| Foreword: Moving at full speed with a “renewed GeSI” |
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Dear Reader
The GeSI Board and General Assembly meetings held in Brussels last July set the direction for the NEW GeSI Association. Conscious of the extraordinary revolution and transformational change that Digital technologies are going underway and the impact of these in every single industry, enlarging therefore the scope and definition of the Digital Industry sector, the GeSI Board and General Assembly took the bold step of opening up GeSI to deepen the collaborations with other industries, such as utilities, logistics, mobility, health, education, agriculture, just to mention a few.
Digital will be at the centre of GeSI as Digital is the World Economy driving force. And Sustainability along with Digital remains GeSI's second driver: DIGITAL and SUSTAINABILITY will be at the centre of the new organisation and will drive our future positive and transformative agenda, focusing our strategy on deploying digital innovative and enabling solutions.
We have built a modern and forward-looking industry association to better serve our members and better respond to the world's most pressing challenges. As we approach the summer holiday period, I invite all of you to take a moment to reflect on the progress that we have made together and to continue to utilise the power of digital technologies for a sustainable future.
In the face of global challenges, digital technologies are powerful tools to achieve the 2030 agenda. In July, GeSI launched the Scope 3 Guidance for Telecommunications Operators that GeSI has been working on for the past two years with GSMA and ITU. We thank all our members for their support throughout this process and their enthusiasm at the workshop.
We are also in full preparation for the Digital with Purpose Global Summit 2023 to be held in Lisbon from 27-29 September, where we are looking forward to welcoming you to the exciting agenda that we have planned.
I once again express my gratitude to you all for your unwavering support for GeSI and our events.
I wish you a pleasant reading experience.
Kind regards Luis Neves CEO of GeSI |
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GeSI launches Scope 3 Guidance for Telecommunications Operators |
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GeSI would like to thank everyone who joined us on July 11 for the Workshop on Scope 3 accounting for Telecom operators, jointly organised with GSMA and ITU. We are also particularly thankful to all GeSI Members who contributed to this guidance over the past 2 years.
This event provided a high-level overview of the newly released guidance on Scope 3 Guidance for telecommunication operators. This Guidance harmonizes methods for telecommunication operators to allocate, calculate and report their scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, to improve accuracy, coverage and transparency. |
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EGDC Deployment Guidelines Manufacturing Sector Workshop |
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The European Green Digital Coalition (EGDC) will host an online workshop on 7th September from 1100-1300 CEST, for the Manufacturing Sector. The workshop will use digital solutions to enable positive net carbon impact in the manufacturing field. By gathering sustainable finance representatives, sectorial experts and policy makers, the EGDC European Parliament Pilot Project will form Deployment Guidelines. The workshop will aim to - Maximise carbon, resource and energy savings via the use of digital solutions
- Minimise a solution’s emissions as well as other potential negative impacts on the climate
- Define metrics and track them to understand the solutions’ impact
- Understand other sustainability impacts of the solutions, e.g., health or social impacts
You can register for the workshop here. |
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GeSI will be at World Resources Forum’ 23 in Geneva |
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The World Recourses Forum will be hosting a plenary panel debate on the topic of digitalisation, understanding how we can ensure that we move forward with digitalisation and digital solutions with a sustainability driven goal. Luis Neves, CEO of GeSI will be participating in this session as Moderator. The panel will take place on September 6th at 9:00 to 10:30am CEST in Geneva and online. You can register for the Forum here. |
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Digital with Purpose Global Summit 2023 |
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To set up the scene for the upcoming discussions, GeSI will organize two preliminary events. First one will be on the Smart and Sustainable Cities Programme, on 5 September, and is entitled Road to the Summit: Cities in the Digital Era hosted by NOVA School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, Portugal. The second one will explore the Biodiversity theme and is entitled Road to the Summit: Tropical Forests in a changing world, taking place at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Auditorium 2, on 12 September. |
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Road to the Summit: Cities in the Digital Era
Date: 5 September 2023 Venue: NOVA School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, Portugal
In this event, we will discuss the significance of and how to achieve better collaboration between government bodies, technology innovators, financial institutions, and citizens in creating sustainable and resilient cities. From smart infrastructure to data-driven decision-making, we will also delve into how technological advancements can enable more efficient and sustainable urban environments. |
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Massamba Thioye, Project Executive at the United Nations Climate Change Global Innovation Hub at UNFCCC |
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Miguel Pinto Luz, Deputy Mayor of the City of Cascais |
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GeSI is thrilled to announce that Massamba Thioye, Project Executive at the United Nations Climate Change Global Innovation Hub at UNFCCC will be speaking at the event, as well as Eng. Miguel Pinto Luz, Deputy Mayor of the City of Cascais who will be opening the session. Participation in this event is free of charge and requires registration here. |
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Road to the Summit: Tropical Forests in a changing world 📅 Date: 12 September 2023 📍 Venue: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Auditorium 2, Lisbon, Portugal This event, to be hosted at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, sets up the scene for the upcoming discussions around the Biodiversity Programme at the Summit. Tropical forests are the planet’s biologically richest ecosystems. They also provide a diversity of natural products and critical ecosystem services, such as reducing floods, storing forest carbon, and helping to stabilize regional and global climates. Unfortunately, tropical forests are being imperiled by many human activities. The greatest direct driver of tropical forest disruption is commercial agriculture, followed by timber and mining industries, fossil-fuel extraction, small-scale farming, road and infrastructure expansion, and novel pathogens. Climate change is also becoming an increasingly potent and varied driver of change in the tropics. At regional scales, tropical forests and wildlife in Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania all face differing combinations of environmental threats. Given current trends, many tropical species will become vulnerable to synergisms that can occur when they are affected, often fatally, by combinations of different environmental drivers. Amid all these concerns, there is also good news for tropical forests, providing a ray of hope for the future. |
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Helena Freitas, UNESCO Chair and the Lead for the Biodiversity agenda at the DwP Global Summit |
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Bill Laurance from James Cook University in Cairns, Australia |
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We are very honored to announce that at the event we will have the participation of Prof. Helena Freitas, UNESCO Chair and the Lead for the Biodiversity agenda at the DwP Global Summit and the distinguished presence of Prof. Bill Laurance from James Cook University in Cairns, Australia. Participation in the side event is free of charge and requires registration here. For more information about the 2023 Digital with Purpose Global Summit as well as registration, please visit the website. |
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GeSI will be at FOKUS FUSEKO Forum 2023 in Berlin |
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Fokus Fuseko will have its 11th forum with the driving topic of going beyond 5G and 6G Network Technologies and Enablers, open campus networks enabling 5G+/6G, understanding the potential of these networks and technologies. The Forum will take place on the 14th and 15th of the September in Berlin. You can register to attend the forum here. |
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GeSI looks forward to attending COP28 and holding sessions this winter in Dubai. GeSI in collaboration with the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) will discuss and further develop our sustainability ambitions: carbon neutral 2030 agenda and a climate-resilient future. GeSI is also a key partner in the Green Digital Track of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). |
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| GeSI Welcomes New Members |
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E& Technologies started as the first telecom company in the United Arab Emirates and now helps to create new technologies. e& Technologies operates in 16 countries serving 164 million customers every day. GeSI is thrilled to welcome E& as they strive to build and maintain sustainable goals; they have replaced diesel generators with solar power energy sources across 114 GSM sites and dropped their emissions by 36%. E& is committed to developing and maintaining the major aspects of sustainability including accountable business practices, empowering people through opportunities, practicing environmental management, and connecting communities through smarter technologies. |
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SAWACO Water Group is a private sector water company based in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They provide many services to their clients including delivering water to business and people, supplying essential chemicals in the water industry, innovating new tech solutions, implementing wastewater plants, and operating desalination plants. SAWACO also believes in the sustainability goals of GeSI and wants to reduce the use and benefit from using brine and reduce energy consumption. GeSI is glad to welcome SAWACO as one of our newest sustainability driven members. |
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FiberHome Telecommunication Technologies Co |
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FiberHome is a telecommunication company based in Wuhan, China. They provide many different telecommunication services such as R&D plants, Fiber/Cable plants, Smart Power-Grids, Copper cables, IT infrastructure, and Marine network solutions to 50 countries and 11 global centers. FiberHome has adopted a mission to maximize the potential of digital connections and benefit society. FiberHome has set ambitious sustainability goals and is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. |
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Morais Leitao is a law firm based in Lisbon, Portugal. They value client relationships to their core and create a dynamic market using new technologies and traditional advocacy. Morais Leitao is involved in both the public and private sectors working with insurance, pharmaceuticals, sports, wealth management, and many more. As Morais Leitao practices in many different fields, they hold sustainability as part of their identity; They work to achieve goals within environmental, social and human rights, as well as governance. GeSI is delighted to welcome Morais Leitao as a member. |
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AIS Consulting UK is a consulting firm based in London, UK, that helps digitise finance and improve digital financial skills. AIS Consulting helps customers get the most for their investments and consults on possible risks, they also work with many partners to help deliver fast and accurate financial data. AIS Consulting's sustainability goals are in line with the UN SDG`s and actively strive to make a positive impact to create a sustainable world. We welcome AIS Consulting whose core values about sustainability match our identity at GeSI. |
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GreenCOM, Danish Technical University |
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GreenCom is a research group within the Denmark Technical University (DTU) working on digital sustainability. GreenCOM is an innovation platform forming an ecosystem of companies, universities, and industrial associations with direct links to authorities addressing the entire stack of the internet, from the physical layer, up to the network infrastructure. GreenCOM will develop 31 specific technologies supporting 5 strategies, ranging from physical chips and laser sources, over network protocols, to internet services initiating a first coordinated effort towards a green ICT certificate. We look forward to working with GreenCOM and collaborating with them to innovate and research digital solutions for the common goal of a sustainable future. |
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Swisscom is awarded the most sustainable telecommunications company in the world for the third time in a row
Swisscom has won the most Most Sustainable Company in the Telecom Industry Award from the World Finance Magazine. Swisscom has the ambitious and strong goal of becoming completely climate-neutral across its entire value chain by 2025. From using 100% renewable energies to reducing emissions by 85% since 1990, Swisscom stands out as an example of what the advantages of digitalisation bring as well as the positive change that comes from the consistent use of sustainable business practices. |
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IBM announce their enterprise-ready AI and data platform: watsonx
IBM has introduced their AI and platform: watsonx with a goal to specialise and deploy models for various enterprise use cases. The watsonx AI has been shaped through many industries and functions as a tool to simplify pervasive data volume, complexity, cost, and governance challenges. The AI enables the user to access all of their data across cloud and on-premises environments in a clear, concise, and safe manner. IBM plans to build watsonx as an AI that produces trustworthy results and expanding enterprise foundation model use cases beyond Natural Language Processing. |
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CSCP are bridging the gap between European Consumers and Sustainability
The Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production (CSCP) is trying to bridge the gap as European consumers' willingness to eat healthier and sustainable food has increased but the consumption patterns show a lag in the consumption of sustainable foods. Studies from the Valumics project prove that European consumers food choices behaviors are driven by factors such as food safety, price, health, habit, culture, and other product quality attributes. Attributes that promote sustainability are present but do not rank high in consumers’ list of priorities. Given this evidence the question remains: how can we create behavioral change in the consumption of sustainable food? The CSCP has published four reports focusing on the behaviors of food consumption, solutions, Behaviour change Interventions for more sustainable food consumption, and turning intention into action. |
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NTT succeeds at Frequency Stabilization of an Electro-Optic Modulation-Based Optical Frequency Comb
NTT in collaboration with Tokyo Denki University have successfully further stabilised the graduate frequency of an optical frequency ruler generated by modulating the intensity and phase of laser light in an electrical signal. This research will help the development of high speed and large capacity optical communication as well as next generation digital coherent transmission. The research group augmented the conventional method of frequency stabilisation by using short highly nonlinear fiber and seven (in comparison to one) phase modulators. For more information on the research, you can click here |
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NEC demonstrates advantages of distributed-MIMO in ultra-high-density user environments
NEC has conducted evaluations and tests for their Multiple Input Multiple Input (MIMO) technique that enables simultaneous multiple radio communications connections using a large number of transceivers. MIMO will allow high-capacity transmissions in high density user areas such as a concert or a populous urban area. NEC has also conducted tests on Distributed-MIMO, a strategic approach to distributing a large number of antennas rather than concentrating them in a single array as well as Collocated MIMO, an approach where the antenna and transceivers are arranged with half wavelength intervals. |
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Mangroves are one of the most misunderstood ecosystems, Mangroves capture 5 times more carbon than forests on land. They also serve as a natural protection for coastal communities by reducing the height of waves by 5%-30%. The United Nations Environment Programme discusses the benefits of mangroves in this news post. |
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International E-Waste Day (IEWD) 2023 is happening on the 14th of October and the campaign for this event is ongoing, from numerous retailers, local authorities, and stakeholders who already signed up to help tackle e-waste. E-waste is a severe environmental problem especially as the rise of new technologies leave old electronics in landfills and dumps. Circular economy programs need to be put in place to actively reuse parts of old electronics. If you want to learn more about the difference you can make regarding E-waste, click here. |
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