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Tech4Good: Innovation where it’s needed most

We’re bringing together social and technology innovators, using exponential technologies to build a more inclusive and sustainable world.

Accenture Labs Tech4Good

Our award-winning Tech4Good program applies exponential technologies to address critical challenges facing society and help build a more sustainable and inclusive world. Through our various endeavors, we help drive social change and impact financial wellbeing across the globe.

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What we think

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Enabling aerial seeding in difficult-to-access areas

E-seed: Autonomous self-burying bioinspired seed carriers engineered to improve ecological resilience and design and boost sowing success.

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Pioneering quantum computing in R&D

Accenture Labs works with Biogen to apply quantum computing to accelerate drug discovery.

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Sustainable Air Travel

An innovative marketplace solution to link corporates, cargo players and airlines to producers of SAF with transparency enabled through the blockchain.

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Data Science in Every Drop

charity: water: Ensuring clean, reliable water sources around the world.

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Environmental sustainability

ReefCloud: Diving into deep learning to protect coral reefs

Accenture has been working with the Australian Institute of Marine Science and their partners to help protect the future of coral reefs.

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Monitoring clean water for people in need

Accenture Labs helps charity: water obtain better visibility into its water systems and malfunctions to keep clean water flowing. Read case study.

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Detecting presence of endangered species

With the power of AI, our solution monitors sounds to help track the gibbons, a highly endangered species, in the rainforests of India.

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Inclusion and diversity

Accenture builds team spirit for Special Olympics athletes

By elevating athletes, Accenture showed what we can do when we put our minds—and hearts—to it.

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Building tech that reflects our diversity

We created the world’s first open source non-binary voice solution to combat gender bias and foster inclusion. Read more.

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Breaking the sound of silence

Using AI, we’ve enabled people with hearing and speech impediments to use video conferencing, leading to a more inclusive workplace.

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Health & well-being

Quantum enhanced radiotherapy

Our radiotherapy application uses quantum algorithms to identify optimal treatments and reduce the potential of damage to surrounding healthy cells.

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Augmented for surgical success

Experts undertook a revolutionary operating procedure using Augmented Reality with Microsoft HoloLens.

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Affordable, precise and energy-efficient robotic arms

Accenture Labs built a proof-of-concept adaptive control algorithm to control an assistive robotic arm and implemented it on Intel’s Kapoho Bay chip.

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Education & future of work

Accenture's People of Change

Our exceptional people are combining their ingenuity with the latest technologies to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges.

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Meet me in the Metaverse: Accenture's Nth Floor

Accenture's Nth Floor, a pioneer application of the Metaverse.

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Re-entering the workforce with emotional AI

Her Second Innings (HSI) and Accenture guide and build confidence for returning professionals. By using new technology and emotional analytics, the collaboration helps give interview training in advanced ways.

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Awards & recognition

Our Tech4Good projects have received numerous accolades. Here’s what we’re most proud of:

World Changing Ideas 2022

Accenture recognized by Fast Company's 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards

Aegis Graham Bell Award for Social Good

AI-based solution helps hearing-impaired dancers feel music

India Mobile Congress Award

Grameen Guru app: "Bringing fortune at the bottom of the pyramid"

mBillionth Award

Drishti mobile app - winner in "Inclusion & Diversity" category

News

Latest updates on how technology is helping mankind.

Accenture and CereProc introduce and open source the world’s first comprehensive non-binary voice solution

Accenture collaborated with CereProc, a text-to-speech technology provider, to create Sam, the world’s first comprehensive non-binary voice solution

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Accenture and Intel Support Neuromorphic Research

Companies collaborate with researchers to develop and test wheelchair-mounted robotic arm with patients

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Helping entrepreneurs amplify social impact

Microsoft and Accenture collaborate to provide hands-on support and technologies to social enterprises, helping them to build scalable solutions and business models that can lead to more tangible and lasting benefits for a greater number of people around the world.

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Natural language processing to identify online trafficking ads

Context-specific language modeling for human trafficking detection from online advertisements

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Boosting financial inclusion in developing nations

AI- and AR-based applications to boost financial inclusion in the country, particularly among women in rural communities.

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Helping increase adoption of financial services among low-income women

New applications leverage the power of AI and augmented reality to improve financial capacity and decision-making for and by the poor.

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Meet the team

Sanjay Podder

Managing Director and Global Lead, Technology Sustainability Innovation
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Neville Dubash

Technology R&D Principal Director – Accenture Labs (India), Tech4Good PMO and Ambassador
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Anne Groeppelin

Labs Engagement Senior Manager – Accenture Labs (Sophia Antipolis), Tech4Good Ambassador
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Medb Corcoran

Managing Director – AI R&D and Digital Lab Transformation, Life Sciences
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Christophe Gueret

Technology Research Assoc Principal – Accenture Labs (Dublin), Tech4Good Ambassador
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Vivek Khetan

Technology R&D Associate Principal
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Dr. Mei Wang

Lead – Global Program China Bridge, Accenture Ventures & Open Innovation
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