FOCUSING on social impact and sustainability across Asia and the Pacific (APAC) region, Accenture and Microsoft Asia are helping 33 startups scale emerging solutions and business models. The joint initiative, called Project Amplify, has a long-term goal of accelerating Asia's potential and improving millions of lives by addressing diverse societal challenges. The collaboration also advances both companies' commitment to UN Sustainable Development Goals, providing startups with access to emerging technology, expertise and innovation capabilities.

Purpose-driven startups participating in Project Amplify include India's Docturnal, a provider of affordable health care through proactive non-invasive point of care screening of disease. Another example is TapEffect, a social enterprise that is making clean tap water accessible and affordable for households in under-served towns and rural areas of Cambodia. In Singapore, DIBIZ is empowering manufacturers, traders, plantations and farmers to adhere to sustainable practices through collaboration.