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BASE AND EMPA HAVE BEEN AWARDED BY DATA.ORG INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND RECOVERY CHALLENGE.
The Challenge is a partnership between the Rockefeller Foundation and the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth that aims to tackle society’s greatest challenges and help people and communities thrive by harnessing the power of data science.
BASE and Empa are developing “Your Virtual Cold Chain Assistant”, a data-science-driven solution that enables smallholder farmers in India to access sustainable cooling facilities to prolong the shelf-life of their produce, minimizing food spoilage and increasing the farmers’ revenue.
BASE is a Swiss foundation and Specialized Partner of the United Nations Environment that develops innovative, actionable financial strategies and market-driven solutions to unlock investment in climate change solutions.
data.org is a platform for partnerships to build the field of data science for social impact that works with organizations from all over the world to increase the use of data science to improve the lives of millions of people.
Empa is the interdisciplinary research institute for materials science and technology development of the ETH Domain. Its mission is to develop materials and technologies for a sustainable future.
