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Sustainability and society : Tech for Good

Tech for Good

Breaking down the barriers to digital equality - for innovation, enterprise and progress.

Breaking down the barriers to digital equality

For everyone to benefit from technology and the opportunities it creates, we need a truly diverse technology sector. It’s our goal to ensure individuals get equal opportunities to thrive in the new era of work.

Read about the key ways we plan to address the lack of diversity in technology.

Striving for diversity, equity and inclusion

We have six commitments that will help us advance diversity, equity and inclusion at Sage and foster a stronger sense of belonging. These commitments are for all our colleagues, customers, suppliers, partners and communities. We have made them public, so you can hold us to account and help ensure that our actions, values and behaviours are at the standard you expect from us.
Read the six commitments
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Empowering people through data for good

Data is empowering SMEs, governments and the individuals behind them. Together with trusted third parties, we will enable them to make more informed data-driven decisions and policies whilst keeping customers safe and in control of their data by:

  • Stepping up as a voice for SMEs
  • Addressing SMEs’ challenges to help them thrive
  • Empowering individuals and businesses with data that is accessible and trustworthy

 

Keeping customers safe

Enabling everyone to make a difference

Nurturing talent goes beyond improving skill sets at Sage. Well-being, flexible working and volunteering time are key to ensuring employees feel their best and achieve results that make us proud.

We’re aiming to:

 

  • Reach 1 million colleague volunteering hours by 2022
  • Fundraise $2 million by 2022 for non-profit organisations around the world
  • Continue to offer every colleague at Sage five paid days to volunteer or fundraise and give their time to the organisations they care about the most
Read more about Sage Foundation

Making technology accessible to all

To make sure our solutions and services are inclusive to everyone, we’re committing to be transparent about our progress. We are:

 

  • Aiming to offer full accessibility for Sage cloud native products by 2025
  • Part of the Valuable 500 Charter to bring equality of opportunities for people living with disabilities
  • Publishing our global disability and inclusion plan for the next 3 years
  • Ensuring everyone can use our website in line with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
  • Providing discounted product and financial literacy training to non-profits 

Building a generation of tech talent

We’re creating opportunities for young people to thrive by learning life-changing digital skills. Building on our work with Sage FutureMakers programme and First LEGO League, we aim to create new digital skills opportunities for 10,000 school children by 2023.

Sage FutureMakers

After attending the Sage FutureMakers workshop, Blessing realised he could use AI to help overcome a challenge close to his heart. Find out how he plans to use his new skill set alongside AI to talk to his best friend for the first time.
Read Blessing's story

First LEGO League

From holding coding, robotics and STEM skills events to delivering Sage bursaries, find out how we're helping young people succeed in education and the workplace.

Read First LEGO League case study

Explore our pillars

Fuel for Business

Starting or growing a business is a proven route to economic stability, wealth creation and well-being, but the opportunities to succeed aren't always equal. Discover what we're doing to help under-represented groups get a fair chance.
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Protect the Planet

To tackle the climate crisis and protect the planet we're taking action on our own environmental impact and supporting SMEs to make it easier for them to do the same. 
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