{"id":514,"date":"2021-11-14T16:27:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/mpalliyaguru\/?p=514"},"modified":"2021-11-14T16:29:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T00:29:59","slug":"stack-it-green-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/mpalliyaguru\/stack-it-green-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Stack-It Green: Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Stack-It Green: Part Two<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Making sure everyone has a seat at the table<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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As Stack-It moves forward with our corporate sustainability plan and goals, it is important that the company, as a whole, moves forward together<\/em>. The only way to ensure that we can all take that step forward is to make certain that we meet certain accessibility standards. This is because, if we cannot give everyone a seat at the table, we\u2014as an organization\u2014will never reach our sustainability goals (or any goals for that matter). We understand the importance of making \u201cnew climate change policies [that] recognize\u201d particular barriers or impediments of new policies for disabled persons (Dines, 2016). In the past, \u201cmany of the positive changes made to habits and lifestyle, changes that could contribute to minimising climate change and rehabilitating the environment, are difficult or impossible for disabled people to do\u201d (Wright, 2020). This is why Stack-It has formed a Corporate Sustainability Committee that will oversee the creation of communication content in order to make certain that it is meeting accessibility standards.<\/p>

Below are the three areas that we will be focusing on going forward:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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1. All written communication will come with an accompanying video\/multi-media component.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We understand that having information available in various formats allows a broader audience to engage with said information. For example, our eblasts series that we will be sending out to all staff will always be accompanied by a video. This video will include subtitles as well as someone signing in American Sign Language (ASL). The video will cover all components that are covered within the eblast itself.<\/p>

As we have locations in different regions within North American, subtitles will also be available in French and Spanish. The understanding is to push out the message on diverse platforms and multiple formats. Not only will this make the message more accessible, but it will also offer more opportunities for the messages to be engaged with. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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2. All company websites going forward will meet standard accessibility regulations<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A large proponent of our digital marketing team is website maintenance and creation. As it is already in the marketing plan to rebuild all websites to meet our current best practices, an additional section has been included to make our websites meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 (Rallo, et. al., 2019). Some considerations will include:<\/p>