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This Disclosure score includes seventeen UN SDGs including: 'Gender Equality', 'Decent Work & Economic Growth' and 'Partnerships for the Goals'. Detailed ESG analysis of Upwork Inc can be reached by logging in. Other companies in the scoring peer group for Upwork Inc are displayed below.
Upwork Inc in the Employment Services industry gained a UN SDG ESG Transparency Score of 6.2; made up of an environmental score of 6.0, social score of 8.0 and governance score of 4.6.
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Peer Group Comparison
Rank | Company | SDG Transparency Score ⓘ | Performance |
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1 | Bamboos Health Care Holdings Ltd | 8.0 | High |
1 | Adcorp Holdings Ltd | 8.0 | High |
27 | TeamLease Services Ltd | 6.7 | High |
29 | Gattaca PLC | 6.4 | High |
30 | Upwork Inc | 6.2 | High |
30 | Kelly Services Inc | 6.2 | High |
30 | Kforce Inc | 6.2 | High |
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149 | Yume Technology Co Ltd | 0.0 | Low |
149 | Zhaopin Ltd | 0.0 | Low |
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Upwork Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a work marketplace that connects businesses with various independent professionals and agencies in the United States, India, the Philippines, and internationally. The company's work marketplace provides access to talent with various skills across a range of categories, including sales and marketing, customer service, data science and analytics, design and creative, web, mobile, and software development. Its work marketplace also enables clients to streamline workflows, such as talent sourcing, outreach, and contracting. The company's work marketplace offers access to various functionalities for remote engagements with talent, including communication and collaboration, ability to receive talent invoices through their work marketplace, and payment protection. Its marketplace offerings include Upwork Basic, Upwork Plus, Upwork Enterprise, and Upwork Payroll, as well as managed and internet escrow agency services. The company was formerly known as Elance-oDesk, Inc. and changed its name to Upwork Inc. in May 2015. Upwork Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.