And How Hawk Safety Keeps You Ahead
In 2025, digital compliance isn’t just about safety—it’s also about accessibility. With the European Accessibility Act (EAA) coming into force on 28 June 2025, any business using digital platforms for HACCP, temperature monitoring, or safety management in the EU must ensure those systems are accessible to all users, including people with disabilities.
Non-compliance isn’t just unethical—it’s risky. Regulators across Europe are preparing to fine businesses whose tools and systems fail to meet accessibility standards. Hawk Safety is already ahead of the curve.
⚠️ Accessibility and Legal Risk: What’s at Stake?
From June 2025, the EAA will require digital platforms used in consumer-facing industries—including hospitality, retail, food service, and healthcare—to comply with WCAG 2.1 AA and EN 301 549 accessibility standards. Enforcement will vary across countries, but fines are already significant:
- Italy: up to €40,000 or 5% of turnover
- France: up to €250,000
- Germany: over €100,000
- Spain: up to €600,000 and market bans
- Ireland: even criminal liability in extreme cases
If your HACCP platform, safety management tool, or temperature monitoring software doesn’t meet these standards, your business may be exposed—even if you’re not the direct developer of the tool.
UK vs EU: What About Brexit?
While the UK hasn’t formally adopted the EAA, accessibility still matters. The Equality Act 2010 requires businesses to make “reasonable adjustments” for disabled users, including on websites and apps. And if you’re operating in the EU market or serving EU-based clients, you must comply with the EAA regardless of your UK status.
Hawk Safety’s proactive compliance protects your brand across both jurisdictions.
✅ Hawk Safety’s Competitive Edge
Hawk Safety has already taken decisive steps toward full accessibility compliance:
- ✔️ Completed EAA-aligned audit (WCAG 2.1 / EN 301 549)
- Structured roadmap to fix and track all identified accessibility gaps
- Ongoing monitoring through automated scans and manual testing
- Staff training to ensure new features are built accessibly from day one
- Transparency with documented evidence available for clients, auditors, and regulators
This means when you use Hawk Safety for your digital HACCP, cold chain monitoring, or compliance reporting, you can demonstrate that your systems are not only secure and efficient—but also inclusive and future-proof.
Why It Matters in Safety & Compliance
Businesses that rely on Hawk Safety’s platform for temperature control, automated alerts, and incident logging can trust that their system meets more than just operational needs—it meets the needs of all users.
Accessibility isn’t just about compliance. It means:
- Managers with visual impairments can review safety logs
- Kitchen staff using screen readers can check temperature data
- Non-technical users can confidently navigate compliance dashboards
- These improvements boost usability for everyone—not just those with disabilities.
- Most platforms today were built with features first—accessibility second, or not at all. That’s risky.
If your chosen temperature monitoring or HACCP system hasn’t been audited, lacks a remediation roadmap, or provides no accessibility statement, you may be putting your business in legal jeopardy—especially in the EU. Worse still, your compliance documents and internal policies may already be invalidated by using non-conforming digital tools.
Choose Hawk Safety. Reduce Risk. Maximise Trust.
In a world where compliance is becoming more holistic—covering not just food and hygiene, but digital access too—Hawk Safety gives you an edge.
✅ Safety
✅ Compliance
✅ Accessibility
✅ Peace of mind
Make the accessible choice. Choose Hawk Safety.
