Navistar announced on Tuesday inaugural award recipients for its environmental equity programs.
The programs were awarded up to three years of funding. Each was required to present outcomes-based proposals supporting local environmental initiatives in under-resourced communities. The plans had to articulate a theory of change for community impact as a result of program activities.
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The awardees are:
- Eco-Friendly Mobile Farm Stand Project.
- Friends of the Forest Preserve of DuPage County.
- Fundación Universidad Autónoma de Neuvo León, A.C.
- National Audubon Society.
- Urban Growers Collective.
- Up With Trees.
- San Antonio River Foundation.
- The Land Trust of North Alabama.
Navistar will also fund environment impact projects in five locations that host Navistar operations. Projects include supporting conservation education programs, increasing tree canopies in high need areas, supporting urban farming to reduce food insecurity and contributing to innovative approaches to carbon capture in public spaces. The locations that will receive awards are:
- Huntsville, Alabama.
- Lisle, Illinois.
- Escobedo, Mexico.
- Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- San Antonio, Texas.
"Navistar continues to demonstrate a focus on social impact in the communities where we live and work by partnering with community organizations near our operations to support environmental projects, while launching volunteer platforms for employees to celebrate and reward their community engagement efforts," says Haydee Nuñez, Navistar's social impact manager. "We are thrilled to be announcing our awardees, and especially excited to be able to make this announcement on Giving Tuesday."
