Working Together to End Gender-Based Violence

Dec 4, 2021 | Business



Gender-based violence continues to be far too prevalent in our society with 1 in 3 women and girls experiencing physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. With the devastating effects of COVID-19 all around the world, women and those in marginalized communities are even more at risk.  


I’ve seen firsthand the reverberating effects of gender-based violence on communities during my time working on federal gender and diversity initiatives in Canada. From my experience, the most effective way to make a difference is working together in a comprehensive, sustained way across government, business and the non-profit sectors to prevent, educate, and innovate. 


Uber has taken its commitment to improve safety in our industry and in our communities seriously. We continue to work with experts in safety and gender-based violence to refine our policies and processes so that we are a more survivor-centric company. We have pioneered a host of safety technology solutions that drivers and riders can tap into when using Uber. And we have led the way in safety transparency by making our safety record public through our first-of-its-kind US Safety Report. 


Last year, during the height of the pandemic, we partnered with domestic violence organizations and local governments around the world to provide more than 50,000 free rides to shelters and safe spaces, and more than 45,000 free meals.


This year to mark the UN’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, our teams around the globe are continuing to develop partnerships and initiatives geared toward doing our part to help end gender-based violence in the communities we serve: 


Australia & New Zealand

  • Expanded Driving Change initiative and partnerships to help women secure employment opportunities, further support the transgender community and dismantle the culture of street harassment with organizations including Australia Says NO MORE, RespectEd Aotearoa, and TOAH-NNEST.
  • Continuing the WESNET Rides Program which gives practical support to women as they rebuild their lives; from facilitating travel to or from shelters, to relocating families and enabling women to avoid their perpetrators.


Canada

  • Deepened and expanded partnerships with YWCA Canada, WomanACT, EVA BC and Le Chaînon to support survivors of domestic and gender-based violence through initiatives related to training, community building, safe housing and counseling.  


France

  • Launching a broad awareness campaign on gender-based violence and discrimination with riders as well as the wider general population in France.
  • Deploying mandatory video education for all active drivers developed with the help of NGO HandsAway in France.


India

  • Continuing and expanding Gender Sensitization Education in partnership with the Manas Foundation to meet our goal of reaching 100,000 drivers by the end of 2021. 
  • Partnered with NGO Breakthrough India for its first-ever research report on bystander behaviour and its role in making public spaces safer for Indian women.


Latin America 

  • Launching public educational videos and content developed by MeToo Brazil and ACTO in Mexico to riders and drivers about gender-based violence. Educational podcasts created by Efecto Boomerang in El Salvador and with GenderLab in Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia are also being deployed. 
  • Providing free rides for survivors of domestic violence and workers in Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico in partnership with the Ministry of Women, Genders and Diversity of Argentina, Avon Institute, Mujeres 2000, and the National Shelter Network.
  • Developed enhanced training for customer support agents in Brazil in partnership with MeToo. 
  • Partnering with Igarapé Institute in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico to maintain and update a platform with data about violence against women: EVA.
  • Working with Fondo Semillas to support women-led organizations in Mexico including community soccer tournaments for survivors of gender-based violence.
  • Worked with MeToo Brazil to offer support services and counseling for survivors of gender based violence.
  • Supported a victimization survey on violence against women conducted by the Brazilian Public Security Forum and a survey on women’s safety and commuting in cities with Patrícia Galvão Institute, Locomotiva Institute and UN Women consulting. 


Middle East 

  • Partnering with the KASHF Foundation in Pakistan, RES in Egypt, HarassMap International in the UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Bahrain and Lebanon, and Al Nahda in Saudi Arabia to develop and deploy education to riders and drivers about gender-based violence prevention. 


South Africa 

  • Expanding women’s empowerment and safety education in partnership with  UNFPA and deploying to riders and drivers. 


United Kingdom

  • Deploying sexual misconduct education to drivers and riders using the Uber platform. 
  • Launching a Women’s Safety social campaign that amplifies organisations helping make movement safer for women, while raising awareness of Uber’s safety features that help keep women safe on the platform. 
  • Partnering with domestic abuse charity Hestia to cover trips to their refuges, in support of their Fresh Start Toolkit, which brings businesses together to provide potentially lifesaving support to victims. Also working with Home Safe to cover trips for those that need it. 


United States

  • Provided free rides to domestic violence shelters and safe spaces for survivors of gender-based violence as part of Uber’s Driving Change Program. 
  • Developed a fund with that National Center for Transgender Equality for the trans community to help cover costs associated with updating names and gender on state and federal IDs and records. 
  • Launched the Industry Sharing Safety Program with Lyft to share account information related to drivers deactivated for serious safety incidents with peers. 


To learn more, you can visit uber.com/safety/womens-safety.

Confagricoltura and Enel come together for the energy and ecological transition

Aug 10, 2021 | Business

The challenge of the energy transition also involves the agricultural sector. To this end, Enel and Confagricoltura have signed a collaboration agreement that will offer a package of solutions tailored to companies in the sector. The agreement follows last year’s protocol that identified priorities and business models on energy, electricity and gas, and energy efficiency for agricultural enterprises.

The agreements, involving Enel X and Enel Energia, provide the possibility for companies to have a dedicated consultancy aimed at seizing opportunities in this field.

In particular, the proposal is structured, using the support of dedicated sales figures from Enel Energia and Enel X, into project studies to assess the economic convenience and feasibility of the sales proposal, dedicated products for electricity and gas commodities, the Circular Economy Report to use an audit to measure the circularity of the company and possible improvement actions for energy efficiency, such as the installation of new photovoltaic systems or the optimization of existing ones, renewable energy communities and charging infrastructure for electric mobility.

An important part of the synergy is also to encourage technological innovation, including photovoltaic panels, while respecting rural areas as a whole, including the landscape.

“With this agreement,” said Carlo Tamburi, Director of Enel Italia, “Enel intends to strengthen the natural alliance between renewable sources, sustainable energy solutions and the agricultural sector. The transition towards a more sustainable development model and the achievement of climate neutrality objectives is not possible without providing opportunities for growth and technological innovation to companies in the agricultural sector, with which we intend to work together, as well as encouraging the harmonious growth of plants and crops in the territory” 

“The fight against climate change and the improvement of sustainability,” explained Massimiliano Giansanti, president of Confagricoltura, “passes through agricultural enterprises. Agriculture can contribute to environmental sustainability, emissions reduction, CO2 absorption and green energy production by focusing on farm innovation. Renewable energies, and photovoltaic technology in particular, have developed significantly in agriculture over the last fifteen years, enabling companies to implement sustainability paths at company level, to actively participate in the decarbonization of the electricity sector and to support the sector’s ecological transition.”

An initial meeting will be held in September to illustrate the details of the agreement between Enel, Enel X and Confagricoltura, followed by other meetings in the various regions to specifically promote the opportunities offered by the partnership.

Telepass and Enel X: together for ever greener mobility

Aug 7, 2021 | Business

Telepass, the Italian leader in integrated mobility, and Enel X, the Enel Group’s global business line offering services to accelerate innovation and drive energy transition, announce their partnership for smart and sustainable mobility: Enel X’s stations for recharging electric vehicles have been integrated into the Telepass Pay app.

The partnership with Enel X allows Telepass to further strengthen its position as an enabler of integrated, flexible, safe and sustainable mobility. The objective of Telepass, summarized in the Safe&Clean philosophy adopted by the company, is to offer its customers a more complete ecosystem since it is cashless, and an increasingly green perspective. To use the service, download the Telepass Pay app, select the Enel X recharging service and, using the map, locate the nearest available recharging point out of the more than 13,000 installed by the company throughout Italy.

“The agreement we signed with Telepass is a clear example of how e-mobility is increasingly central to the business strategies of companies dealing with integrated mobility solutions,” saidAugusto Raggi, Head of Enel X Italia. “Starting today, it will be even easier and faster for all Telepass customers to find Enel X recharging points, as they can count on a widespread network covering the whole country, which is fully visible on the Telepass app. This added-value service is part of the business strategy pursued by Enel X, which is committed to dialogue with major industry partners and to developing the recharging technologies needed to accelerate the transition to sustainable mobility.”

“With the integration of Enel X’s charging stations into our integrated mobility ecosystem, we are adding a new element to our commitment to ever greener mobility,” commented Gabriele Benedetto, CEO of Telepass. “Electric mobility is increasingly present in our daily lives, especially in urban centers, and Telepass’ objective is to contribute to the expansion of green modes of travel. With this in mind, on Telepass Pay it is already possible, for example, to rent scooters, bicycles and electric scooters to get around the city while respecting the environment, or to book a car wash at home provided by the eco-sustainable car washing startup Wash Out, part of the Telepass Group.”

Enel X is Enel Group’s global business line offering services that accelerate innovation and drive the energy transition. A global leader in the advanced energy solution sector, Enel X manages services such as demand response for around 7.4 GW of total capacity at global level and 137 MW of storage capacity installed worldwide, as well as 232,000 electric vehicle charging points made available around the globe1. Through its advanced solutions, including energy management, financial services and electric mobility, Enel X provides each partner with an intuitive, personalized ecosystem of tech platforms and consulting services, focusing on sustainability and circular economy principles in order to provide people, communities, institutions and companies with an alternative model that respects the environment and integrates technological innovation into daily life. Each solution has the power to turn decarbonization, electrification and digitalization goals into sustainable actions for everyone, in order to build a more sustainable and efficient world together.

1Public and private charging points. It includes interoperability points.

Telepass

The Telepass Group was founded in 2017 with the aim of creating an integrated system of services for urban and extra-urban mobility. Today Telepass is an ecosystem that offers private individuals and companies an ever-increasing number of options, which can also be used digitally, for flexible, safe and sustainable mobility. A mobility pioneer committed to facilitating people’s freedom of movement by expanding its offering, investing in cutting-edge start-ups and ensuring access to its services across Europe, so that every journey is a truly borderless experience.

https://www.telepass.com