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This year, if needed, our mobile command center is ready to assist in restoration efforts should a tropical system hit our area. The response vehicle can operate at or near the most impacted location a disaster area, with satellite-based communications equipment giving our operations personnel a link to the outside world when oftentimes such capabilities have been knocked offline.

View the video above to tour of the Entergy mobile command center.

The mobile command center has seen field testing earlier this year following tornadoes in Mississippi and severe weather in Texas. Now, with the peak of hurricane season upon us, this mobile information-gathering platform is standing by to travel to impact zones just as soon as the winds of a landfalling storm pass through and it’s safe to begin supporting restoration efforts.

Stay informed:

Be sure to stay informed throughout the restoration process using the following resources:

Download our free Entergy app.Sign up for text alerts by texting REG to 36778.Visit the Entergy Storm Center website and View Outage page.Follow us on Twitter or Facebook.

T-Mobile is always looking for ways to make a positive impact with our network, even long before we launched the country’s first and only nationwide 5G standalone (SA) network. As the 5G era comes to fruition we’ve been busy innovating with partners across industries to bring the technologies of tomorrow into the present.

The things I’m reading on the page I can see them — and really touch them in virtual reality — so it connects the dots for me.” 

MOREHOUSE COLLEGE STUDENT

One area of innovation that I am particularly proud to be a part of is leveraging 5G to make the teaching and learning experience more accessible and immersive for students and teachers. Listening to teachers, students and schools, we’ve heard the rising excitement and need for technology incorporating extended reality (XR), like virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), into their curriculums. To match the demand, we’ve been hard at work with our partners to integrate our 5G network into these new technologies. And the fruits of our labor are starting to ripen.

Our students reported a 92% increase in STEAM knowledge, and most said they would consider a Metaverse career. Thanks to T-Mobile’s sponsorship & Kai XR’s programming, our students know their dreams are possible.”

MERCEDES HARRIS, HOUSTON ROTARY CLUB

Now you may be wondering: “Schools have Wi-Fi, so why is 5G needed?”

When implementing XR learning programs with thousands of schools in small towns and urban areas across the country, our partners found that school Wi-Fi systems sometimes can’t handle the requirements needed to reliably run XR programs. How can students collaborate in virtual laboratories or on VR fieldtrips if the content lags due to poor connectivity? XR needs fast speeds and ultra-low latency to work as intended. And then you also need to account for the complex permission and security systems schools set up that make it difficult to connect in the first place.

5G is expanding classroom walls and allowing students to engage in programs and experience unique learning environments designed specifically to spark their interest in education. Perhaps the best part is that due to the nature of 5G, these programs can be taken practically anywhere there is a signal — and with the country’s largest and fastest 5G network — we’re uniquely positioned to reach more students across the country than ever before.

VR powered by T-Mobile 5G allows us to democratize access to visceral experiences that empower students to build connections with current and compelling problems and abstract up to math models & equations from there, rather than memorizing procedures in a sterile vacuum. With recent advances in spatial computing, we finally have the opportunity to teach STEM disciplines how they should be taught: through one’s own life experiences.”

ANURUPA GANGULY, CEO AND FOUNDER OF PRISMS VR

Here’s how the companies we are working with are helping students engage with new technologies and STEM education leveraging 5G:

Kai XR

We started working with Kai XR in 2021 when they joined the T-Mobile Accelerator program, a yearly developer cohort aimed at driving innovation with support from T-Mobile engineers and 5G connectivity.

Recently, Kai XR worked with Harris County Juvenile Detention Center in Texas to provide students with educational learning objectives using T-Mobile 5G connected devices to improve digital literacy, demystify in-demand technologies like XR, provide hands-on opportunities with emerging tech and decrease recidivism for students in the center through exposure to career pathways.

Two hundred students completed the program, with 84% expressing interest in learning more about the metaverse and advanced and emerging technologies and 95% expressing interest in a metaverse career.

Kai XR is active in schools in Georgia, California and Alabama reaching thousands of students with its learning platform. 

VictoryXR

A 2022 T-Mobile Accelerator participant, VictoryXR is active in 135 schools across the country, with 90 unique courses taught at higher education institutions. VictoryXR uses its platform to create virtual classrooms, campuses and laboratories using AR and VR headsets connected to T-Mobile 5G to provide students with unique learning environments they might otherwise not have access to.

With its virtual environments VictoryXR covers topics such as history, anatomy, chemistry and biology, opening the door for students to collaborate together in near real-time, whether that be on a virtual field trip to Egypt or analyzing a cadaver, VictoryXR paired with 5G enables entirely new classroom experiences.

It restores joy in the education system when you see student achievement increase by 11.9%. It makes you rethink what your other approaches have been in the past and why did we wait so long to do something this transformative.” 

DR. MUHSINAH MORRIS, MOREHOUSE COLLEGE

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

Using the VeyeZER™ GRAPH application for the Microsoft HoloLens 2 device, the Barbara Bush Foundation is pilot testing a somewhat different approach to XR learning. This solution seeks to improve adult literacy by performing a series of reading skill assessments, tracking eye movement and compiling statistics to allow practitioners to create customized learning programs for participants to improve their literacy, once again leveraging 5G to maintain low-latency and reliable connectivity.

After pilot testing the solution with adult learners at sites in Charleston, South Carolina and Albuquerque, New Mexico, the Foundation’s team—led by researchers from the University of New Mexico—has determined that this technology shows great promise. With additional refinement, it has the potential to equip educators with rapid, high-frequency access to critical, personalized data that will help learners increase their literacy levels, opening the doors to new opportunities that may not have been previously available.

Challenges associated with measuring literacy levels and progress are among the many barriers that prevent adult learners from engaging in literacy programs. By allowing for more rapid, frequent assessments of literacy skills compared to some of the more traditional, time-intensive methods, this solution has the potential to greatly reduce barriers to participation as well as support improved outcomes for the learners in adult literacy programs.”

ANDREW ROBERTS, INTERIM PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY LITERACY

Prisms of Reality

Earlier this year, we shared how Prisms VR is helping close the opportunity gap in math and science for students without access to reliable internet by pairing T-Mobile 5G with its VR learning programs.

Today, Prisms VR is active in 36 states, improving student test scores, engagement and interest in STEM topics, all while delivering a superior immersive VR experience nearly impossible to perform on school Wi-Fi systems due to latency, network restrictions and bandwidth.

The future of learning

With 5G, these companies are bringing new experiences and equal learning opportunities to students across the country without needing to worry about connectivity issues. The future of the classroom has never looked more promising than it does now.

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Originally published in Dow’s 2022 INtersections Progress Report

Dow has long recognized the value of biodiversity and healthy ecosystems to our company’s economic well-being. Through our pioneering Valuing Nature Goal and a more than decade-long collaboration with TNC, we have demonstrated how nature can be a source of sustainable business value and we consider natural solutions in every new project that we evaluate.

In 2022, we continued our efforts to help conserve and enhance biodiversity through our work with TNC and other partners. We are developing a strategy that will help us holistically manage biodiversity across our company based on the best science. We also are engaging as an industry leader with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures and others to develop disclosure frameworks that enable the industry to meaningfully incorporate – and accurately report – progress on ecosystem restoration and preservation to improve biodiversity.

OUR APPROACH

Developing measurement tools and assessing biological diversity at high-priority sites.

In collaboration with TNC and EcoMetrix Solutions Group, we are piloting a new suite of assessment tools that builds on our Ecosystem Services Identification & Inventory lI tool and is designed to provide input to the decision-making process across the project life cycle, from pre-planning to long-term monitoring.

2022 Actions 
We completed the assessment of biological diversity within Dow’s eucalyptus farming operations at our Breu Branco site in Brazil, in comparison to degraded lands near our operations. The study, performed by EMX, found Dow’s approach to minimizing soil disturbance, carefully managing crop rotation and conserving natural corridors throughout the site resulted in quantifiable benefits across a wide array of ecosystem services, including biodiversity, soil health, climate regulation and water quality protection.

Using nature-based land-use strategies to capture optimal value from ecosystem services.

Land-use transformations such as forest regeneration and wetland restoration can provide natural capital and environmental benefits such as carbon capture and flood mitigation.

2022 Actions 
In collaboration with TNC, Ecolab, the Caterpillar Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and other partners, Dow supports the Loch Leven project, working to restore and enhance 10,000 wetland acres and provide 12.1 billion gallons (45.8 million cubic meters) of flood storage capacity to local communities within the Mississippi River Delta’s Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley in Louisiana.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C., September 5, 2023 /3BL/ – Discovery Education and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) today announced a new virtual experience – An Ounce of Prevention Virtual Field Trip – empowering students in grades 9-12 to make healthy decisions and become advocates for prevention in their communities. This virtual field trip is part of Operation Prevention, a collaboration between DEA and Discovery Education that is helping prevent substance misuse in schools nationwide by showing students the science behind addiction and its impact on the brain and body.

Premiering September 13 at 1 PM ET and available on-demand, An Ounce of Prevention Virtual Field Trip introduces students to people working on the ground in communities nationwide to prevent substance misuse. These community leaders include Cheri Oz, Special Agent in Charge, DEA Phoenix Division, Phoenix, Arizona; Shelly Mowrey, Prevention Specialist, Arizona High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA), Prevention Works AZ; Jennifer Talamantes, a School Counselor in El Paso, TX; and Amy Neville, the Founder of Alex Neville Foundation. Learn more and register for the Ounce of Prevention Virtual Field Trip here.

“The lethality of fentanyl and the availability of fake pills impacts every community across the United States. Knowledge must be one of our first lines of defense,” said DEA Administrator Anne Milgram. “People of all ages need to understand the dangers associated with synthetic drugs and know that experimentation can be a deadly mistake. DEA is proud to partner with Discovery Education to provide educators and students an engaging and interactive way to protect the safety and health of this next generation.”

The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid, in all 50 states and reported in February 2023, “Fentanyl is deadliest drug threat facing our country”. According to DEA lab analysis, 6 in every 10 pills tested contains a fatal dose of fentanyl, and just two milligrams can be lethal. The CDC predicts that 68% of the 110,684 drug-related deaths in 2022 involved a synthetic opioid like fentanyl. Yet, a mere 40% of young people ages 13–24 were knowledgeable about fentanyl, and only 48% (36% of teens) were aware of fentanyl in fake pills.

“Research has shown the best way to prevent substance misuse is through intervention and education at a young age. Students need to know how to become an advocate for prevention,” said Amy Nakamoto, General Manager of Social Impact at Discovery Education. “Discovery Education is proud to support the DEA in this critical effort to combat the epidemic of the counterfeit drug crisis facing our communities.”

Learn more about the new counterfeit drug educational resources and Operation Prevention at OperationPrevention.com and on Discovery Education Experience.

For more information about Discovery Education’s award-winning digital resources and professional learning services visit www.discoveryeducation.com, and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through Twitter and LinkedIn.

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About the Drug Enforcement Administration 
The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States, or any other competent jurisdiction, those organizations and principal members of organizations, involved in the growing, manufacture or distribution of controlled substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United States; and to recommend and support non-enforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on the domestic and international markets. The DEA encourages parents, along with their children, to educate themselves about the dangers of legal and illegal drugs by visiting DEA’s interactive websites at justthinktwice.com, getsmartaboutdrugs.com and dea.gov.

About Discovery Education 
Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. Through its award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, and innovative classroom tools, Discovery Education helps educators deliver equitable learning experiences engaging all students and supporting higher academic achievement on a global scale. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 100 countries and territories. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Discovery Education partners with districts, states, and trusted organizations to empower teachers with leading edtech solutions that support the success of all learners. Explore the future of education at www.discoveryeducation.com.

Contacts 
DEA 
National Media Affairs 
Email: DEA.Public.Affairs@dea.gov

Grace Maliska 
Discovery Education 
Email: gmaliska@discoveryed.com

Originally published in International Paper’s 2022 Sustainability Report

Achieve improvements through innovation and redesign, material replacement and reduction, and recycling in North America and recovery in five key ways:

1. Achieve 100% recyclability of all manufactured packaging products

Focus areas:

Ensure all packaging and containerboard products are 100% recyclable (93.5% of corrugate packaging is recyclable in 2022)Replace non-recyclable coatings with recyclable alternatives

Progress Highlight:

ClimaShield® barriers are a unique line of FBA-certified recyclable and repulpable coatings that replaces non- recyclable wax coatings and works with all existing equipment, processes and packaging systems. ClimaShield® provides all the benefits of wax coatings — resistance to water, grease, chemical and mold — while providing an end-of-life solution for recovery, as the boxes can be recycled.

2. Integrate circularity considerations into key business checkpoints

Focus areas:

Ensure sustainability considerations are included across business processes such as asset design, capital process, business strategy, innovation and product development

Progress Highlight:

To connect renewable solutions with sustainable manufacturing:

We piloted a “Vision 2030: Sustainability in Manufacturing” educational webinar to engage containerboard mill employees on our sustainability strategy, how it impacts our business and how to become more involved in advancing our sustainability goalsSustainability leaders met with mill engineers and business leaders to align on the critical role our mills play in driving progress toward our renewable solutions goals, and highlighted examples of ongoing and future mill projects with sustainability impacts

3. Track product sustainability impacts and opportunities for material replacements

Focus areas:

Evaluate product- and material-level sustainability impactsIdentify opportunities for sustainable materials improvements and expand circular solutions for customers

Progress Highlight:

For e-commerce shipments, we replaced Styrofoam® packaging with molded fiber interior packaging, a recyclable alternative to polystyrene that is made of 100% recycled contentFor e-commerce customers, we analyze customers’ shipment history and box utilization and recommend boxes that match their needs. This right-sized packaging solution called eBos reduces freight costs, carbon emissions, material waste, product damage and improves warehouse efficiency

4. Set a 2030 waste strategy based on key waste reduction opportunities

Focus areas:

Identify waste reduction opportunities at each containerboard mill and across our box plant system

Progress Highlight:

Dunnage — wooden felt saddles that keep our containerboard rolls in place during shipping — has typically been discarded by the customer. The product scheduling and delivery department in our Newport, Indiana containerboard mill has worked over the past year to establish a plan to recover and recycle used dunnage. Customers store dunnage in a designated trailer and return it to International Paper to be reused, reducing waste.

5. Expand partnerships within the circularity and recycling space and continue to evolve circularity education

Focus areas:

Improve circularity- and recycling-focused partnershipsDevelop materials to expand understanding of sustainable fiber packaging

Progress Highlight:

In 2022, International Paper joined the Southeast Recycling Development Council (SERDC), supporting our efforts to promote sustainable recycling in a critical region in which we operate. SERDC focuses on uniting industry, government and non-government organizations in the Southeast U.S. to improve material capture while strengthening local economies through recycling

About International Paper

International Paper (NYSE: IP) is a global producer of planet-friendly packaging, pulp and other fiber-based products, and one of North America’s largest recyclers. Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., we employ approximately 39,000 colleagues globally who are committed to creating what’s next. We serve customers worldwide, with manufacturing operations in North America, Latin America, North Africa and Europe. Net sales for 2022 were $21.2 billion. Additional information can be found by visiting InternationalPaper.com.

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WALTHAM, Mass., September 5, 2023 /3BL/ – National Grid submitted its Electric Sector Modernization Plan (ESMP), the Future Grid Plan, to the Grid Modernization Advisory Council (GMAC) on Friday, September 1 outlining the critical investments needed in the local electric distribution system over the next five years and beyond to meet the Commonwealth’s nation-leading climate change, clean energy, and equity goals as established in the 2050 Clean Energy and Climate Plan (CECP). As part of National Grid’s commitment to delivering a fair, affordable, and clean energy future for all its customers, the Plan outlines a comprehensive and flexible path designed to expand and upgrade the current electric distribution grid, ensure reliability, enable increased electrification, and empower smart customer choices and the transition away from a fossil-based economy.

“We are at an inflection point in the Commonwealth’s energy future. We must continue to invest to achieve our shared goal of accelerating the adoption of climate and clean energy solutions by all customers and communities across Massachusetts. We’ve submitted a plan that strives to do just that,” said Steve Woerner, President, National Grid, New England. “With electric peak demand expected to double over the next 25 years, driven by substantial growth in the use of electric heating and transportation, now is the time to build a future grid that is smarter, stronger and cleaner. We must harness our state’s innovative and collaborative spirit to achieve an energy future that works for all.”

A Focus on Key Smarter, Stronger, Cleaner Energy Goals 

The company’s Future Grid Plan details the broad areas of investment and the key role they will play in building a smarter, stronger, and cleaner energy future that:

Empowers customers to make smart, clean energy choices that work for them;Creates a ready, reliable and more resilient grid capable of withstanding more extreme weather and evolving threats;Leverages innovation, drives efficiency, and supports greatersystem flexibility; andEnables a more just and equitable energy future that benefits all.

The Future Grid Plan is innovative, customer-centric, and equity-focused to help ensure that customers and communities across our diverse service area can participate in and benefit from the clean and electrified energy future, while maintaining high quality service and high reliability.

Future Grid Plan: Three Key Areas of Investment

Over the next five years, the company proposes to invest approximately $2 billion in three key areas to build a clean energy future and meet the Commonwealth’s electric-based approach to achieving net zero emissions, which is estimated to double current peak levels of energy demand:

Network Infrastructure, such as new and upgraded power lines, transformers, and substations to make them stronger, more resilient, and ready to connect more clean and distributed energy and accommodate substantial growth in electric demand.Technology and Platforms, such as new planning tools, systems, and processes to drive smarter decision-making. This includes installing state-of- the-art data and monitoring systems to provide greater visibility into how the grid and interconnected devices are operating to ensure system safety and stability, upgrading IT systems and communications networks to support two-way information flows and control, and providing greater system flexibility, security, and more timely information to customers.Customer Programs, such as new offerings and pilots to help customers reduce their carbon footprint, adopt cleaner energy solutions and drive smart energy use, better manage costs, and build community resilience and agency.

“By developing and submitting this Future Grid Plan as our Electric Sector Modernization Plan, National Grid is takinga critical step towards meeting the energy and climate challenges of today and the future,” said Nicola Medalova, National Grid New England’s Chief Operating Officer. “The Future Grid plan begins to define the scope and scale of what we collectively must do over the coming years and decades to combat climate change and enable a more electrified future, and the policy and regulatory changes needed to make it happen. This is a holistic plan that identifies the system investments and changes needed in the local electric distribution grid, its operations, and how it must perform to benefit all. Most importantly, it offers an opportunity to engage broadly, stimulate ideas, and gain inputto ensure this proposal is supportive of and responsive to the needs and expectations of all our customers and communities.”

The proposed investments in the Future Grid Plan support the goals set forth in the Commonwealth’s CECP of expanding energy efficiency and demand response, advancing the smart electrification of heating and transportation, and accelerating the connection of solar, storage and other clean energy technologies to the local energy grid. The proposed Future Grid Plan builds upon investments that are already underway and approved by the Department of Public Utilities (DPU) in previous proceedings that have put us on a pathway to reducing emissions and increasing electrification.

Ensuring All Customers Are Heard, Engaged, and Benefit 

The proposed investments in the Future Grid Plan align with feedback from customers and communities the company has received to date as part of an extensive engagementprocess in advance of this submission. The scope of this public engagement included outreach to our National Grid Customer Council, comprised of both residential and commercial customers, as well as public officials, local businesses, clean energy groups, nonprofits and community groups and organizations representing Environmental Justice Communities (EJCs).

The investments proposed in this Future Grid Plan are currently projected to have an average annual bill impact of approximately 2% over the first investment period and result in benefits to customers and communities across Massachusetts, including:

Generating incremental economic activity of $1.4 billion and 11,000 full- and part-time jobs by 2030.Enabling an additional 4 gigawatts of capacity by 2035, enough to support an additional 1.1 million electric vehicles, 750,000 electric heat pumps.Upgrading hundreds of feeders to enable the connection of more clean, distributed energy resources.Improving local air quality as more cars, buses and trucks are electrified.

National Grid has also proposed a new Equity and Environmental Justice Policy and Stakeholder Engagement Framework and, together with the state’s other electric distribution companies (EDCs), a joint Community Engagement Stakeholder Advisory Council to empower communications and give more agency to communities to address historic inequities. The company has also proposed enhancing its existing Workforce Development Program to train the next generation of electric line worker from the diverse communities we serve and expanding partnerships to ensure we are reaching all members of our communities to educate and engage them in opportunities that will come from the clean energy transition.

Engaging with Communities: A Look Ahead

Friday’s submission is the first step in a vital public process. Throughout this public process, customers, community advocates, and any other interested parties will be able to provide their feedback through public and technical workshops National Grid will conduct jointly with the Commonwealth’s other electric distribution companies and on its own.

The company will also continue its engagement with the GMAC, which will thoroughly review and provide feedback on the proposed Plan. National Grid will take all feedback and use it to evolve and better inform the formal filing of the Future Grid Plan the company will make to the DPU in January 2024. The DPU will hold a formal process to consider the Plan and direct the company how to proceed.

Background: National Grid is a foundational partner in advancing climate and clean energy goals

This Future Grid plan builds on previous National Grid investments made and actions taken to deliver clean, reliable, affordable electricity for all our customers, including maintaining systemwide reliability at 99.9%, connecting 200 MW of distributed energy resources in 2022, for a total more than 2 GW connected to our system, supporting the installation of 10,000 heat pumps through Mass Save with a goal of another 21,000 by 2024, and enabling the installation of more than 1,800 Electric Vehicle chargers, with another 32,000 to come.

National Grid’s efforts to date support Massachusetts’ goal to reach net zero emissions by 2050 – one of the most ambitious climate goals in the nation. The Commonwealth plans to achieve this goal through programs and plans as established in the CECP to transition major systems and sectors of the Commonwealth’s economy that run on fossil fuels to alternatives that run on clean electricity; for example, transitioning from natural gas for heating to electric heat pumps, and transitioning from gasoline for transportation to electric vehicles. The state’s EDCs were directed in An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind to develop and submit ESMPs detailing the investments needed in the local electric grid to achieve the CECP goals and maintain a reliable, resilient, and affordable energy system.

About National Grid

National Grid (NYSE: NGG) is an electricity, natural gas, and clean energy delivery company serving more than 20 million people through our networks in New York and Massachusetts. National Grid is focused on building a smarter, stronger, cleaner energy future — transforming our networks with more reliable and resilient energy solutions to meet state climate goals and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

For more information, please visit our website, follow us on Twitter, watch us on YouTube, like us on Facebook and find us on Instagram.

CONTACT: Media Relations – 781-907-3980

Originally published in the 2022 FedEx Cares Report

Improving quality, reliability, and safety in the Brazilian bus systems

In preparation for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics, and amidst rapid population growth, Brazil invested in a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). BRT is fast and efficient, but its rapid growth led to disparate models with little time for learning and sharing experiences among them. To create a more organized network, several Brazilian cities turned to the World Resources Institute (WRI) and FedEx. For the past 10 years, we’ve infused the same principles that keep our FedEx transportation network running smoothly into bus systems in Brazil. Our unique Quality Driven Management (QDM) approach has led to improved quality of the customer experience, operational and safety improvements, identification of best practices, and an ongoing platform for knowledge sharing and professional development. Our Fellowship program trains WRI staff on QDM and Fellows bring this knowledge to bus systems across the country. Today, this work supports 30 Brazilian bus transit agencies and private operations and drives environmental, social and economic impact.

The collaboration with FedEx over the past ten years has continued to deliver value for WRI and the bus transit agencies and private operations we support. We greatly appreciate the company’s willingness to share their resources and best practices to improve transportation in our most congested cities. In the end, less people in cars resu lts i n less cars on t he road, reducing th e amount of time commuters (and delivery drivers) must waste in traffic.

Cristina Albuquerque 
Urban Mobility Director for WRI

Sparking cleaner, greener, and smarter mobility

The Sustainable Cities Climate Impact Challenge launched in 2022 to identify innovative projects that decarbonize transport and promote electric mobility throughout Europe. FedEx teamed up with EIT Climate-KIC to select community-based projects that could most benefit from $50,000 – $75,000 (USD) grants to implement local transport decarbonization initiatives.

Selected for their innovative approaches, strong city government integration, and scalability, the winning projects from Hackney (UK), Espoo (Finland), Olot (Spain), and Karasu (Turkey) each present unique approaches to accelerate the transition towards active, shared, and electric mobility. The projects focus particularly on cycling, with initiatives such as expanding cargo bike usage, increasing cycling uptake, installing secure cycling storage, and creating safe travel corridors.

Adopting ambitious mobility measures locally can have significant health and economic benefits, which can help make the case for regional, na – tional, and EU-wide action. These pilot projects, supported with charitable funding from FedEx, will hopefully demonstrate how engaged com – munities can pave the way towards change.

Thomas Osdoba 
Director of Net Zero Cities and Senior Advisor on Cities for EIT Climate-KIC

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Originally published in Enbridge’s 2022 Sustainability Report

Our people are our most valuable asset, and our ability to bridge to a cleaner energy future is highly dependent on them. We aim to effectively engage, develop, retain and reward our employees, and promote their well-being to fulfill our purpose and achieve our goals—from delivering our two-pronged business strategy to demonstrating sustainability leadership.

What we stand for. Our most important common ground is the work we do together—and how and why we do it. We engage our employees around these three core elements:

Vision 
To be the leading energy delivery company in North America

Purpose 
We fuel people’s quality of life

Values 
Safety, Integrity, Respect, Inclusion

Well-being. We’re committed to supporting our employees’ wellbeing. This practice reinforces the effectiveness and resilience of our workforce while improving life for employees as well as their families and communities. We take a proactive and holistic approach, focusing on all elements of well-being: physical (including personal safety), mental, financial and social. As part of employees’ total compensation package, they have access to a range of benefits and resources, including an employee and family assistance program that provides confidential counseling and other services.

Flexibility. In 2022, we enhanced our existing Alternative Work Arrangements program to offer employees greater flexibility in where and when they work. Based on role suitability, employees can work from home up to two days per week, work a compressed workweek or vary their daily schedule. By listening closely to employees, we learned our FlexWork program is a meaningful way for employees to maximize their most precious resource—time.

Listening and engagement. Hearing from our employees and responding to their insights and concerns are priorities for Enbridge. Although direct engagement with their managers and leaders is the most important point of connection, we use many other tools to stay connected, including regular engagement surveys, pulse surveys, allcompany forums, company-hosted social media (Yammer), executive coffee chats and email newsletters and updates. This year we fielded our first inclusion survey (see page 48); distinct from our usual engagement surveys, the voluntary inclusion survey invited employees to share their experiences of Enbridge as an employer, and steps we could take to further promote inclusion and belonging.

Learning and career development. We proudly invest in helping our employees learn new skills and develop their abilities so they can advance in their work and responsibilities. We provide training through courses and seminars, educational assistance programs, leadership development opportunities and mentoring. Employees establish Individual Development Plans (IDP) that guide them toward achieving their professional goals and developing their interests. We reward high achievers with developmental opportunities tailored to their specific career paths.

Policies. Key policies underpinning our talent strategies, practices and human rights include our Statement on Business Conduct, our Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination and Affirmative Action Policy, our Sustainability Policy and our Respectful Workplace, Harassment and Violence Policy.

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Management approach: People practices

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As the world grapples with impacts from climate changes and increasing natural resource scarcity, the pursuit of a sustainable future is more critical than ever. As such, it is important to explore innovative solutions that support responsible natural resource utilization, including the reduction of power consumption in all aspects of our daily lives.

One such solution resides at the intersection of technology and our homes – smart home technology. If developed and delivered to expectations, smart home systems could revolutionize the way we manage, and reduce, home energy consumption. However, the quality of these solutions is critical to optimize their power management capabilities and ultimately drive a more sustainable future.

Span of Household Energy Consumption

Look around your home right now and consider all the things that use energy. The most obvious contributors to home energy use are, of course, heating and cooling. But there are also lights, televisions, game systems, mobile device recharging stations, alarm systems, and any number of appliances from refrigerators and coffee makers to clocks and toys.

Independently quantifying and managing the energy use of each of these household items is difficult. You may remember to turn the thermostat down when heating isn’t necessary, but do you remember to turn it up when air conditioning is not needed? How about leaving the house and forgetting to turn off the lights? Separately these instances may seem to have little impact on energy use, but when considered collectively these incremental impacts can really add up. Particularly across years of living in a home.

If you could be reminded to adjust the thermostat or turn off unneeded lights, and have the ability do so remotely, energy consumption could be lowered significantly over time. This is where smart home technology can provide a path toward a sustainable future.

Role of Technology in Home Energy Management

Smart home-enabled devices, appliances, and systems are designed to communicate with each other, integrate and analyze usage data, and communicate to the homeowner to help them make informed decisions about energy use. The connected nature of smart homes also drives automation capabilities and remote access to directly manage household energy use. For example:

Smart thermostats optimize heating and cooling by learning homeowner behaviors and adjusting temperature settings accordingly to maintain comfort while minimizing energy use.Smart and energy-efficient lighting systems can be automatically turned off or have brightness levels adjusted to optimize energy use.Smart appliances and smart plugs can automate power when devices are not in use, preventing unnecessary standby power consumption.Integrated energy monitoring from connected devices enables homeowners to track energy use in real-time, allowing them to informed decisions about their consumption.While not a smart home device specifically, integration of renewable energy sources, such as solar panels, into the smart home ecosystem can enable further energy management by prioritizing renewable energy over grid-supplied electricity.

Quality of Smart Home Technologies Factor into Sustainability Impact

As smart home solutions proliferate, there is a lot that goes into delivering them. Beyond traditional appliances, smart-enabled devices for the home face a host of new technology requirements that go beyond standard product testing to now span networking, automation, and energy optimization.

From a sustainability perspective, any energy reduction from smart home technologies is only as good as the system, network, and associated devices that enable it. As such, high quality product development is critical to the down-stream energy savings potential. Before the elements of a smart home system even enter your home, they are designed, developed, and tested to ensure they can deliver to expectations and ultimately enable the mechanism for optimal energy management.

While there are many underlying technologies that make up the smart home solution market, some key areas of focus for enabling quality solutions before they get to the consumer include:

Ensuring reliable wireless connectivity to the internet to manage data integration, communications, and automation.Validating that devices are designed and able to support the appropriate wireless standards for system implementation.Optimizing the power consumption of battery-operated smart devices, where current drain testing is essential.Assessing technologies, networks, and devices under real-world conditions because consumers expect them to operate as promised in the home environment.

Intersection of Quality and Smart Home Technologies Enables Path Toward a Sustainable Future

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PITTSBURGH and BANGALORE, India, September 5, 2023 /3BL/ – Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRS), a global healthcare company, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) tentative approval for a New Drug Application for abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg tablets for oral suspension for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in paediatric patients.

The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine as a preferred first-line regimen for paediatric patients. According to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), treatment coverage for children and adolescents lags behind adults. Some 660,000 children living with HIV – about 43 percent of the estimated total 1.5 million [1.2 million–2.1 million] children living with HIV – did not receive antiretroviral (ARV) therapy in 2022. Accordingly, children accounted for 13 per cent of AIDS-related deaths in 2022, even though they comprise only about 4 percent of people living with HIV.

The fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg tablets for oral suspension is indicated for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in paediatric patients weighing at least 6 kg. The fixed-dose combination tablets for oral suspension are strawberry-flavoured. Historically, it has been challenging to treat paediatric HIV patients because children require special medicine formulations.

The FDA’s tentative approval through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program means the formulation meets all the agency’s quality, safety, and efficacy standards. Viatris has signed a licensing agreement for paediatric dolutegravir from the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and development agreement with ViiV Healthcare (ViiV) and the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) for producing and distributing the fixed-dose combination of abacavir/ dolutegravir/lamivudine.

Rakesh Bamzai, President of India, Emerging Asia & Access Markets at Viatris, said, “At Viatris, we have expanded access at scale to high-quality HIV/AIDS treatment for more than a decade. Over the years, we have continued to seek improvements to existing molecules to better meet patient needs – we have introduced novel heat-stable generic formulations, more convenient packaging options, and paediatric therapies. We have also built strong partnerships with multiple stakeholders to improve access to ARVs, with particular attention to vulnerable populations like children. The approval of this single tablet regimen – the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg – will reduce the pill burden for children living with HIV.”

This milestone supports the company’s sustainability goal to provide ARV therapy equivalent to a total of 30 million patients, including more than 2 million children living with HIV/AIDS, between 2022 and the end of 2025.

The fixed-dose combination of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine is approved for once-daily treatment of paediatric patients weighing at least 6 kg to <25 kg with HIV-1 infection and the recommended dose of the fixed-dose combination of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine tablets for oral suspension is determined according to weight. The fixed-dose combination of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine are contraindicated in patients with a prior hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir and in HLAB*5701-positive patients. The tentative approval facilitates regulatory authority submissions, production and distribution of the new child friendly formulation across 123 low- and middle-income countries as per the license agreement.

About the fixed-dose combination of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine tablets for oral suspension 
Abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine is a fixed-dose combination containing two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) and integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI). NRTIs interfere with the action of the reverse transcriptase enzyme and INSTI interferes with the action of integrase enzyme to prevent the virus from replicating. All patients with HIV-1 should be tested for the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) prior to or when initiating the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg as severe acute exacerbations of HBV have been reported in patients who are co-infected with HBV and HIV-1 and have discontinued the medication.

Abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine was approved in the US on 30 March 2022 under the brand name Triumeq PD.

Triumeq PD is registered trademark of the ViiV Healthcare group of companies.

About Viatris 
Viatris Inc. (NASDAQ: VTRS) is a global healthcare company empowering people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life. We provide access to medicines, advance sustainable operations, develop innovative solutions and leverage our collective expertise to connect more people to more products and services through our one-of-a-kind Global Healthcare Gateway®. Formed in November 2020, Viatris brings together scientific, manufacturing and distribution expertise with proven regulatory, medical, and commercial capabilities to deliver high-quality medicines to patients in more than 165 countries and territories. Viatris’ portfolio comprises more than 1,400 approved molecules across a wide range of therapeutic areas, spanning both non-communicable and infectious diseases, including globally recognized brands, complex generic and branded medicines, and a variety of over-the-counter consumer products. With more than 38,000 colleagues globally, Viatris is headquartered in the U.S., with global centers in Pittsburgh, Shanghai and Hyderabad, India. Learn more at viatris.com and investor.viatris.com, and connect with us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

Important Safety Information (ISI) for the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 600 mg/dolutegravir 50 mg/lamivudine 300 mg tablets and the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg tablets for oral suspension.

INDICATION 
The fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg tablets for oral suspension is indicated for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in paediatric patients aged at least 3 months weighing at least 6 kg. to less than 25 kgs.

Limitations of Use: 
The fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg tablets for oral suspension is not recommended in patients with resistance-associated integrase substitutions or clinically suspected INSTI resistance because the dose of dolutegravir in the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg is insufficient in these subpopulations. See full prescribing information for dolutegravir.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

BOXED WARNING: HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTIONS AND EXACERBATIONS OF HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV)

Hypersensitivity Reactions: 
Serious and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reactions, with multiple organ involvement, have occurred with abacavir, a component of the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg. 
Patients who carry the HLA-B*5701 allele are at a higher risk of experiencing a hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir, although hypersensitivity reactions have occurred in patients who do not carry the HLA-B*5701 allele. 
The fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg are contraindicated in patients with a prior hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir and in HLAB*5701-positive patients. All patients should be screened for the HLA-B*5701 allele prior to initiating therapy or re-initiation of therapy with the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg unless patients have a previously documented HLA-B*5701 allele assessment.

Discontinue the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg immediately if a hypersensitivity reaction is suspected, regardless of HLA-B*5701 status and even when other diagnoses are possible.

Following a hypersensitivity reaction to the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg, NEVER restart the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg tablets for oral suspension or any other abacavir-containing product.

Exacerbations of Hepatitis B: 
All patients with HIV-1 should be tested for the presence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) prior to or when initiating the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg. Emergence of lamivudine-resistant HBV variants associated with lamivudine-containing antiretroviral regimens has been reported. If the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg is used in patients co-infected with HIV-1 and HBV, additional treatment should be considered for appropriate treatment of chronic HBV; otherwise, consider an alternative regimen.

Severe acute exacerbations of HBV have been reported in patients who are co-infected with HBV and HIV-1 and have discontinued lamivudine, a component of the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg. Monitor hepatic function closely in these patients and, if appropriate, initiate anti-hepatitis B treatment.

Contraindications 
Do not use the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg in patients who have the HLA-B*5701 allele.

Do not use the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg in patients with previous hypersensitivity reaction to abacavir, dolutegravir, or lamivudine.

Do not use the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg in patients receiving dofetilide.

Do not use the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg in patients with moderate or severe hepatic impairment.

Warnings and precautions

Hypersensitivity Reactions: 
Hypersensitivity reactions have been reported with dolutegravir and were characterized by rash, constitutional findings, and sometimes organ dysfunction, including liver injury.

Clinically, it is not possible to determine whether a hypersensitivity reaction with the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg would be caused by abacavir or dolutegravir.

Discontinue the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg immediately if signs or symptoms of hypersensitivity reactions develop, as a delay in stopping treatment may result in a life-threatening reaction. Clinical status, including liver aminotransferases, should be monitored and appropriate therapy initiated.

Hepatotoxicity: 
Hepatic adverse events have been reported, including cases of hepatic toxicity (elevated serum liver biochemistries, hepatitis, and acute liver failure), in patients receiving a dolutegravir-containing regimen without pre-existing hepatic disease or other identifiable risk factors.

Patients with underlying hepatitis B or C may be at increased risk for worsening or development of transaminase elevations with use of the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg. In some cases, the elevations in transaminases were consistent with immune reconstitution syndrome or hepatitis B reactivation, particularly in the setting where anti-hepatitis therapy was withdrawn.

Drug-induced liver injury leading to liver transplant has been reported with the fixed-dose combination of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine.

Monitoring for hepatotoxicity is recommended.

Lactic Acidosis and Severe Hepatomegaly with Steatosis: 
Fatal cases have been reported with the use of nucleoside analogues, including abacavir and lamivudine.

Discontinue the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg if clinical or laboratory findings suggestive of lactic acidosis or pronounced hepatotoxicity develop, including hepatomegaly and steatosis in the absence of marked transaminase elevations.

Embryo-Fetal Toxicity: 
Assess the risks and benefits of the fixed-dose combination of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine and discuss with the patient to determine if alternative treatments should be considered at the time of conception through the first trimester of pregnancy due to the risk of neural tube defects.

Pregnancy testing is recommended before use of the fixed-dose combination of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine. Adolescents and adults of childbearing potential should be counseled on the consistent use of effective contraception.

The fixed-dose combination of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine may be considered during the second and third trimesters of pregnancy if the expected benefit justifies the potential risk to the pregnant woman and the fetus.

Adverse Reactions or Loss of Virologic Response Due to Drug Interactions with concomitant use of the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg and other drugs may occur (see Contraindications and Drug Interactions).

Immune Reconstitution Syndrome, including the occurrence of autoimmune disorders with variable time to onset, has been reported with the use of fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg.

Different Formulations Are Not Interchangeable: 
The fixed-dose combination of abacavir 600 mg/dolutegravir 50 mg/lamivudine 300 mg tablets and the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg tablets for oral suspension are not bioequivalent and are not interchangeable on a milligram-per-milligram basis. If a patient switches from one formulation to the other, the dose must be adjusted.

Myocardial Infarction (MI): 
Several observational studies have reported an association with the use of abacavir and the risk of MI; meta-analyses of randomized controlled clinical trials did not show increased risk. To date, there is no established biological mechanism to explain a potential increase in risk. In totality, the available data show inconsistency; therefore, evidence for a causal relationship between abacavir and the risk of MI is inconclusive.

The underlying risk of coronary heart disease should be considered when prescribing antiretroviral therapies, including abacavir, and action taken to minimize all modifiable risk factors (e.g., hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, smoking).

Adverse reactions: 
The most common adverse reactions (incidence ≥2%, Grades 2-4) in treatment-naïve adults receiving the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 600 mg/dolutegravir 50 mg/lamivudine 300 mg tablets were insomnia (3%), headache (2%), and fatigue (2%).

Drug interactions: 
Consult the full Prescribing Information for more information on potentially significant drug interactions.

Use in specific populations: 
Pregnancy: Assess the risks and benefits of the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 600 mg/dolutegravir 50 mg/lamivudine 300 mg tablets and discuss with the patient to determine if an alternative treatment should be considered at the time of conception through the first trimester or if pregnancy is confirmed in the first trimester due to the risk of neural tube defects.

Lactation: Breastfeeding is not recommended due to the potential for HIV-1 transmission, developing viral resistance in HIV-positive infants, and adverse reactions in a breastfed infant.

Impaired Renal Function: the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg are not recommended for patients with creatinine clearance <30 mL/min. Patients with a sustained creatinine clearance between 30 and 49 mL/min should be monitored for hematologic toxicities, which may require a dosage adjustment of lamivudine as an individual component.

Impaired Hepatic Function: If a dose reduction of abacavir is required for patients with mild hepatic impairment, then the individual components of the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg tablets should be used.

References:

Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: Recommendations for a public health approachThe path that ends AIDS: UNAIDS Global AIDS Update 2023

Forward-Looking Statements 
This press release includes statements that constitute “forward-looking statements.” These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward looking statements may include statements that tentative approval will help enhance access to WHO-recommended paediatric regimen with the goal of improved adherence of HIV treatment for children in low- and middle-income countries; the approval of this single tablet regimen – the fixed-dose combination of abacavir 60 mg/dolutegravir 5 mg/lamivudine 30 mg – will reduce the pill burden for children living with HIV; and the milestone supports the company’s sustainability goal to provide ARV therapy equivalent to a total of 30 million patients, including more than 2 million children living with HIV/AIDS, between 2022 and the end of 2025. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: actions and decisions of healthcare and pharmaceutical regulators; changes in healthcare and pharmaceutical laws and regulations in the U.S. and abroad; any regulatory, legal or other impediments to Viatris’ ability to bring new products to market, including but not limited to “at-risk” launches; Viatris’ or its partners’ ability to develop, manufacture, and commercialize products; the possibility that the Company may be unable to realize the intended benefits of, or achieve the intended goals or outlooks with respect to, its strategic initiatives; the possibility that the Company may be unable to achieve expected benefits, synergies and operating efficiencies in connection with acquisitions, divestitures, or its global restructuring program, within the expected timeframe or at all; impairment charges or other losses related to the divestiture or sale of businesses or assets; the Company’s failure to achieve expected or targeted future financial and operating performance and results; the potential impact of public health outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics, including the ongoing challenges and uncertainties posed by COVID-19; the scope, timing and outcome of any ongoing legal proceedings, and the impact of any such proceedings; any significant breach of data security or data privacy or disruptions to our information technology systems; risks associated with international operations; the ability to protect intellectual property and preserve intellectual property rights; changes in third-party relationships; the effect of any changes in Viatris’ or its partners’ customer and supplier relationships and customer purchasing patterns; the impacts of competition; changes in the economic and financial conditions of Viatris or its partners; uncertainties and matters beyond the control of management, including general economic conditions, inflation and exchange rates; failure to execute stock repurchases consistent with current expectations; stock price volatility; and the other risks described in Viatris’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Viatris routinely uses its website as a means of disclosing material information to the public in a broad, non-exclusionary manner for purposes of the SEC’s Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD). Viatris undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this release other than as required by law.

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