Better Health for All

Research Solutions' core products and services, including Article Galaxy, Scite, and the Clinical Trial Landscape solution, provide essential tools for scientific, technical, and medical research. These platforms are utilized by over 70% of top pharmaceutical companies, prestigious universities, and emerging life science firms to streamline research, accelerate scientific discovery, and improve the reliability of clinical trial information.

The Clinical Trial Landscape solution, launched in April 2024, makes clinical trial data more accessible and actionable, directly supporting the assessment of medical interventions and advancing patient care. Scite's Smart Citations, integrated into 100 medical journals, enhance research reliability by providing contextual citation analysis. The company's AI Rights add-on further accelerates scientific discovery by enabling legal analysis of scientific literature. These offerings have no direct negative health impacts and are fundamental enablers of health improvement through research and development.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Research Solutions, Inc. operates as a technology company providing cloud-based workflow solutions and a SaaS platform for scientific content.

Its business model does not involve the procurement or trade of physical commodities, nor does it have a traditional manufacturing supply chain. Consequently, KPIs related to fair-trade certifications, on-site audits for physical suppliers, forced or child labor incidents in a physical supply chain, traceability of physical provenance, remediation for such issues, and spend on high-risk materials are not applicable to its operations.

Honest & Fair Business

The Audit Committee charter mandates procedures for the confidential, anonymous submission of employee concerns regarding accounting or auditing matters.

The company has a Code of Ethical Conduct effective since October 15, 2012. The Audit Committee is comprised of at least three members, all of whom must satisfy NASDAQ and SEC independence requirements, and not receive compensatory fees from the company other than as a board member, nor be affiliated persons or have participated in financial statement preparation in the last three years. The Audit Committee oversees the independent auditor's work, requesting an annual written statement on relationships and discussing their impact on independence, and reviewing any material issues raised by quality-control or peer reviews of the firm within the preceding five years.

Kind to Animals

Research Solutions, Inc. is a technology company that provides cloud-based workflow solutions and a SaaS platform for scientific content.

Its business model, as described in the articles, does not involve physical products, animal-derived ingredients, animal testing, animal husbandry, or direct impact on wildlife habitats. Therefore, all KPIs related to animal welfare, testing, sourcing, and conservation are not applicable to its operations.

Planet-Friendly Business

Research Solutions' emissions reduction targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

The company also engages with the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) to measure and manage its environmental impacts and has its sustainability performance independently assessed by EcoVadis.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

No specific, concrete evidence was found in the provided articles to assess Research Solutions, Inc. against any of the KPIs for Zero Waste & Sustainable Products. The company is a technology company providing cloud-based workflow solutions, and the articles do not contain quantitative data or specific initiatives related to waste diversion, product recyclability, packaging sustainability, recycled content, single-use plastic reduction, take-back programs, circular design, waste reduction initiatives, hazardous waste management, product durability, repairability, waste audits, zero waste certification, waste disposal violations, material efficiency, packaging-to-product ratio, waste reduction targets, supplier waste requirements, or customer waste education.

Mentions of participation in the UN SDG Publishers Compact, SBTi, CDP, and EcoVadis relate to broader sustainability or emissions reduction efforts, not specifically to waste management as defined by this value.