{"id":58385,"date":"2023-05-10T10:30:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T14:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=58385"},"modified":"2024-10-15T11:19:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T15:19:25","slug":"samsung-sustainability-champions-share-their-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/samsung-sustainability-champions-share-their-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Sustainability Champions Share their Stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Samsung, we create cutting-edge technology to help you achieve the extraordinary. And by keeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/explore\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sustainability<\/a> at the heart of all that we do, we are building a better planet with all, for all.<\/p>\n<p>Behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/collections\/eco-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our eco-innovations<\/a> are talented teams of Samsung employees who are working to make living more sustainable, simple. We know that building a better world is a big task, but it starts small. From increasing the amount of sustainable materials in our products, to offering over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/explore\/sustainability\/responsible-recycling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1,700 e-waste drop-off locations<\/a> nationwide, we are here to empower everyday actions that have a meaningful impact on our planet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embedded product-module\">\n\t\t<a id=\"product-module-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/explore\/sustainability\/\" title=\"Sustainability\" class=\"snr-article_product-image\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/05163443\/Newsroom_Sustainability-Module_2025-Final-1.png\" alt=\"Sustainability\">\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>In celebration of Earth Month, we are shining a spotlight on some of the people who bring Samsung\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/explore\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sustainability commitments<\/a> to life each day, one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/collections\/eco-innovation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">green innovation<\/a> at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Meet Gina Piersanti, Senior Manager, Certified Re-Newed Sales for the Mobile Experience Business at Samsung Electronics America. Samsung is committed to reducing e-waste and building a circular economy \u2013 and extending the lifecycle of used devices through our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/certified-re-newed-phones\/\">Certified Re-Newed<\/a> program is just one way we\u2019re doing our part. Interested in finding your next Samsung Certified Re-Newed Galaxy? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/smartphones\/certified-re-newed-phones\/\">here<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@samsungus\/video\/7229428853607763242\" data-video-id=\"7229428853607763242\">\n<section><a title=\"@samsungus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@samsungus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@samsungus<\/a> Extending the lifecycle of used devices &#8211; hear how Samsung Certified Re-Newed phones help reduce e-waste and build a circular economy. <a title=\"simplysustainability\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/simplysustainability?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SimplySustainability<\/a> <a title=\"artofsamsung\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/artofsamsung?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ArtOfSamsung<\/a> <a title=\"ewaste\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/ewaste?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ewaste<\/a> <a title=\"sustainabilitytiktok\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sustainabilitytiktok?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sustainabilitytiktok<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c Sunshine - WIRA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Sunshine-7087902657213384705?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c Sunshine &#8211; WIRA<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Get to know Jared Gregory, Senior Product Manager, SmartThings Energy. SmartThings Energy empowers users to lessen their environmental impact and costs by regularly monitoring energy usage<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a> and providing energy-savings recommendations on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/support\/owners\/app\/smartthings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SmartThings app<\/a>.<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\"><sup>2<\/sup><\/a> Find out how you can take action toward a more energy efficient lifestyle and see an actual impact in your utility bill.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@samsungus\/video\/7227161014276508971\" data-video-id=\"7227161014276508971\">\n<section><a title=\"@samsungus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@samsungus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@samsungus<\/a> Interested in saving energy? This Earth Month, Samsung employees chat about how they put sustainability at the heart of their work, including <a title=\"smartthings\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/smartthings?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SmartThings<\/a> Energy. <a title=\"simplysustainable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/simplysustainable?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SimplySustainable<\/a> <a title=\"artofsamsung\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/artofsamsung?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ArtOfSamsung<\/a> <a title=\"saveenergy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/saveenergy?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#saveenergy<\/a> <a title=\"sustainableliving\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sustainableliving?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sustainableliving<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c Sunshine - WIRA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Sunshine-7087902657213384705?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c Sunshine &#8211; WIRA<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Meet Angie Adams, Senior Manager, Corporate Citizenship at Samsung Electronics America. Through her work with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/solvefortomorrow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Solve for Tomorrow<\/a>, she works with middle and high school students across the country who are innovating for a better future. Hear as Angie shares how sustainability is one of the top themes we see students focus on, and how Samsung responds in kind by awarding one school each year the Sustainability Innovation Award, which includes a $50,000 environmental sustainability prize package.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" style=\"max-width: 605px; min-width: 325px;\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@samsungus\/video\/7225698049081920810\" data-video-id=\"7225698049081920810\">\n<section><a title=\"@samsungus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@samsungus?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@samsungus<\/a> For <a title=\"earthmonth\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/earthmonth?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#EarthMonth<\/a>, we wanted to give you an inside look into how Samsung puts sustainability at the heart of everything we do &#8211; including programs like Samsung Solve for Tomorrow. <a title=\"simplysustainable\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/simplysustainable?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SimplySustainable<\/a> <a title=\"artofsamsung\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/artofsamsung?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ArtOfSamsung<\/a> <a title=\"sustainableliving\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/sustainableliving?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#sustainableliving<\/a> <a title=\"\u266c Storytelling - Adriel\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/Storytelling-7031101555747080194?refer=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u266c Storytelling &#8211; Adriel<\/a><\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check back<\/a> next week for another behind-the-scenes look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/explore\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sustainability<\/a> at Samsung. In the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/explore\/sustainability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">explore the ways<\/a> that you can join us in making everyday changes that have a meaningful impact. And <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/sustainability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stay tuned for more updates<\/a> from our team members on how we infuse sustainability into all that we do!<\/p>\n<h6><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> With connected and compatible appliances and devices.<\/h6>\n<h6><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> A Wi-Fi connection and a Samsung account are required<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Samsung, we create cutting-edge technology to help you achieve the extraordinary. And by keeping sustainability at the heart of all that we do, we are building a better planet with all, for all. Behind our eco-innovations are talented teams of Samsung employees who are working to make living more sustainable, simple. We know that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29719,17570,17571],"tags":[29958,16225,20058,730,50,29811],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-58385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corporate","category-corporate-sustainability","category-corporate-workforce","tag-earth-month","tag-innovation","tag-recycling","tag-solve-for-tomorrow-sft","tag-sustainability","tag-workforce"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/15111601\/art-of-samsung-thumbnail-200x200.png","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/15111601\/art-of-samsung-thumbnail-432x286.png","primary_category":{"term_id":17570,"name":"Sustainability","slug":"corporate-sustainability","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":17570,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":29719,"count":207,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/category\/corporate\/corporate-sustainability\/","term_path":"corporate\/corporate-sustainability"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58385"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=58385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}