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SAO PAULO, Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Brazil’s Ministry of Education, UNESCO, and Huawei have launched “Technology-enabled Open Schools for All” pilot projects in Bahia and Pará.

With an emphasis on green digital education and reaching underserved regions, the project will provide schools with:

• Connectivity infrastructure
• Solar power systems
• Teacher training in education technology
• Digital devices for classrooms
• Digital curricula

Supported by the state education departments of Bahia and Pará and running under Huawei’s TECH4ALL digital inclusion initiative, the project will also establish two teacher training centers covering Brazil’s North and Northeast regions. Led by the Laboratory of Creativity and Innovation for Basic Education (LabCrie), the two centers are scheduled for completion by the end of 2025.

“This initiative shows how connectivity, digital tools, and teacher training can enhance learning spaces. It is not just about using technology, but about incorporating it in a critical, creative, and sustainable way, preparing our schools, educators, and students for the challenges of today and tomorrow,” said Iuri Rubim, General Director of the Anísio Teixeira Institute under Bahia’s State Department of Education.

Aligned with UN SDG4 and now in its second phase, the Open Schools project aims to create resilient education systems that support national education policies, underpin the digital transformation of the education sector, and expand equitable access to digital education.

“We believe this initiative is key to advancing the digitalization of education in Brazil. It acts as a catalyst for preparing society for digital transformation, ensuring that the future is built with greater innovation and equity for all,” said Rafael Herdy, educator and Technology Coordinator at Pará’s State Department of Education.

Teacher training will focus on training middle and high school teachers in green digital education and AI. Delivered through the Ministry of Education’s virtual learning platform AVAMEC, the training program aims to benefit 1,000 teachers and students from public schools in Jequié and Breves.

 “UNESCO recognizes that no screen will ever replace a teacher, but we believe in the enormous potential of technology in education to build more inclusive and sustainable futures,” said Maria Rehder, UNESCO Project Officer in Brazil. “The initiative represents a step forward in integrating technology and education. We will develop methodologies in green digital education and AI based on dialogue with educators themselves.”

The project also aims to strengthen Brazil’s public policies for digital education, including developing a national guide on green digital education that encompasses enhanced national platforms, connecting schools, building sustainable technological infrastructure, and training teachers in AI.

“Open Schools reflects Huawei’s commitment to democratizing access to technology and building a more inclusive digital future,” said Elise Machado, Government Affairs Coordinator at Huawei Brazil. “We believe that digital inclusion begins with education. Projects like this align innovation, sustainability, and human development, directly impacting communities in historically underserved regions.”

Alongside Brazil, second-phase Open Schools projects are currently running in Egypt and Thailand. Phase I ran from 2020 to 2024 in Egypt, Ethiopia, and Ghana.

• In Egypt, Open Schools supports 950,000 K-12 educators through the National Distance Learning Centre.
• In Ethiopia, the project benefited 12,000 students and 250 educators in 24 secondary schools and enhanced nationwide access to education platforms for students and educators.
• In Ghana, the project reached 1,000 teachers and 3,000 students and enhanced national education platforms.

 

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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Sept. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — SKF has been awarded an `A’ score in the 2024 CDP Supplier Engagement Assessment (SEA), placing the company among the global leaders in supplier climate action and transparency. This recognition follows SKF’s earlier A rating for Climate from CDP, underscoring the Group’s commitment to environmental leadership across its operations and supply chain. 

CDP is a global non-profit that runs the world’s only independent environmental disclosure system for companies, capital markets, cities, states and regions to manage their environmental impacts. The SEA evaluates how effectively companies engage their suppliers on climate-related issues, focusing on governance, targets, Scope 3 emissions, and value chain engagement. SKF achieved top scores across all categories, including an A in governance and business strategy, targets, Scope 3 emissions (including verification), and supplier engagement. 

Earlier in the year, SKF also received an A rating from CDP for climate, placing it in the top 2% of all companies scored. A record 22,700+ companies were scored in 2024, however, just 515 companies achieved an A score, underlining SKF’s sustainability commitment. 

“Being recognised by CDP for both our climate transformation progress and supplier engagement demonstrates that our strategy is not only ambitious but also credible and measurable. This recognition reflects our deep commitment to decarbonizing our own operations but also the broader value chain. Real climate impact requires collaboration, and we are proud to work closely with our suppliers to drive meaningful change,” says Sofie Runius Cederberg, Head of Sustainability at SKF. 

Within the categories of the rating, SKF scored the highest possible grade A in 15 of the 16 areas. Of particular note, SKF received an A score in the Verification (Incl. Emissions) category, where the global category average is a D score. Additionally, SKF received an A score in the Emissions Reduction Initiatives and Low Carbon Products and Value Chain Engagement categories, where the global category average is a C score. 

The full list of companies on CDP’s 2024 Supplier Engagement A List is available at: https://www.cdp.net/en/companies/companies-scores.

SKF has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its supply chain by 2050. The company continues to make strong progress toward its 2030 decarbonized operations target and accelerated its decarbonization efforts in 2024 by achieving a year-on-year emission reduction for scope 1 and 2 emissions of 32%, up from 18% in the previous year. In addition, SKF has made significant strides in renewable energy adoption. In 2024, 72% of SKF’s electricity use came from renewable sources, up from 64% in 2023. 

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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Eleventh-hour California legislation creating a regional grid eliminates all the guardrails added by the Senate and opens California consumers to price gouging, having to pay for coal power and federal preemption of California’s public health, environmental and cost containment laws.

AB 825 (Petrie-Norris, Rivas, Becker) was only put in print at 5:43 AM this morning, so it cannot be heard by the legislature until Saturday morning in the last hours of session, leaving no time for debate or amendment.

The bill removes all the important checks and balances amended into SB 540 (Becker) in the Senate. 

“Shame on the legislature and Governor for participating in this eleventh hour power grab that rewrites the state’s electricity laws to give a blank check to the energy traders that control the regional organization to charge whatever the market will bear and use whatever polluting power source they want,” said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog.

“This bill flies in the face of everything we have learned as a state about allowing free market traders to set the price of our electricity and trusting Trump’s FERC not to disregard our clean energy laws. Every legislator who votes for the bill will be complicit. We urge legislators not to vote on AB 825, which is a modern repeat of AB 1890, the 1996 disastrous deregulation law passed unanimously at the end of session. The legislators who voted for AB 1890 never lived it down and neither will those who vote for AB 825.”

AB 825:

• Releases the Independent Systems Operator (ISO) and the regional organization (RO) from following California’s anti-price gouging law — requirements of Public Utilities Code 345.5(b), the Enron era law that required that electricity operators had to maximize supply and minimize price (erasing a Senate amendment in SB 540 that required the Code to apply.)
• Allows for coal power to be mandated by FERC and weakens California’s right to withdraw by allowing Trump’s FERC to mandate additional withdrawal conditions (erasing Senate amendments that sought to address both issues ).
• Allows for controversial capacity markets (prohibited under the Senate version) that are the big cost drivers in East Coast grid manager PJM, because it requires the reserving of capacity whether or not the electricity is used.
• Permits the entrance into the Western grid without the prior approval of the legislature or constitutional officers (removing a guardrail the Senate added).

AB 825 is opposed by the Consumer Watchdog, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Working Group, Former PUC President Loretta Lynch, Indivisible, Public Citizen, TURN (The Utility Reform Network), and The Protect Our Communities Foundation. 

Read the full analysis by former PUC President Loretta Lynch.

Court noted how the recently deceased Senate leader John Burton adamantly opposed electricity regulation in a recent memo to the legislature asking them not to vote on AB 825.

“John Burton is rolling over in his coffin over AB 825,” Court said.

 

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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ – Silvercorp Metals Inc. (“Silvercorp” or the “Company”) (TSX: SVM) (NYSE American: SVM) is pleased to announce the publishing of its annual Sustainability Report for the year ended March 31, 2025 (“Fiscal 2025”), detailing the Company’s environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) commitments, performance, and targets.

“In Fiscal 2025, we made steady progress across five strategic pillars: governance effectiveness, ecological protection, climate resilience, operational safety, and shared community prosperity,” said Dr. Rui Feng, Chair and CEO of Silvercorp. “This year’s report outlines how our efforts support high-quality development in the mining sector and demonstrate a transparent, resilient approach to sustainability for our stakeholders worldwide.”

Highlights of Silvercorp’s Fiscal 2025 Sustainability Report

• $1.3 million invested in local community initiatives
• Over 68,000 hours of employee training delivered, a 115% increase over the previous year
• 44% reduction from the previous year in the Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) to 0.52
• 17% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions from our 2020 baseline
• Zero significant environmental incidents
• Strengthened governance with the addition of four new corporate policies: Biodiversity Policy, Tailings Facility Management Policy, Procurement Policy, and Board Diversity Policy

Reporting Frameworks

The report has been prepared with reference to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the relevant aspects of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Global Industry Standard on Tailings by the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standard on Metals and Mining.

The full 2025 Sustainability Report is available for download at www.silvercorpmetals.com, along with the applicable ESG data tables and GRI indices at www.silvercorpmetals.com/reporting/.

About Silvercorp

Silvercorp is a Canadian mining company producing silver, gold, lead, and zinc with a long history of profitability and growth potential. The Company’s strategy is to create shareholder value by 1) focusing on generating free cash flow from long life mines; 2) organic growth through extensive drilling for discovery; 3) ongoing merger and acquisition efforts to unlock value; and 4) long term commitment to responsible mining and ESG. For more information, please visit our website at www.silvercorpmetals.com.

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