Iridium

To provide digital opportunities for women and girls, Iridium partners with the Leading Ladies Initiative on a three-week science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) internship for young women in the United States.

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

The company reports senior-level oversight of cybersecurity. It also discloses information on data breaches and reports that it did not produce customer data in response to all of the government requests received.

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

There is an opportunity for the company to show how it supports universal and affordable access to digital technologies for vulnerable groups. The company should also disclose how the economic value it generates is distributed among its stakeholders.

The company has an opportunity to support additional initiatives for digital skills development. 

As a digital company, Iridium should make a high-level commitment to child online safety. 

No evidence was found of the company’s activities relating to open, inclusive and ethical innovation. Iridium has an opportunity to support and report on initiatives in this area. 

Iridium has a public commitment to respect human rights. However, no evidence was found that it commits to respecting the fundamental rights to freedom of association and collective bargaining as outlined in the ILO core labour rights. Furthermore, the company does not disclose a process to identify, assess and mitigate the salient human rights risks associated with its own operations and with its business relationships. Iridium does have a grievance mechanism accessible to both workers and external stakeholders to raise human rights concerns and complaints; however it is unclear if complainants are able to choose to remain anonymous.

Iridium commits to creating a positive and safe working environment for all its employees and places health and safety requirements on its business relationships. However, the company does not disclose a policy commitment stating that it does not require workers to work more than the regular and overtime hours, and it does not explicitly state whether it requires its business relationships to do this. Further, no evidence was found of the company having a policy commitment to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. The company does not provide a breakdown of workforce diversity within each employee category. However, it discloses the number of women it employs and the race and ethnicity composition of its workforce.

Iridium has a policy on bribery and corruption and includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its business relationship contracts. It also indicates that bribery and corruption concerns and complaints can be reported through reporting channels without fear of reprisals and the channel is open for anyone to make a report. While the company discloses the income taxes it pays in three categories – federal, state and foreign – it does not disclose its income tax payments for individual tax jurisdictions, nor does it disclose a global tax strategy. Moreover, Iridium does not disclose its approach to lobbying and political engagement. Specifically, the company has no public statement indicating that it does not make political contributions, and it does not disclose its lobbying expenditures.