Greengrade

What it does

Greengrade is an app capable of mathematically quantifying and standardizing the concept of sustainability using Sustainability Interval Index (SII) analysis. We leverage Google’s Gemini's ability to summarize and find values from Sustainability Reports, Quarterly Financial Statements, or databases to gather the data necessary to provide an accurate score for a particular company.

Originally, to test out our model, we manually inputted the metrics for 190 companies. Most of this information is hard to find, unavailable, incorrect, misleading, and would takes weeks to compile, but Gemini cuts this time down drastically, helping us make this app as accessible and easy to use as possible by people concerned with sustainability and corporate responsibility.

In addition to integrating Gemini into the app to expedite the extraction process, we utilized prompt engineering to ask Gemini for reliable sources on the internet to provide third-party estimates in addition to our own to verify company self-reporting.

We also integrated Gemini to interpret the output. Manually, we can only rank companies against each other. But with Gemini, it juxtaposes the company’s self-promotion regarding sustainability with its actual sustainability score. Additionally, it suggests economic ramifications such as investor interest due to impact from sustainability, and discusses the possible legal risk of the environmental impact.

Combining Gemini with deterministic analysis is empowering.