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Originally published on Essity.com

For the well-being of people and planet

Sustainability is and has been high on our agenda for many years. Essity improves the well-being of people through its leading hygiene and health solutions. To us, the well-being of people also includes our own people, our suppliers and partners, and the communities in which we operate. We work to ensure that Essity is an inclusive and safe workplace and that operations are conducted in a responsible manner.

We are committed to reducing our environmen- tal impact, reduce waste and providing circular solutions, and protecting and restoring biodi- versity. Our business is dependent on healthy and functioning ecosystems for our long-term survival and future success.

Committed to sustainable solutions and net zero emissions by 2050

Sustainability is integrated into Essity’s strategy and a priority for long-term profitable growth. We are committed to reducing our climate impact, protecting biodiversity, contributing to a circular society, and achieving net zero emissions by 2050.

Our sustainability targets

We have set ambitious targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain, limit our burden on the environment and reduce our impact on biodiversity. Essity’s target is to achieve net zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 and zero production waste by 2030. In 2018, our climate targets were approved by the Science Based Targets initiative for Scope 1, 2 and 3, and we raised our ambitions for Scope 1 and 2 in 2021. We are taking action throughout the value chain, from sustainable sourcing of raw materials to waste after use.

Key action areas

In 2022, Essity further developed its sustainability framework and identified areas where we can have the greatest positive impact for the well-being of people and planet. Various initiatives and KPIs have been set in each area to ensure that we achieve our sustainability ambitions.

Read more about Essity’s ambitions and progress on sustainability here.

Sustainability awards

During the year, Essity was recognized on a number of occasions for its sustainability work, for example, it was included in S&P Global’s Sustainability Yearbook 2023 and received the Supplier Engagement Leader award from the global non-profit environmental organization CDP. CDP also recognized Essity for it leadership in sustainability, with Essity claiming a place on CDP’s prestigious A List for its work in combating deforestation.

Read more about Essity’s strategic priorities, earnings and leading sustainability work in the Annual and Sustainability Report 2022, which can be downloaded at www.essity.com.

To access the digital short version, please click here.

LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2023 /3BL Media/ – The It Gets Better Project announces the release of a new original web-series “The Assignment,” a career and skill-readiness series pairing queer youth with LGBTQ+ professionals in the culinary industry. With nearly 50% of LGBTQ+ youth employed either full or part-time and more than one in three experiencing some form of workplace discrimination, The Assignment serves up LGBTQ+ professionals to offer mentorship and inspiration for young people who are beginning to sharpen their skills in the culinary world or explore food industry related careers. The series was created with generous support from the Taco Bell Foundation. Episode one is available to view now at itgetsbetter.org.

The Assignment features a host of noted LGBTQ+ professionals with successful careers in the food, decor, and the health industry. A finalist on Bravo’s Top Chef: Boston Season 12 and the winner and fan favorite of Top Chef All Stars: Los Angeles Season 17, Melissa King has carved out a name for herself as one of the most exciting talents in the Bay Area; two time Chopped-champion, multi-hyphenate Lazarus Lynch (chef, musician, mental health advocate, filmmaker) made history as the first Black, Queer chef to cook at the Met Gala; Sophie Collé is a self-taught, New York-based designer whose Instagram presence has caught the eye of Architectural Digest and Domino Magazine; and SuperJuiced Oakland co-owner Rana Halpern’s vision that food justice is social justice has made the queer, Black and Brown-owned organic juice business an inclusive experience in Oakland.

“In pairing well-known LGBTQ+ professionals in the culinary and design industry with young people who are curious about cooking or creating spaces that feel authentic to them, the conversations went far beyond what technical skills the mentors could offer,” said Eboni Munn, Director of Brand Marketing, Content & Creative. “Watching the pairs connect over shared experiences of identity, cultural backgrounds, LGBTQ+ journeys, and creating space in male-dominated industries, reminds us all that life is a journey of constantly learning and relearning, moving between mentor and mentee interchangeably. ‘The Assignment’ offers safe spaces for both the mentors and mentees to teach, learn, and connect”

Projects that center on career-readiness and amplify marginalized voices are of particular interest to the Taco Bell Foundation, which has awarded more than $150 million in scholarships to youth-serving nonprofit organizations focused on education since 1992. Since 2022, The Taco Bell Foundation has generously invested over $200,000 in the It Gets Better Project’s mission to uplift, empower and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the globe.

“At the Taco Bell Foundation, we have made it our mission to fuel every young person’s boldest ambition to create good, and we are honored to play a role in bringing ‘The Assignment’ to life,” said Jennifer Bradbury, Executive Director of the Taco Bell Foundation. “We are energized and excited to see what comes out of this web-series and look forward to continuing to work with the It Gets Better Project to champion and inspire the next generation.”

As with all original series from the It Gets Better Project, The Assignment will be accompanied by a free to access educational guide (EduGuide) to help facilitate conversation beyond each episode. The Assignment follows the successful November release of the original series Industry, focusing on LGBTQ+ people working in S.T.E.M. and the Anthem Award-winning series Queer Sex Ed. Further information about the It Gets Better Project’s work is available at www.itgetsbetter.org

About the It Gets Better Project
The It Gets Better Project is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that strives to uplift, empower and connect LGBTQ+ youth around the globe. Created in 2010 as the result of one of the most successful viral video campaigns in YouTube’s history, the It Gets Better Project provides critical support and hope to LGBTQ+ youth around the world by leveraging the power of media to reach millions of people each year. The project has expanded its origins in storytelling and media to include educational resources through It Gets Better EDU and reaches 19 countries outside of the U.S. through It Gets Better Global.

The project has garnered support from President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, along with numerous celebrities, including Kelly Clarkson, Gabrielle Union, Zachary Quinto, Mj Rodriguez, Josie Totah, and Gigi Gorgeous. More than 750,000 people have taken the It Gets Better pledge to share messages of hope and speak up against intolerance. Please visit www.itgetsbetter.org for more information, and join the conversation on all social platforms @itgetsbetter.

About Taco Bell Foundation
Taco Bell Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity that helps break down barriers to educate and inspire the next generation of America’s young leaders. Since 1992, the Taco Bell Foundation has reached more than 5 million young people across the country and has awarded more than $130 million in grants and scholarships, focused on education and career readiness. For more information about the Taco Bell Foundation, visit www.tacobellfoundation.org.

In celebration of Earth Month, AEG hosted a virtual panel “Changemakers: Female Leaders in Sustainability” on April 11, 2023, to give employees insights into the ways that the live events industry is decreasing waste and increasing efficiencies to creating a more sustainable ecosystem.

The panel was presented by AEG’s People for the Planet business resource group, and was moderated by Sara Morton, one of the leaders of the resource group. The session featured four women trailblazers in sustainability — Jamie Nack (President, Three Squares Inc.), Lisa Bailey-Borders (Founder/CEO FeaturesFirst Auto), Jennifer Silbert (Co-founder & Master Scavenger, Rewilder), and Christine Lenches-Hinkel (President, 301 Organics) — who discussed current sustainability trends and how their companies are helping to create a more circular economy for the live events industry.

“From fans to stakeholders and business partners, there’s this incredible opportunity in the live event space to collaborate and work towards achieving a shared sustainability goal,” said Sara Morton. “We need to start the conversation and view event planning through a sustainability lens and focus. Whether it’s finding ways we can reduce emissions from transportation to and from the venue or adopting a waste diversion strategy like we did at Cali Vibes Festival. Sustainability is at its core collaboration, and we all need to work together to reduce our environmental impact.”

People for the Planet@AEG supports AEG’s corporate objectives to reduce the company’s environmental impact across its music, sports, ticketing, and real estate portfolios, while harnessing its unique platforms to influence broader action in the communities where it does business. To learn more about AEG Sustainability click here.

April 12, 2023 /3BL Media/ – With just seven years to go to meet 2030 climate goals, none of the biggest U.S. banks are on track to align their oil and gas targets with a scenario that limits average global temperature rise to no more than 1.5° Celsius, the threshold necessary to avoid more catastrophic climate change. Each of these banks have committed to net zero emissions by 2050 while setting interim targets for specific sectors by 2030, but a new analysis from Ceres and the Transition Pathways Initiative Centre (TPI Centre) finds significant gaps in the 2030 targets necessary to achieve these global goals.

U.S. Banks and the Road to Net Zero: Analyzing the 2030 oil and gas targets of the six largest U.S. banks focuses only on the banks’ 2030 oil and gas emissions reductions targets. All six banks have set targets in line with the Net Zero Banking Alliance’s (NZBA) guidelines. The analysis seeks to present an apples-to-apples comparison of the ambition of the targets relative to widely accepted and scientifically informed low-carbon benchmarks.

“We are seeing more banks in the U.S. and globally set 2050 net zero targets with interim 2030 targets, which is an important step in protecting our financial institutions from climate risk,” said Steven M. Rothstein, managing director of the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets at Ceres. “However, it’s critical that the methodology behind these targets is transparent and comparable to inform both bank management and investors. Our analysis is a particularly vital tool for investors to evaluate banks’ decarbonization progress.”

A bank’s approach to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions measurement often looks a lot different from that of its clients given that most of a bank’s climate impact is indirect. It results from corporate activities that are financed by bank products and services, such as lending, investments, trading, etc. Therefore, these financed and facilitated emissions are a key element of a bank’s decarbonization strategy.

The Ceres and TPI Centre analysis extrapolates four key findings on the current state of target-setting practices and methodologies:

The methodologies in use to quantify and establish targets lack sufficient comparability and transparent disclosure.The sector and emissions parameters applied to set targets are inconsistent and may not capture the full scope of emissions across the oil and gas value chain.The still-developing target-setting methodologies are leaving an array of material business activities outside of the scope of their targets, which in turn creates loopholes for banks to continue financing high-carbon activities.The report assesses each bank’s target against TPI’s oil and gas benchmarks, which are derived from the Sectoral Decarbonization Approach, a method for setting scientifically aligned emissions reduction targets. When benchmarked against a 1.5°C scenario, the analysis shows that none of the six banks’ targets converge with that scenario by 2030.

“Our analysis highlights just how difficult it is for banks and their stakeholders to assess and compare how much progress they are making on real oil and gas emissions reductions,” said Blair Bateson, Director of the Ceres Company Network at Ceres. “And it goes beyond these six banks. That’s why our recommendations should be adopted by any bank that is setting climate goals with specific oil and gas targets.”

The brief concludes with five detailed recommendations to help banks improve their target-setting practices. They are:

1. Expand target coverage to include all material on- and off-balance sheet activities, prioritizing activities with high financial and/or emissions exposure.

2. Continue to ramp up the ambition of targets to be in line with limiting global warming to 1.5°C.

3. Substantiate the credibility of targets with a comprehensive transition plan.

4. Explicitly disclose the key assumptions and calculations used in emissions accounting and in target-setting.

5. Report progress in reducing emissions and methodological updates on an annual basis.

About Ceres 

Ceres is a nonprofit organization working with the most influential capital market leaders to solve the world’s greatest sustainability challenges. The Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets is a center of excellence within Ceres that aims to transform the practices and policies that govern capital markets to reduce the worst financial impacts of the climate crisis. It spurs action on climate change as a systemic financial risk—driving the large-scale behavior and systems change needed to achieve a net zero emissions economy through key financial actors including investors, banks, and insurers. The Ceres Accelerator also works with corporate boards of directors on improving governance of climate change and other sustainability issues. For more information, visit ceres.org and ceres.org/accelerator and follow @CeresNews.

About the Transition Pathways Initiative Centre 

The Transition Pathway Initiative — based at LSE’s Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment — is an independent, authoritative source of research and data on the progress of the financial and corporate world in transitioning to a low-carbon economy. TPI Centre’s vision is to provide assessment frameworks, based on publicly disclosed information, that enable investors to objectively and robustly assess corporate and sovereign practices and processes. TPI Centre is the main research partner and data provider for the CA100+ Net Zero Company Benchmark.

Media Contact: Becca Johnson

Originally published on Built From Scratch

ATLANTA, April 12, 2023 /3BL Media/ – In the 14th year of its Retool Your School program, The Home Depot awarded 36 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with more than $2 million in grants to improve their college campuses. Alabama A&M University, Coahoma Community College and Fisk University placed first in their respective competition clusters, each winning a $150,000 grant. The 2023 Retool Your School program was expanded to include an additional $2 million in needs-based grants such as Innovation Lounge renovations, internship and externship programs, scholarships and more.

The Retool Your School Awards Celebration was held on Tuesday, April 11 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium to celebrate the participating schools and the 2023 program year. The event was hosted by actor, author, and HBCU alumnae, Rashan Ali. Andre Dickens, mayor of Atlanta, and Molly Battin, senior vice president and chief marketing officer of The Home Depot, delivered remarks to attendees about the importance of championing our nation’s HBCUs.

“The Home Depot’s commitment to HBCUs goes deeper than just financial support,” said Molly Battin, senior vice president and chief marketing officer. “We recognize that HBCUs are fundamental to academic success and professional development in both the communities they serve and our nation as a whole. We’re committed to preserving that incredible history and seeing that it continues to grow.”

HBCUs participating in the Campus Improvement Grant program were separated into three clusters based on student population. The top ten schools with the most votes per cluster received grants ranging from $40,000 to $150,000. As part of the new needs-based grant program, 10 schools were also awarded with Innovation Lounge funding to enhance existing spaces on campuses where students can congregate, ideate and collaborate. 

Congratulations to all the winning institutions of the 2023 Retool Your School program.

Campus Improvement Grant Cluster 1 

Alabama A&M UniversityJackson State UniversityAlbany State UniversityHoward UniversityHampton UniversityGrambling State UniversityAlabama State UniversitySouthern University and A&M CollegeWinston-Salem State UniversityNorfolk State University

Campus Improvement Grant Cluster 2 

Coahoma Community CollegeSouth Carolina State UniversityTuskegee UniversityBethune-Cookman UniversityKentucky State UniversityBenedict CollegeSavannah State UniversityUniversity of Arkansas at Pine BluffUniversity of Maryland Eastern ShoreMississippi Valley State University

Campus Improvement Grant Cluster 3 

Fisk UniversityTougaloo CollegeJohnson C. Smith UniversityLane CollegeTexas CollegeSouthwestern Christian CollegeWilberforce UniversityMorris Brown CollegeRust CollegeSaint Augustine’s University

Innovation Lounge Grant 

Bethune-Cookman UniversityFlorida A&M UniversityInterdenominational Theological CenterLincoln University of MissouriMeharry Medical CollegeMorehouse CollegeMorris Brown CollegeSouthern University and A&M CollegeSouthwestern Christian CollegeVoorhees College

Since 2009, through Retool Your School, The Home Depot has invested more than $9.25 million dollars to update, upgrade and uplift HBCU campuses. In 2023, the company quadrupled its Retool Your School commitment to $4 million as part of its continued dedication to celebrating the legacy and pride of HBCUs. To learn more, visit RetoolYourSchool.com.

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Remember Whac-A-Mole? It’s that old-timey arcade game where you hold a mallet and smack a cartoonish mole that pops up out of a hole. Just like you, I have no idea why we were hitting fake animals for entertainment, but that’s not my point here. The enduring legacy of this game is that it became a colloquialism. No matter how good you were at whacking moles, you could rest assured that another one would pop back up, and so Whac-A-Mole became an expression for similar phenomena in real life. It’s commonly used when fixing computer programming bugs and when news outlets work to debunk misinformation. It’s also the analogy that I thought of when I read the latest news on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

The Health Concerns Associated with PFAS

No, I didn’t just type a random series of letters on my keyboard. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, abbreviated to PFAS, are a classification of synthetic chemical types. I’ll dive into the details of them in just a moment, but first let me share the latest news with you. Last month, the US Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed new drinking water regulations for six different types of PFAS. Those regulations are now going through a public commentary period, and the EPA anticipates finalizing them by the end of the year. Because of the toxicity of these chemicals to the human body, the EPA projects that regulating them will prevent thousands of deaths and tens of thousands of illnesses.

If you, like me, are an average citizen of the United States of America, you might respond to this news with a perfunctory, “Oh, good.” If, on the other hand, you are a public health expert who thinks long and hard about the pervasiveness of unregulated synthetic chemicals commonly used in commercial products, you might respond to this news with, “About dang time, and now what about the other PFAS?”

You see, PFAS go by another nickname – forever chemicals. From the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (“NIEHS”) information page on PFAS: “PFAS molecules have a chain of linked carbon and fluorine atoms. Because the carbon-fluorine bond is one of the strongest, these chemicals do not degrade easily in the environment.” By design, these chemicals are hardy. That said, though they don’t naturally break down, they can break apart into smaller and smaller chains of molecules. As a result, PFAS can make their way into our air, water, soil, and food. Once in our bodies, they have been found to bioaccumulate. Concerning, no?

Also from that NIEHS page: “The research conducted to date reveals possible links between human exposures to PFAS and adverse health outcomes. These health effects include altered metabolism, fertility, reduced fetal growth and increased risk of being overweight or obese, increased risk of some cancers, and reduced ability of the immune system to fight infections.” Even more concerning, no?

PFAS Are Everywhere

Now you might be wondering about the very thing I intentionally have not yet told you. Where can PFAS be found? It’s quite a list, and this isn’t exhaustive:

Microwave popcorn bagsPizza boxesGrease-resistant paperCandy wrappersNon-stick cookwareCleaning productsDental flossShampooMakeupNail polishPaintRain jacketsStain-resistant fabrics

Part of the reason that PFAS are so pervasive is because of how many of them there are. As a chemical class, PFAS include more than 9,000 different chemicals. They’ve been around for over 70 years now, and until only the last couple of years, there has been basically no effort to regulate them at the federal level. Now to be clear, the current state of research does not show that every type of PFAS molecule is toxic to human health. The best way to describe the current state of research is that we genuinely don’t yet know just how bad they all might be, because they are notoriously difficult to study. To me though, the cautionary principle would suggest we err on the side of over-regulating, not under-regulating, these forever chemicals until we know better how safe they are.

Traditional Environmental Regulations Aren’t Enough Here

Which brings me back to the EPA news and Whac-A-Mole. Let’s say, hypothetically, that this proposed rule by the EPA goes through and is successful in reducing the concentration of those six chemicals in our waterways. Maybe it even emboldens the EPA, and they go after other PFAS, perhaps a few at a time. What would stop polluters from just switching to different PFAS or inventing whole new ones that offer the same performance characteristics?

Nothing would. It would be Whac-A-Mole, with some new potentially dangerous chemicals coming in to replace the now-regulated potentially dangerous chemicals. Which is a problem, because we simply don’t know enough about how dangerous ALL of these chemicals might be.

Think about what has to happen before a drugmaker can bring a new medication or vaccine to the marketplace. They must go through a rigorous process to prove that the drug or vaccine is both effective and safe, and then they must ask permission from a regulatory body before making it broadly available. All a chemical manufacturer has to do is convince their customers to buy whatever new wonder chemical they synthesize. Why don’t we require the same safety measures for chemicals used in consumer goods, especially when we know that those chemicals will disperse into the environment and bioaccumulate in our bodies?

We should. I’m incredibly grateful to the hardworking people at the EPA, but if we put solving this problem on them, it’s no better than handing them a mallet and telling them to start whacking thousands upon thousands of moles. If it were up to me, I’d say that anyone who manufactures PFAS should have to conclusively prove their safety before we let them put any in the marketplace.

April 12, 2023 /3BL Media/ – Housing insecurity was a part of LaTanya Whitehead’s reality for decades. Since she was 18, she has been on her own, moving from one unstable situation to another. The idea of escaping this insecurity by owning her own home seemed little more than a dream to Whitehead. But the single mother of two had a determination that would not be deterred.

Today, Whitehead owns a two-bedroom, two-bath home in the Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia — an accomplishment she attributes to support from the Urban League of Philadelphia, or ULP, and the Wells Fargo WORTH program.

Funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation, WORTH, or Wealth Opportunities Realized Through Homeownership, is a $60 million national effort that aims to create an estimated 40,0000 new homeowners of color in eight U.S. markets by 2025.

“It’s a wonderful thing. I wake up and think: ‘Wow, this is mine,’” Whitehead said. “I did not give up because I matter.”

Closing the wealth and homeownership gaps

Two years before Whitehead found her home, she completed the ULP’s housing-counseling program. She learned she wasn’t yet ready to buy due to her credit and debt-to-income ratio.

But she acted on her counselor’s advice. “I did everything they said because I was passionate. I said, ‘I can do this! I’m not giving up. I’m not going to stay in this apartment for years to come and pay someone else’s mortgage. I want to invest in myself.’”

The dream of homeownership is one shared by many Americans — yet it’s a goal too often out of reach for people of color, said Otis Rolley, president of the Wells Fargo Foundation and head of Philanthropy and Community Impact.

“There’s a wealth gap and a homeownership gap within the United States between people of color and white Americans,” Rolley said. While roughly 73% of white households are homeowners, according to a recent National Association of Realtors® article, only 50% of Hispanic and 44% of Black households own their home.

Rolley said addressing this gap is work that Wells Fargo considers critical, and the company is designating the largest share of its $300 million in annual philanthropy toward WORTH and other efforts to increase access to affordable homes in communities that have historically been disenfranchised and underinvested.

Partnering with local charities to help first-time homebuyers

The reasons for the homeownership gap are many — including “historic redlining, challenges to accessing credit and capital, public policy, and the real estate industry intentionally steering people of color away from certain communities and neighborhoods,” Rolley said. “As intentional as people were in creating these racist practices, we have to be as intentional in tearing them down.”

Abraham Pardo, director of housing at the Urban League of Philadelphia, which received $7.5 million of the WORTH grant for the city, added predatory practices as a contributing issue.

“Early in their lives, Black and brown communities may be targeted for products with higher interest rates or products they don’t really understand when they’re young,” Pardo said. When they later try to buy a house, “we’re uncovering, in many cases, layers of issues that occurred many years before they decided that homeownership was one of their goals.”

Because financial literacy is an essential part of preparing first-time homeowners, Pardo appreciates that WORTH is enabling ULP to offer more robust homebuyer counseling and financial literacy services. The WORTH grant is also supporting grants to help homeowners like Whitehead cover down payments and closing costs, helping to address the lack of savings that locks many households of color out of homeownership.

Recognizing the breadth of housing inequities in Philadelphia, ULP formed a collaborative of community-based organizations with deep networks in majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods to implement additional WORTH strategies over the next five years, including, HACE, Congreso De Latinos Unidos, New Kensington Community Development Corp, and the Urban Affairs Coalition.

Creating generational wealth through homeownership

Last summer, Whitehead got news that was music to her ears: her financial counselor said she was ready to get a realtor and find her home.

Then, in August, Whitehead and her 15-year-old daughter moved into a “cute, quaint, cozy” home within walking distance of her job and biking distance of downtown.

This house isn’t just for today; it’s an investment in her family.

“When I talk to my son or daughter, I say: ‘This is for you. I got this so that if anything goes on or whenever God calls me home, you guys have a place to go. You don’t have to worry about being homeless,’” Whitehead said.

Rolley said that beyond housing security, homeownership provides a family asset.

“It’s usually through real estate or small-business ownership that generational wealth is created,” Rolley said. “Now you have an asset. You have something to borrow against. It creates a very different reality for homeowners.”

Whitehead is incredibly grateful for the support in acquiring this asset for her family. Not getting support from the City of Philadelphia, Urban League, and Wells Fargo “would have depleted everything I have. You guys put me in a position that I am forever grateful for.”

LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2023 /3BL Media/ – With more than 828 million people around the world facing hunger daily, Herbalife, a global health and wellness company and community, and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (HNF), through their Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative, have expanded their partnership with Feed the Children. With a $550,000 pledge from HNF over a two-year period, the leading anti-hunger organization will provide food, nutrition and education supplies to vulnerable children and families in the U.S., and now internationally across the Philippines, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. As part of this partnership, Herbalife has also committed to an in-kind donation of 10,000 units of its Formula 1 Healthy Meal Nutritional Shake Mix, for inclusion in U.S. food programs during the year.

“As we enter our fourth year of partnership with Feed the Children under our Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative, we’re eager to help even more people around the world enhance their lives through good nutrition,” said Erin Richards-Kunkel, senior director of Strategic Partnership and CSR for Herbalife.

The new pledge will help supplement approximately 300,000 meals to people in need in the U.S. Internationally, the partnership will support Feed the Children’s “First 1,000-Day” campaign, which teaches pregnant mothers how to prepare meals that include essential vitamins and nutrients for themselves and their children, from conception through the first two years of their children’s lives — promoting the benefits of breastfeeding — as this is a critical period during which stunting malnutrition in children occurs.

“Children cannot thrive unless their basic needs are met,” said Travis Arnold, president and CEO of Feed the Children. “Widespread global issues like childhood hunger and malnutrition in mothers and children will only be solved when multiple sectors work together. Partners like Herbalife and the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation are vital to our mission of providing hope and resources for those without life’s essentials as we serve vulnerable communities across the United States and around the world.”

Launched in 2019, the Nutrition for Zero Hunger initiative aligns with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 2 – Zero Hunger, and focuses on ending world hunger by supporting global nonprofit organizations with critical resources and expertise to ensure people in need have access to good nutrition. Its global partners, programs, and nutrition interventions foster continual improvement in food and nutrition access worldwide and challenges global hunger, while also focusing on creating pathways for sustainable nutrition.

For more information, visit www.IAmHerbalifeNutrition.com

About Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.

Herbalife Nutrition (NYSE: HLF) is a global company that has been changing people’s lives with great nutrition products and a business opportunity for its independent distributors since 1980. The Company offers science-backed products to consumers in 95 markets through entrepreneurial distributors who provide one-on-one coaching and a supportive community that inspires their customers to embrace a healthier, more active lifestyle. Through the Company’s commitment to nourish people, communities and planet, Herbalife Nutrition pledges to achieve 50 million positive impacts – tangible acts of good – by 2030, its 50th anniversary.

About the Herbalife Nutrition Foundation

Herbalife Nutrition Foundation (“HNF”) is devoted to improving lives and communities around the world. With a focus on making nutrition more accessible, eradicating hunger, and promoting economic opportunities, HNF works with leading local and global organizations, ensuring that we are nourishing people and the planet, because both together, lead to a healthier world. For more information about HNF and how you can support the Foundation’s important work, visit www.herbalifenutritionfoundation.org.

About Feed the Children

At Feed the Children, we feed hungry kids. We envision a world where no child goes to bed hungry. In the U.S. and internationally, we are dedicated to helping families and communities achieve stable lives and to reducing the need for help tomorrow, while providing food and resources to help them today. We distribute product donations from corporate donors to local community partners, we provide support for teachers and students, and we mobilize resources quickly to aid recovery efforts when natural disasters strike. Internationally, we manage child-focused community development programs in eight countries. We welcome partnerships because we know our work would not be possible without collaborative relationships.

About Nutrition for Zero Hunger

Through Nutrition for Zero Hunger, Herbalife Nutrition is helping tackle rising global hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. As a leader in the nutrition industry, we are committed to addressing this need through combined efforts for access to healthy nutrition and nutrition education. Nutrition for Zero Hunger aligns with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2, which calls for bold action to end malnutrition in all its forms by 2030, as well as solutions to end global hunger and improve nutrition worldwide. The initiative addresses global hunger, food security and malnutrition through key commitments to ensure greater access, education and empowerment of healthy nutrition worldwide.

Annabel Heydorn
213-300-0410
annabelh@herbalife.com

Source: Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.

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In 2013, SAIC joined forces with Building Homes for Heroes (BHH), which builds and modifies homes and then gifts them — mortgage-free — to veterans and their families. To date, SAIC has helped donate 13 homes to our military heroes and their families and raised more than $500,000 through BHH. SAIC is proud to support BHH’s mission and is committed to supporting our veterans and all those serving in our military.

SAIC employees play a big role in our support of BHH and veterans. Before each new home is gifted to a veteran, our employee volunteers help perform final welcome preparations. They also show their generosity through direct contributions. We continue to raise money for veterans and their families through BHH at our fundraising page.

This year, SAIC is honored to support the gifting of homes to our newest BHH heroes: U.S. Army Sergeant Alberto Montrond, Air Force Technical Sergeant Rahmeka Hopkins and Navy Petty Officer Second Class Anthony Thompson. See our BHH heroes gallery here for their stories.

Learn more about our citizenship partnerships and initiatives at our Citizenship and Community Engagement page.

About SAIC

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation’s technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers’ missions.

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Generation Change (GenChange) is an audience-inspired, audience-led initiative at Paramount designed to elevate and empower young people who are driving change around the world. Generation Change creates tailored programming in collaboration with our brands and markets by young agents of change who are passionate about improving their communities.

In direct response to some of the overt transgressive and oppressive acts endured by women in recent times, GenChange is producing a new digital campaign focusing in on the ways society polices the bodies of women for Women’s History Month. The campaign titled, “Hands Off [my body, my rights, my future, my choice] includes a video series, PSAs, and a short documentary profiling gender equality change-makers based in the UK.

Watch the featured video for a showcase of Hands Off! These PSAs emphasize ways to take action for those wanting to get involved with efforts on gender equality being made around the world. Changemaker Evie Muir delivers her message for International Women’s Day 2023 and Women’s History Month, thanking her mother, highlighting the importance of supporting Black queer survivors and addressing the importance of racial equity within the feminist movement.

As part of GenChange’s commitment to provide resources and platforms, the campaign encouraged conversation amongst audiences using the IWD #EmbraceEquity hashtag and signposted people to helplines for information. Additionally, in partnership with our change makers, this campaign will promote local (to the U.K.) organizations for those seeking resources for themselves or others. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised, please visit mtv.co.uk/helpline