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# Open access to Upright data

## Introduction

At Upright, we believe that science-based and common-sense impact data must be available to inform the decisions we make as employees, customers, investors, or business managers - and it needs to be easily accessible, comparable, and transparent.

For this reason, Upright provides open access to impact data on more than **10,000** companies, including metrics on [net impact](/metrics/net-impact.md), [UN SDGs](/metrics/un-sdg-alignment.md), and the [EU taxonomy of sustainable activities](/metrics/eu-taxonomy.md).

## Free use policy

Anyone may freely browse, search, and compare companies on the Upright Platform for their personal purposes, such as:

* Learning about the impact of the company you or your friends are working for
* Guiding your personal investments
* Informing your job search
* Informing your grocery shopping
* Using it for your school project

You must obtain a license from Upright, if you:

* Wish to use the data for professional use
* Wish to redistribute the data or data derived from it, other than screenshots in social media posts or similar [fair use](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use)
* Need access to broader data coverage or metrics than what is openly available
* Need to access Upright data programmatically or otherwise in bulk (e.g. via the Upright API)

All use of Upright data and the Upright Platform is subject to the [Upright terms of use](https://www.uprightproject.com/terms-of-use).

## Available licenses

If you need a license from Upright, there are two options:

1. **Commercial license:** For more information, contact sales (<sales@uprightproject.com>) or learn about Upright's off-the-shelf commercial offering for [investors](https://www.uprightproject.com/products/investors/) or [companies](https://www.uprightproject.com/products/csrd-double-materiality-assessment/).
2. **Community license (free):** Community licenses are available for:
   * Qualifying academic research
   * Qualifying journalistic use
   * Redistribution in qualifying publications
   * Qualifying open-source projects

Fill out [this form](https://forms.gle/SS6xyqeBqcwSjqKx6) to learn whether your organisation and use case qualifies for a free community license. To submit an application, a 500 word research proposal and a signed Upright Open Data Terms and Conditions agreement (below) is required.

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### More information

For more information, contact either:

* <hello@uprightproject.com> (for questions on *community* licenses)
* <sales@uprightproject.com> (for questions on *commercial* licenses)