Beyond Meat, Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND) announced today that it is
collaborating with EVERFI, a leading digital education innovator,
to create a science-based course on sustainability that will be
available – at no cost – to students, teachers and parents
across the country. The course, designed for fifth through eighth
graders, is grounded in real-world experiences and covers topics on
global resource constraints, the importance of biodiversity,
climate change and how to innovate for a healthy life. Beyond Meat
feels strongly that to bring lasting change to our communities, all
students should have access to education on future-defining topics
like sustainability.
On the heels of introducing its “What If We All
Go Beyond” campaign, this course is another way that Beyond Meat is
committed to creating a brighter future, by showing the next
generation first-hand how their choices, each and every day, can
make a big impact on themselves, their communities and the planet.
Demand for such a curriculum is high with nearly all -- 98% -- of
EVERFI teachers surveyed saying that they were ‘very’ and
‘extremely interested’ in a course on sustainability. Beyond Meat
is pleased to work with EVERFI to increase access to quality
educational programs for students across the U.S.
“Health and sustainability are core to our
mission at Beyond Meat, so we’re thrilled to partner with EVERFI to
bring this digital course to students across the U.S.,” said Ethan
Brown, Beyond Meat Founder & CEO. “We see food as a vehicle for
change; this course being an important part of that commitment,
helping students to learn more about the role of diet in health and
sustainability.”
“Helping children understand the importance of
sustainability is critically important,” said Tom Davidson, Founder
and CEO, EVERFI. “Beyond Meat is both a leader and innovator so it
makes perfect sense that they would make a similar commitment to
children by helping them understand the key factors related to
sustainability. With this education, children will gain more
clarity around the impact of their choices and may be inspired to
make changes to some of their daily routines.”
The strategic partnership between Beyond Meat
and EVERFI is even more meaningful as Beyond Meat founder Ethan
Brown and EVERFI founder Tom Davidson were childhood friends who
sought to build mission-driven companies. Now the relationship has
come full circle as Beyond Meat and EVERFI come together to inspire
the next generation of students through impactful education.
The course will launch in October and be
available throughout the 2020-2021 school year. To accommodate the
new landscape of virtual and at-home learning, students will be
able to work with their teachers and schools to access the course
online while learning from home. Throughout the year, Beyond Meat
also plans to engage students across the country through activities
and initiatives aimed at reinforcing and enhancing the
curriculum.
Since its founding, EVERFI digital learning has
reached more than 41 million learners across the K-12, higher
education, and adult markets with more than 250 digital education
courses on social issues. The company relies on the support of
private entities, like Beyond Meat, to fund the creation of new
digital curricula, provide teachers nationwide with professional
development on these critical areas and make significant
investments in research and development.
ABOUT EVERFIEVERFI is an
international technology company driving social change through
education to address the most challenging issues affecting society
ranging from financial wellness to prescription drug safety to
workplace conduct and other critical topics. Founded in 2008,
EVERFI is fueled by its Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) community
engagement platform and has reached more than 41 million learners
globally. Recognized as one of the World’s Most Innovative
Companies by Fast Company in 2020, EVERFI powers community
engagement in a sustained manner to empower individuals and
organizations to make an impact within their communities. The
Company also convenes Networks to bring together financial
institutions, colleges and universities, and some of the largest
corporations to leverage insights and connections to drive impact.
Some of America’s leading CEOs and venture capital firms are EVERFI
investors including Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, Google
Chairman Eric Schmidt, Twitter founder Evan Williams, as well as
Advance, Rethink Education and Rethink Impact. To learn more about
EVERFI visit everfi.com or follow us on Facebook, Instagram,
LinkedIn, or Twitter @EVERFI.
ABOUT BEYOND MEATBeyond Meat,
Inc. (NASDAQ: BYND) is one of the fastest growing food companies in
the United States, offering a portfolio of revolutionary
plant-based meats. Founded in 2009, Beyond Meat has a mission of
building meat directly from plants, an innovation that enables
consumers to experience the taste, texture and other sensory
attributes of popular animal-based meat products while enjoying the
nutritional and environmental benefits of eating its plant-based
meat products. Beyond Meat’s brand commitment, Eat What You Love™,
represents a strong belief that by eating its portfolio of
plant-based meats, consumers can enjoy more, not less, of their
favorite meals, and by doing so, help address concerns related to
human health, climate change, resource conservation and animal
welfare. Beyond Meat’s portfolio of plant-based proteins were
available at approximately 112,000 retail and foodservice outlets
in 85 countries worldwide as of June 27, 2020. Visit
www.BeyondMeat.com and follow @BeyondMeat, #BeyondBurger and
#GoBeyond on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Media ContactAllison
Aronoffaaronoff@beyondmeat.com
Jennifer Edgerlyjedgerly@everfi.com
Forward Looking
StatementsCertain statements in this release constitute
“forward-looking statements.” These statements are based on
management’s current opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans,
objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or
future results. These forward-looking statements are only
predictions, not historical fact, and involve certain risks and
uncertainties, as well as assumptions. Actual results, levels of
activity, performance, achievements and events could differ
materially from those stated, anticipated or implied by such
forward-looking statements. While Beyond Meat believes that its
assumptions are reasonable, it is very difficult to predict the
impact of known factors, and, of course, it is impossible to
anticipate all factors that could affect actual results. There are
many risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially from forward-looking statements made herein
including, most prominently, the risks discussed under the heading
“Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 19, 2020, and the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 27, 2020
filed with the SEC on August 11, 2020, as well as other factors
described from time to time in Beyond Meat’s filings with the SEC.
Such forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of
this release. Beyond Meat undertakes no obligation to publicly
update or revise any forward-looking statement because of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise
required by law. If we do update one or more forward-looking
statements, no inference should be made that we will make
additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking
statements.
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