Tag: GSMA

ICT Industry Agrees Landmark Science-Based Pathway to Reach Net Zero Emissions

Stuart Mitchell

The ICT industry is today taking an unprecedented step forward in tackling climate change with the release of the first-ever science-based pathway to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions across the telecoms sector. This supports the GSMA’s commitment to helping the mobile industry achieve Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050. The new Science-Based Target (SBT) is the result of a collaboration between the ITU, GeSI, the GSMA, and SBTi to develop a sector-specific decarbonisation pathway that allows ICT companies to set targets in line with the latest climate science. It includes…

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Mobile Industry Steps Up Commitment to Delivering Sustainable Development Goals, New GSMA Study Reports

Stuart Mitchell

A new GSMA study shows increased contribution by the mobile industry against all 17 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) over the past year. The 2019 edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Industry Impact Report, published today at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, highlights the role mobile technology and connectivity is playing in meeting the targets of the SDGs and transforming the lives of billions around the world. However, the report warns that progress must be accelerated if the industry is to fully maximise its impact ahead…

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GSMA We Care Panama: Mobile Operators Join Forces to Address Disaster Response and Gender Equality

Stuart Mitchell

The Panamanian mobile industry today launched a series of initiatives under the We Care campaign, supported by the GSMA in Latin America, to promote local action in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Mobile operators Claro, Digicel and Telefónica Movistar signed on to the GSMA Humanitarian Connectivity Charter to strengthen response to natural disasters and the operators will also work together to advance gender equality and the empowerment of girls and women. The We Care Panama campaign was unveiled at the GSMA Latin America Plenary Meeting #46, which…

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GSMA Launches the “Case For Change”

Stuart Mitchell

At this years Mobile World Congress Americas, the GSMA – (Groupe Spéciale Mobile) Association – launched a new global campaign to draw attention to the significant impact that mobile technology is having on the lives of more than 5 billion people around the world. The “Case For Change” will put the spotlight on the work of the mobile industry to help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and, in doing so, connect everyone and everything to a better future. “Operators and ecosystem players around the world are doing…

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