“Caring is sharing” is a phrase the Wikirate team is fond of using to encourage organizations to ‘open up’ their data. This time, we’re happy to say that the Wikirate community is doing the sharing, feeding data via API to a climate accounting platform OpenClimate. OpenClimate compiles climate actions from…

Today, WikiRate is celebrating its public launch after a successful beta phase. The open data platform is ready for you to navigate and collaborate on. Access more than 4 million free company sustainability data points and use them in real world projects that positively impact people and the planet. Going…

Companies’ financial performance is a matter of public record and often headline news. But how do we learn about their environmental performance or human rights record? Environmental, social, and governance data — ESG for short — is non-financial data that tells us what a company’s impact is on us and…

New API wrappers are now available in Java and Ruby thanks to NLnet’s support and an updated version of the Python wrapper released in 2021. WikiRate’s REST API allows users to interact with its data by offering easy access to endpoints such as companies, sources, datasets, metrics questions, and answers. …

Elianne Cornfield, Data Coordinator at Clean Clothes Campaign, talks to WikiRate about her views on and relationship with data. 1. How many years have you been working with data? It has only been about two years since I started as Data Coordinator at Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC). Having a background in both the social and data sciences, this data position…

Paul Roeland, Transparency Coordinator at Clean Clothes Campaign, talks to WikiRate about his views on and relationship with data. 1. How many years have you been working with data? For a very long time. I’ve worked at Clean Clothes Campaign for 12 years now, mostly on supply chain transparency. But before that, I used data in other settings as well…

4 People-powered achievements by the WikiRate community in 2022 People-power is the unstoppable force that drives WikiRate. Here’s an express look at the community’s achievements in 2022. Dive into what was accomplished and discover how to join in and contribute in 2023. 1. Millions and millions of open, free and diverse data

Hannah Jun, Assistant Professor of International Business, Ewha Womans University, answers some of our questions about using WikiRate to teach students. Course taught using the WikiRate open data platform: Sustainability Reporting & Analysis. Course level: Graduate Course 1. How many years have you been using WikiRate as part of your teaching? WikiRate data has been a core part of my curriculum (specifically for Sustainability…

Veronika Halamková, Data Vis Writer at Datawrapper, talks to WikiRate about her views on and relationship with data. 1. How many years have you been working with data? I think I’ve been heading towards a data-driven career since 2018. At the time, I was a journalist working on a story about the barriers Sri Lankan women faced in the workplace…