Corporate Social Responsibility

At Dolphin we feel immensely proud to be in a position where we can be socially responsible by just doing our job well.  This good fortune has prompted us to always try that little bit harder to make things happen.  Since 2006 we have tried to establish a coordinated programme of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) within our sphere of influence.

For Dolphin, Corporate Social Responsibility is about helping the print impaired community over and above our commercial responsibilities.   We have chosen to do this in two ways.  Other manifestations of our corporate social responsibility may surface in the future.  For now we want to:

• improve awareness about alternative formats amongst the print impaired community and
• help to provide low cost assistive technology in Africa and other developing countries.

Alternative Formats

70% of reading material comes in the form of printed text.  Just 4% of this reading matter is available in alternative formats, leaving people who have vision or literacy impairments unable to access 96% of printed material.  Dolphin, in association with blindness, dyslexia organizations and literacy groups around the world created and subsidize an information portal www.AltFormat.org to address the information gaps of three primary groups:

• People who are print impaired, their families, helpers and teachers
• Altformat professionals tasked with creating alternative formats for people who are print impaired
• People who have a responsibility for policy.

We are grateful to Sir Steve Redgrave and the Rt Hon David Blunkett for supporting this cause.

Subsidized Sales to Africa

Together with RNIB and Sightsavers, Dolphin is delighted to be able to Support the Sightsavers Dolphin Pen project, supporting sales of subsidized combined screen readers and magnifiers into Africa.

A better World

For Dolphin, Corporate Social Responsibility is not just about being part of a better world, it is about showing our commitment and support to our specific communities and helping to make the world of people with print impairments a better place.