Tag «Shift»

Shift to 5G will not happen in 2018, says GlobalData

While many telecom network technology vendors are claiming that the wait for fifth generation, high-speed wireless service (5G) is finally over, the full transition to 5G will not happen in 2018, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData. Ed Gubbins, Senior Telecom Technology & Software Analyst at GlobalData says: “There are differing perspectives over …

UN Global Compact Calls on Business to Shift from Incremental Change to Breakthrough Innovation on the SDGs

(New Delhi, 27 April 2017) – “Time is of the essence,” urged Lise Kingo, CEO and Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, to an audience of more than 300 local and global leaders from business, finance, civil society, Government and the UN, at the conclusion of the UN Global Compact two-day event, …

GRI and RAFI collaborate to leverage the power of business to advance respect for human rights

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Reporting and Assurance Frameworks Initiative (RAFI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to underline their mutual commitment to advancing meaningful corporate human rights reporting. Both GRI and RAFI believe that robust human rights reporting is a key means of embedding respect for human rights into business practices, …

Shift to cleaner energy sources is imperative, says President

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the National Energy Conservation Day 2012 today (December 14, 2012) at Vigyan Bhavan. Speaking on the occasion, the President said that sustainable development mandates the use of available natural resources in a more efficient way. He stated that we have to, accordingly, promote universal access to energy, …