WikiRate.org - leveraging collective awareness to understand companies' environmental, social and governance performance

Richard Mills; Stefano De Paoli; Sotiris Diplaris; Vasiliki Gkatziaki; Symeon Papadopoulos; Srivigneshwar R. Prasad; Ethan McCutchen; Vishal Kapadia; Philipp Hirche

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-45982-0_7

WikiRate.org - leveraging collective awareness to understand companies' environmental, social and governance performance

Richard Mills
, Stefano De Paoli
, Sotiris Diplaris
, Vasiliki Gkatziaki
, Symeon Papadopoulos
, Srivigneshwar R. Prasad
, Ethan McCutchen
, Vishal Kapadia
, Philipp Hirche

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Abstract

Abstract. WikiRate is a Collective Awareness Platform for Sustainability and Social Innovation (CAPS) project with the aim of \crowdsourcing better companies" through analysis of their Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) performance. Research to inform the design of the platform involved surveying the current corporate ESG information landscape, and identifying ways in which an open approach and peer production ethos could be e ffectively mobilised to improve this landscape's fertility. The key requirement identi ed is for an open public repository of data tracking companies' ESG performance. Corporate Social Responsibility reporting is conducted in public, but there are barriers to accessing the information in a standardised analysable format. Analyses of and ratings built upon this data can exert power over companies' behaviour in certain circumstances, but the public at large have no access to the data or the most infuential ratings that utilise it. WikiRate aims to build an open repository for this data along with tools for analysis, to increase public demand for the data, allow a broader range of stakeholders to participate in its interpretation, and in turn drive companies to behave in a more ethical manner. This paper describes the quantitative Metrics system that has been designed to meet those objectives and some early examples of its use.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Internet Science, INSCI2016
Editors	Franco Bagnoli, Anna Satsiou, Ioannis Stavrakakis, Paolo Nesi, Giovanna Pacini, Yanina Welp, Thanassis Tiropan, Dominic DiFranzo
Place of Publication	Chambray
Publisher	Springer
Pages	74-88
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783319459813, 9783319459820
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45982-0_7
Publication status	Published - 25 Aug 2016

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	9934
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 4 Quality Education
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Peer production
Collective awareness
Crowdsourceing
Corporate social responsibility
Sustainability
Open data

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Mills, R., De Paoli, S., Diplaris, S., Gkatziaki, V., Papadopoulos, S., Prasad, S. R., McCutchen, E., Kapadia, V., & Hirche, P. (2016). WikiRate.org - leveraging collective awareness to understand companies' environmental, social and governance performance. In F. Bagnoli, A. Satsiou, I. Stavrakakis, P. Nesi, G. Pacini, Y. Welp, T. Tiropan, & D. DiFranzo (Eds.), Internet Science, INSCI2016 (pp. 74-88). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9934). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45982-0_7

Mills, Richard ; De Paoli, Stefano ; Diplaris, Sotiris et al. / WikiRate.org - leveraging collective awareness to understand companies' environmental, social and governance performance. Internet Science, INSCI2016. editor / Franco Bagnoli ; Anna Satsiou ; Ioannis Stavrakakis ; Paolo Nesi ; Giovanna Pacini ; Yanina Welp ; Thanassis Tiropan ; Dominic DiFranzo. Chambray : Springer, 2016. pp. 74-88 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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WikiRate.org - leveraging collective awareness to understand companies' environmental, social and governance performance. / Mills, Richard; De Paoli, Stefano; Diplaris, Sotiris et al.
Internet Science, INSCI2016. ed. / Franco Bagnoli; Anna Satsiou; Ioannis Stavrakakis; Paolo Nesi; Giovanna Pacini; Yanina Welp; Thanassis Tiropan; Dominic DiFranzo. Chambray: Springer, 2016. p. 74-88 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9934).

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Mills R, De Paoli S, Diplaris S, Gkatziaki V, Papadopoulos S, Prasad SR et al. WikiRate.org - leveraging collective awareness to understand companies' environmental, social and governance performance. In Bagnoli F, Satsiou A, Stavrakakis I, Nesi P, Pacini G, Welp Y, Tiropan T, DiFranzo D, editors, Internet Science, INSCI2016. Chambray: Springer. 2016. p. 74-88. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-45982-0_7

WikiRate.org - leveraging collective awareness to understand companies' environmental, social and governance performance

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