Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement applies to the NetZeroNation.scot website.

This website is run by the Scottish Government. It is designed to be used by as many people as possible. You should be able to:

  • use your web browser to change colours, contrast levels and fonts

  • zoom in up to 400% without loss of information

  • navigate all of the website using just a keyboard

  • navigate all of the website using speech recognition software

  • listen to most of the website using a screen reader (including the most recent versions of JAWS, NVDA and VoiceOver)

  • access the website using a mobile or tablet.

Ability Net has advice on making your device easier to use if you have a disability.

How accessible this website is

We know that some parts of this website are not fully accessible. For example:

  • Cookie bar call to action colour contrast failure

  • Footer –height spacing of links in the footer region of pages

  • Email link not meeting colour contrast ratios

  • Newsletter component – ARIA attributes must confirm to valid names

These accessibility points will be addressed by 31 March 2025. We also regularly review the website to fix: Call to action colour contrast failures; Title attributes for Vimeo videos; and, Size and spacing issues.

Feedback and contact information

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, email the Scottish Government Marketing team via SGmarketing@gov.scot or call 0300 244 4000 with details of the problem you have encountered.

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 Scottish Government is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) (No. 2) Accessibility Regulations 2018.

Compliance status

This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines version 2.2 AA standard, due ‘the non-compliances’ listed below.

Non-compliance with the accessibility regulations

Failures have been identified in the following areas:

  • ARIA attributes must conform to valid names. (Name, role, value 4.1.2)

  • Ensure touch target have sufficient size and space. (Target size minimum 2.5.8)

  • Links must have discernible text. (Link purpose, in context 2.4.4)

  • Elements must meet minimum colour contrast ratio thresholds. (Contrast minimum 1.4.3)

PDFs and other documents

Some document formats such as PDF, MS Word and Excel may not be fully accessible. We plan to either fix these or replace them with accessible HTML pages.

Disproportionate burden

We are not claiming that any of our accessibility issues are disproportionate to fix.

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

PDFs and office file formats

The accessibility regulations do not require us to fix PDFs or other documents published before 23 September 2018 if they are not essential to providing our services.

Where documents are updated and new PDF documents published, they will meet accessibility standards.

What we’re doing to improve accessibility

As part of our work to improve the accessibility of this website, we review our website regularly with a view to making it as accessible as possible.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 1 June 2021. It was last reviewed on 6 Dec 2024.

This website was last tested on 19 December 2023 by The Leith Agency.

The Leith Agency ran an automated test across the site, to detect compliance with WCAG 2.2 (AA). The automated tests were completed using the latest version of Axe. This was followed by a manual accessibility review of a representative sample of pages and content types and was conducted using assistive technology in accordance with the most used (JAWs and NVDA).

We are currently implementing changes based on this test and will update this page with new information about the improvements we make.