The Wikirate Blog
Welcome to our series of contributor testimonies, where we highlight the incredible work of the Wikirate community.
Our contributors are an indispensable part of Wikirate and give our work an extra boost to ensure that it has the greatest potential impact. Community members from around the world use our open corporate accountability data, and we want to put a spotlight on their incredible work.
In this blog post, we’re celebrating Bella who collaborated with us on our Beyond Compliance project with Walk Free.
With support from a volunteer, we analyzed the sustainability disclosures of 30 major electronics companies to find out how much information they provide about recycled minerals. We looked for publicly available information about the amount of minerals recycled, the companies’ targets for recycling, and the minerals that were mentioned. Do companies disclose how much they recycle, or are they keeping us in the dark?
On March 12th, Wikirate hosted an event as part of the 15th annual Open Data Day celebrations. Throughout the event, three speakers discussed how data shapes their work, the challenges of accessing corporate transparency information, and the evolving role of open data in advocacy.
Wikirate’s unique approach to environmental and social governance data addresses key shortcomings of ESG metrics.
With an estimated 50 million people living in conditions of modern slavery in 2021, it continues to be one of the most devastating abuses of human rights globally. About half of the cases of modern slavery can be classified as forced labor, meaning that affected people are forced to work.
Last week the EU unveiled the Omnibus proposal… and it’s not looking good.