Better Health for All

Rekor Systems' core products, focused on public safety and traffic management, deliver exceptional health benefits by enabling faster emergency response and enhancing roadway safety. The company's AI-powered traffic incident priority ranking has led to a 60% reduction in time from detection to resource allocation for incidents.

Rekor's products do not have direct safety implications for physical or mental health, thus the safety record KPI is not applicable. The company's operations do not directly involve health data, health risks requiring disclosure, or significant health externalities, making these KPIs not applicable.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Rekor Systems, Inc. provides AI-powered technology solutions for smart cities, urban mobility, and public safety, focusing on automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) and vehicle recognition.

The company's core business does not involve lending, insuring, moving, or storing money for consumers. The provided articles consistently indicate that data relevant to financial services, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives, fair lending compliance, wealth building outcomes, profit reinvestment in community finance, financial literacy initiatives, debt burden ratio, geographic inclusion for financial services, or product simplicity for financial products, is not applicable or not found. While one article mentions Rekor emphasizes a FAIR data model and anonymization principles, this relates to roadway intelligence data, not customer financial data portability or control. Therefore, all KPIs under the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value are scored as 0, indicating they are not applicable to the company's business model.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

Employee engagement is low, with an overall rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars based on 45 reviews, and only 28% of employees would recommend working at the company.

The compensation and benefits rating is 2.6 out of 5, which has decreased by 26% over the last 12 months. Voluntary employee turnover is high, with reviews frequently mentioning constant turnover, retention challenges, and high churn across departments. The company has not had any significant labor law infractions in the past two years. For health insurance, the company provides employer-verified health insurance, but it has a low rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars based on 2 reviews.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Rekor Systems, Inc. states that full traceability of every production and delivery stage is digitally tracked.

The company's Code of Conduct applies to the entire company, including subsidiaries, affiliates, independent contractors, associates, suppliers, and partners. This Code of Conduct outlines fundamental principles and standards of conduct, and the company will terminate relationships with any party that does not adhere to these standards. Managers and employees are expected to ensure that independent contractors, associates, suppliers, and partners behave consistently with these principles.

Honest & Fair Business

Rekor Systems has a formal whistleblower policy, established in March 2023, which encourages confidential and anonymous reporting of concerns regarding financial statements, accounting, internal controls, auditing, disclosure violations, or ethics violations.

This policy includes a third-party anonymous ethics and compliance hotline, available via website, phone, email, fax, and mail, and explicitly prohibits retaliation against good-faith whistleblowers. The Governance Committee is responsible for reviewing and investigating potentially material matters. The company also demonstrates independent verification of its systems and security, adhering to standards such as SOC 2, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, CJIS, and ATC. It also conducts regular third-party penetration testing for its hardware and software systems.

Kind to Animals

No specific, concrete data points or relevant information regarding animal welfare, animal testing, animal-derived ingredients, or habitat conservation were found in the provided articles for Rekor Systems, Inc.

Therefore, all KPIs related to the 'Kind to Animals' value must be omitted due to a lack of evidence.

No War, No Weapons

Rekor Systems derived approximately 0.0046% of its $34.9 million gross revenue in 2023 from a $160,000 contract with the U.S. Department of Defense for vehicle recognition software and ALPR solutions.

The company states its Code of Conduct and corporate policies promote ethical AI use, and all AI-driven processes are subject to human review, but high-level ethics guidelines omit specific details on defense applications, leading to incomplete oversight. Rekor emphasizes ethical data handling and privacy, following privacy laws and best practices, but this is a general statement of principle rather than a clear alignment with UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The company has developed a technology framework to protect personal privacy in vehicle recognition data and commits to clear disclosures of AI use, but provides only high-level summaries of its involvement in surveillance contracts with law enforcement and the DoD. There is no evidence of codified ethical 'red lines' banning specific weapons categories or military engagement, nor has the company demonstrated zero exposure to controversial weapons.

Planet-Friendly Business

Based on the provided articles, there is insufficient evidence to assess Rekor Systems' alignment with planet-friendly business practices. The articles primarily focus on the company's AI-powered traffic data collection solutions and their benefits for transportation efficiency and safety

. While their technology has the potential to indirectly contribute to lower fuel consumption and emissions by reducing traffic congestion , , there is no available data regarding the company's direct environmental impact, such as emissions, renewable energy usage, or waste diversion rates , , . Without quantitative environmental data or documented sustainability commitments, no meaningful assessment can be made of the company's environmental impact relative to planet-friendly values. The 2023 10-K form does not contain any environmental data .

Respect for Cultures & Communities

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs related to Respect for Cultures & Communities.

The articles primarily focus on financial performance, technology, cybersecurity, and career opportunities, explicitly stating the absence of information regarding community engagement, cultural impact assessments, partnerships, or other relevant metrics.

Safe & Smart Tech

Rekor Systems emphasizes ethical AI use, data privacy, and human oversight, with AI outputs always subject to human review and personal data processed by AI systems anonymized and protected.

The company holds SOC 2 Type II certification for its Rekor Scout, Rekor Discover, and Rekor Command platforms, and complies with NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, CJIS, ATC, NDAA, and TAA standards. Rekor provides regular security training to all employees on the latest threats and best practices. The company utilizes AES-256 encryption for data in transit and at rest, and SHA-256 for anonymizing license plate data. All data flowing across the AWS global network is automatically encrypted at the physical layer. Passwords are stored securely using AWS Secrets Manager and rotated every 60 days. Rekor conducts regular cyber risk assessments, updates software and systems monthly and quarterly, and performs regular third-party penetration testing on Edge Devices. The company follows a strict zero-trust model and never returns raw vehicle data to external platforms, only aggregated analytics. Rekor conducts penetration tests at predefined intervals across all systems, including Edge devices, cloud platforms, and software applications. The company has obtained a patent for a method to encode and anonymize vehicle identification data at the point of collection, ensuring specific vehicle information remains encrypted without lawful authorization. Plate reads not associated with an offense can have different retention policies, potentially not retained at all, and the company's Scout platform allows customers to define data retention based on infraction severity. Rekor's privacy policy states that users are not obligated to provide personal information when registering, and it does not intentionally collect, sell, or process personal information of individuals under 16 years of age. However, the policy also states that Rekor cannot guarantee the security of personal information during transmission or storage, and users are responsible for encrypting their data if they wish to protect it. For law enforcement products, users agree to share data with other agencies unless they affirmatively opt-out. Users have the right to opt out of marketing communications and request deletion of account information, but Rekor may be required to retain data by law.