Welcome to our development update for the month of July. We hope everyone is having a great Summer and had a fantastic July. This past month brought continued improvement to the platform with a focus on Profile tools and adding expertise in the form of new data sets/research and organizations to engage with. We recognize sustainability issues are often multifaceted and ever-evolving. It is for these reasons that we are so focused on ensuring research is presented in a holistic manner and with the opportunity to engage with its creators only a click away. We believe this combination provides individuals with the greatest capacity to truly understand issues and thus incorporate them into their analysis.
Let’s get started!
? Profile Tools
The suite of available profile tools continued to take shape last month with the addition of document uploading and an editable “Call-to-Action” for profile visitors. We appreciate organizations have different objectives on Verity and we want to ensure they are able to effectively communicate those intentions. Next month we will be fully unveiling an exciting profile-extension: Coalitions! In the meantime, check out quick gifs of the aforementioned tools.
? Document Uploads
? Call-to-Action
? New Organizations and Research
We’re excited to welcome the following organizations to the platform and look forward to Verity users diving into their research and building relationships with the creators behind it!
World Benchmarking Alliance: The WBA’s relationship with Verity begins with their excellent Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, but will soon follow with much more! Explore corporate human rights policies for the 230 most systemically influential companies using Verity’s dynamic Holistic Analysis tool today! Search: human rights
BankTrack: BankTrack brings their excellent Fossil Fuel Financing research to Verity and once again, we very much look forward to growing our relationship with them. More to come soon. In the meantime, check out their research to understand which banks are financing new fossil fuel projects or expansions to existing ones. Search: fossil fuel financing, oil & gas financing, coal financing
Good Jobs First: GJF isn’t new to Verity, but their Subsidy Tracker database very much is. Uncover how much money companies are receiving from federal, state and local governments. Search: subsidies
ALSO, GJF has updated the environmental fine totals in their Violation Tracker database to incorporate data from state agencies. Once again, you can find this information on Verity! Search: environment offenses