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An Ericsson report shows that due to advances in technology, and industry efforts to reduce energy consumption the ICT sector as a whole is unlikely to account for more than 2 percent of the total global carbon footprint.

Ericsson has published a new paper which is intended as a springboard for constructive multi-stakeholder dialogue about ICT and human rights.

• Ericsson partners with Airtel to deploy Connect To Learn in Malawi
• Global education initiative uses technology to enable universal access to 21st century education, especially for girls in secondary school
• Partnership provides the scholarship beneficiaries and their peers and teachers at two schools in rural Malawi with cloud-based computing solution

• 30 years of technology innovation in saving energy at the board level
• Ericsson first to introduce digital power management and control in board-mounted power solutions
• Trends include move from analog to digitally controlled converters and growing use of dynamic energy management to deliver significant power savings

Ericsson President and CEO Hans Vestberg discusses the 2012 performance at this year’s Annual General Meeting. Joining him on stage are Johan Wibergh, Executive Vice President and Head of Business Unit Networks, and Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, Vice President of Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility. Watch the video.

Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, Ericsson’s Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, explains Technology for Good: how technology can be a driving force for the good of the planet and its people.