Inmarsat

Inmarsat has a commitment to making technology accessible for people with disabilities and follows the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The company clearly discloses how its economic value is distributed among shareholders and reports employment figures in its countries of operation.

No evidence was found of the company having leading practices in this area.

Inmarsat demonstrates a commitment to cybersecurity, has a security incident response team and reports data breaches. The company also has a group privacy policy.

Inmarsat supports the tech innovation ecosystem through its partnership with the Bluetech Accelerator, which focuses on start-ups in the shipping industry.

Inmarsat can demonstrate how it contributes to universal and affordable access to digital technologies and supports digital inclusivity for women and girls. The company can also increase transparency by disclosing the number of people with disabilities it employs and reporting the taxes it pays in its different countries of operation.

Inmarsat has the opportunity to support digital skills development across all levels, and to contribute to school connectivity.

Inmarsat can disclose more information on high-level accountability for cybersecurity in the company. Furthermore, as a digital company, Inmarsat should make a high-level commitment to child online safety.

Inmarsat can consider making a high-level commitment to open source initiatives and standards and can further demonstrate this commitment by participating in open source projects. The company can also expand its contribution to inclusivity and diversity in the tech innovation ecosystem by supporting social and non-profit start-ups and start-ups founded by people from underrepresented groups. Further, it can report the number of its women employees in tech roles and disclose how it considers ethics in its research and development (R&D) and artificial intelligence (AI) activities.

Inmarsat commits to respecting human rights and the ILO core labour rights. It also has a publicly available policy statement that expects its business relationships to commit to respecting the ILO core labour rights. However, the company does not disclose a process to identify, assess and act on the salient human rights risks in its own operations and in its business relationships. Moreover, Inmarsat does not engage with stakeholders whose human rights could be impacted by its operations, and it does not provide a grievance mechanism available to both employees and external stakeholders to raise human rights complaints or concerns.

Inmarsat places health and safety expectations on its business relationships and monitors their performance. However, it does not have a publicly available policy commitment on respecting the health and safety of its own workers. Furthermore, the company does not specify that workers are not required to work more than regular and overtime hours. It also does not disclose the percentage of its workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements.
Inmarsat provides no relevant evidence in relation to paying its workers a living wage. It also does not specify whether it provides support to its business relationships to help them pay their workers a living wage. The company does, however, have a time-bound target regarding gender equality and women’s empowerment, but it does not have a publicly available commitment on the subject. In relation to workforce diversity, Inmarsat discloses its employee numbers per employee category based on two indicators of diversity, namely age group and gender.

Inmarsat has a publicly available policy prohibiting bribery and corruption, and it includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its business relationship contracts. Furthermore, the company takes steps to identify and address bribery and corruption and has a grievance mechanism for stakeholders to raise concerns and complaints on the topic. Inmarsat has a global tax strategy but does not disclose its income tax payments in individual tax jurisdictions. The company states that it does not make political contributions. However, it does not outline its approach to lobbying and political engagement in a publicly available policy statement, nor does it disclose its lobbying expenditures.