This accessibility statement applies to www.StateofCDR.org

This website is run by The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. We want as many people as possible to be able to use this website.

Making changes to your device or system

AbilityNet has advice on making your devices easier to use if you have a disability. In addition, major operating systems produce the following guidance:

• Advice for Microsoft users

• Advice for Apple users

• Advice for Linux users

• Advice for Android users

How accessible is this website?

In order to ensure that all of our visitors can use our website, these webpages aim to meet Level-AA standard of WCAG 2.1. This includes elements such as:

• Alternative text for all images and providing non-visual alternatives where appropriate

• All essential audio-visual information is captioned, described as necessary or provided in alternative formats

• The website can be used with a screen reader

• Content is structured, ordered and labelled appropriately

We know some parts of this website are not fully accessible:

• PDF documents are partly accessible

We are working to address areas where our accessibility needs improvement. Please see 'Technical information' and our known issues listed under 'Non-accessible content' below for more details.

Feedback and contact information

If you need information on this website in a different format like accessible PDF, large print, easy read, audio recording or braille:

• email co2re@smithschool.ox.ac.uk

We’ll consider your request and get back to you.

Reporting accessibility problems with this website

We’re always looking to improve the accessibility of this website. If you find any problems not listed on this page or think we’re not meeting accessibility requirements, contact: co2re@smithschool.ox.ac.uk.

Enforcement procedure

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is responsible for enforcing the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018 (the ‘accessibility regulations’). If you’re not happy with how we respond to your complaint, contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS).

Technical information about this website’s accessibility

The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.1 AA standard, due to the known issues listed under ‘Non-accessible content’ below.

Non-accessible content

Issues with documents (including PDFs)

Some of our documents (e.g. PDFs) don't meet all accessibility standards - for example, they may not be marked up so that they're accessible to a screen reader (WCAG 2.1 4.1.2). Please contact us at co2re@smithschool.ox.ac.uk if you are unable to access documents.

Content that's not within the scope of the accessibility regulations

Third party content

Our website may include third party content and functionality. This may direct you to a related service, link to another website or supporting documentation. We are not responsible for the accessibility of third party content or to other websites we link to.

Where we are legally required to feature third party content or functionality, we cannot reasonably accept responsibility for ensuring it meets accessibility standards. However, where it is within our control, we will make every reasonable effort to work towards meeting accessibility requirements.

Third party platforms

We may create content which is hosted on third party platforms. This includes:

• content we create for social media

• video which we host on YouTube, SoundCloud or Vimeo

• content or data we supply to others

We are responsible for ensuring the content we supply meets accessibility requirements; however, we are not responsible for the accessibility of the third-party platform itself.

Live video

Live video streams are used minimally on our website and do not have captions (WCAG 2.1 1.2.4).

We do not plan to add captions to live video streams because live video is exempt from meeting the accessibility regulations.

How we tested this website

This website was last tested during January 2023. An audit was carried out internally, using automated testing tools together with a manual check.

What we're doing to improve accessibility

We want our website to offer the best experience possible for all of our users. In addition to our plan to fix known issues, we will continue to review the website on a regular basis and check all new content.