Estée Lauder Announces its First Annual Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund Beautiful Forces Grants
24 Septiembre 2024 - 10:50AM
Business Wire
Today, Estée Lauder (NYSE: EL) announces the launch of its
inaugural Emerging Leaders Beautiful Forces grants, furthering the
brand's commitment to women’s leadership. Through a partnership via
the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund (ELELF) and grantee, Vital
Voices Global Partnership, the new initiative will deepen the
brand’s investment in supporting emerging women leaders globally
and helping to advance their influence and impact.
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Launched in 2022, the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund, a
charitable fund under the Estée Lauder Companies Charitable
Foundation, supports global organizations that provide
opportunities for leadership development, cultivate supportive
communities and advocate for emerging leaders who have a daring
vision for positive change.
Vital Voices, the Global non-profit investing in women leaders,
was selected as the inaugural program partner of the ELELF. The
Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Beautiful Forces grants will support
Vital Voices network alumni who are leading NGOs, businesses, or
implementing projects that advance a bold idea. An initial award of
$200,000 will be allocated between four recipients who demonstrate
innovative thinking, a desire to challenge the status quo, and the
ability to take calculated risks to solve a problem impacting their
communities.
The awardees of the 2024 Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund
Beautiful Forces Grants are:
- Amina Mohamed, Canada. Mohamed is the founder of Cameras
for Girls, an organization that challenges gender disparities in
media, equipping girls in Africa with cameras to empower them with
greater access and opportunity in media-based careers. This grant
will allow the organization to launch a train-the-trainer program,
increasing access to programs by up to 20%.
- Consuelo Hermosilla González, Chile. Hermosilla González
is the founder of Fundación Antonia, an organization that works to
eliminate intimate partner violence by providing free care and
support to survivors, while raising awareness to eradicate gender
violence in Chile. This grant will enable the execution of a
variety of workshops, training sessions and skill-building programs
to educate communities on domestic violence prevention.
- Olasumbo Adeleke, Nigeria. Adeleke is the executive
director of Gender Power Africa, which works to improve the
livelihoods of small holder farmers, especially women and youth, in
rural communities through economic empowerment, training and
capacity building. This grant will help enable the creation of a
climate-smart shea nut processing facility in Nigeria, expanding
the output of shea butter from 2 tons per month to 3 tons per day
while providing additional jobs and skills training for women in
the community.
- Renata Koch Alvarenga, Brazil. Koch Alvarenga is the
founder of EmpoderaClima, a youth-led organization that raises
awareness about the impacts of climate change on women and the role
of gender-transformative climate education. This grant will enable
the execution of workshops on disaster preparedness, the creation
of an interactive platform with learning resources, as well as data
collection and mapping to support disaster management.
“With the launch of the Beautiful Forces grants, we are doubling
down on our commitment to change the face of leadership by further
investing in a new generation of emerging leaders,” said Stéphane
de La Faverie, ELELF Founder and Executive Group President, The
Estée Lauder Companies. “We’re proud to support these inspiring
women from around the world, helping them achieve their goals and
take their ideas to the next level to create further impact in
their communities and beyond.”
“The Beautiful Forces grants will take our partnership with the
Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund to the next level, further
investing in emerging women leaders who dream big and aim to
conquer the enormous challenges we face today,” said Alyse Nelson,
President and CEO, Vital Voices Global Partnership. “Their vision
for change is ambitious and we’re thrilled to be able to support
them in the next step of their leadership journeys.”
Since the launch of the ELELF, Estée Lauder and Vital Voices
have created the VV Visionaries Leadership Program, a custom online
and offline leadership development program for emerging leaders
globally, which to date has trained 400 women leaders from more
than 60 countries, with the eighth cohort beginning next month.
Recipients of the Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Beautiful Forces
grants were honored at a private celebration in New York alongside
the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly.
In addition to its support for Vital Voices, the ELELF supports
women’s leadership organizations Black Girl Ventures and the Center
for Asian Pacific American Women. The Estée Lauder brand is also an
ongoing supporter of Kode With Klossy, the non-profit founded by
brand ambassador, Karlie Kloss.
About Estée Lauder Estée Lauder is the flagship brand of
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. Founded by Estée Lauder, one of the
world’s first female entrepreneurs, the brand today continues her
legacy of creating innovative, sophisticated, high-performance
skincare and makeup products and iconic fragrances – all infused
with a deep understanding of women’s needs and desires. Today,
Estée Lauder engages with customers in more than 150 countries and
territories around the world and across dozens of touch points –
from in-store to digital. And each of these relationships
consistently reflects Estée’s powerful and authentic woman-to-woman
point of view. Follow @esteelauder on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter,
TikTok and YouTube.
About The Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund The Estée
Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund is a charitable fund of the Estée
Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation, a U.S. based charity
incorporated and tax exempt in the United States of America.
About Vital Voices: For more than 27 years, Vital Voices
Global Partnership has been investing in women leaders solving the
world’s greatest challenges. We are “venture catalysts,”
identifying those with a bold vision for change and partnering with
them to make that vision a reality. We scale and accelerate their
impact through long-term investments to expand the skills,
connections, capacity, and visibility of women leaders. Vital
Voices provided early support for leaders who went on to become
Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, U.S. Youth Poet Laureates, prime
ministers, and breakthrough social entrepreneurs. Since its
founding in 1997, Vital Voices has directly supported more than
20,000 women changemakers across 185 countries and built a powerful
global network of women leaders who are daring to reimagine a more
equitable world for all.
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PR Contacts Tara Connaughton, Estée Lauder,
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