Overall impact
B (65)

Commentary

Appen is a strong overall performer. With a 'B' rating of 64.8 for overall impact (72nd percentile compared to all companies), Appen ranks 51st out of 123 industry peers, behind Kin and Carta, Amdocs, Accelerize and 47 others, and ahead of Chinasoft International, Salute, DXC Technology and 69 others. On top material causes for Appen's industry (IT Services), Appen performs well in Accountable Institutions (95.0 score), Accountable Institutions (95.0), Accountable Institutions (92.9) and 17 other causes where it received an 'A' score and performs poorly in Decent, Safe Work Opportunities (38.2 score) and Quality Lifelong Education (22.7).
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Company
Employees
1,130
Sector
Information Technology
Industry
IT Services
Sub-industry
IT Consulting & Other Services
SASB industry
Software & IT Services
Headquarters
Nsw, Australia
Share classes
APXYY
ADR
APX.AX
Description
Appen Limited operates as an AI lifecycle company that provides data sourcing, data annotation, and model evaluation solutions in Australia, the United States, and internationally. It operates through two segments, Global Services and New Markets. The company offers various platforms, including CrowdGen Crowd Platform, AI Data Annotation Platform, AI Data Solutions; and China Platform & Services. It also provides sourcing and recruitment, qualification and smart matching, crowd Payments, and crowd support; data collection and annotation, LLM & Generative AI workflows fine-tuning and evaluation, and AI automation tools; and LLM & Generative AI data solutions, supervised fine tuning, human preference ranking, red teaming, and AI training data; and MatrixGo and Generative AI data annotation platform, AI data services for China markets, and off-the-shelf datasets. The company serves technology, automotive, financial services, retail, governments, and healthcare industries. The company was formerly known as Appen Holdings Pty Limited and changed its name to Appen Limited in October 2014. Appen Limited was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Chatswood, Australia.
Material causes
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