DIGITAL4PLANET. ORG | PRESS RELEASE
14th September 2022
Digital for Planet (D4P) and the FIWARE Foundation (FIWARE) have signed a memorandum of understanding that sets the stage for the further development and adoption of green digital technologies to help businesses, public institutions, communities, and cities grow sustainably.
The partnership between Digital for Planet and the FIWARE Foundation is an important step for both organisations that are committed to fostering the development and adoption of open, inclusive and sustainable digital technologies and solutions to empower individuals and organisations in addressing the main climate emergency and environmental challenges humanity is facing.
Dr Monique Calisti, President of the Digital for Planet non-profit organisation, said: “To have a real positive impact in our society and economy, communities at work on common goals and sharing the same values must come together. By signing this memorandum of understanding, Digital for Planet and the FIWARE Foundation liaise and join forces to be more effective in tackling complex challenges associated with sustainable and digital transformation. Together we will push stronger the transition to green digital technologies and solutions, helping businesses and public institutions migrate to sustainable products, services, and business models”.
About the Partnership
In this partnership, FIWARE brings on board its community and expertise, especially in the area of “climate-neutral and sustainable smart cities”, and will contribute towards common interests and initiatives by stimulating participation in Digital for Planet activities and working groups. Digital for Planet will contribute by helping raise awareness about green digital initiatives, policies and funding opportunities to the whole FIWARE community, but also help promote sustainable digital technologies, applications and products developed within the FIWARE ecosystem. Both organisations will actively support each other and their members to ensure a green digital transformation of our society and economy.
We are convinced this partnership will bring many benefits to both organisations, aligning with both the European Green Deal objectives and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
About Digital for Planet
Digital for Planet is a non-profit organisation that works towards research, innovation, development, and adoption of sustainable technologies. D4P drives and promotes the adoption of green digital transformation across a variety of domains to help businesses, public institutions, communities, and cities to develop sustainably, in line with the European Green Deal objectives and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It aims to build and grow a strong network of private, public, and research institutions that advance the adoption of green digital technologies via its core topics: Green Cloud-Edge-IoT computing; Climate-neutral and sustainable smart cities; Sustainable next-generation Internet; Zero-pollution communication networks.
About FIWARE Foundation
FIWARE Foundation is a non-profit organisation that drives the definition and encourages the adoption of open standards (implemented using Open Source technologies) that ease the development of smart solutions across domains such as Smart Cities, Smart Energy, Smart AgriFood and Smart Industry, based on FIWARE technology. Founded in 2016, the foundation has Atos, Engineering, NEC, Red Hat, Telefónica, and Trigyn Technologies amongst its Platinum members. Only by truly eliminating the existing technical and commercial obstacles hindering the effective usage of meaningful data, smart digital solution providers will be able to move forward and drive the market up, based on FIWARE technology.
