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How two UK customers use AWS to support sustainability goals

AWS Public Sector Blog

At the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Public Sector Day 2023 held in London , public sector leaders gathered to learn and share how technology can help organisations achieve more with less in solving sustainability challenges. This will require a reduction of 7-8% year on year to meet the 68% reduction required by 2030.

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Helping governments and businesses pioneer sustainability initiatives: Top takeaways from the AWS Sustainability Conference

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Sustainability Conference held in Dublin on February 21, 2023, gathered public sector and commercial organisations to came together to better understand how the AWS Cloud can drive sustainability initiatives. Scope, scale and speed in sustainability is shocking but it is a massive opportunity.”

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How using cloud technology can help your organization meet sustainability goals

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Technology and sustainability were among the top 10 priorities of CEOs in 2023, according to Gartner. We lead this drive with the following aims: Match all of our electricity used in our operations with 100 percent renewable energy by 2025, five years ahead of our original 2030 target. million European homes.

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AWS Nonprofit Credit Program expands support for nonprofits of all sizes

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The following are some examples of the innovations nonprofits have developed with support from this program: Amplifying citizen advocacy across Africa ONE is a global movement to end extreme poverty and preventable disease by 2030. To help reach audiences across Africa, ONE launched a mobile chatbot built on AWS.

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SeloVerde uses geospatial big data and AI/ML to monitor deforestation in supply chains, powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Photo credit: SECOM/Agência Pará) Introduction Public sector organizations across the globe are seeking to develop solutions to evaluate, monitor, or predict land use and land cover change to identify deforestation trends, future wildfire-risk areas, and potential carbon credit projects. that it deployed in the AWS Cloud in 2023.

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Transforming the performance of your built assets and estate

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The Building Safety Bill (which met with Royal Assent in 2022 and comes into force in 2023), requires building owners to evidence a Building Safety Case for built assets (over 18 metres tall). The UK Government is on track to reach net zero by 2030. Infrastructure needed to support defence.

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Powering digital transformation in Canada: AWS Summit Ottawa keynote recap

AWS Public Sector Blog

For the first time in three years, public and commercial sector customers gathered at the Shaw Centre for the AWS Summit Ottawa. One such investment is the AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region, launching in late 2023/early 2024. Reflecting on the effort overall, he concluded, “I have never been more proud to be a public servant,”.