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MONTRÉAL, Oct. 3, 2022
/PRNewswire/ - CGI (NYSE: GIB) (TSX: GIB.A) will showcase its
metaverse innovation at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change
Conference, known as COP27, to
demonstrate the role that enhanced virtual collaboration can play
in the fight against climate change. Through interactive
presentations, CGI will demonstrate how the metaverse can reduce
the environmental impacts of travel and how the technology industry
can partner with organizations in all sectors on their transition
to net zero through sustainable technologies and practices.
The CGI COP27 metaverse showcase
will highlight climate mitigation and adaptation solutions, natural
capital accounting solutions, chemicals and waste reduction
solutions, and supply chain sustainability. In addition, CGI will
share the investments it is making to address environment impacts,
including the Sustainability Exploration Environmental Data Science
(SEEDS) program which aims to strengthen research to
accelerate the development of technological solutions. This will
allow organisations to access the tools needed to reduce
biodiversity loss and emissions in line with temperature targets
coming from the Paris Agreement.
Ambassador Achraf Ibrahim,
assistant Foreign Minister and COP27
general coordinator, noted that COP27
is both an opportunity for action and a wakeup call, and thus needs
to be widely inclusive. "The Egyptian Presidency with the help of
CGI is providing this unique experience through the metaverse for
participants in the conference as well as people from all over the
world to participate directly in COP27 and help shape the action to preserve the
environment for current and future generations," Ibrahim said.
"Addressing our environmental impact and supporting the
communities in which we operate is fundamental to our purpose,"
said Tara McGeehan, CGI's President
of UK and Australia Operations and a member of the COP26 Business Leaders Group. "We know that to
achieve global net zero goals, every organization must do their
part to reduce and remove emissions—and technologies need to be
leveraged and created to solve our carbon challenges."
"Our commitment to sustainability is rooted in our core values,
through projects delivered in collaboration with clients, and
through operating practices, supply chain management, and community
service engagement," said George D.
Schindler, CGI President & Chief Executive Officer. "We
are pleased to participate in COP27
to share the responsible practices and enabling technologies that
can help organizations embed new ways of operating while harnessing
the power of data to advance their climate change goals and achieve
long-term business value."
This year, COP27 will be hosted in
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, from November 6
through 18.
About CGI
Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest independent IT and
business consulting services firms in the world. With 88,500
consultants and other professionals across the globe, CGI delivers
an end-to-end portfolio of capabilities, from strategic IT and
business consulting to systems integration, managed IT and business
process services and intellectual property solutions. CGI works
with clients through a local relationship model complemented by a
global delivery network that helps clients digitally transform
their organizations and accelerate results. CGI Fiscal 2020
reported revenue is C$12.16 billion
and CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB).
Learn more at cgi.com
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