industry, innovation, and infrastructure

Sustainable Development Goal #9 Industry innovation and infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Manufacturing and infrastructure are the foundation of healthy economies. Lack of access to basic services such as electricity, sanitation, and information presents major obstacles to progress. Investment in transportation, information, and other services enhance access to education, health care, and sanitation. Livelihoods improve with advancements in air and freight services. Research and development of new technologies create efficiencies in manufacturing. Comprehensive communication networks facilitate the spread of information.

Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and              foster Innovation and Infrastructure

Manufacturing and infrastructure are the foundation of healthy economies. Lack of access to basic services such as electricity, sanitation, and information presents major obstacles to progress. Investment in transportation, information, and other services enhance access to education, health care, and sanitation. Livelihoods improve with advancements in air and freight services. Research and development of new technologies create efficiencies in manufacturing. Comprehensive communication networks facilitate the spread of information.

Why It Matters


In developing countries, lagging industrialization reduces job opportunities that promote more resilient communities. Agriculture is a significant source of employment in the developing world; introducing industrial processing will support more efficient food production at lower costs. Sustainable energy production, especially in isolated areas, depends on innovative technologies to harvest local sources of renewable energy.

Why It Matters


In developing countries, lagging industrialization reduces job opportunities that promote more resilient communities. Agriculture is a significant source of employment in the developing world; introducing industrial processing will support more efficient food production at lower costs. Sustainable energy production, especially in isolated areas, depends on innovative technologies to harvest local sources of renewable energy.

Blue Chip Action


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Blue Chip Foundation co-founders Jennifer Gross and Peter Stengaard traveled to Casina Pío IV to provide support and participate in the Pan-American Judges’ Summit on Social Rights and Franciscan Doctrine.
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Blue Chip Foundation donated 5,000 smartphones to Ghana’s healthcare system at the International Conference on Sustainable Development in New York.
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By Blog Owner 30 May, 2017
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The United Nations Agriculture agency introduced a mobile money transfer service, a cash-for- work program to enhance agriculture infrastructure development by facilitating job opportunities for vulnerable and displaced peoples in rural areas of Iraq. In rural areas exposed to conflict, difficulty in finding jobs is especially high.

Blue Chip Action


Blue Chip Foundation’s Jenn Gross and Peter Stengaard Kick Off Pan-American Judges’ Summit
By Blog Owner 02 Jul, 2019
Blue Chip Foundation co-founders Jennifer Gross and Peter Stengaard traveled to Casina Pío IV to provide support and participate in the Pan-American Judges’ Summit on Social Rights and Franciscan Doctrine.
Sustainable Development Goals in the United States of America logo
09 Oct, 2017
Sustainable Development Goals in the United States of America: A Strategic Vision is supported by the Blue Chip Foundation and several other organizations.
Jennifer Gross Donates 5,000 Smartphones to Ghana’s Community Health Workers Initiative
By Blog Owner 30 Sep, 2017
Blue Chip Foundation donated 5,000 smartphones to Ghana’s healthcare system at the International Conference on Sustainable Development in New York.
Blue Chip Foundation Participates in T20 Global Solutions Think Tank in Berlin
By Blog Owner 30 May, 2017
Blue Chip Foundation, represented by founder Jennifer Gross, was part of the T20 Global Solutions Think Tank in Berlin on May 29 and 30, 2017. Gross, who serves on the leadership council of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, found the event a tremendous success.
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Global Action


All countries should benefit from fast-moving ICT revolution
By Blog Owner 15 Nov, 2017
A recent UN report outlines how information and communications technologies (ICTs) will improve billions of lives yet leave the world’s poorest populations without access.
Humanoid robot joins UN meeting on artificial intelligence
By Blog Owner 12 Oct, 2017
In a panel at ‘The future of everything – sustainable development in the age of rapid technological change,’ a humanoid robot, Sophia, interacted with UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed.
Conflict-affected rural families in Iraq to benefit from mobile cash-transfer technology – UN
By Blog Owner 02 Aug, 2017
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By Blog Owner 05 Jan, 2018
Millennium Promise is the first and leading international nongovernmental organization dedicated to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The organization oversees the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) and other programs including the Sustainable Districts Program, Connect to Learn, the Lead Farmer Program, and the Two Million Community Health Workers (CHW) Campaign.

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SDG USA
By Blog Owner 05 Jan, 2018
SDGUSA supports the successful actions of America’s Goals for 2030 in the United States by the promotion of policy research & development, grassroots organizing, social entrepreneurship, & advocacy.
Millennium Promise
By Blog Owner 05 Jan, 2018
Millennium Promise is the first and leading international nongovernmental organization dedicated to advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The organization oversees the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) and other programs including the Sustainable Districts Program, Connect to Learn, the Lead Farmer Program, and the Two Million Community Health Workers (CHW) Campaign.

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I pledge to do my part to implement the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in my own city. I will promote awareness, provide resources where I can, and work toward our shared goal: a sustainable world.
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