Better Health for All

Arm's technology, primarily its IP cores, is foundational for numerous health-related applications. 70% of IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) devices utilize Arm's technology, enabling solutions such as emergency dispatch, remote patient monitoring, VR therapies, and early disease detection.

The company's partnership with Simprints, which began in 2014, focuses on developing biometric digital ID solutions for healthcare access in low- and middle-income countries, including supporting vaccine delivery and malaria vaccine rollout in Ghana. This initiative has trained over 150 Ghanaian healthcare workers and improved vaccine delivery efficiency. Arm also contributes engineering support and funding to Simprints. Additionally, Arm's research includes quantum-inspired architectures for predictive healthcare models, drug design, and genomic simulations. The company is involved in a $9 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia for logic and AI chips, intended to support healthcare transformation. Arm has committed $250 million to Malaysia to train 10,000 engineers, which is implied to support healthcare technology in Southeast Asia.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Arm Holdings plc is a semiconductor and software design company that licenses intellectual property, not a financial institution.

The company does not offer lending, deposit, or insurance services to consumers. Therefore, all KPIs related to consumer financial products, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives (loan/insurance book), data accessibility (customer finance data), fair lending compliance, wealth building outcome, profit reinvestment (community finance), financial literacy initiatives, debt burden ratio, geographic inclusion (financial service access points), and product simplicity (financial products), are not applicable to its core business model. The company's social impact and education initiatives, while beneficial, do not fall under the scope of financial services for this value.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

No quantitative data related to living wages, CEO pay ratios, collective bargaining, safety incidents, pay equity, worker engagement, turnover, labor violations, insecure contracts, or health insurance coverage is presented in the provided article.

Therefore, no assessment can be made against the Fair Pay & Worker Respect KPIs.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Arm reported no confirmed incidents of forced or compulsory labor involving Arm or its employees during the year ending March 31, 2023.

The company conducts assessments on environmental impact and DEI questions in its request for proposal (RFP) process for new suppliers, including those in higher-risk categories. All supplier contracts include obligations relating to Supplier Code of Conduct requirements on responsible business practices. 91% of new suppliers registered on the Source-to-Pay platform in FYE24 accepted the Arm Supplier Code of Conduct. Suppliers are required to maintain sufficient knowledge of input materials and components to ensure they were obtained from permissible sources and to eliminate the use of conflict minerals, exercising due diligence on their source and chain of custody.

Honest & Fair Business

Arm has a Whistleblowing Policy that provides a safe, anonymous avenue for escalating suspected misconduct without fear of reprisal, with channels including a portal, websites, and a dedicated phone line.

Whistleblowers are protected from reprisal, and reports are investigated by the Internal Audit Unit. The company also has an Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption Policy detailing its approach and commitment to anti-bribery and anti-corruption standards, which applies to its suppliers globally. Arm requires mandatory third-party verified self-assessments against its Supplier Code of Conduct for select suppliers and conducts independent limited assurance over its Scope 1 and 2 emissions.

Kind to Animals

Arm's principal engineer is the director and software developer for BearID, a non-profit project that uses face-recognition technology to monitor bear populations and their health, aiming to improve wildlife monitoring for 8 bear species.

The project began in 2016 with an initial dataset of 150 bears. Arm sponsored the AI for Bears Challenge and an Arm employee spent a 4-week sabbatical helping researchers in Ecuador. Arm funds the Ya’axché Conservation Trust for preserving the Boden Creek Ecological Preserve in Belize, which is home to critically endangered and vulnerable species. Arm also funds conservation of the Central Kalimantan Peatlands in Borneo through carbon offsets. Arm extended its collaboration with WILDLABS, funding 13 selected projects focused on conservation technology. 148 Arm employees volunteered 166 hours classifying wildlife images for conservation research. Arm made a corporate donation of $15,000 to the World Wide Fund for Nature. BearID collaborates with conservation director Dr. Melanie Clapham, researchers working with Andean bears, the Nanwakolas Council (six Indigenous First Nations), and Fruit Punch AI. BearID provides information that informs legislation and land management, particularly through collaboration with First Nations groups in Canada. Arm's 2024 Sustainable Business Report states that over 80% of its people are focused on research, design, and technical innovation, but does not specify the percentage of R&D budget allocated to animal-free technologies. Arm is a founding technology partner in WILDLABS.NET, a conservation technology network.

No War, No Weapons

No specific, concrete data points or relevant information regarding ARM.US's association with arms manufacturing, military contracts, conflict facilitation, or peace initiatives were found in the provided articles.

Therefore, no KPIs could be scored against the 'No War, No Weapons' value.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

Arm engages with a significant number of community partners, reporting 126 nonprofit social impact projects and partners, and 27 members in its Semiconductor Education Alliance.

The company states it has no reported cultural appropriation incidents. Arm provides multiple channels for employees and third parties to raise concerns, including an anonymous, global 'Raise a Concern Helpline' and an Office of Ethics and Compliance. The company explicitly states that Indigenous Rights are not considered material for its operations. Arm is committed to making its language inclusive, meaningful, and respectful, aiming to remove and replace non-inclusive language to reflect its values and global ecosystem.

Safe & Smart Tech

Arm has an AI Ethics Review Committee and Steering Group, with all AI systems, projects, and products assessed by the committee, and mandatory AI Ethics training for relevant employees.

The company has several PSA Certified products, but these are specific devices and silicon, not an organization-wide certification. In FY20, 99.2% of all full-time employees, fixed-term employees, and contractors completed mandatory online training and confirmed acceptance of the Code of Conduct, exceeding their 90% target. Arm uses encryption as part of its technical and organizational safeguards, which is a standard practice. The company states it only keeps data for as long as needed for the purpose it was collected and collates personal data anonymously for analytics. Arm processes personal data in cooperation with authorities and courts in accordance with legal obligations and ensures an adequate level of protection for international data transfers using standard contractual clauses. The company's global privacy statement mentions the right to complain to a data protection authority. Arm operates a coordinated plan for disclosing vulnerabilities and other security issues. However, a material weakness relating to information technology general controls over its information systems was identified in FY21 and FY22, which was remediated by FY25. Arm uses intrusion detection and network monitoring for vulnerability management. The company's global privacy statement mentions username and password for website registration, which is industry standard. Arm's Code of Conduct states that privacy is a core belief and that they have strict policies on personal data.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

The provided articles do not contain specific quantitative data or concrete actions related to Arm Holdings plc's waste management, product recyclability, packaging sustainability, recycled content, single-use plastic reduction, take-back programs, circular design principles, waste reduction initiatives, hazardous waste management, product durability, repairability, waste audit frequency, zero-waste certification, material efficiency, packaging-to-product ratio, waste reduction targets, supplier waste requirements, or customer waste education.

While the company's sustainability reports mention broader environmental sustainability and emissions reduction, they lack the detailed metrics required to assess performance against the 'Zero Waste & Sustainable Products' value. Information regarding regulations like PPWR or actions by other companies is not applicable to Arm Holdings plc's specific performance.