Social and Environmental Responsibility at Okta

We launched our ESG program in May of 2020. We established a simple and strong ESG structure to provide strategic direction for this program, against which we intend to review our progress over the coming years. Our ESG efforts are led by our executive leadership team and are reviewed by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Directors. We have always committed to be accountable and transparent about our successes and challenges, and will continue to do so in the years ahead. We report annually on our progress in our Sustainability Fact Sheet.

We worked with external experts and internal stakeholders to define the material issues that form the foundation for Okta's ESG program. We organized these issues by our three key stakeholder groups: customers, employees, and communities:

AI is transforming our business in terms of our products and employee innovation and productivity. We have developed practices and processes to encourage responsible AI use and to safely accelerate AI innovation at Okta, such as:

• Publishing our Responsible AI Principles.

• Forming a cross-functional AI Governance Team to oversee and implement our responsible AI strategy across the business. AI tools pre-approved by this team make responsible AI adoption faster. 

• Deepening our teams’ knowledge of AI and AI-enabled technology by offering AI proficiency trainings, inviting leaders in AI innovation from universities, large technology companies and startups to share their learnings and best practices.

Establishing board-level oversight of AI risk via Okta’s audit committee as part of our enterprise risk management program.

The objective was to identify human rights impacts most salient to employees, customers, suppliers, and communities directly and indirectly impacted by Okta’s business operations, products and services, and relationships. We interviewed internal and external stakeholders to assess Okta’s business against internationally recognized human rights standards and principles, including the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Several key human-rights-related impacts were identified, such as those related to the right to privacy, non-discrimination in the workplace, responsible product use, equitable and accessible products, and excessive working hours.

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