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Sustaining Creativity
Get certified for ethical sourcing

Ethically sourcing ideas is not just the right thing to do - it makes business sense. When you respect the Intellectual Property of your vendors and suppliers, they give you their best ideas at more competitive prices. By sustaining their creativity, you are sustaining their businesses. The PitchMark IP Compliance Certification Program certifies your stewardship of vendor IP.

Vendor IP protection is a sustainability issue

When you safeguard the IP of your vendors and suppliers you are meeting these UN Sustainable Goals.

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8.3 - Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services1

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12.7 - Promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities2.

Who this certification is for

Chances are your ESG initiatives are dominated by a focus on the environment. But there are immediate steps you can take to meet Sustainable Development Goals related to Social and Governance, especially if:

● You are looking to balance your company's large material environmental impact by supporting the communities you operate in,
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● Your company has a small environmental impact, so you are looking to demonstrate your stewardship of sustainability in other ways

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What you will receive

The PitchMark® IP Compliance Certification Program helps you put 12 key stewardship criteria into action, which deepens a strong ethical sourcing culture over time.

You will receive:

  • 1 x Kick-off briefing delivered in-person or virtually by PitchMark® Legal Advisor Mr Frank Rittman
  • 1 x Program Manual, containing:
    • Benchmarks - find out what your organization should be doing
    • Practices - learn the steps you should be taking
    • Tools - receive ready-to-use documentation
  • Templates, ready for execution

Certification Structure

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The PitchMark® IP Compliance Certification Program Manual contains 12 recommendations with 50 control- and action points:

  • Recommendation 1: Committing To IP Sustainability
  • Recommendation 2: Establishing Internal Supervision and Responsibility
  • Recommendation 3: Implementing Internal Commitments
  • Recommendation 4: Establishing Internal Controls
  • Recommendation 5: Engaging External Partners
  • Recommendation 6: Sustaining Awareness and Expectations
  • Recommendation 7: Messaging and Communications
  • Recommendation 8: Aligning Expectations
  • Recommendation 9: Auditing Compliance
  • Recommendation 10: Accessibility and Responsiveness
  • Recommendation 11: Cooperating and Coordinating
  • Recommendation 12: Implementing an Internal Monitoring and Whistleblowing Mechanism
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How it works

  1. Sign up for the PitchMark® IP Compliance Certification Program - you will receive the Program Manual
  2. Schedule our kick-off briefing with key stakeholders
  3. Complete the checklist of recommendations
  4. Implement the templates contained in the Program Manual
  5. Submit evidence of completion
  6. Receive certification
  7. Be featured in a video interview published through our social channels and to the PitchMark® community
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Next steps

The PitchMark IP Compliance Certification Program is for you if you:

  • Receive ideas, concepts, designs, storyboards, or other Intellectual Property from vendors
  • Have been accused of idea theft
  • Believe ethical sourcing is important to your company's reputation

Take the following 7-point quiz to pre-qualify for the PitchMark IP Compliance Certification Program.

Please enter your email address to begin the quiz:



1. Undertaken steps to safeguard vendor IP?

2. Established a written IP policy with clear standards?

3. Appointed a qualified Compliance Officer or similar role responsible for IP compliance?

4. Integrated your IP Compliance Policy into employment and service agreements?

5. Added a clear disclosure statement regarding IP submissions into your content solicitation materials, such as RFPs?

6. Created a central registry of vendor IP submissions?

7. Established a secure, internal whistleblowing mechanism for reporting suspected IP policy breaches?

Ready to start straight away?
Go directly to the PitchMark IP Compliance Certification Course.

Mr Frank Rittman