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Let?s get together: Intel?s 2030 commitments include ?shared? climate and social goals

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Let’s get together: Intel’s 2030 commitments include ‘shared’ climate and social goals. Make technology fully inclusive and expand digital readiness. Make technology fully inclusive and expand digital readiness. A major focus on addressing the digital divide and expanding access to technology skills. Heather Clancy.

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Ericsson Makes Progress Towards Digital Inclusion

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billion people still being offline, the digital divide continues to be a key challenge to global economic development 1). High costs, lack of digital literacy or lack of access to connectivity are some of the reasons for this. Access to digital learning and skills development. With around 2.9 Economic growth.

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MetLife Announces 2030 DEI Commitments

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NYSE: MET) today announced a broad set of 2030 diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) commitments designed to address the needs of the underserved and underrepresented through a mix of investments, products and services, supply chain, volunteering, and community efforts. . “The billion by 2030. SOURCE: MetLife, Inc.

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Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters

GreenBiz

Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters. Without any intervention, that figure is projected to increase more than 60 percent by 2030. Just digital technology for supply chain improvements will not be enough. Phylicia Wu. Wed, 08/05/2020 - 01:00.

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Digitally-Driven Operations Enhance Industrial Sustainability and Performance

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Digital technologies and real-time networks will be key enablers — and businesses stand to gain significantly as they adopt them. There is no green without digital,” is a pivotal statement from our Nokia CEO Pekka Lundmark. The energy sector is a great case study showing how digitalization and sustainability go hand in hand.

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New Nonprofit Accelerator Aims to Close the Digital Divide Worldwide

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But digital equity is a problem that goes beyond education: Limited access to technology and the internet also means reduced access to healthcare and fewer opportunities for training, skills development and employment. . In 2021, HP announced a goal to accelerate digital equity for 150 million people around the world by 2030.

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Off-grid solar is redefining energy in Africa 

Corporate Knights

In Kenya , off-grid solar is fuelling the continents mobile banking revolution, enabling people to power their phones and participate in the digital economy. The World Bank projects that mini-grids localized, independent power networks capable of supplying entire villages could provide electricity to 380 million Africans by 2030.

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