Oculus VisionTech Inc.
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020, 2021)
Reporting Period: 2020
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Data Privacy
- Data Protection
- Cybersecurity
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Recurring losses from operations and limited capital resources raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
- Highly competitive data privacy and data protection markets.
- Rapid technological change could render products and services obsolete.
- Dependence on vendors and third-party service providers.
- Complex services may have defects impacting market acceptance and reputation.
- Risk of intellectual property infringement.
- Inability to attract and retain qualified personnel.
- Potential for security vulnerabilities and breaches.
- High volatility of share price.
Mitigation Strategies
- Plans to generate sufficient cash flow to meet obligations, including additional financing through equity sales.
- Developing key product technology differentiators and go-to-market efficiencies.
- Adapting to technological changes by developing new products and services.
- Strengthening relationships with vendors and service providers.
- Rigorous testing and quality assurance processes.
- Protecting intellectual property through patents, trade secrets, and legal action.
- Efforts to attract and retain qualified personnel.
- Implementing security features in cloud services.
- No specific mitigation strategies mentioned for share price volatility.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Forget-Me-Yes™ data privacy SaaS solution
- ComplyTrust™ SaaS Suite (CTSS) data protection tools
- Cloud-DPS document protection solution
Reporting Period: 2021
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Impact of Pandemics (COVID-19)
- Limited operating history
- Substantial losses and need for additional financing
- Highly competitive markets (data privacy, data protection, document protection, video digital watermarking)
- Rapid technological change
- Dependence on vendors and third-party service providers
- Complex services and potential for defects
- Loss of personnel or inability to acquire new personnel
- Failure to maintain effective internal controls
- No paying customers
- Inability to protect intellectual property
- Potential infringement of intellectual property rights of others
- Dependence on continued growth in demand for e-business applications
- Government regulation and legal uncertainties
- Highly volatile share price
- No cash dividends
- Potential lack of securities analyst coverage
- Anti-takeover provisions
- Dilution of shareholder interests
- Limited liability of executive officers and directors
- Requirements of the SEC with regard to low-priced "penny stocks"
- Adverse currency exchange rate fluctuations
- Service outages and disruption of infrastructure
- Security vulnerabilities and breaches
- Expensive financial reporting obligations
Mitigation Strategies
- Developing enhanced safety measures for employees and customers; complying with regulatory guidance; addressing fraud and cybersecurity threats; protecting system integrity; implementing measures to address human capital risks related to health and safety.
- Developing and upgrading technology, products, and services; providing superior customer service; responding to competitive developments; retaining and motivating qualified personnel.
- Seeking additional financing ($3,000,000 to $5,000,000 for 2022)
- Developing key product technology differentiators and go-to-market efficiencies.
- Adapting to changes in technology, customer needs, and competition; developing new products and services.
- Establishing and maintaining satisfactory relationships with vendors and service providers.
- Rigorous testing of products and services.
- Retaining current senior management and attracting, hiring, training, and motivating qualified personnel.
- Improving internal controls by creating new positions, increasing personnel resources, implementing written policies and procedures, and improving monitoring and disclosure controls.
- Actively marketing and selling products and services.
- Protecting proprietary rights through patents, trade secrets, trademarks, confidentiality procedures, and contractual provisions.
- Addressing potential infringement claims through licensing or redesigning products.
- Focusing on the development of products and services that enable users to transmit video over the Internet.
- Monitoring and adapting to changes in government regulations.
- Improving financial organization and implementing sufficient written policies and checklists.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- Forget-Me-Yes® data privacy SaaS solution
- ComplyTrust® SaaS Suite (CTSS) data protection tools
- Cloud-DPS document protection solution