Atos and WWF partner up to leverage technology to support
biodiversity conservation
Press Release
Atos and WWF partner up to leverage
technology to support biodiversity conservation
Paris, France – November 22nd, 2023
– Atos and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) today
announce a 3-year strategic partnership to leverage technology to
support biodiversity conservation and to encourage businesses to
decarbonize. This comprehensive partnership has been designed to
tackle three key priorities – business transformation, financing
and influence – which are essential to effectively tackle the
current biodiversity crisis.
As part of the partnership, four main
initiatives are being rolled out, leveraging the expertise of Atos
and WWF teams from all over the world.
Atos to develop responsible IT solutions
for WWF and its partners
Atos and WWF have defined the following projects
by which conservation organizations and other stakeholders could
benefit from Atos’ technological expertise.
- Automating biodiversity
surveillance - The first project aims to bring automation
to the monitoring of important ecosystems. Atos experts are working
to combine the use of artificial intelligence to analyze satellite
imagery with the development of algorithms which identify patterns
over a given time period in order to identify irregular trends
which might indicate a negative biodiversity impact. In the future,
organizations will not only be able to identify the areas of
greatest concern, but also benefit from predictive solutions for
nature conservation. The first pilot, currently being developed,
will analyze grasslands and savannahs in East Africa.
- Predicting & preventing
epidemic risk - The second project focuses on predicting
hotspots of emergence for zoonoses – diseases that jump between
species, including humans. Atos
teams are developing machine learning algorithms to analyze
demographic, environmental, animal health and pathogen data, in
order to identify patterns and predict the risk of new diseases.
These solutions will complement existing surveillance systems by
providing predictive data, to help governments and organizations
anticipate and take preventive actions before the threat of an
epidemic becomes a reality. A pilot is being developed to analyze
data available in the Mekong basin.
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Improving tech tools - The third project aims at
improving an existing solution known as SMART - a Spatial
Monitoring and Reporting Tool – which is already used by 50,000
agents in 80 countries to support wildlife and ecosystem
conservation. Atos experts are developing a streamlined, more
efficient process with SMART’s IT team, to enhance its usability in
the field. In addition, they are developing improved dashboards and
visualization options to give users greater and more granular
insight into their data. They are also enhancing SMART with a tool
to support users working to shift ‘conflict to coexistence’, that
is, holistically manage conflicts between humans and wildlife to
create mutual benefits of coexistence.
Atos and WWF to help advance
decarbonization initiatives for industries
Atos and WWF have envisioned to analyze every
year, an industry which has a significant carbon footprint, to
identify its main decarbonization levers and provide
recommendations to accelerate their decarbonization efforts. The
first report focuses on shipping, which accounted for around 80% of
global trade by volume in 2022, and is responsible for around 3% of
global greenhouse gas emissions*.
Since the publication of the IMO Marine
Environment Protection Committee's new greenhouse gas (GHG)
strategy in July 2023, Atos and WWF teams have compiled the
literature devoted to the decarbonization of shipping into a
comprehensive report. They found that most research focuses on new
fuels and ship design, initiatives that could take a long time to
have an impact on greenhouse gas emissions. In order to provide
sustainability leaders with a clear and more achievable mid-term
roadmap, the research focuses on energy efficiency, operational
levers and concrete use cases where digital technology can help the
shipping industry decarbonize its operations.
Atos to support on-site WWF France
biodiversity projects
As part of the partnership, Atos supports two
carbon capture and restoration projects managed by WWF France:
- the Posidonia project, which aims
to protect the meadows of Posidonia, a plant noticeable by its
extensive capacity to stock carbon, in the Mediterranean
region,
- the Nature
Impact project for the conservation or restoration of forest
biodiversity in France, using the approach developed by WWF based
on Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES).
Atos and WWF to encourage employee
involvement in sustainability projects driven by WWF
Many of Atos employees are already regularly
involved in volunteer work and environmental preservation. Atos and
WWF aim to facilitate and encourage their commitment with a
dedicated program that will integrate onsite and digital
volunteering opportunities in one platform compliant with CSR
reporting frameworks. The first engagement programs for Atos
employees will be launched in pilot countries in 2024.
Kirsten Schuijt, Director General
WWF, said “The devastating impacts of climate change and
nature loss are felt everywhere. This dual crisis requires
urgent, innovative and scalable solutions. Technology, if channeled
in the right way, has the enormous potential to help address some
of the pressing challenges we face today. We're excited about this
new partnership with Atos as it will enable us to collaborate on
advancing much-needed technological tools to support our efforts to
stop and reverse nature loss at a policy level and in the
field.”
Véronique Andrieux, CEO WWF
France, said "We are very excited to announce our
partnership with Atos, which is already delivering results on
optimizing and increasing the reach of some of WWF's conservation
projects. Helping us better identify changes in the habitats of Key
Biodiversity Areas or modernizing some of the data collection and
analysis tools used by our wildlife conservation teams are
some of the outcomes already achieved by our common work. Our
partnership with Atos represents a significant step forward,
enabling us to harness technology for helping deliver our
conservation objectives."
Nourdine Bihmane, Deputy CEO Atos and
CEO Tech Foundations, said “We are excited to announce
this strategic partnership with WWF which is in line with our
respective ambitions and expertise. Atos has been committed for
over 12 years to decarbonize its own operations as well as
accompany its customers in their own efforts. I am extremely proud
that our technological expertise is being put to work to accelerate
decarbonization strategies and support WWF's conservation practices
and biodiversity projects worldwide.”
The Atos Group has been committed to minimize
the environmental impact of its activities across the value chain
worldwide for over 12 years. Atos’ main ambitions are to fully
contribute to a more decarbonized and sustainable world by reducing
and offsetting its own carbon emissions and to promote digital
solutions that support its supply chain and clients in their own
decarbonization journeys. The partnership with WWF, run by the Tech
Foundations business line, is fully aligned with these
objectives.
The Atos Group has been a member of both the
2022 Dow Jones Sustainability Index World and Europe for 8 years,
and ranks among the first 3 European companies in the IT services
sector. Atos has been listed A for more than 10 years by the CDP
(Carbon Disclosure Project), which rewards actions to fight global
warming.
* Source :
https://sciencebasedtargets.org/news/sbti-launches-world-first-roadmap-for-net-zero-shipping-by-2040
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About Atos
Atos is a global leader in digital
transformation with 105,000 employees and annual revenue of c. € 11
billion. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and
high-performance computing, the Group provides tailored end-to-end
solutions for all industries in 69 countries. A pioneer in
decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a
secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos is a SE
(Societas Europaea) and listed on Euronext Paris.
The purpose of Atos is to help design
the future of the information space. Its expertise and services
support the development of knowledge, education and research in a
multicultural approach and contribute to the development of
scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the
Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies
at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and
secure information space.
About Tech Foundations
Tech Foundations is the Atos Group business line
leading in managed services, focusing on hybrid cloud
infrastructure, employee experience and technology services,
through decarbonized, automated and AI-enabled solutions. Its
52,000 employees advance what matters to the world’s businesses,
institutions and communities. It is present in 69 countries, with
an annual revenue of € 6 billion.
Press contact
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