Accessibility statement

This website is designed and run by Shift Left and Planit to ensure strong usability for as many people as possible. The text should be clear and simple to understand.

You should be able to:

• zoom in up to 400% without problems
• navigate most of the website using just a keyboard
• navigate most of the website using speech recognition software
• listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS and VoiceOver)

While some text is designed for people who have an existing understanding of our area of expertise, we have also used text that is simple to understand wherever possible.

Want more information about how to make your device easier to use based on your symptoms or condition? Get advice at AbilityNet.

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

• Links do not have descriptions (aria labels)
• Some PDF documents are not fully accessible
• Some pages have heading elements that are not in a sequentially descending order
• Some error messages are not clearly associated with form controls

We will update the statement when issues are fixed. To be clear these problems stem from the design tool used to manage the website and are not a reflection of our intent, which is  to make our digital presence as accessible as we can.

We are committed to delivering an accessible experience via our website. If you encounter a problem not listed on this page or think we are not meeting accessibility requirements, please contact us.

Shift Left and Planit are committed to making this website accessible, in accordance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 at AA standard.

We list the content that is not accessible below with details of where it fails the success criteria. 

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

• An external carbon footprint calculator that is embedded on our Zero Carbon page
• Not all IDs used in ARIA and in labels are unique. This fails WCAG 2.1 success criteria 4.1.1 (Parsing).
• Error messages on some forms are unclear or lack clear association with particular form controls. This      fails WCAG 2.1 3.3.1 success criteria (Error identification).

This website was and is being tested for compliance with WCAG 2.1 A and AA standards. We carry out testing internally using the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) approach to deciding on a sample of pages to test.

As an accessibility testing provider, we conduct this testing in-house. 

We are always considering accessibility as part of our website experience. We are ever fixing issues as they arise, including those listed above. We regularly update this page as issues are fixed.

We include accessibility acceptance criteria when developing new components.

This statement was prepared on 03 May 2023. It was last reviewed 04 May 2024.