[Earth Day ②] Enabling Younger Leaders To Make a Higher Future – Samsung International Newsroom

Samsung is celebrating Earth Day by reflecting on the Galaxy S24 collection and spotlighting the work of younger changemakers.

Samsung is on a journey to harness the ability of know-how to open extra prospects for individuals and the planet. To rejoice Earth Day, Samsung want to replicate on how we’re advancing our mission and making a extra sustainable future — whether or not we’re growing the usage of recycled supplies in our Galaxy cell gadgets or collaborating with the United Nations Improvement Programme (UNDP).

 

 

Making a International Platform for Change

Preserving the way forward for our planet will not be a solo job. We teamed up with UNDP to help younger changemakers on the frontlines of local weather change who’re delivering significant progress for our collective future. By means of Generation17,¹ Samsung elevates their platforms to a world scale and encourage them by mentorship, peer studying and networking.

 

Immediately, we need to highlight a few of our unimaginable Generation17 Younger Leaders and their work to deal with environmental challenges.

 

 

Máximo Mazzocco, a number one local weather activist from Argentina, is the founding father of Eco Home² — a non-governmental group that focuses on instructional and ecological restoration applications. Not too long ago, he advocated for the approval of greater than 40 socio-environmental legal guidelines and arranged digital communications campaigns for the atmosphere that reached greater than 150 million customers. In 2023, Eco Home performed workshops with different organizations to coach greater than 60,000 state employees on environmental legal guidelines for the general public sector. These trainings had been the results of the Necessary Ecological Training for State Staff Regulation,³ a bit of laws that Eco Home advocated for. The group additionally launched Eco Information to cowl and distribute socio-environmental info.

 

 

Tamara Gondo, a Younger Chief from Indonesia, began Liberty Society — a social enterprise that empowers and trains marginalized Indonesian girls on find out how to upcycle supplies and switch them into sustainable items. By extending the lifespan of supplies, upcycling minimizes waste and reduces CO2 emissions. In 2023 alone, Liberty Society upcycled 2.5 tons of waste to create greater than 40,000 particular person items, arrange 4 training-to-employment facilities and upskilled 225 girls from marginalized communities.⁴

 

 

AY Younger, a performer from the US, created the Battery Tour⁵ to lift consciousness across the significance of sustainable electrical energy and supply solar-powered batteries to communities in want. Since kicking off his tour, AY has donated over 100 photo voltaic bins that energy medical gadgets, followers and lights in Puerto Rico, Haiti, Honduras and 6 African nations.⁶ He’s at the moment producing an album, titled Venture 17, to help organizations working in direction of every of the 17 International Objectives.

 

 

Trying to the Future

Whereas we’re pleased with these accomplishments, Samsung’s work is ongoing and at all times evolving. We are going to proceed to hitch forces with like-minded organizations and speed up our efforts to construct sustainable improvements that ship a extra constructive affect on the planet.

 

For extra details about Samsung’s sustainability efforts, please go to our Sustainability web site.

 

 

¹ Starting in 2020, Generation17 is a partnership between Samsung and the United Nations Improvement Programme (UNDP) that harnesses cell know-how to empower younger individuals world wide who’re taking concrete motion in direction of the 17 International Objectives.
² Eco Home operates 40 environmental applications globally and educates greater than 100,000 youth on environmental subjects in Argentina yearly.
³ Eco Home Affect Report: 7 Years of Motion for Sustainability (2016-2023)
⁴ Liberty Society Annual Affect Report 2023
⁵ Reveals are powered by 100% renewable power.
⁶ Battery Tour