AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

There is increased recognition that sustainability cannot be a siloed business unit within an organisation. The main takeaway is that sustainability transformation takes time – but every step along the journey can be meaningful. This blog post provides a recap of the highlights from the sustainability briefing.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As consumption of materials continues to increase and competition for natural resources grows, building sustainable and resilient infrastructure is crucial in the fight against climate change. This is why Amazon Web Services (AWS) is launching the next AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator cohort with a focus on infrastructure.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

The right cloud technology leads to more sustainable IT and business operations. As a foundation for innovation, the cloud supports the delivery of sustainable products, services, and business models, and gives organizations the opportunity to transform themselves with sustainability at the core of their operation.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 11, 2025

During the panel, Tsui and Shen shared how their institutions use AWS to augment and enhance their research operations with more scalability, security, and collaboration alongside their on-premises infrastructure. Best practices from research IT leaders Achieving an effective and sustainable hybrid cloud model doesnt happen overnight.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This post can serve as a resource for public sector leaders, utilities, and environmental agencies seeking to harness the power of the cloud to create a more sustainable water future for the EMEA region and beyond. This collaborative approach is crucial in addressing the complex, broad-reaching nature of water challenges.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The path discrete manufacturing companies have taken to make their operations carbon neutral has important lessons for any business pursuing the dual mission of profitability and sustainability.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the startups chosen to participate in the AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator for Infrastructure. These startups are developing groundbreaking solutions to help cities address infrastructure-related sustainability challenges.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

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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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

A common cloud-based data platform is a foundational step toward improving operations. Singapore is creating a digital twin for ports to optimize supply chain operations and test scenarios for possible disruptions, including extreme weather events. Islands by their nature require ways to get to them and ways to leave.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 28, 2025

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? We can bend the energy demand curve to decouple AI growth from energy consumption.

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State Tech Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Smart technologies have the potential to make cities more sustainable, efficient and secure, but maximizing their potential requires an IT and operational technology convergence that has historically been nonexistent.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JANUARY 31, 2025

Leaders can achieve and sustain the highest levels of operational excellence in the mining sector, despite its cyclical nature. Heres how.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

In 2023, the AWS Space Accelerator will call on teams and resources across Amazon to help emerging startups focus on cloud-powered solutions that support the use of space as a sustainable and usable environment for years to come, as well as solutions that positively impact life on Earth.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 13, 2024

In the face of regulatory mandates and pressure from citizens, agencies are rightly looking to make their operations more sustainable. Why Do State and Local Agencies Seek Sustainable Data Centers? That should include data centers, which are large consumers of energy. Data centers are a resource drain. They account for 1 to 1.3

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 14, 2025

It set the groundwork for economic sustainability through technology-driven innovation. Moving government workloads to the cloud has enhanced service delivery, increased agility, and reduced operational costs. Instead of capital expenditures on physical data centers, it has moved to an operational model that optimizes cloud spending.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Uncover a new operational reality in 2024—where productivity, technology enablement, and sustainability are the key drivers of future success.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Kara Hurst, Chief Sustainability Officer at Amazon, talks about scaling Amazon’s sustainability initiatives, including increasing its focus on nature-based solutions to benefit communities.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Many governments around the globe are racing to infuse technology into just about every aspect of city operations. As technologists, we need to consider how we can help build efficient, innovative, inclusive, and sustainable cities for the future. The World Bank says over 50% of the population lives in urban areas. times to 6 billion.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

As the demand for electric vehicles grows, so does the demand for the batteries to power them. Meeting that demand will require more gigafactories to be built at speed and scale.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Our survey reveals a strong commitment to sustainability in packaging, but few organizations are on track to meet these goals. We suggest five levers to get companies back on track.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

AUGUST 15, 2022

Creating a culture of operational excellence is allowing the mining industry to reach new heights in sustained improvement in productivity, efficiency, safety, and sustainability.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

APRIL 9, 2024

A McKinsey survey finds that 90 percent of farmers are aware of sustainable-farming practices, but holistic adoption remains low; they seek more operational and financial support.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

MAY 23, 2024

We are driving measurable progress on sustainable and inclusive growth in the societies where we operate. Our 2023 ESG Report details how we are making an impact through our client work, our insights, our actions, and our giving.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 30, 2023

Why is sustainable procurement so important? One of the biggest challenges companies face is designing and implementing sustainable procurement policies and overcoming a lack of crucial visibility across their supply chains. What’s holding back more sustainable procurement?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MAY 24, 2024

The aim is to join up systems and break down data silos; build a cloud-based, event-driven architecture; incorporate technology to support net-zero carbon emission ambitions; and explore how generative artificial intelligence (AI) can help operations. It will extend across the airport—for example, to the allocation of aircraft stands.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

According to the EIS, AWS operations will add an estimated ZAR 68 billion more to South Africa’s GDP by 2029. AWS’s investment impacts other parts of the South African economy as well, helping develop the next generation of workforce, digitally transform businesses, and promote sustainability throughout the country.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 30, 2022

The cloud offers transformative solutions to address sustainability challenges, enabling organizations to increase productivity, efficiency, and cost savings, as well as reduce emissions and waste. “…The climate crisis is caused by us – and the solutions must come from us. We have the tools: technology is on our side.”. Monitoring our Earth.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

This year, the Intelligent Transportation Society (ITS) World Congress brought together more than 6,000 industry professionals from 64 countries to discuss ways to advance the deployment of intelligent transportation technologies to save lives, improve mobility, promote sustainability, and increase access to communities across the globe.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

APRIL 13, 2023

For cities looking to comprehensively address resilience and sustainability at the local level, there is an array of federal funding sources available for a wide variety of eligible uses.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

A new sustainable tech agreement with 172 suppliers set to launch on October 31, 2023 The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has recently granted a comprehensive agreement contract for technology-related products and services, which includes a specialised category for acquiring and overseeing IT resources with a greater emphasis on sustainability.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

In 2023, the Space Accelerator focuses on using space as a sustainable and usable environment and for solutions that positively impact life on Earth. The OSK persistent monitoring service helps commercial and government organizations meet their sustainable operations; environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG); and security goals.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

MARCH 7, 2025

After ten years of sustained, continuous improvement, a new set of sophisticated challenges led SQM to merge operational excellence with innovative technology. The result: a performance breakthrough.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

These startups are developing inspiring and innovative solutions that address various challenges associated with space sustainability. This startup operates uncrewed orbital platforms and re-entry vehicles, with the goal of providing more accessible and cost-effective service to and from space.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 12, 2024

A tool to enable your organisation to grow – no one knows your organisation as well as you do; allow SMS Tech’s operational management software for the NHS to work around your organisation when responding to health challenges The NHS faces numerous challenges that affect operational efficiency and overall quality of care.

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McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights

JUNE 4, 2024

To achieve sustainable innovation, companies can embrace failure as a catalyst for driving change. Capability centers can enhance performance and promote learning in high-stakes operations.

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American City & Country

AUGUST 28, 2024

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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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Running tax systems on AWS supports these authorities in strengthening operations, improving constituent interactions, improving business intelligence capability, reducing costs, and innovating. Tax authorities that operate traditional tax systems as Windows workloads, typically in on-premises virtualized environments, can rehost (i.e.,

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