A better life, a better future: Arkema celebrates the fifth anniversary of the "Green Innovation Classroom"

(May 21, 2021, Shanghai, China) On May 21, Arkema, the world's leading manufacturer of specialty materials, and employee volunteers once again came to Lvfeng School, Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, a school for children of migrant workers, and continued to write "Green Innovation Classroom" "New chapter
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This event is the first time to enter the school after the epidemic, and also ushered in the fifth anniversary of the "Green Innovation Classroom", a long-term corporate social responsibility project in China with the theme of "Beautiful Life, Creating and Enjoying the Future"
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"Since the launch of the 'Green Innovation Classroom' in Lvfeng School in 2016, we have always adhered to the spirit of innovation and pioneering, and opened up a better future for children with 'green' and 'innovation', and received affirmation from all walks of life, thus becoming more determined.
We continue to carry out various volunteer activities and are determined to lead a sustainable future with practical actions
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" Mr.
Xavier Durand-Delacre, Senior Vice President of Arkema Asia Pacific and President of Greater China, said, "At the same time, our employees In the past five years, the volunteers have practiced and actively participated, and have carried out a variety of courses and activities in various places to meet the needs of children's learning and growth.
I am very proud of their consistent persistence and dedication
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Focus on sustainable development and provide support for the comprehensive development of young people

Mr.
Christophe Poisson, CIO of Arkema Asia, attended the awarding ceremony of "Green Computer Classroom"

Arkema has always been committed to providing support for the all-round development of young people, successively donating 85 computers to the school's "green computer classroom", and providing basic IT skills training for school teachers
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This year, in order to further improve the school's teaching equipment, Arkema once again donated 50 recycled computers, and helped the school build a second "green computer classroom" to provide children with better and more convenient learning conditions, access to More knowledge and skills
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Arkema's staff volunteers and all the teachers and students of Lvfeng School witnessed the successful opening of the second "Green Computer Classroom".
The excitement of the students was beyond words, and they expressed their gratitude to the volunteers for wearing red scarves
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Volunteers interact with students in class

The event coincided with the "International Biodiversity Day".
Volunteers carried out rich biodiversity conservation courses and a series of activities at Lvfeng School, aiming to pass on the knowledge of sustainable development to the students and cultivate their low-carbon life.
habit
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In the class, the volunteers started from the beautiful nature around them and helped the students to further understand the colorful and rich nature of the natural world, forming a concrete understanding of "biodiversity" and the important concept of "protecting biodiversity"
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At the same time, the art workshop with the theme of "environmental protection" is also in full swing.
Under the guidance of volunteers, the students picked up the brushes in their hands, gave full play to their imagination, and painted them on reusable environmental protection bags.
A love and appreciation for nature
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It is worth mentioning that during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, Arkema did not forget to help schools with epidemic prevention work and innovative and creative education
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During this period, Arkema donated hydrogen peroxide and other anti-epidemic disinfection materials to the school, and cooperated with the school to jointly launch the "China-France Environment Month" computer programming and painting competition with the theme of "protecting the earth, protecting the environment, and protecting biodiversity".
The winning students prepared gifts to encourage them to adhere to the "green" and "innovative" spirit and open up a sustainable and bright future
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Looking back on the 5th anniversary of the cultivation, manage the corporate social responsibility brand with heart

In May 2016, Arkema set up the first "Green Innovation Classroom" in Zhangjiagang Lvfeng School, the first key pilot school of the "Better Life, Create and Enjoy the Future" corporate social responsibility brand, aiming to help young students develop Vision, multi-faceted contact knowledge
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Five years later, "green innovation classrooms" have successively entered Limin Road and Zhenhua Road Primary School in Hengshui City, Hebei Province, and Baishiyan Primary School in Zhicun Town, Mengzi City, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province
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The students of the “Green Innovation Classroom” of various schools said:

"I'm especially looking forward to the 'Green Innovation Classroom', where Arkema's brothers and sisters always prepare interesting lessons to let us know more about the world!"

"I have been in contact with the 'green innovation classroom' since the fourth grade, and I have learned a lot! Now I am an 'environmental expert' at home, and I will urge my parents to protect our green home from small things
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"Since I met Arkema's brothers and sisters, I feel that I have changed a lot
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I have learned a lot about environmental protection and safety, and I have learned to capture the small creative inspiration that flashed in my mind, and spoken English no longer makes me Annoyance
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Now that I'm graduating, I think I'll run into the future with more confidence, thanks to the 'Green Innovation Classroom'
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Arkema China employee volunteers took a group photo with the children

The "Green Innovation Classroom" adopts a unique "accompanying growth" model, that is, accompany the same group of students to grow up to the sixth grade graduation, so as to ensure that the students can benefit from it
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In the past five years, the project has accompanied batches of children through their growth and transformation, and has also attracted more employees to join the ranks of volunteers
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In 2017, Arkema China set up an employee volunteer association, which has attracted nearly 200 people to join
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Volunteers combined with the actual needs of each school to carry out English after-school tutoring, classroom DIY, knowledge training and other entertaining activities to improve their safety awareness, stimulate innovation, and improve their interest in learning
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“Over the years, we have been trying to innovate as much as possible, hoping that children can benefit more from each lesson,
” said the employee volunteer from Arkema.
Working on a 'green innovation classroom', this is a very attractive project
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Seeing the pure eyes of the children, feeling their enthusiasm and yearning for a better world, all the efforts have become worthwhile
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As a responsible manufacturer of specialty materials, Arkema has always regarded corporate social responsibility as one of its core strategies and actively participated in different local social activities
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In the future, Arkema will continue to work hard on the road of fully fulfilling its corporate social responsibility and contribute to the cause of sustainable development in China
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