Objectives
Our objectives as corporate innovation and industrial alliance is to help create positive and enduring change in the world.
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Background
CSRtech is initiated by Orange in 2017 to bring technological innovation to solve challenges in CSR. The epidemic challenge of 2020 illustrates just how vital and interconnected social and environmental issues are, and the critical role that business and technology can play in building a more sustainable and inclusive society.
This year inspirited by UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Orange, Saint-Gobain, OPPO, and Deutsche Telekom together organize 4th CSRtech Innovation Summit with key partner Impact Hub Shanghai.
Three Challenges
Startups will propose product/solution to solve problems of three challenges.
Protect our planet
Shift to green energy, reduce carbon emissions, decarbonization transformation and carbon offsetting
Make products safe, durable and resource-efficient, do more and better with less, increase resource efficiency and promote sustainable lifestyles to reuse and recycle
Drive sustainable business
Build green business, eliminate waste by reusing, recycling and refurbishment of equipment, products, machinery and infrastructure for a longer duration; manage energy consumption, water, waste & e-waste and pollution prevention; access to affordable, clean and green energy
Create a more sustainable and responsible busines model and drive sustainable business practices; improve energy efficiency, achieve higher levels of business value and profitability; deliver significant positive financial performance
Measure CSR requirements with a structured and continuous improvement process and work with their clients and suppliers on CSR/ESG challenges. Strengthen production and management capability with technology
Value everyone’s wellbeing
Provide universal and affordable access to internet and digital services for everyone; drive socioeconomic inclusion for persons with disabilities and forcibly displaced populations
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all; improve living and occupational safety, and emergency preparedness; access to affordable and clean resource (food, water and energy…); make cities and communities more sustainable and shape green lifestyle
Work toward gender, racial and social equity; ensure no child labors & protect juvenile workers, no forced labor, no discrimination, equal-employment opportunities
Expected ideas include but are not limited to:
Innovations that could reduce CSR risks, address sustainable and new challenges such as carbon neutrality, circular economy, sustainable consumption, digital inclusion, increase corporate/factory compliance capacity, transparency, and accountability
Initiatives that promote information collection, systematic management, prevention, and control of CSR risks in the supply chain and business
We are looking forward to innovative solutions to solve the above challenges through new technologies (AI, cloud, big data, robotic, VR/AR/MR, biotech, etc.) or new ways of open platform collaboration (social dialogue, good practice sharing, etc.).
招募要求
候选人是通过公开招聘或被我们的合作伙伴根据下列的标准所推荐
What selected startups get
With our partners, we will support selected startups for investor matching and industrial implementation with domestic and global opportunities. We believe that collaboration on open innovation will enhance creativity, improve efficiency, and strengthen impact on social sphere.
- Demo at CSRtech Innovation Summit
- Online courses, including topics on tech, business and pitching etc.
- Workshops by region, including company visit, mentoring with experts, etc.
- Demo at JAC CSR Forum in 2021
- Mentoring from industries and CSR experts, such as ICT, construction, energy, automotive, aerospace, etc.
- Opportunity to trial and implement their solutions
- Opportunity to meet corporate funds and other investors
Timeline
Organizers
Orange
Orange is one of the largest telecom operators in Europe and Africa, a global leader of digital business services, and a key player in submarine cable sector. Orange unites over 140,000 employees across the world to make digital life easy and secure for about 260 million customers.
Orange is working hard toward Sustainable Development Goals, with Net Zero Carbon target set for 2040, and tireless efforts for digital equality. Orange believes that collaboration on innovation reinforces creativity, efficiency, and social impact. The acceleration program Orange Fab has supported nearly 500 start-ups in the world. Orange Open Innovation Center China also contributes to the open innovation strategy and aims at bridging Orange and Chinese startup ecosystem to better interact and cooperate.
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions for the construction, mobility, healthcare and other industrial application markets. Developed through a continuous innovation process, they can be found everywhere in our living places and daily life, providing wellbeing, performance and safety, while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and the fight against climate change.
This strategy of responsible growth is guided by the Saint-Gobain purpose, “MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME”, which responds to the shared ambition of all the women and men in the Group to act every day to make the world a more beautiful and sustainable place to live in.
OPPO
OPPO is a leading global smart device brand. Since the launch of its first mobile phone - “Smiley Face” - in 2008, OPPO has been in relentless pursuit of the perfect synergy of aesthetic satisfaction and innovative technology. Today, OPPO provides a wide range of smart devices spearheaded by the Find and Reno series. Beyond devices, OPPO provides its users with the ColorOS operating system and internet services like OPPO Cloud and OPPO+. OPPO operates in more than 50 countries and regions, with 6 Research Institutes and 5 R&D Centers worldwide, as well as an International Design Center in London. More than 40,000 of OPPO's employees are dedicated to creating a better life for customers around the world.
Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies, presenting in more than 50 countries, with approximately 242 million mobile customers, 27 million fixed network lines and 22 million broadband lines. We offer fixed network/broadband, mobile, Internet and IPTV products and services for consumers, as well as ICT solutions for business and enterprise customers.
We believe in the compatibility of economic, social, and ecological aspects and are committed to acting responsibly along our entire value chain. We act as partners with a wide range of projects and initiatives, both nationally and internationally, in helping our suppliers become more sustainable. Additionally, through "#Green Magenta Program" DT holistically improves green impacts and image as a sustainable company.
Key Partner
Innovation Partners
