23fc53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-310889b e-con-full blur-background e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"310889b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bf230b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8bf230b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b2a1b0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b2a1b0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a52cf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a52cf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Growth<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-11f8753 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11f8753\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tl-card\" class=\"tl-card\"><p>Cost Effectiveness Measurement&#8217;s subscriber base grows steadily as its database compounds year over year. The measurement extends into DC pension plans and pension administration, with members convening in the inaugural Global Leaders and Pension Administration communities. International locations are opened. Driven by these changes &#8220;Cost Effectiveness Measurement&#8221; rebrands as CEM Benchmarking.\u00a0<\/p><\/div><div id=\"tl-nav\" class=\"tl-nav\">\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-1827686855\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-1827686855\" data-tab-index=\"5\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 5;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-1e1c09c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e1c09c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b287ab elementor-invisible animated-fast e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b287ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31a0518 e-con-full blur-background e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"31a0518\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c553d18 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c553d18\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5682428 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5682428\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-322a254 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"322a254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Today<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-e053290 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-tablet__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e053290\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tl-card\" class=\"tl-card\"><p>CEM Benchmarking builds out our research capabilities, subscriber communities and digital capabilities. Over three decades of data continue to tell the value-for-money story of the global pension industry. The core mission: providing data &amp; insights to institutional investors globally, endures. Acknowledging the breadth of subscribers and services, the company rebrands as CEM.<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efff0b1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"efff0b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d55bbbb elementor-invisible e-con-full animated-fast e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d55bbbb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a18c5a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4a18c5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21fe578 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21fe578\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-406280a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"406280a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bbc77a elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bbc77a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Purpose<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14050bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14050bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who we work with<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-d67da1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d67da1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are a data &amp; insight firm serving institutional investors globally by:<\/p><ul><li>Benchmarking performance drawing upon over 30 years of contributed data<\/li><li>Convening leaders to share best-practices through data-led, confidential conversations<\/li><li>Researching next-frontier topics on priority topics, informed by CEM subscribers<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e77530 elementor-invisible e-con-full animated-fast e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3e77530\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:50}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3701015 elementor-invisible e-con-full animated-fast e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3701015\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:100}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c62b33a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c62b33a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7e0ac9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d7e0ac9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd505d8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd505d8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36bc70e elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36bc70e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commitment<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8df6e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8df6e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who we are<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-ea6a90c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea6a90c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are a curious and expert team of individuals from a diverse range of academic, professional and cultural backgrounds. We are brought together by our collective desire to improve the lives of our clients&#8217; stakeholders, most notably pensioners. \u00a0<\/p><p>CEM is fully independent, owned fully by current and former team members.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2deebe e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a2deebe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ca298 elementor-invisible animated-fast elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73ca298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data integrity is who we are<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-47e35fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47e35fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Everything we build, every insight we deliver, starts with an uncompromising commitment to the quality of our data. The eight principles below define what that means in practice.&nbsp;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-c59f644 elementor-invisible animated-fast elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c59f644\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/explorecem.com\/data-integrity-at-cem\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read more<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1492cf4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1492cf4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d723eab elementor-invisible e-con-full vamtam-icon-hover-parent animated-fast e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d723eab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-dd0dd03 elementor-view-stacked vamtam-has-parent-hover elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"dd0dd03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-circle-notch\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9366c53 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9366c53\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-998f83a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"998f83a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Completeness<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-b65f0b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b65f0b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">We treat missing data as absent rather than zero, and only build benchmarks from data points that are complete and require no enrichment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd8403a elementor-invisible e-con-full vamtam-icon-hover-parent animated-fast e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fd8403a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:50}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-10dc3ab elementor-view-stacked vamtam-has-parent-hover elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"10dc3ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-copy\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4aefad4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4aefad4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-115bc69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"115bc69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comparability<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-80e221b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"80e221b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">All data and insights are presented in a consistent context across every key dimension, with any unavoidable differences clearly flagged.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c28071 elementor-invisible e-con-full vamtam-icon-hover-parent animated-fast e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1c28071\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:100}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-c7f494b elementor-view-stacked vamtam-has-parent-hover elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"c7f494b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-check-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad7de4e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ad7de4e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5550d27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5550d27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Accuracy<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-5d2d794 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d2d794\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Every data point is validated through our proprietary tools and expert judgment, and excluded if it doesn&#8217;t meet our quality threshold.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df01e3a elementor-invisible e-con-full vamtam-icon-hover-parent animated-fast e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"df01e3a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:150}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vamtam-has-theme-widget-styles elementor-element elementor-element-442ee98 elementor-view-stacked vamtam-has-parent-hover elementor-shape-circle elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"442ee98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas 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