AN iMASONS INITIATIVE
Social Accord
Digital infrastructure, of the community.
A global initiative exploring how digital infrastructure can create economic, social, and ecological value in the communities where it is built and operated.
THE OPPORTUNITY
How do we scale digital infrastructure responsibly?
Digital services connect people, businesses, institutions, and public systems. The infrastructure supporting those services is becoming part of more communities, each with its own conditions, priorities, and opportunities.
The iMasons Social Accord creates a neutral forum for industry and community perspectives to explore practical questions and develop approaches across economic, social, and ecological dimensions.
THE THREE PILLARS
One framework. Three connected dimensions.
ECONOMIC
Durable local value
Explore jobs, investment, public revenue, affordability, and infrastructure access in local context.
SOCIAL
Opportunity and wellbeing
Consider education, digital access, participation, inclusion, health, and sense of place.
ECOLOGICAL
Healthy natural systems
Understand energy, water, air, climate, soil, biodiversity, and resilience together.
COMMUNITY EXCHANGE PILOT
Better conversations begin with better questions.
Explore five Social Accord topics, distinguish measured information from proposals, and see how a voluntary signatory framework could provide context without ranking projects or communities.
Important boundary
The Social Accord does not certify projects, guarantee approvals, rate communities, or replace local decision-making. This pilot illustrates a possible public experience; language, governance, and methodology remain subject to iMasons review.