Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index

The Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI) is a ranking of environmental responsibility based on a survey among 173 members of the International Panel on Arctic Environmental Responsibility (IPAER),{{cite web | title=The International Panel on Arctic Environmental Responsibility | website=NUPI | url=https://www.nupi.no/en/projects-centers/the-international-panel-on-arctic-environmental-responsibility | access-date=2025-02-13}} whose input is processed using segmented string relative ranking (SSRR) which is similar to the PageRank algorithm used by the Google search engine and applicable to social science disciplines, especially economics, sociology, and political science.{{cite journal |last1=Overland |first1=Indra |last2=Juraev |first2=Javlon |title=Algorithm for Producing Rankings Based on Expert Surveys |journal=Algorithms |date=10 January 2019 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=19 |doi=10.3390/a12010019|doi-access=free |hdl=11250/2625995 |hdl-access=free }} The index's creators hope it can work as a self-governance tool.

It covers 120 oil, gas, and mining companies involved in resource extraction north of the Arctic Circle in Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Finland, Norway, Russia, and Sweden.{{cite journal |last1=Overland |first1=Indra |last2=Bourmistrov |first2=Anatoli |last3=Dale |first3=Brigt |last4=Irlbacher-Fox |first4=Stephanie |last5=Juraev |first5=Javlon |last6=Podgaiskii |first6=Eduard |last7=Stammler |first7=Florian |last8=Tsani |first8=Stella |last9=Vakulchuk |first9=Roman |last10=Wilson |first10=Emma C. |title=The Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index : A method to rank heterogenous extractive industry companies for governance purposes |journal=Business Strategy and the Environment |date=May 2021 |volume=30 |issue=4 |pages=1623–1643 |doi=10.1002/bse.2698|doi-access=free }}

Its objectivity and reliability have been debated, even from within the industry.

{{cite web | title=The Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index – oil and gas better than mining? | website=News | date=2021-03-11 | url=https://www.uarctic.org/news/2021/3/the-arctic-environmental-responsibility-index-oil-and-gas-better-than-mining/ | ref={{sfnref|News|2021}} | access-date=2025-02-13}}{{cite web | last=Danilov | first=Peter B. | title=Conflicting Reactions From Mining Companies Over New Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index | website=High North News | date=2021-05-05 | url=https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/conflicting-reactions-mining-companies-over-new-arctic-environmental-responsibility-index | access-date=2025-02-13}}