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Accessibility

Accessibility and inclusion across our digital services.

Web Accessibility

At Patria, we believe that websites and digital services should be accessible and easy to use by anyone, regardless of ability, age, or technology.

This means that all customers and clients, including those with permanent or temporary disabilities, visual or hearing impairments, cognitive, and/or motor disabilities can use our websites and digital services.

We are continually working towards improving our websites and digital services to increase the accessibility and usability to ensure everyone can use them as they would expect to.

International accessibility standards

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organisation for the World Wide Web. The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) develops technical specifications, guidelines, techniques, and supporting resources that describe accessibility solutions. These are considered international standards for web accessibility.

We follow the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) in order to ensure our websites and digital services technically meet the expected requirements.

Our commitment

We are constantly working to make our websites as accessible and inclusive to the widest possible audience. Our aspiration is to be fully AA level compliant with WCAG 2.1. By following and adhering to the WCAG, our aim is to make our web content and user interfaces perceivable, understandable, operable, and robust for all of our users. In practice, this means we focus on key accessibility principles, including clear content, readable text, accessible navigation, and support for assistive technologies such as screen readers and speech recognition software.

Our current position on accessibility

While we strive to make our websites and digital services accessible to all users, some areas do not yet meet the expected accessibility standards. We are working to improve these over time. Currently, certain documents and content may present accessibility challenges, including PDF accessibility, colour contrast, image descriptions and full keyboard or screen‑reader navigation.

Our future plans

We understand the importance of accessibility and of providing digital services that are inclusive and usable for everyone. As accessibility continues to evolve we recognise the need to adapt and evolve at the same pace. To support this, accessibility is considered an equal requirement in the development of both new and existing online products and services. We continue to evolve and enhance our Design System to help ensure our digital services remain accessible, inclusive and easy to use. In addition, we regularly carry out user testing with a diverse range of participants, helping to ensure that different abilities, ages and demographics are taken into account.

Accessibility - help and support

Our products and services are for everyone. Whether you have accessibility needs or want some extra help, we are here to support you.
There are several ways we can make it easier for you to communicate with us and ways that you can adapt your device/web browser to make our websites and digital services easier to use.

Support for users who are blind or have low vision

If you require different formats please request them from PPET Investor Relations: PPET.InvestorRelations@patria.com

I need advice on making my web browser more accessible

Our website works best in Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Safari and Mozilla Firefox. Where possible, we recommend you use the latest version of a browser. If you’re finding our website difficult to read, increasing the text size or magnification of your screen, or using text-to-speech technology could help.

Increase text size or magnify your screen

To increase the text size or magnify your screen, go to the ‘Settings’ menu on your internet browser. Depending on which browser you use (e.g. Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome), you’ll find the option to increase the text size on the ‘Appearance’ section of the Settings page. You can also find the ‘Zoom’ function on the ‘Appearance’ section or in the main internet browser settings menu and this allows you to magnify your screen.

Text-to-speech

Most browsers will also have a text-to-speech function within their ‘Settings’ menu that will read out the text on the screen as well image descriptions.

More support on making the web work for you

AbilityNet is a UK charity with a global perspective that provide online resources to help individuals with any disability, of any age, to use all kinds of digital technology. They provide advice on making your device easier to use if you have an impairment or disability and have created some simple 'how to' guides.