Teck and Earth Rangers Partner to Support Wildlife Conservation
December 08 2022 - 12:40PM
Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TECK.A and TECK.B, NYSE: TECK)
(“Teck”) and Earth Rangers today announced an expanded partnership
to support wildlife conservation programs and engage young
Canadians in biodiversity programming, including a new youth
volunteer initiative.
The collaboration between Teck and Earth Rangers builds on the
existing partnership with increased funding from Teck of $500,000
to support expanded opportunities to engage youth and protect
Canadian wildlife, including the following Earth Rangers
initiatives:
- Wildlife Adoption Programs to raise funds for
conservation work supporting animals in the regions where Teck
operates
- A new Earth Rangers Youth Volunteer Program to
encourage and provide access to conservation-focused volunteer
opportunities for youth aged 13 – 18
- Earth Rangers School Assembly Program, which
will visit 25 schools in communities near Teck’s Canadian
operations annually
To date, the Teck and Earth Rangers partnership has supported
more than 150 Earth Rangers school assemblies, reaching
approximately 50,000 students. Conservation programs supported
include the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s efforts to restore and
protect open grassland areas of the Kootenay River Ranch
Conservation Area in B.C. which is an important habitat for bighorn
sheep, American badgers, and other wildlife.
This partnership supports Teck's goal to become a nature
positive company by 2030. Becoming nature positive means that, by
2030, Teck’s conservation, protection and restoration of land and
biodiversity will exceed the disturbance caused by its mining
activities from a 2020 baseline. In doing so, Teck will conserve or
rehabilitate at least three hectares for every one hectare affected
by its mining activities.
To learn more about Teck’s Nature Positive goal, click here.
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Quotes:
Jonathan Price, CEO, Teck – “We’re pleased to
work with Earth Rangers on this innovative partnership to protect
wildlife in regions where we operate and beyond while engaging
youth to get involved and care about conservation. As we work
towards our goal to be a nature positive company, we recognize the
importance of building partnerships with organizations like Earth
Rangers and look forward to what we will accomplish together.”
Tovah Barocas, President, Earth Rangers - “Kids
join Earth Rangers because they love animals and want to protect
them. Our partnership with Teck has always focused on empowering
them to do that by learning about and supporting important
conservation work in Teck communities and across Canada. With the
increased support announced today, we’ll be extending our
programming beyond elementary school and into the teen years, by
providing impactful environmental volunteer opportunities for
middle and high school students.”
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unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause
actual results or events to differ materially from those
anticipated in such forward-looking statements. These statements
speak only as of the date of this news release.
These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited
to, statements relating to: our goal to become a nature positive
company by 2030 and the actions we intend to take to achieve this
goal, including our intended donations and commitments to conserve
or rehabilitate at least three hectares for every one hectare
affected by mining activities; the expected use and impact of our
donations and our other nature positive initiatives. Actual results
and developments are likely to differ, and may differ materially,
from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements
contained in this news release. Such statements are based on a
number of estimates, projections, beliefs and assumptions which are
inherently uncertain and difficult to predict and may prove to be
incorrect, including but not limited to expectations and
assumptions concerning: the availability of land or other
opportunities for conservation, rehabilitation, or capacity
building in appropriate locations on commercially reasonable terms
and the ability to obtain any required external approvals or
consensus for such opportunities; our ability to achieve our nature
positive and biodiversity goals and the longer term impacts of
those goals and strategies on our business; environmental
compliance costs generally; and assumptions regarding the
development of our business generally and general economic
conditions. Factors that may cause actual results to vary include,
but are not limited to, actual biodiversity consequences;
unavailability of land or other opportunities for conservation,
rehabilitation or capacity building on commercially reasonable
terms or inability to obtain any required external approvals or
consensus for such opportunities; changes in laws and governmental
regulations or enforcement thereof that impact our operations,
goals or strategy and changes in commodity price, costs or general
economic conditions.
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cause our actual results to differ materially from those estimated
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About TeckAs one of Canada’s leading mining
companies, Teck is committed to responsible mining and mineral
development with major business units focused on copper, zinc, and
steelmaking coal. Copper, zinc and high-quality steelmaking coal
are required for the transition to a low-carbon world.
Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Teck’s shares are listed on the
Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols TECK.A and TECK.B and the
New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TECK. Learn more about
Teck at www.teck.com or follow @TeckResources.
About Earth Rangers Earth Rangers is the kids’
conservation organization, committed to instilling environmental
knowledge, positivity, and the confidence to take action in every
child in Canada. We do this through a suite of programming that
children can participate in at school, at home, and in their
communities. All of these programs are educational and engaging—but
more importantly, they show children that it’s not too late to
protect the planet, and the things we do today can make a real
impact tomorrow.
Teck Media Contact:Chris StannellPublic
Relations Manager604.699.4368chris.stannell@teck.com
Earth Rangers Media Contact:Karen Horsman
Senior Manager of Communicationskhorsman@earthrangers.com
Teck Investor Contact:Fraser PhillipsSenior
Vice President, Investor Relations and Strategic
Analysis604.699.4621fraser.phillips@teck.com
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