Afresh Samsung Electronics broadcast that it ranked seventh in the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA)’s 2023 Digital Inclusion Benchmark. It succeeds to secure this place out of 200 companies.
In particular, WBA showcases an alliance that constructs among more than 200 global, regional, and local organizations. This aims to shape the private sector’s contributions in order to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
WBA basically analyses the companies along with targets on seven key factors. This comprises human rights, the environment, and digital inclusion. Specifically, WBA introduced its very first Digital Inclusion Benchmark in 2020. The same can examine the company’s progress in enhancing access to technology, enhancing digital skills, fostering trustworthy use, and innovating both openly and ethically.
Samsung’s avatar-based Sign Language
Additionally, Samsung was identified for its continuous efforts to promote access. As the company implements the prime practice of supporting accessibility by integrating accessibility features into its tech innovations. For instance, Samsung’s newest TVs embrace an avatar-based Sign Language Guide1. This gives sign language-based descriptions of menus for enhanced accessibility. While the company also reveals its data about the economic value that they generate is helpful in sustainable value creation.
Parallelly, Samsung also imparts support to multiple programs, that enable digital skills at all stages. The company also illustrates the best practices by regulating its programs through its local branches. This is in partnership with local governments and non-governmental organizations.
Samsung consistently committed to open innovation
The company’s flagship program, the “Samsung Innovation Campus,” has brought technological training programs for youngsters and unemployed youth since 2013. And the “Samsung SW Academy for Youth,” is a persistent, Korea-based program that has been providing theoretical and practical training in order to enable youth to nurture their capabilities and competitiveness as professional software developers since 2018.
In addition to this, Samsung has constantly committed to open innovation by actively taking part in several standards organizations and having open-source projects. It also contributes to the various tech innovations via its Samsung Next and C-Lab Outside programs in Korea. It encourages the startup ecosystem through accelerators and incubators.
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