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Create a supplier standards of practice

The organization collaborates with suppliers, authors, clients, and other partners on initiatives that are both mutually beneficial and create positive social and environmental outcomes.

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  • Vetting Potential Partners

    The organization has created specific policies to vet potential partners in its supply chain based on ESG principles.

  • Collaborative Measurement

    The organization has partnered with suppliers to create, track, and measure collective impact on issues that impact their stakeholders.

  • Informative Partner Promotion

    The organization promotes its partnerships in a publicly available place, along with information on how the partnership creates a collective impact.

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Share economic benefits

The organization shares the economic benefits of its digital products, services, policies, and programs.

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  • Living Wage

    The organization publicly commits to paying employees, contractors, and other stakeholders a living wage.

  • Incentivisation

    The organization has policies and practices in place to incentivize stakeholders, such as workers and contractors, to meet its impact goals.

  • Employee Benefits

    The organization provides benefits to employees in accordance with its resources, including, where relevant, healthcare, retirement planning, flex time, profit sharing, and so on.

  • Legislation Advocation

    The organization advocates for responsible legislation that supports employment rights, transparency, and accountability related to sharing economic benefits.

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Share decision making power with appropriate stakeholders

Ensuring that everyone has a seat at the table is important to promoting voices who may not otherwise have their voices heard, and potentially getting useful ideas from fresh sources.

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  • Decision-Making

    Ensure that the project team's goals are aligned with key business objectives, and project stakeholders (for example, project managers) have the power and autonomy to make key decisions on the organization's behalf.

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Use justice equity diversity inclusion jedi practices

The organization has public policies and practices supporting racial justice, inclusion, equity, and diversity in hiring and operations.

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  • JEDI Practices

    The organization has documented its commitment to JEDI practices with clear policies on how it prioritizes marginalized or otherwise underserved communities, including Black, Indigenous, People of Color, LGBTQIA+, Women, Disabled, Veterans, Seniors, and so on.

  • Accessibility Policy

    The organization has an accessibility policy for digital products and services and can show this via a verified accessible website, application, product, or service.

  • JEDI Training

    The organization has JEDI-related training materials and schedules ongoing workshops related to how this topic manifests itself in digital products and services (algorithmic bias, digital divide, gig economy work, mis / disinformation, etc).

  • JEDI Improvements

    The organization can show measurable JEDI improvement over time in its hiring, leadership, and operations.

  • JEDI Legislation

    The organization advocates for responsible legislation relating to JEDI practices, especially as related to digital products and services.

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Promote responsible data practices

The organization has devised and implemented a responsible data strategy that prioritizes data privacy and promotes more ethical uses of data, including disposal and data sustainability practices.

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  • Privacy Policy

    The organization has a public-facing privacy policy in place and supports existing privacy laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and so on. This policy must be both accessible for all visitors, including those with accessibility and reading comprehension needs, and abide by plain English best practices to avoid jargon, technical language, and legalese.

  • Data Ownership

    The organization can show measurable progress over time on how it respects data privacy and ownership, including a visitor's "right-to-be-forgotten" and provides the ability to export data.

  • Data Protection

    The organization supports new and emerging legislation related to data privacy, data sustainability, and responsible data practices.

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Implement appropriate data management procedures

Expired or unused data has a cost, it takes up space, and it requires maintenance. As such, the ability for customers to manage their own data and for service providers to manage older website material which no longer applies but might still have use will be a carbon benefit.

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  • Outdated Content

    Outdated or otherwise expired product content and data are archived and deleted via automated expiration dates and scheduled product audits. Create an archiving schedule with a lighter version of the old searchable content available.

  • Data Controllers

    Enable users to control, manage, and delete their data, subscriptions, and accounts.

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Promote and implement responsible emerging technology practices

The organization has devised and implemented responsible policies related to artificial intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain, and related emerging technologies.

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  • Emerging Technologies

    The organization has public-facing policies in place for emerging technologies, and all such technologies are ethically sourced, screened, validated, and implemented in a non-discriminatory, responsible manner.

  • Disruptive Technology

    The organization can show how it up-skills workers as new technologies and practices potentially disrupt its business model.

  • Technology Legislation

    The organization supports responsible legislation related to automation and emerging technologies.

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Include responsible financial policies

The organization implements responsible finance strategies, including divesting from fossil fuels and appropriately resourcing digital products and services to account for long-term care and maintenance.

Actions checklist
  • Fuel Divestment

    The organization has divested from fossil fuels and moved its banking, sponsorship, and other affiliations to more responsible partners.

  • Responsible Finance

    The organization engages in flexible financing and responsible budgeting for its digital products and services to accommodate long-term care and maintenance.

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