Transcript Standard FULL introduction to BDI

An introduction from Susan Scott-Parker OBE
February 2015
business disability international
Global companies are coming together to
create a unique business consortium which
will pioneer a new conversation between
business, people with disabilities and wider
society: bdi
bdi will enable global business leaders to develop
the corporate insights and expertise required to
address the systemic impact of disability on their
business performance and on the societies in
which they operate
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The bdi Charter
The 10 Fundamentals of Disability Confidence:
1. Leadership
2. Communicating our rationale for becoming Disability Confident
3. Learning directly from disabled people
4. Moving beyond the expectations of disabled customers
5. Creating a truly accessible built environment worldwide
6. Liberating the potential of technology
7. Building Universal Design and accessibility into new product
development
8. Encouraging our key suppliers to become Disability Confident
9. Becoming an exemplar employer
10. Enabling citizenship, respect and economic inclusion
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Delivering value
Platforms for Collaboration: Global Technology Task Force
The Global Technology Task Force is the IT technology arm of
business disability international (bdi) and builds on a model
proven by the UK BDF over 20 years
Comprised of Chief Information Officers and IT leads from both
bdi Founder and UK BDF partner companies, it brings together
some of the largest global procurers and suppliers of IT
services and technologies
Members are aligned to a common Charter to liberate talent,
increase customer access, improve business efficiency and
enhance social equality
Members benefit from the Task Force as a collaborative
platform for best practice in the use of accessible
technologies
– A standard Maturity Model for organisational planning and progress
– Effective use of technology as an enabler to remove barriers that stifle
performance, productivity and profit
– Proven approaches to meet legal and regulatory obligations
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Contact:
Susan Scott-Parker OBE
[email protected]