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Innovating for a more sustainable future: Practical examples from two Nordic organizations

AWS Public Sector Blog

Innovation is key in achieving sustainability goals across the public and private sector. Two Nordic-based organizations are using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to reach ambitious sustainability goals. Sustainability cannot be seen as an outlying or standalone department.”

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Schneider electric addresses sustainability challenges for government use of AI

Open Access Government - Technology News

The potential for AI to deliver a new generation of citizen-centric public services and efficient governance is too great to ignore, but how can it be done while decarbonising and ensuring sustainability goals? Currently, data centres are thought to account for around 1% of global electricity consumption.

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Analysis: Mainframe migration can save US federal government estimated $1B by 2030

AWS Public Sector Blog

According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the federal government’s 10 legacy systems most in need of modernization cost about $337 million a year to operate and maintain. The five pillars of the AWS Cloud Value Framework are Cost Savings (TCO), Staff Productivity, Operational Resilience, Business Agility, and Sustainability.

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Helping micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises make economic and societal impacts with cloud technologies

AWS Public Sector Blog

From addressing disparities in access to quality healthcare, to fostering sustainability, our customers and partners are using technology to address some of the world’s biggest issues. million jobs by 2030, equivalent to 8% of the total employment on average across the 12 countries studied.

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Re-imagining the future of mobility on islands

AWS Public Sector Blog

Digital technologies have the potential to make mobility systems more sustainable, intelligent, and inclusive. Islands, like other communities, are working to create effective and sustainable transport linkages. A key milestone for the EU’s mobility strategy includes large scale deployment of automated mobility by 2030.

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Saving the planet through procurement: Governments are identifying ways to use purchasing to achieve and support sustainability goals

American City & Country

Sustainable government procurement is the process of acquiring goods and services that meet the government entity’s needs while minimizing environmental and social impacts. How they carry out that duty, therefore, can affect whether they can achieve their sustainable development goals.” Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) No.

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Working backwards from Vision Zero to improve road safety

AWS Public Sector Blog

To achieve its goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injury collisions on city streets by 2030, the Bellevue City Council developed and approved the Safe System approach. To be eligible to receive funding, USDOT posed that grant applications should identify how proposed projects address the identified safety problem.