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 facility of expertise to open extra potentialities for individuals and the planet. To have a good time Earth Day, Samsung want to replicate on how we’re advancing our mission and making a extra sustainable future — whether or not we’re rising using recycled supplies in our Galaxy cell gadgets or collaborating with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Creating a Global Platform for Change
Preserving the way forward for our planet is just not 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. Through Technology17,1 Samsung elevates their platforms to a world scale and conjures up them by way of mentorship, peer studying and networking.
Today, we wish to highlight a few of our unimaginable Technology17 Young Leaders and their work to handle environmental challenges.
▲ Máximo Mazzocco speaks concerning the position of youth in local weather activism at a Goals House occasion
Máximo Mazzocco, a number one local weather activist from Argentina, is the founding father of Eco House2 — a non-governmental group that focuses on academic and ecological restoration applications. Recently, he advocated for the approval of greater than 40 socio-environmental legal guidelines and arranged digital communications campaigns for the surroundings that reached greater than 150 million customers. In 2023, Eco House performed workshops with different organizations to coach greater than 60,000 state employees on environmental legal guidelines for the general public sector. These trainings have been the results of the Mandatory Ecological Education for State Workers Law,3 a chunk of laws that Eco House advocated for. The group additionally launched Eco News to cowl and distribute socio-environmental info.
▲ Tamara Gondo works at her sustainability-focused group, Liberty Society.
Tamara Gondo, a Young Leader from Indonesia, began Liberty Society — a social enterprise that empowers and trains marginalized Indonesian girls on easy methods 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 Young edits music in his dwelling studio.
AY Young, a performer from the United States, created the Battery Tour5 to boost 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 packing containers that energy medical gadgets, followers and lights in Puerto Rico, Haiti, Honduras and 6 African international locations.6 He is presently producing an album, titled Project 17, to help organizations working in the direction of every of the 17 Global Goals.
Looking to the Future
While we’re pleased with these accomplishments, Samsung’s work is ongoing and all the time evolving. We will proceed to hitch forces with like-minded organizations and speed up our efforts to construct sustainable improvements that ship a extra optimistic influence on the planet.
For extra details about Samsung’s sustainability efforts, please go to our Sustainability web site.
1 Beginning in 2020, Technology17 is a partnership between Samsung and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) that harnesses cell expertise to empower younger individuals all over the world who’re taking concrete motion in the direction of the 17 Global Goals.
2 Eco House operates 40 environmental applications globally and educates greater than 100,000 youth on environmental matters in Argentina yearly.
3 Eco House Impact Report: 7 Years of Action for Sustainability…
