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<img alt="Young girl shown in a playground." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="6b6ba62e-ce93-4eb8-bdcb-f65ff28357ff" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Essity11.7.22A.jpeg" class="align-center" width="800" height="533" loading="lazy" /><a href="https://www.essity.com/media/press-release/essity-joins-united-nations-foundation-s-campaign-to-tackle-gender-inequality/f102890be878fbf3/" target="_blank">Originally published on Essity News Center</a>

Hygiene and health company<a href="https://www.essity.com/" target="_blank"> Essity</a> extends its partnership with United Nations Foundation by joining the organization’s campaign #EqualEverywhere to accelerate progress towards gender equality.

Essity has been a partner to the United Nations Foundation since 2016 with the aim of contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with Goal 5: Gender Equality being one of Essity’s prioritized SDGs*. As a leading hygiene and health company breaking barriers to well-being, Essity has decided to join the UN Foundation’s annual campaign #EqualEverywhere to further advance progression towards gender equality.

“As a hygiene and health company developing and providing products for all stages in life and breaking stigmas around sensitive, often gender-related topics, Essity is fully committed to do what we can to contribute to gender equality. By extending our partnership with the UN Foundation, we will continue to pursue global discussions in collaboration with the public sector and other companies to accelerate progress towards achieving this vital goal”, says Joséphine Edwall Björklund, Senior Vice President, Communications at Essity.

Essity has for many years been addressing gaps in menstrual health and hygiene while promoting the empowerment of women and girls. Since 2016, Essity is working actively to increase dialogue about menstruation and hygiene issues among young people in Mexico, reaching over 7.5 million people up to date. Projects like these have been initiated as research shows that menstruation is the most stigmatized topic, followed by incontinence and menopause in countries such as Mexico, Colombia and Brazil**.

In addition, Essity’s intimate hygiene brands such as Bodyform/Libresse/Nosotras/Saba and Tena are also heavily involved in breaking taboos with campaigns such as “Blood Normal” which was the first TV advertisement for period products to replace blue liquid with a more representative red, “Viva La Vulva” which helped normalize the conversation about the female body and “The Last Lonely Menopause” which encourages conversations about menopause.

"The UN Foundation's #EqualEverywhere campaign aims to reach, inspire, and mobilize diverse champions to take up the cause for equality for everyone, everywhere," says Michelle Milford Morse, the UN Foundation's Vice President for Girls and Women Strategy. "We are thrilled to partner with Essity and to benefit from Essity's enduring commitment to gender equality."

To learn more about Essity’s partnership with the UN Foundation, please visit <a href="https://www.essity.com/company/breaking-barriers-to-well-being/partnerships/unf/" target="_blank">Essity’s homepage</a>.

More information about #EqualEverywhere can be found at United Nations Foundation’s <a href="https://equaleverywhere.org/" target="_blank">campaign website</a>.

* Essity’s prioritized SDGs: - Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being 
- Goal 5: Gender Equality 
- Goal 6: Clean water and Sanitation 
- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production 
- Goal 13: Climate Action 
- Goal 15: Life on Land 

** Essity’s Global Hygiene and Health Survey 2022 based on responses from more than 15,000 people world-wide.

<a href="https://mb.cision.com/Main/15798/3659559/1647236.pdf" target="_blank">Essity joins United Nations Foundation’s campaign to tackle gender inequality</a>

Essity Joins United Nations Foundation's Campaign To Tackle Gender Inequality

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Sport and Olympism play a key role in building safer communities and preventing violence and crime among young people. Addressing Member States of the United Nations (UN) in New York, IOC Member <a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/ms-kirsty-coventry" target="_blank">Kirsty Coventry</a> made an appeal for increased cooperation and partnerships to leverage the contributions of sport in preventing violence and crime and building peaceful, safe communities.

She was speaking at the Partnerships in Community-Based Crime Prevention high-level forum at the UN headquarters, chaired by HE Hikihara Takeshi, Chair of the 31st Session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ). She also attended the launch event of Sport against Crime: Outreach, Resilience, Empowerment (SC:ORE), a joint IOC - UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) initiative that supports the effective use of sport to prevent and combat violence and crime.

“Sport is not just physical activity,” Coventry told the forum. “It’s a powerful means to build bridges, bring people together and contribute to building more peaceful and safer communities.”

Coventry introduced the new SC:ORE initiative in the context of <a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/news/olympism-365-strengthening-the-role-of-sport-as-an-important-enabler-for-the-un-sdg" target="_blank">Olympism 365</a>, the IOC’s new strategy to strengthen the role of sport as an important enabler for the United Nations Sustainable Development GoalsUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

“Sport-based policy and programmes in the context of community-based interventions can play a critical role in empowering youth and community members to become active agents of positive change and support crime prevention efforts,” said Coventry. “SC:ORE is an important part of our collective work on sport, peace and safe communities through Olympism 365.”
<img alt="SCORE logo" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="070c83e9-f6c8-4fd3-b02c-099caab679c1" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/scorelogo_ioc_11822.png" width="640" class="align-center" height="406" loading="lazy" />Working in partnership

The IOC’s invitation to address the forum follows the <a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-and-unodc-extend-collaboration-to-fight-corruption-and-crime-in-sport" target="_blank">extension of the memorandum of understanding (MoU)</a> between the IOC and the UNODC, signed in November 2021.

With a particular focus on preventing youth crime, violence and drug use through sport, the MoU with the UNODC continues the longstanding partnership between the two organisations – and, for that matter, the close relationship between the IOC and the UN more broadly.

“We are excited to have engaged in a partnership with the IOC to strengthen youth resilience through sport and help us expand important work in this area,” said Jo Dedeyne-Amann, Chief of the Secretariat of the Governing Bodies and Secretary of the CCPCJ at the UNODC Division of Treaty Affairs. “It is clear that our mandates, expertise and networks are complementary when it comes to the use of sport for positive youth development, the creation of safe communities and the prevention of crime.”

SC:ORE: building safe communities through sport

SC:ORE illustrates some of the many ways that sport can serve as a tool for crime prevention. Focusing on sport-based learning and skills training, it aims to support the effective use of sport to prevent violence and crime and to enhance the role of sport and the sports sector in building peaceful and safe communities.

This will be done by producing concrete policy guidance and toolkits for policymakers and programme implementers, while also delivering demonstrative community projects to further develop knowledge and understanding of effective sport-based community-focused crime prevention projects.

The programme is being developed jointly by the IOC through its Olympic Values Education Programme (<a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/education/olympic-values-education-programme" target="_blank">OVEP</a>) and the UNODC as part of the IOC’s Olympism 365 strategy and follow-up General Assembly resolutions A/RES/74/170 and A/RES/76/183 on “Integrating sport into youth crime prevention and criminal justice strategies”.

Olympism 365 contributes to the IOC’s aim to use sport for sustainable development – as set out in <a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/olympic-agenda-2020-plus-5" target="_blank">Olympic Agenda 2020+5</a>, the strategic roadmap for the Olympic Movement.

The IOC's partnership with the UNODC in support of this objective builds on the UNODC’s “Youth Crime Prevention through Sport Initiative” and the <a href="https://www.unodc.org/dohadeclaration/en/sports/lineupliveup.html" target="_blank">Line Up Live Up</a> sport-based life skills training curriculum. Both initiatives seek to leverage the power of sport to reduce crime and, to this end, offer technical advice and build the capacity of policymakers and practitioners to effectively address risk- and protective factors related to criminal behaviour through sport-based interventions. The partnership is also allied to the <a href="https://www.unodc.org/unodc/strategy/index.html" target="_blank">UNODC Strategy 2021-2025</a>, which guides the UNODC’s mission to contribute to global peace, security, human rights and development by making the world safer from drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism.

Further to the launch, the IOC and the UNODC will organise policy workshops and capacity-building activities for implementing partners, including National Olympic Committees, civil society organisations and national and local policymakers. The programme is then due to be implemented in two pilot countries and regions, with the aim of creating safe spaces to engage and empower young people through sports activities and help reduce risk factors for crime and community violence.

Olympism 365 – enabling the UN SDGs through sport

SC:ORE is part of the IOC’s <a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/news/olympism-365-strengthening-the-role-of-sport-as-an-important-enabler-for-the-un-sdg" target="_blank">Olympism 365</a> strategy, which is designed to connect people with the Olympic values – everywhere, every day.

Olympism 365 is the engine behind Recommendation 10 of Olympic Agenda 2020+5, which commits to “strengthen the role of sport as an important enabler for the UN SDGs”. Aligning the <a href="https://olympics.com/ioc/news/the-olympic-charter" target="_blank">Fundamental Principles of Olympism</a> with national development plans and local priorities, Olympism 365 aims to create change in four interconnected areas:

<ul><li>improving access to sport;</li>
	<li>creating a place to belong;</li>
	<li>ensuring opportunities to fully benefit from sport; and</li>
	<li>strengthening local and global connection.</li>
</ul>As Coventry told the UN forum this week: “The aim of the Sport, Peace and Safe Communities pillar of Olympism 365 is to work in partnership to realise the potential of sport and Olympism in society to promote peace, and reduce anti-social behaviour, crime and violence by helping people find a community and make positive social connections.”

IOC Emphasises Power of Sport in Combatting Youth Violence and Crime at Special UNODC Forum

<img alt="Two people looking at a handheld device indoors." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="17834bb9-6a3c-4481-af3b-2a1d8d20e83f" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/teams_qualcomm_11822.png" width="640" class="align-center" height="670" loading="lazy" />Qualcomm Technologies expanded access to STEM education worldwide with the launch of its new 5G training university program. The company launched the program in the fall of 2021 through the <a href="http://www.qualcommwirelessacademy.com/" style="letter-spacing: 0.21px;" target="_blank">Qualcomm Wireless Academy</a> (QWA), the company’s educational and training branch.

What is QWA’s 5G University Training Program?

QWA’s university program gives students around the world the opportunity to receive 5G training and certification from industry-leading engineers at Qualcomm Technologies. While this training normally costs hundreds of dollars per course, university students can receive two QWA 5G training courses for free. After enrolling in their free training, students may then pay a small fee ($29) to enroll in the company’s 5G Introductory-Level Certification exam. If they pass the exam, students will receive an official certification from a 5G industry leader.

By taking this training and becoming certified by Qualcomm Technologies, students enhance their 5G knowledge, skills, and professional portfolios, and begin to arm themselves with the tools they need to optimize 5G technology in the workplace.

In addition to receiving 5G training and certification, as a part of this program, students in North America may upload their resumes for Qualcomm recruiters to view, offering students a valuable networking opportunity.

How Does QWA’s University Program Work?

This program is open to any full-time university student around the world, including students studying for an Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree. The following is a breakdown of how the program works:

<ol><li>Register for the Program: Students may click on the following links to learn more and register:

	<ul><li><a href="https://qwa.qualcomm.com/course-catalog/5G-Training-University-Program-North-America" target="_blank">Students in North America</a></li>
		<li><a href="https://qwa.qualcomm.com/course-catalog/5G-Training-University-Program-Europe-Asia" target="_blank">Students Outside North America</a></li>
	</ul></li>
	<li>Enroll in the Free Training: Once students register for their courses, a QWA representative will email them with instructions for accessing the learning material.</li>
	<li>Enroll in QWA’s 5G Introductory-Level Certification Exam: Upon completing their training, students may enroll in QWA’s 5G Introductory-Level Certification exam. Instructions for enrolling are on the links listed in first step above</li>
	<li>Receive a Qualcomm Technologies Certificate: If students pass their exam, they will receive a Qualcomm Technologies 5G Introductory-Level Certificate. They may post this certificate on their resumes, CVs, LinkedIn profiles, and/or wherever they choose.</li>
</ol>Expanding to Diverse and Exciting Student Populations:

QWA’s 5G university training program has grown rapidly since its launch. In the first year of the program, QWA engaged more than 1,500 students from more than 125 universities worldwide. These students also represented roughly 45 different majors from across the academic spectrum and came from a wide range of Associate’s, Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD programs. As the program grows, QWA is expanding its reach across the world, with specific focuses in India, Southeast Asia, and Africa.

For more information about QWA’s university program – or if a university is interested in taking part in this initiative – please email <a href="mailto:qwa@qti.qualcomm.com" target="_blank">qwa@qti.qualcomm.com</a>.

Qualcomm Brings 5G Training & Certification to Students Around the World

<figure role="group" class="align-center"><img alt="Confluence of Manu River (sediment laden) with clearer Madre de Dios River, former river channel of Manu, plant covered and dry." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="afbe5869-fc07-4d9c-bae9-e5dd9da05e8a" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Original_WW129391.jpeg" width="640" height="853" loading="lazy" /><figcaption>© André Bärtschi / WWF - Boca Manu, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru</figcaption></figure>Linda K. Walker, Senior Director, Corporate Engagement, Forests, World Wildlife Fund 

As a part of <a href="https://www.worldwildlife.org/blogs/sustainability-works/posts/putting-forests-at-the-heart-of-climate-nature-and-business-resilience" target="_blank">World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and HP Inc.’s expanded forest conservation partnership</a> to help protect, restore and improve the management of nearly 1 million acres of forest, our collaboration will accelerate forest protection and restoration efforts in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, a global biodiversity hot spot and home to some of the last jaguar populations on Earth. We will also accelerate conservation efforts in two new landscapes: Madre de Dios in Peru, near the headwaters of the Amazon River basin, and the forests of eastern Australia, home to endangered koalas and other species that have been severely impacted by recent wildfires. Work in these three critical landscapes totals nearly 450,000 acres (182,000 hectares).

WWF and HP’s approach recognizes the paramount importance of protecting and better managing existing forests, then restoring forests that have been lost. Our work is grounded in a commitment to put people first, ensuring that each effort prioritizes Indigenous people and community engagement, social safeguards, transparency, and equitable benefits. By doing so, we are not only ensuring a future for forests but also for those who depend on them.
<figure role="group" class="align-center"><img alt="Meandering stream in rainforest" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="ac983c84-4829-45e4-a745-582145b212c9" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Original_WW129267.jpeg" width="640" height="829" loading="lazy" /><figcaption>© André Bärtschi / WWF - Meandering stream in primary rainforest Candamo Reserve, Tambopata Madre de Dios, Peru</figcaption></figure>We chose these landscapes because they are ecologically valuable, highly threatened, and critically important for local communities. In Australia, the partnership will aim to reduce deforestation, improve forest management practices, and restore forests for koala habitat and climate resilience. In Brazil, the partnership will restore critical biodiversity corridors, support forest landscape restoration, and improve the protection and management of protected areas. In Peru, the partnership will work to improve forest management practices and restore and connect key jaguar forest habitat.

WWF and HP started our collaboration in 2019, initially focusing on restoring over 1,300 acres (550 hectares) in the Atlantic Forest in Brazil and achieving Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certification for nearly 220,000 acres (89,000 hectares) in select provinces in China. In 2021, HP and WWF announced an $80 million investment to conserve nearly 1 million additional acres of forest by 2030, an area approximately five times the size of New York City.
<figure role="group" class="align-center"><img alt="Forests along rolling hills" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a50b9db1-4f09-4874-ad0f-71f96266abd9" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Original_WW2151412.jpeg" width="640" height="720" loading="lazy" /><figcaption>© Adriano Gambarini / WWF-US - Colina dos Sonhos Farm, Atlantic Rainforest Area, Socorro, São Paulo, Brazil</figcaption></figure>To date, we’re halfway to our original restoration goal in the Atlantic Forest, with around 618 acres (250 hectares) under restoration to reconnect fragmented patches of forest. As part of that effort, we have engaged with 11 local nongovernmental organizations to ensure community support and benefits for the work are integrated from the beginning. In China, over 81,000 acres (33,000 hectares) of forest have been certified by FSC, the gold standard in forest management.

Advancing forest conservation, the primary goal of our partnership with HP, has never been more important. According to the <a href="https://www.fao.org/3/ca8642en/ca8642en.pdf" target="_blank">Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations</a>, we lose approximately 24 million acres (10 million hectares) of forests, about the size of Portugal, every year. This represents a major risk to global climate, biodiversity, water security, human health, and the businesses and people that depend on healthy forests.
<figure role="group" class="align-center"><img alt="Tree-covered hills" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b8d9ac9e-9cfd-458c-99eb-1683cfa557dd" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Original_WW2151893.jpeg" width="640" height="853" loading="lazy" /><figcaption>© Adriano Gambarini / WWF-US - Restoration Area, Capela da Paz Farm, Owner: Vania Godoi Eduardo, Socorro, São Paulo, Brazil</figcaption></figure>WWF and HP are working to conserve ecologically valuable and threatened forests at a scale equal to all paper used in HP printers, irrespective of brand, by 2030—while advancing climate, community and biodiversity benefits. It’s part of HP’s commitment to be Forest Positive by 2030—helping to give back, through forest conservation, more than what is taken through the use of HP products and services.

Read on to learn more about these critical forests, why they were selected for conservation, and how HP and WWF will help:<a href="https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/atlantic-forest-brazil" target="_blank"> Atlantic Forest, Brazil</a>; <a href="https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/forests-of-eastern-australia" target="_blank">Forests of Eastern Australia</a>; <a href="https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/madre-de-dios-peru" target="_blank">Madre de Dios, Peru</a>.
<figure role="group" class="align-center"><img alt="A field next to a lake, with forest in the bakcground" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d0307874-cdca-4dd7-8ba0-b004366a502f" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/Original_WW2151937.jpeg" width="640" height="853" loading="lazy" /><figcaption>© Adriano Gambarini / WWF-US - Restoration Area, Capela da Paz Farm, Owner: Vania Godoi Eduardo, Socorro, São Paulo, Brazil</figcaption></figure>

Expanding Conservation Efforts to Protect Vital Forests Across the Globe

<img alt="desktop screen with software displayed " data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="41344eea-f293-4203-ad4e-518ccf8fee3a" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/desktop-safety110222.png" width="640" class="align-center" height="873" loading="lazy" />November 7, 2022 /CSRwire/ - RESOLVE, a Washington, DC based international non-governmental organization (NGO) known for its innovative solutions to environmental and health challenges and Insight Terra, a London based start-up providing an environmental and infrastructure risk management platform and solutions, have formed a strategic partnership to deliver an end-to-end environmental and social risk management solution for the mining industry. The solution combines satellite and earth observation coupled with ground sensors to independently monitor the highest risk tailings dams, public or privately owned.

The innovation integrates Insight Terra’s leading mine product, Tailings Insight with RESOLVE’s TrailGuard AI to create a sustainable monitoring, management, and mitigation solution for mining operations of all types and sizes.
<img alt="tablet screen with software displayed " data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1091a509-eeef-4c23-8118-8fb746a88956" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/ipad-esg110222.png" width="640" class="align-center" height="860" loading="lazy" />Tailings Insight is built on <a href="https://www.insightterra.com/" target="_blank">Insight Terra</a>’s award-winning Insight Platform and is now deployed with a number of global mining companies to monitor risks posed by tailings dams. The platform includes a cloud-based IoT data management system, satellite connectivity, and earth observation data.

A unique, new feature is RESOLVE’s <a href="https://www.resolve.ngo/trailguard.htm" target="_blank">TrailGuard AI,</a> a cryptic camera-alert system with embedded AI customized for mining operations. This monitoring technology has proven effective for detecting poaching and intruders and now serves other environmental needs by running detectors on-the-edge to prevent illegal logging and human-wildlife conflict.

TrailGuard AI is a product of <a href="http://impactatresolve.com/wildtech/" target="_blank">WildTech</a>, a conservation technology start-up launched by RESOLVE.
<img alt="trail guard" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="f764b533-4256-4059-9fcc-79d092f343bf" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/TrailGuard_AI_11.7.22.png" width="640" class="align-center" height="747" loading="lazy" />The partnership addresses the urgent <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/media-and-news/press-releases/urgent-investor-call-global-tailings-monitoring-system." target="_blank">call by the Church of England</a> (COE) and others for better monitoring of risks from tailings dams and solutions to prevent environmental hazards1. Our combined solution is aligned with the <a href="https://globaltailingsreview.org/global-industry-standard/" target="_blank">Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management</a> (GISTM) promulgated in 2020 by the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The GISTM requires mines with high-risk tailings facilities, both active and closed, to comply by August 2023, less than a year away. This solution meets that timeline.

RESOLVE’s new start-up, <a href="https://www.regeneration.enterprises/" target="_blank">Regeneration</a>—a social purpose enterprise that uses the re-mining and processing of waste from legacy mine sites to restore natural environments and help communities realize better closure results—will support this effort by partnering with industry and government to test this solution at re-mined sites and de-risk closed sites.

The leadership of both organizations recognizes that the path to a clean energy transition requires more minerals, and our partnership is designed to help bring them to market safely and sustainably. We will collaborate to scale additional innovative technologies aligned with this objective2.
<img alt="cloud edge infographic" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="1fd84580-b22b-4bd6-9d04-64922e90e84e" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/video-cloud-edge110222.png" width="640" class="align-center" height="713" loading="lazy" />RESOLVE and Insight Terra partner with Inmarsat, the leading global mobile satellite communications provider, in its <a href="https://www.inmarsat.com/en/solutions-services/enterprise/services/elevate.html" target="_blank">ELEVATE</a> global IoT ecosystem.

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1 They have also called for a Global Tailings Monitoring System and Tailings Legacy Fund which will be addressed at a COE sponsored global summit planned for London in January 2023.

2 The World Bank estimates a 500% increase in global mining activity over the next two decades to produce the more than three billion tons of minerals required to deploy the wind, solar, geothermal power, as well as energy storage, to support the energy transition.

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Quotes

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“The need for reliable, real-time monitoring of mine tailings storage facilities could not be greater in light of yet another catastrophic and deadly failure in South Africa in September this year. Protecting people, and the planet, is our mission at Insight Terra. In partnership with RESOLVE, we will work closely with mine operators, investors, and regulators to advance this comprehensive mine monitoring solution. The powerful combination of satellite connectivity, earth observation data, real-time IoT, and valuable ground truth sensors and data, goes far toward achieving this collective goal.” — Alastair Bovim, Insight Terra Co-founder and CEO

“The tailings challenge is daunting and requires a range of engineering, social, and environmental solutions. We’ve identified two innovations that can help: re-mining tailings to restore sites and innovative, AI-enabled monitoring. With Regeneration’s re-mining solution, tailings waste is turned into a resource. By coupling Tailings Insight with TrailGuard AI we achieve safer, more sustainable closure outcomes. This is a double win for the climate and communities.” — Stephen D'Esposito, RESOLVE President and Regneration Founder

"Using our technology, AI-enabled monitoring becomes a force multiplier—whether the issue is tailings, poaching, illegal logging, or illegal fishing the challenge is the same, how to get trained “eyes” on the problem at scale and within budget. We can train our solution to see and interpret. The partnership with Insight Terra extends our reach and impact.” — Eric Dinerstein, WildTech CEO
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Contacts

RESOLVE — Stephen D'Esposito, RESOLVE President and Regeneration Founder: <a href="mailto:sdesposito@resolve.ngo" target="_blank">sdesposito@resolve.ngo</a>

Insight Terra — Alastair Bovim, Insight Terra Co-founder and CEO: <a href="mailto:Alastair.Bovim@insightterra.com" target="_blank">Alastair.Bovim@insightterra.com</a>

Notes to Editors

RESOLVE (<a href="https://www.resolve.ngo/" target="_blank">https://www.resolve.ngo/</a>) is an independent international nongovernmental organization (NGO) based in Washington, D.C., with locations in Vancouver, Canada, and Colombia, Switzerland.

Insight Terra (<a href="https://www.insightterra.com/" target="_blank">https://www.insightterra.com/</a>) is an environmental and infrastructure risk management platform provider headquartered in London, U.K., and with locations in Cape Town, South Africa, Dublin, Ireland, and Palo Alto, California.

WildTech (<a href="http://impactatresolve.com/wildtech/" target="_blank">http://impactatresolve.com/wildtech/</a>) is a start-up conservation technology enterprise.

Regeneration (<a href="https://www.regeneration.enterprises/" target="_blank">https://www.regeneration.enterprises/</a>) is a restoration and mining enterprise registered as a public benefit company.

RESOLVE and Insight Terra Announce a Strategic Partnership To Launch an AI-Enabled Solution to Monitoring Tailings From Active and Abandoned Mines

<img alt="Nessel lactation station" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="eb58c020-8576-4986-ba64-33b17906612d" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/nessel_southwire_102822.jpeg" width="640" class="align-center" height="724" loading="lazy" />As the company seeks to sustain a culture that recognizes and celebrates the value of diverse backgrounds, equity in opportunity and inclusivity in action, Southwire has announced a partnership with Nessel to standardize its dedicated spaces for nursing mothers across the company. 
Nessel is a women-owned, health-based furniture company designed by working moms for working moms. The organization seeks to improve lives and keep communities safe and supported through innovative design.
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“We met the Nessel team last year through our relationship with Women in Manufacturing (WIM), and we’re incredibly excited about the advancements we’re making through this partnership,” said Cara Herzog, Southwire’s vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). “Creating this standard for nursing moms is an important step for Southwire, and as someone who has been a nursing mom twice, this is incredibly meaningful to me. When we intentionally create equity and inclusion for one group of people, there is a ripple effect that leads to a better experience for all.”
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<img alt="lactation station" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e17748e3-acc9-4879-9b9b-6c0bcff8736b" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/pumpstation_southwire_102822_0.jpeg" width="640" class="align-center" height="854" loading="lazy" />The Nessel lactation station provides a supportive, safe and sanitary space for breastfeeding mothers at work. The all-in-one mother’s solution is intended for women to thrive while pumping at work. Southwire’s goal is to have this standard for clean, comfortable and compliant nursing mothers’ stations integrated into every company facility by the end of 2024.

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"It’s inspiring to partner with organizations such as Southwire, who take seriously the commitment to supporting women in all ways. Studies show that almost half of all women leave their employer within six months of returning from maternity leave, so it’s unsurprising that creating corporate lactation programs are gaining prominence,” said Stephanie Boms, CEO of Nessel. “At Nessel, we are dedicated to creating solutions that drive inclusive and equitable communities. Nessel is excited to join forces with Southwire leadership to implement best-in-class solutions that further advance the ways women thrive."
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<img alt="cup holders at lactation station" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="3b706666-6240-4ffe-975f-2b984762a273" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/cupholders_southwire_102822.jpeg" width="640" class="align-center" height="854" loading="lazy" />This newly-formed partnership represents one of many initiatives in place to accelerate the company’s focus on DEI. Southwire’s DEI strategy has seven key areas of focus, two of which were directly involved in the ideation and success of this project - its Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and External Partnerships.

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"Women in Manufacturing (WiM) is proud to have organizations like Southwire as a key sponsor over the last few years, and it is exciting to see them make meaningful change through opportunities we offer," said Allison Grealis, WiM President and Founder. "Moms in MFG is an annual event series and community which focuses solely on supporting moms working in manufacturing. It is organizations like Southwire and Nessel that are leading change with initiatives like this to drive more equitable, safe, and comfortable experiences for women in the manufacturing industry."
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<img alt="lactation station" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9f6ef50b-4a5d-4221-a7ad-d09a506fe578" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/stationpumping_southwire_102822.jpeg" width="640" class="align-center" height="854" loading="lazy" />For more information on Southwire’s ongoing commitment to DEI, visit <a href="https://www.southwire.com/dei" target="_blank">www.southwire.com/dei</a>. For more Southwire news, visit <a href="https://www.southwire.com/newsroom" target="_blank">www.southwire.com/newsroom</a>.

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Hygiene and health company Essity extends its partnership with United Nations Foundation by joining the organization’s campaign #EqualEverywhere to accelerate progress towards gender equality.

<img alt="oanne Crevoiserat" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="dfb45a15-6868-4736-8637-b1d21b023b8a" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/joanne_tapestry_10-31-2022.jpeg" width="440" class="align-center" height="1000" loading="lazy" />Congratulations to our CEO, Joanne Crevoiserat, for being named to Forbes’ list of ‘50 Over 50!’ This list celebrates the entrepreneurs, investors, creators, and entertainers who are disruptors in their own right – continuing to define what success looks like. 
Joanne was recognized for her entrepreneurial approach to leading and transforming Tapestry, and driving our strategic growth. 
Learn more and view the full list here: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/50over50/" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/50over50/</a> 
Congratulations, Joanne!

About Tapestry

Tapestry, Inc. is a New York -based house of modern luxury lifestyle brands. The Company’s portfolio includes Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman . Our Company and our brands are founded upon a creative and consumer-led view of luxury that stands for inclusivity and approachability. Each of our brands are unique and independent, while sharing a commitment to innovation and authenticity defined by distinctive products and differentiated customer experiences across channels and geographies. To learn more about Tapestry, please visit <a href="https://www.tapestry.com/" target="_blank">www.tapestry.com</a>. The Company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TPR.

Congratulations to our CEO, Joanne Crevoiserat, for being named to Forbes’ list of ‘50 Over 50!'

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<img alt="solar installation" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="90f7690c-9229-4ef7-a746-df7105191e9b" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/solarinstall_edison_111122.jpeg" width="640" class="align-center" height="697" loading="lazy" /><a href="https://energized.edison.com/stories/edison-volunteers-help-families-transition-to-clean-energy" target="_blank">Energized by Edison</a>

Nonprofit <a href="https://gridalternatives.org/regions/ie" tabindex="10" target="_blank" title="https://gridalternatives.org/regions/ie">GRID Alternatives Inland Empire</a> works to install solar panels on the residences of families who might not otherwise be able to afford them, and at the same time, provides hands-on job training for prospective solar industry workers. But throughout the pandemic, those activities were severely curtailed because of health-related concerns. 
On a recent sunny Saturday, a group of Edison International and Southern California Edison volunteers became the first to resume solar installations since pandemic restrictions were lifted. Two income-qualified families in Ontario are the beneficiaries of rooftop solar systems that could save them more than $30,000 in energy costs over the lifetimes of their solar arrays.
<figure role="group" class="align-center"><img alt="&quot; &quot;" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="5932ba9d-bd17-4967-9ef6-437d72fc2aa5" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/2construct_edison_111122.jpeg" width="640" height="853" loading="lazy" /><figcaption>(L-r) Javier Lara, Grid Alternatives construction assistant and Jeremiah Lee, Grid Alternatives Solar Installation construction assistant discuss the next steps of the panel install process with (l-r) Demetria Vo, SCE business operations analysis associate specialist, Steve Powell, SCE president and CEO and Brian Mauleon, SCE senior project manager. PHOTO CREDIT: Maria Hedrick</figcaption></figure>Both families will be helping to <a href="https://energized.edison.com/stories/accelerating-californias-countdown-to-2030" tabindex="10" target="_blank" title="https://energized.edison.com/stories/accelerating-californias-countdown-to-2030">reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California</a>. Their systems together have the environmental impact of removing 170 tons of carbon from the air — the equivalent of planting nearly 4,000 trees. 
Edison International has partnered with GRID Alternatives since 2010, providing 10 grants totaling $460,000 to make renewable energy technology and job training accessible to underserved communities. A recent $75,000 grant will support clean energy projects in the Inland Empire and provide hands-on solar installation experience for local workers.
<figure role="group" class="align-center"><img alt="&quot; &quot;" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e4b416fc-4e4f-449c-91ef-90da89577f6a" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/3ladder_edison_111122.jpeg" width="640" height="697" loading="lazy" /><figcaption>Steve Powell, SCE president and CEO (right), and Brian Mauleon, SCE senior project manager, carefully deliver a solar panel. PHOTO CREDIT: Maria Hedrick</figcaption></figure>SCE's EcoIQ Business Resource Group, which promotes environmental sustainability at the workplace and home, hosted the solar installation.

"Edison, EcoIQ and GRID Alternatives share a commitment to working with our communities to become more sustainable," said Stephen Collins, SCE risk management senior advisor and EcoIQ president. "We're proud to partner with GRID Alternatives to deliver clean energy and renewable resources to the communities we serve, including Ontario."
<figure role="group" class="align-center"><img alt="&quot; &quot;" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="97af253f-2f1b-46ea-be79-32290e8220a3" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/maderaGRID_edison_111122.jpeg" width="640" height="720" loading="lazy" /><figcaption>Edison volunteers celebrate a successful solar panel array installation. PHOTO CREDIT: Courtesy of GRID Alternatives Inland Empire</figcaption></figure>Efforts to implement affordable renewable energy sources, especially for California's most vulnerable residents, are detailed in <a href="https://www.edison.com/pathway2045" tabindex="10" target="_blank" title="https://www.edison.com/pathway2045">Pathway 2045</a>, SCE's blueprint for meeting California's 2045 goals to clean the state's electric grid and reach carbon neutrality. 
To learn more about Edison International and SCE's commitment to climate adaptation, visit<a href="https://energized.edison.com/clean-energy" tabindex="10" target="_blank" title="https://energized.edison.com/clean-energy"> edison.com/clean-energy</a>. For more information about our employee giving and volunteer efforts, visit <a href="https://www.edison.com/home/community/employee-giving.html" tabindex="10" target="_blank" title="https://www.edison.com/home/community/employee-giving.html">edison.com/community</a>.

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