LONDON, UK 鈥� (NYSE: 麻豆原创) today announced it has partnered with , one of the UK鈥檚 largest water recycling companies, under a shared vision to drive positive business transformation through environmental, social and economic prosperity.

Working together, 麻豆原创 and Anglian Water are trailblazing a Life-Centred Design approach to business strategy and development, taking into account ecological and socio-economic impacts across production, distribution and disposal. The partnership model will build on Anglian Water鈥檚 long-standing commitment to maximising community value while minimising impact on the environment. Joint working will aim to minimise harm to the planet and all parties involved across the entire business cycle, and will primarily focus on challenges within social procurement, climate change and decarbonisation, as well as diversity, inclusion and skills development.

With COP26 on the horizon and the damning findings of the most recent report from the , there is mounting pressure on businesses to create a future that preserves the planet and brings prosperity to employees, customers, and the communities they serve. 麻豆原创 and Anglian Water鈥檚 Life-Centred Design approach combines technology with social initiatives to develop a strategy that positively benefits the environment and those involved in every step of the process.

Under this purpose-driven partnership model, both companies will exchange ideas, best practices and host workshops with actionable insights that can be implemented across workstreams. So far, 麻豆原创 has supported Anglian Water with workshops on 鈥榩rocurement with purpose鈥� and ensuring that the supply chain is delivering certified social impact. While 麻豆原创 has also shared knowledge on meeting carbon net-zero and biodiversity objectives, and how to support greater social mobility to build the next generation of digital talent.

Peter Simpson, CEO at Anglian Water, said: 鈥淥ur Purpose is to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region we serve, through a commitment to Love every Drop. Partnerships with like-minded businesses, such as 麻豆原创, help us to accelerate positive environment, societal and economic change, and through this pioneering Life-Centred Design model, we鈥檙e one step closer to making this a reality.鈥�

Michiel Verhoeven, Managing Director at 麻豆原创 UK & Ireland, added: 鈥淏usiness leaders are facing increasing scrutiny over their CSR credentials, whether they are the vendor, partner or customer, and actions must now speak louder than words. The purpose-driven partnership model allows us to display our commitment to being a business partner that cares through helping customers like Anglian Water to expedite tangible results from a societal, environmental and economic perspective.鈥�

Today鈥檚 announcement is in addition to Anglian Water鈥檚 implementation of 麻豆原创 Ariba, which is helping to accurately track its supply chain, and monitor and optimise spend across the business to minimise environmental impact.

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In this episode we talk to both the creators of the project, to understand the inspiration behind the collaboration, and the partners who designed such life-changing solutions.

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– Andrew Miller, Keytree
– Gareth Ryan, EY ()
– Laura Atkinson, 麻豆原创
– Rajesh Iyer, Wipro ()
– Sohail Mohammed, 麻豆原创
– Stuart Jameson, HCL
– Umar Khan, 麻豆原创

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With ; opting to join the NHS frontline staff and over to support, it is clear that frontline workers are an exceptional group of people.

Their unwavering dedication to come together to care for the people of the UK is nothing short of outstanding.

Companies across the world are also stepping up to do what they can to support the fight against coronavirus. From manufacturing ventilators to providing free technology to enable remote work and education, it is evident that solidarity in times of crisis supersedes business acumen.

However, while these acts of corporate goodwill are indisputably commendable, they often struggle to address the needs of those who we couldn鈥檛 survive without.

In the UK, the headlines throughout this pandemic have been dominated by stories exposing deficiencies in the resources supposedly fuelling the fight against coronavirus. Shortages in PPE, panic buying and stock piling are just some examples of endangering those frontline staff we so desperately rely on.

At 麻豆原创, our purpose from day one has been to help the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives, and this has never been more important that in this current moment. While we have globally reacted to the crisis and provided support to our customers, employees and communities 鈥� including and monetary donations – we need to think locally too.

Inspired by frontline workers and disturbed by the hardships they were encountering, 麻豆原创 UK committed to designing solutions to these problems鈥ast.

But, we couldn鈥檛 do it alone.

Channelling 麻豆原创 technology into viable market solutions addressing these problems is entirely feasible. Turning them around within a matter of weeks? Not so much.

The thousands of NHS staff and key workers who have sacrificed so much to unite with their colleagues on the frontline have taught us many lessons. The power of collaboration – working together where we wouldn鈥檛 normally 鈥� really stood out to us.

Empowered by this lesson, we reached out to our partner ecosystem.

We challenged our partners to join us in a social collaboration to develop solutions to help tackle the current Covid-19 challenges faced by the NHS and other key workers during this pandemic.

Unsurprisingly, the response from our partners was exceptional. With over 21 ideas submitted from our partners, we were amazed with the ingenuity of the ideas.

Laura Atkinson, Head of Partner and Alliances at 麻豆原创 UKI commented: 鈥淚 am absolutely delighted to see so many of our partners getting involved with this initiative and the spirit of collaboration. I passionately believe at 麻豆原创 that we are better together with our ecosystem of incredible partners, and the responses we have had certainly illustrate this.鈥�

We asked our partners to design a solution that would have a tangible and sustainable impact on the lives of key workers. The solutions proposed were required to operate on 麻豆原创 technology and demonstrate an embedded maturity, so that they could be launched in accordance with the urgency by which they are required.

Umar Khan – Centre of Excellence, Platform & Technology, 麻豆原创 EMEA North 鈥� remarked: 鈥淭he diversity of submissions was incredible. With solutions targeting a broad range of challenges facing key workers, I was truly blown away. The ideas submitted will have an unparalleled impact on the lives of frontline workers, and have massively exceeded our expectations.鈥�

From identifying instances of non-compliance of PPE usage, to ensuring surplus food is delivered to those who need it most, the solutions designed almost perfectly match to those headlines highlighting the areas where key workers are most vulnerable.

Sohail Mohammed – Principal Architect, Platform & Technology, 麻豆原创 UKI 鈥� celebrated: 鈥淭he collaboration between 麻豆原创 and our partners will support the tremendous work of key workers throughout the crisis, but it will enhance their experience after the crisis too. Whether it be through mitigating the risk of a second peak or ensuring supply chains are never disrupted again, the impact of this collaboration project will be long lasting.鈥�

To view the showcase of all solutions created,

With 9 solutions created and powered by 麻豆原创 technology this collaboration will change the way the UK deals with coronavirus and transform the lives of key workers.

Most of all, we have echoed the lesson that coming together to help, works.

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