2023-10-27 14:13:47
INCO Academy, Microsoft and Linkedin partner to train professionals in green technology
São Paulo, October 27, 2023 – With the aim of training a greater number of people in the development of sustainable digital solutions, INCO Academy, in partnership with Microsoft and Linkedin, opens free registration for the INCO Academy Green Digital Skills. Interested parties should access the website INCO Academy Green Digital Skills and fill out the form. The course starts on November 13th and will last five weeks. Classes will be taught in Portuguese.
The course aims to offer professional qualifications in environmental topics, preparing participants to generate a positive impact on society throughout their careers and increasing the chances of becoming sustainability-oriented professionals.
Green Digital Skills is divided into three main modules:
1) Fundamentals of Sustainability in Technology, where students must learn regarding the importance of climate change in the digital age, how digital technology affects the environment and society and the development of strategies to reduce the digital ecological footprint;
2) Principles and Practices of Sustainable Design, which focuses on discussing responsible digital design and how to measure the sustainability of digital products
3) Your Journey to Sustainable and Ecological Careers, which helps students understand the importance of green skills in their career development, presenting possible career paths in the field of green technology.
The project also has an elective module, in which students can choose between Carbon Accounting and AI, Sustainable Digital Marketing, Sustainable Designer and Sustainable Infrastructure. To close the journey, INCO Academy Green Digital Skills includes a capstone project, in which participants will apply their new sustainable skills to a real-world project to make it more sustainable.
The training is aimed at interested parties aged 16 and over, who have familiarity or previous training in technology and wish to work in areas related to sustainability and green technology.
“The integration of sustainability principles in the development of digital skills is fundamental to training professionals to contribute to sustainable transformation in the digital era. This course is a great opportunity for those who want to generate a positive impact on society, learning that it is possible to combine technology, purpose and profit generation”, says Lucia Rodrigues, Philanthropy leader at Microsoft Brazil.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft)’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Present in 190 countries, with 122 subsidiaries, the company is a leader in innovation and the development of promising technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud applications. In Brazil for 34 years, Microsoft has an ecosystem of more than 25 thousand partners. In this way, the company maintains a robust, highly efficient business structure, which also has a Transparency Center, which aims to promote reliable and secure computing, the Advanced Technology Laboratory (ATL – Advanced Technology Lab), and the Microsoft Technology (MTC – Microsoft Technology Center), in operation in Brazil since January 2012. With the aim of contributing to actions capable of preparing professionals for the digital economy, reducing inequalities and promoting inclusion in the country, Microsoft also launched in 2020 the Microsoft Mais Brasil Plan, which has, among its pillars, the training of professionals for the technology market, an essential condition for promoting the digital transformation of Brazilian companies. From July 2020, when the Mais Brasil plan was established, until July 2023, 7.8 million people were reached with different qualification and requalification initiatives.
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