Tech for good is all about using digital technology to make a positive difference in the world over profit based motives.
Relevant transformations could involve changing the way children learn, helping people stay healthy, improving public services, helping us respond to disasters like floods and pandemics, and understanding global trends. It can come from nonprofits, governments, or businesses.
We host our annual impact Awards where we celebrate the digital technology innovations that improve people’s lives and the world around us.
Jennifer Jackson, Contributing Editor, TPXImpact
Jen Fenner, Managing Director, DefProc
Harriet Gridley, Director, No Isolation
By Stuart Arthur, CTO, TPXImpact
By Elizabeth Anderson, Chief Operating Officer, Digital Poverty Alliance
By Yetunde Elebuibon, Director, Knowledge Pool
By George Eckton, Director of Advice Services, Citizens Advice Scotland
March 2021
The Magic happened before Christmas and I was incredibly excited to start a week-long pilot of virtual work experiences in Crompton House School in a DfE opportunity area in Oldham with forward thinking schoolteachers. The aim was to overcome the inability of students to do […]
December 2020
The current pandemic has highlighted worker exploitation and deepened existing inequalities. Meanwhile – as the crisis shakes the stability of our economy – the rise in environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies shows how being a good employer is becoming an asset. In 2019 alone, more […]
November 2020
Tony Hughes, Executive Director for Local Government, Civica explores the role of technology in keeping people safe and better connected as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. The world is still recovering from the first wave of the pandemic. For many countries, the focus has turned to […]
November 2020
Aligning with the Digital Leader’s theme of “Tech for Good”, this article describes the 4 Earth Intelligence team’s innovative work to deploy space technology as a crucial tool in the reporting and management of climate change within the financial industry. Climate change is at the […]
October 2020
Many of us may now be adjusting to a more ‘digital’ existence as the pandemic rages on, normalising internet use for much more than we used to. By ‘we’, of course, I mean those of us on the right side of the digital divide – […]
October 2020
An important question for any company committed to making a social as well as business impact is how we assess if our activities and investments are truly achieving that. Answering this question forms one aspect of my work at Nominet. We are the registry for […]
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