LunarLab Benefit Charter

1. LunarLab’s mission is to empower dreamers to create meaningful, impactful products through collaboration and innovation. We will work to design solutions that are innovative, human-centered, ethical, and inclusive.

• LunarLab believes that we are responsible for what we put into the world. We will work to build the best products without causing unnecessary harm.
• LunarLab will work to create positive social, economic, and environmental impact (and reduce negative impact) by promoting inclusive, empathetic, diverse, quality technology to entrepreneurs, business owners, and product users from all walks of life.
• We believe that the best design work is always the work that puts people at the heart of the design. When design is truly centered around people, it must include all people regardless of their race, age, ability or disability, socioeconomic background, ethnicity, national origin, sex, gender expression, marital status, religion, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, physical appearance, color, veteran status, or any other lived experiences.
• LunarLab will never intentionally design software solutions that reinforce discrimination, bias, racism, colorism, classism, sexism, transphobia, homophobia, or harm of any kind.
• LunarLab will never intentionally design software solutions that manipulates others, invades privacy, uses data in harmful ways, restricts the freedom of marginalized communities, or is based on biased assumptions.
• We believe that inclusive tech is a journey, not a destination. We will continue learning so that we can improve our work.

2. LunarLab’s daily operations reflect its values and its commitment to social impact.

• LunarLab will work to conduct business without causing unnecessary harm.
• When making decisions about the company, LunarLab will consider the following (but not limited to):
  • The company’s founders, employees and workforce, contractors, subsidiaries, and suppliers (both short-term and long-term)
  • The interest of customers as beneficiaries of the purpose to have a material positive impact on society and the environment
  • Community and societal factors, both locally and globally
  • The local and global environment
• LunarLab will work to create internal policies that are designed to treat all people with dignity, in a supportive and empathetic environment. This includes (but is not limited to) employees, contractors, partners, subsidiaries, suppliers, and clients.
• LunarLab will seek to limit environmental impact by supporting green initiatives and factoring environmental impact into decisions about internal policy and vendor selection.
• LunarLab will share best practices (including proprietary information) with other companies (including direct competitors) when we feel that sharing this information will result in materially positive social or environmental impact.

3. LunarLab supports creating a more equitable world. We will fight injustice and work to celebrate diversity.

• LunarLab will engage with the broader community on conversations and topics related to creating a more inclusive tech ecosystem.
• LunarLab will not advocate for or support public policies that do not align with its mission or values.
• LunarLab will donate a portion of after-tax profit on an annual basis to non-profit organizations that advance the company’s mission and values. These include but are not limited to organizations that advance inclusive tech, fight systemic inequality, work to end prejudices, and work to advance innovation especially among historically excluded demographic groups.

4. LunarLab will be transparent with the public about our social impact.

• We will publish an annual report each calendar year to measure our progress in promoting these public benefits.