36 2021 ESG REPORT THE BIG PICTURE EMPOWERING WOMEN ENABLING OPPORTUNITY ENRICHING COMMUNITIES GOVERNANCE PROGRAM SPOTLIGHT HIGHLIGHTS More than 47,000 women in cotton-growing communities The majority of people who make our clothes are women, and access to and trained on WASH practices 47,000 the affordability of water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services is a major through P.A.C.E. in 2021 (162,000+ women trained since 2017) on WASH challenge for many women in our key sourcing countries. As women in those practices communities are largely responsible for household duties such as cooking, Prepared more than 2,100 village through P.A.C.E. cleaning, and collecting water, they bear a disproportionate burden when it action plans for water access in comes to water stress. India in collaboration with the national government and local governments We have a particular focus on India, an important location for both growing Catalyzed $6.1 million in WASH cotton and making textiles. Through the financing through more than USAID Gap Inc. Women + Water Alliance, a 31,700 micro-loans ($12.7 million public-private partnership, we collaborate in 66,100 loans since 2017) 4,100 with CARE, Water.org, WaterAid, and the Institute for Sustainable Communities More than 4,100 farmers adopted farmers to improve access to WASH services for water-stewardship best practices adopted water women in the water-stressed Ganges, as a result of water training stewardship Godavari, and Narmada river basins in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, India. Following a six-month pause in work due to COVID-19, Women + Water build out the Gap Inc. community water “ From the time we have saved every day by not Alliance partners agreed to extend resilience strategy to support our 2050 walking for water, the women of the village and the initiative for an extra year, until water goals of creating positive impact January 2023. Looking ahead, we will in water-stressed regions and building I can now spend that time with our families and be using insights from this program to water-resilient value chains. take time out for ourselves, too. With the time that we have left, we work in our farms, which GOAL BY 2023 PROGRESS IN 2021 has resulted in a growth in our incomes.” Empower 2 million people - 1.5 million people reached Pooja Doriya, cotton-grower in Jamgod village in Madhya Pradesh, India including 1 million women - with with improved water access to improved drinking access since 2017, including water and sanitation 938,000+ people in 2021 On track