Greening Digital Companies 2024: Addressing the value chain

The latest report from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) provides a snapshot of corporate value-chain emissions – ranging from material supply and outsourced device production to end-product use by consumers.

Addressing these "Scope?3" sources is?key to reduce carbon footprints to net?zero.

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Charting the next digital wave

Exploring innovation at the Global Standards Symposium

Join thought leaders and tech experts on 14?October – World Standards Day – as our Global Standards Symposium (GSS?24) explores innovations in artificial intelligence (AI), virtual worlds, secure digital finance, smart cities, and more.

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Learn more about GSS-24

Register to participate – in New Delhi, India, or online

Standards take centre stage in New Delhi

The global ITU community meets between 15 and 24?October in New Delhi for ITU’s standardization governing conference – the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA?24), aiming to foster digital inclusion and trust worldwide.

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Learn more about WTSA?24

Amplifying AI for Good

The week of 14?18 October also features the first International AI Standards Summit organized by ITU, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)...

... and our inaugural regional AI knowledge-sharing event: AI for Good Impact India.

In case you missed it…

SDG Digital unlocks commitments for a brighter future

Leading global voices gathered at United Nations Headquarters to showcase digital solutions, announce new commitments, and take on the challenges of building a digital future for all.

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And check out our updated SDG Digital video playlist!

Upcoming

1 October

• Explore upcoming AI for Good webinars

4 October

• Final day to register for Fiber optics infrastructure and project management, a two-week online instructor-led course by Digital Bridge Institute (Nigeria), an ITU Academy Training Centre.
• Final day to register for Empowering Small States: pioneering digital futures, a one-week face-to-face course by IMDA (Infocomm Media Development Authority – Singapore) in collaboration with ITU.
• Final day to register for Digital inclusion in the workplace for persons with disabilities, a one-day online instructor-led course by The University of the West Indies, an ITU Academy Training Centre.

6 October

• Final day to register for Zero trust: a progressive and comprehensive approach to CII protection, a two-week online instructor-led course by NRD Cyber Security (Lithuania), an ITU Academy Training Centre, with support from Global Gateway.

7 October

• Final day to register for Information society principles: towards e-governance, a one-week face-to-face course by TalTech (Estonia), an ITU Academy Training Centre, with support from Global Gateway.