Accenture and Cyberport Invite Asia Pacific Startups to Accelerate their Fintech Innovation in a Collaborative Environment
HONG KONG and SINGAPORE; April 22, 2021 – Applications are now being accepted for the Accenture (NYSE: ACN) Fintech Innovation Lab Asia Pacific, held in collaboration with Hong Kong Cyberport.
Accenture and Sumitomo Chemical Establish Joint Venture to Drive Digital Transformation
TOKYO; April 1, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and Sumitomo Chemical have established a joint venture SUMIKA DX ACCENT, which began operations today.
Accenture Receives SAP® APJ Partner Excellence Award 2021 for Intelligent Spend Management, SAP S/4HANA® Innovation and Technology Adoption
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today announced it has been recognized with SAP® APJ Awards for Partner Excellence 2021 in three categories: Intelligent Spend Management, SAP S/4HANA® Innovation and Technology Adoption. The awards were presented by SAP (NYSE: SAP) to the top-performing SAP partners in the Asia Pacific Japan (APJ) region that have made outstanding contributions to driving digital transformation for businesses that use SAP solutions. Recipients of this year's awards have been – in partnership with SAP – helping customers adopt innovation easily, gain results rapidly, grow sustainably and run more simply with SAP solutions.
Study reveals a clear, unmet consumer demand for sustainable products in Singapore: Accenture and WWF
SINGAPORE; March 16, 2021 – A new study by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Singapore shows that sustainable options are not sufficient for Singapore consumers to consistently make green choices. While companies are putting their eco-credentials at the forefront of their products, consumers do not trust their claims, find them confusing and want to verify the claims more easily.
Accenture Bolsters Supply Chain & Operations Capabilities in Australia with Acquisition of GRA
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Australian-based supply chain and logistics consulting firm, GRA. The acquisition strengthens Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations capabilities that help public and private sector clients address complex supply chain demands to deliver dynamic customer experiences in line with responsible practices.
Accenture Leads in IDC MarketScape Report for Asia Pacific Salesforce Implementation Services Vendor Assessment 2020
Accenture is recognised as a leader in both strategies and capabilities with its advisory-led, design-centric and value-driven approach for its Salesforce implementations. According to clients’ feedback, Accenture's partnership dynamics, innovation focus, quality, and flexibility of Salesforce resources in the implementation team are highly valued by organisations in the Asia Pacific region.
Shiseido Selects Accenture to Help Accelerate Its Digital Transformation
TOKYO; Feb. 9, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed on a strategic partnership with Shiseido Group, a Japan-based multinational beauty company, to help Shiseido accelerate its digital transformation so it can more quickly respond to rapidly changing customer and market demands.
Accenture and Japan’s National Center for Global Health and Medicine Collaborating to Build a Risk-Prediction AI for Lifestyle-related Diseases in Japan
TOKYO; Feb 12, 2021– Accenture (NYSE: ACN) and the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (“NCGM”) are collaborating on a research project to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based model that predicts a patient’s risk of developing lifestyle-related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia.
Daido Life Insurance Company Granted Patent for AI-Based Medical Underwriting Solution Developed with Accenture
TOKYO; Feb.12, 2021 – Daido Life Insurance Company, part of T&D Insurance Group, has been granted a patent for an artificial-intelligence (AI)-based medical underwriting solution co-developed with Accenture (NYSE: ACN), which the insurer began using last April.
Australian Institute of Marine Science and Accenture Join Forces to Advance Coral Reef Monitoring and Conservation
TOWNSVILLE, Australia and DUBLIN, Ireland; Feb. 2, 2021 – Australia’s tropical marine research agency, the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and Accenture (NYSE: ACN) are working together to accelerate global efforts to protect coral reefs. The collaboration supports AIMS’ wider coral reef monitoring efforts as the teams seek to transform the technology used to monitor, collate and analyze data to help improve the sustainable management of these fragile marine ecosystems.