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Digital Public Infrastructure for the Developing World

Stanford Social Innovation

This lady in a remote rural location not only had a digital bank account that allowed her to receive digital payments, but she had the proof of identity needed for such an account: a unique 12-digit number linked to her biometrics, her Aadhaar. After producing a hot cup of masala chai, she gave us a QR code to make our payment.

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Alibaba Cloud Launches Carbon Management Solution - Energy Expert

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has announced the global launch of Energy Expert, a sustainability platform to help customers worldwide measure, analyze and manage the carbon emissions of their business activities and products. SOURCE: Alibaba Group. View original content here.

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Human Rights Day: The Role of Business in Respecting People and Their Rights

3BL Media

SR: I would like to add a third example related to our supply chain. DS: When looking back at our sustainability journey that started in 2009, I remember human rights being embedded in SAP’s holistic understanding of sustainability from the beginning. We are now working toward regular reassessments to avoid future deviations.

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Corporate climate action: 3 acceleration areas to get ahead on in 2024

Corporate Knights

In the industrial sector, automation and digital tools can optimize processes, productivity, performance, and energy usage, resulting in a 20% reduction in electrical, instrument, and control capital expenditure and a 10% improvement in process energy usage. As well as training 1 million people in energy management.

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Earth Overshoot Day 2023: Reversing the Clock for a Sustainable Future

3BL Media

SAP has continuously expanded its portfolio of carbon reduction measures since 2009. While walking the talk is key, providing digital solutions and services to help every business run as an intelligent and sustainable enterprise is how we can scale these efforts. C-aligned reduction targets for 2050.

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The Jobtech Landscape in Africa: Assessing the Challenges and Opportunities in a Critical Sector

James Militzer

These digital platforms are part of a broader effort to use technology to enable, facilitate or improve people’s work opportunities, productivity and livelihoods — an emerging sector that’s collectively known as “jobtech.” Platforms for digitally-delivered work — i.e., platforms where the work is both mediated and delivered online.

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Sofidel: Building a Better Future

3BL Media

Sofidel dedicates particular and constant attention to the training of the new generations, especially at a time when the ongoing digital revolution, Industry 4.0 Quality Education. and the new needs for sustainability are profoundly innovating the paper sector, with repercussions on production, products, logistics and distribution.