I’ve lost count of the conferences about corporate responsibility (CR) and sustainability that I have attended/spoken at over the years, in more than 50 countries.
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AND’s Accessible Procurement Taskforce launches ‘ICT Tender Tool’
The first in a series of tools, guidance and frameworks designed to empower you to procure accessible goods and services has officially launched. At AND’s Annual National Conference: Igniting Innovation through Inclusion, the AND-established Accessible Procurement Taskforce launched the ICT Tender Tool.
What is the ICT Tender Tool?
The ICT Tender Tool supports organisations to procure accessible and inclusive Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The ICT tool can also be used to evaluate and determine the accessibility of ICT resources.
“The tool clearly articulates what accessible goods and services look like,” says Matt Hawkins, ANZ, Chair of the Accessible Procurement Taskforce. “Secondly, it provides responses that are easy for evaluation teams to score.”
Image: Susan Scott-Parker, founder and CEO of Business Disability International.
Susan Scott-Parker has a long list of accolades in her wake. Recipient of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), CEO , founder of Business Disability International and inventor of the “disability confidence” concept are only a brief snapshot of her achievements.
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Susan to discuss all things to do with disability equality as it impacts business, ahead of her upcoming guest speaking role at AND’s Conference.
Susan was asked by Business in the Community, led by HRH the Prince of Wales, to help organise a conference for 100 companies to find out why they continued not to meet the 1942 (now defunct) employment quota which required that 3% of the workforce have a disability.