Cities take top honors this week: Berkeley launches an open data portal, Mesa gets on board the What Works Cities initiative, and NYC grabs the spotlight again. Globally, can open data shed light on the multinationals? Live! Berkeley’s New Open…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
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Open data can unravel the complex dealings of multinationals
Brett Scott in The Guardian: “…Just like we have complementary currencies to address shortcomings in national monetary systems, we now need to encourage an alternative accounting sector to address shortcomings in global accounting systems. So what might this look like? We…
Posted in Benefits of open data, Posts from feeds, Transparency Tagged with: BP, Govlab, mapping, multinationals, Open Corporates, open data, OpenOil, Transparency
Open data can unravel the complex dealings of multinationals
Groups like OpenOil and Sourcemap could be the beginnings of an alternative accounting system that helps investors make sense of global businesses If you are a socially conscious investor trying to build a holistic picture of BP’s operations, where do…
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