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Accenture, Dubai Cares, Microsoft and UNICEF launch digital education platform under Generation Unlimited to help address global learning crisis

Stuart Mitchell

Accenture, Dubai Cares, Microsoft and UNICEF announced the launch of a global, digital learning platform for young people. Operating under the Generation Unlimited partnership, the Passport to Earning platform aims to address the global education crisis – currently exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic – and prepare the next generation for decent work. The platform will provide young people aged 15-24 across the world with free, certified education and skills training—with content spanning across digital, foundational, role-based, and technical skills. Young people using the platform will be able to use the…

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Microsoft joins global group of companies that will support NHS journey to Net Zero

Stuart Mitchell

Microsoft has teamed up with other large NHS suppliers from across the world to support the health service’s plan to become more environmentally friendly. The NHS aims to reach Net Zero carbon emissions by 2045 after warning that climate change will disrupt healthcare, with poor environmental health contributing to major illnesses such as asthma, heart disease and cancer. More than 60% of the NHS’s carbon footprint is based within its supply chain, and the organisation uses products from more than 80,000 suppliers that provide medical equipment, food, business and office…

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First digital billboards to feature British Sign Language unveiled in UK train stations

Stuart Mitchell

The first-ever national digital billboard campaign to feature British Sign Language (BSL) has been launched across the UK by Microsoft to highlight the importance of accessibility in driving innovation. The campaign has been launched at major railway stations, including Reading, Brighton, Waterloo, Birmingham New Street, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Leeds and Edinburgh Waverley. Each digital billboard will show 10-second films featuring a female BSL interpreter who is signing the words next to her. The message reads: “The more inclusive you are, the more innovative you can be. Together we…

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Microsoft and SSE form partnership to drive sustainability in the energy sector

Stuart Mitchell

SSE and Microsoft have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to help drive sustainability innovation in the global energy sector. The companies, both Principal Partners to COP26, have agreed to collaborate, trial and test technologies which can help in the drive for net zero. The partnership will utilise Microsoft’s artificial intelligence, skills programmes and cloud technology to assist SSE’s green ambitions across a number of areas. It builds on a sustainability and wildlife project that both companies are working on which has seen SSE using the Microsoft Azure cloud to understand…

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BHF teams up with Microsoft to create stronger supporter relationships

Stuart Mitchell

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has teamed up with Microsoft to provide more personalised experiences to its supporters, volunteers and customers with the aim of increasing support for its life-saving science. The heart charity will work with Microsoft to create a sector-leading marketing information and insights system by utilising Microsoft Azure, Dynamics 365, and Microsoft 365. The platform will allow the BHF to tailor its communications to individual supporters based on their interests and the ways they are most likely to engage with content. It will also use artificial intelligence…

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