SHARING SUSTAINABILITY DATA THROUGH AN OPEN DATA GAME

Both legislation based and voluntary sustainability reporting of companies has increased during recent years. Although reporting schemes, such as GRI (General Reporting Initiative) exist, sustainability reporting takes various forms. While this kind of sustainability data exists, the presentation can be tedious. In order to make sustainability information more fun, gamification can be utilized. In this experience report, the design and experiences of an open data game for sharing the sustainability commitments of Finnish Maritime Industry are presented. As an open data game, the focus is on letting the player to explore the data freely. information sharing is the key of this application, and while most information was text-based, also badges were used, the game was based on a story, and the player was presented his/her interests at the end of the game. The experiences of the players were measured with a questionnaire which included In-Game Game Experience Questionnaire. The experiences of the players were positive and interest in this kind of application was also seen as a learning medium.