49 SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL INVESTMENTS DISASTER RELIEF: OUR CONTINUED RESPONSE TO COVID-19 Communities around the world continue to grapple with the unprecedented challenges posed by COVID-19. Building on our COVID-19 relief efforts, which began in fiscal 2020, the Company provided additional product donations and made significant monetary donations. As the impact of the pandemic shifts geographically, we have also been agile in our response to support those communities globally that are being more heavily impacted. ELC CARES EMPLOYEE RELIEF FUND The ELC Cares Employee Relief Fund (ELC Cares Fund), was established in 2020 to support ELC employees worldwide facing financial hardships due to COVID-19. Through the contributions of employees, as well as those from the Lauder family and the Company, the fund has awarded more than 13,700 grants and distributed more than $7.9 million to support members of our global family as of June 30, 2021—providing immediate and critical financial relief to employees facing hardship as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. RESPONDING TO COVID-19 IN INDIA AND BRAZIL In fiscal 2021, to provide relief to those experiencing the devastating effects of the pandemic in India and Brazil, ELCCF awarded a grant to UNICEF USA in support of UNICEF’s work as a partner of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), a collaboration to accelerate development, production, and equitable access to COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines globally. ELCCF’s support in India and Brazil will enable UNICEF to deliver COVID-19 vaccine doses, procure and deliver therapeutics and diagnostics, and support risk communication and community engagement—building trust and supporting the adoption of COVID-19 vaccines, treatments, and tests. To further help local communities in India and Brazil affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, ELC Good Works double-matched employee donations to The Akshaya Patra Foundation in India and Unibes in Brazil for two months in fiscal 2021. Donations were used to help provide essential goods and services, such as meal supply to the hospitals with no food facility, packed food for frontline workers, dry grocery box distribution to vulnerable families, and supply oxygen concentrators where feasible. KAILASH SATYARTHI CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION Since 2005, we have partnered with the Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation (KSCF) to help address child labor in the mica-mining industry. KSCF works to eliminate child labor in India by partnering with local communities to develop proactive and sustainable solutions, including through the creation of Bal Mitra Grams or Child Friendly Villages. In the wake of COVID-19 and its devastating impact on the region, KSCF stepped in to meet the immediate needs of children and families. KSCF team members worked with the Indian government to identify areas of need, distribute food and other supplies, and raise awareness about virus transmission. During school closures, team members focused on keeping children safe, supplying them with midday meals and distance learning supplies, and protecting them from trafficking.