{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"168552","rtpr_id":"nBw7yZtRXa-20261014","ticker":"EL","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["EL"],"title":"Reliance Foundation and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation Launch Multi-Year Partnership That Aims to Empower One Million Girls and Young Women in India","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-10-14T10:10:00.100Z","article_body":"Reliance Foundation and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation\nLaunch Multi-Year Partnership That Aims to Empower One Million Girls and Young\nWomen in India\n\n Partnership brings together two organizations with a shared commitment to\nadvancing progress for women and girls.\n\nReliance Foundation and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation, the\nphilanthropic arm of The Estée Lauder Companies, have announced the launch of\na multi-year partnership that aims to empower one million girls and young\nwomen across India.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261014635257/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261014635257/en/)\n\nMr. Stéphane de La Faverie, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Estée\nLauder Companies, and President, The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable\nFoundation, and Ms. Isha Ambani, Director, Reliance Foundation.\n\nThe program is designed for girls and young women from 14 to 20 years of age,\nacross both rural and urban communities, with a focus on building life skills\nand confidence. It will begin in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Madhya\nPradesh, with plans to expand to other parts of the country in the future. The\ninitiative will help girls and young women strengthen their digital and\nfinancial literacy, and inform them about future pathways such as educational\ncourses, trainings and livelihoods, so they can make informed choices about\nthe next stage of their lives.\n\nSpeaking on the partnership, Ms. Isha Ambani, Director, Reliance Foundation,\nsaid, “I believe every girl should have the confidence to dream big, the\ncourage to lead, and the opportunity to fulfill her aspirations. I am\ndelighted that through this partnership, Reliance Foundation and The Estée\nLauder Companies Charitable Foundation are uniting to equip one million girls\nand young women with the resilience they need to realize their full potential\n— igniting a powerful transformation that extends from the individual to her\nhousehold and to the entire community.\"\n\nMr. Stéphane de La Faverie, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Estée\nLauder Companies, and President, The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable\nFoundation, added: “We are proud to partner with Reliance Foundation to\ncreate more opportunities for girls and young women in India that will build\nthe skills they need to participate and thrive in the modern workforce. The\nEstée Lauder Companies was founded by an extraordinary woman entrepreneur,\nand today, women represent more than 80% of our global workforce. We know the\ntremendous impact that women can have when they have the opportunity to learn,\nlead and build their own futures. We are excited to work together to help more\nwomen and girls realize their potential and shape what comes next.”\n\nA Shared Commitment to Advancing Progress for Women and Girls\n\nThis program brings together two organizations with a shared commitment to\nadvancing progress for women and girls. It comes at a time when India’s\neconomic growth presents an unprecedented opportunity and when increasing\nwomen’s participation in the workforce will be a key lever for change.\n\nReliance Foundation believes in the transformational power of empowering women\nand girls. Since 2010, through various focused initiatives, Reliance\nFoundation has been enhancing education, sports and livelihood opportunities,\nenabling agency for women and girls overall.\n\nThis also builds on The Estée Lauder Companies’ long-standing philanthropic\ncommitment to India. For more than 20 years, The Estée Lauder Companies and\nits Charitable Foundation have partnered with local NGOs in India, enabling\nwomen and girls to thrive and advance through health, education, and\nentrepreneurship.\n\nThe program, jointly developed by Reliance Foundation and The Estée Lauder\nCompanies Charitable Foundation, will focus on:\n\n\n * Life skills: building confidence and self-esteem, strengthening\ndecision-making and leadership, and developing skills to deal with everyday\nchallenges.\n\n * Digital and financial literacy: building knowledge and confidence to use\ndigital tools and financial services safely and effectively.\n\n * Choice and agency: helping girls build the confidence and skills to make\ninformed decisions and navigate social and cultural influences affecting their\nsafety, mobility, education and work opportunities.\n\n * Providing information on future pathways, including education, livelihoods,\nemployment and entrepreneurship, so that girls have a better understanding of\nthe options available to them.\n\nThe initiative is being designed together with the nonprofit Girl Effect,\nleveraging its expertise to support on the development of the curriculum and\nlearning resources for girls. The two-year program will offer in-person and\ndigital trainings and capacity-building, working together with various\ngrassroots implementation partners.\n\nThrough this program, Reliance Foundation and The Estée Lauder Companies\nCharitable Foundation are building on their shared vision of accelerating\nprogress, opportunity and empowerment for women and girls.\n\nAbout Reliance Foundation\n\nReliance Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Reliance Industries Limited,\naims to play a catalytic role in addressing India’s development challenges\nthrough innovative and sustainable solutions. Led by Smt. Nita M Ambani,\nFounder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation is relentlessly working for the\noverall well-being and enhanced quality of life for all, focusing on rural\ntransformation, education, health, sports for development, disaster\nmanagement, women empowerment, urban renewal and arts, culture and heritage,\nand has touched the lives of over 100 million people across India, in over\n98,000 villages and urban locations. More on www.reliancefoundation.org\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reliancefoundation.org%2F&esheet=54621603&newsitemid=20261014635257&lan=en-US&anchor=www.reliancefoundation.org&index=1&md5=ca15403d58ae10e4549bac5b45b706ed)\n.\n\nAbout The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation\n\nThe Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation (ELCCF) is the global\nphilanthropic arm of The Estée Lauder Companies, a leader in prestige beauty.\nTurning The Estée Lauder Companies’ and Mrs. Estée Lauder’s legacy into\naction, the ELCCF supports nonprofit organizations that enable women and girls\nto thrive and advance through the transformative power of health, education,\nand entrepreneurship. The Foundation invests in programs worldwide that\nstrengthen career readiness, workforce participation, and leadership\ndevelopment for women and girls, and supports scientists and practitioners\nadvancing breakthroughs in breast cancer and women’s health.\n\nELC-C\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261014635257/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261014635257/en/)\n\nMedia Relations:\n\nBrendan Riley\n\nbriley@estee.com (mailto:briley@estee.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw7yZtRXa-20261014","title":"Reliance Foundation and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation Launch Multi-Year Partnership That Aims to Empower One Million Girls and Young Women in India","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"EL","created":"2026-10-14T10:10:00.100Z","tickers":["EL"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Reliance Foundation and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation\nLaunch Multi-Year Partnership That Aims to Empower One Million Girls and Young\nWomen in India\n\n Partnership brings together two organizations with a shared commitment to\nadvancing progress for women and girls.\n\nReliance Foundation and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation, the\nphilanthropic arm of The Estée Lauder Companies, have announced the launch of\na multi-year partnership that aims to empower one million girls and young\nwomen across India.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261014635257/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261014635257/en/)\n\nMr. Stéphane de La Faverie, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Estée\nLauder Companies, and President, The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable\nFoundation, and Ms. Isha Ambani, Director, Reliance Foundation.\n\nThe program is designed for girls and young women from 14 to 20 years of age,\nacross both rural and urban communities, with a focus on building life skills\nand confidence. It will begin in the Indian states of Maharashtra and Madhya\nPradesh, with plans to expand to other parts of the country in the future. The\ninitiative will help girls and young women strengthen their digital and\nfinancial literacy, and inform them about future pathways such as educational\ncourses, trainings and livelihoods, so they can make informed choices about\nthe next stage of their lives.\n\nSpeaking on the partnership, Ms. Isha Ambani, Director, Reliance Foundation,\nsaid, “I believe every girl should have the confidence to dream big, the\ncourage to lead, and the opportunity to fulfill her aspirations. I am\ndelighted that through this partnership, Reliance Foundation and The Estée\nLauder Companies Charitable Foundation are uniting to equip one million girls\nand young women with the resilience they need to realize their full potential\n— igniting a powerful transformation that extends from the individual to her\nhousehold and to the entire community.\"\n\nMr. Stéphane de La Faverie, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Estée\nLauder Companies, and President, The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable\nFoundation, added: “We are proud to partner with Reliance Foundation to\ncreate more opportunities for girls and young women in India that will build\nthe skills they need to participate and thrive in the modern workforce. The\nEstée Lauder Companies was founded by an extraordinary woman entrepreneur,\nand today, women represent more than 80% of our global workforce. We know the\ntremendous impact that women can have when they have the opportunity to learn,\nlead and build their own futures. We are excited to work together to help more\nwomen and girls realize their potential and shape what comes next.”\n\nA Shared Commitment to Advancing Progress for Women and Girls\n\nThis program brings together two organizations with a shared commitment to\nadvancing progress for women and girls. It comes at a time when India’s\neconomic growth presents an unprecedented opportunity and when increasing\nwomen’s participation in the workforce will be a key lever for change.\n\nReliance Foundation believes in the transformational power of empowering women\nand girls. Since 2010, through various focused initiatives, Reliance\nFoundation has been enhancing education, sports and livelihood opportunities,\nenabling agency for women and girls overall.\n\nThis also builds on The Estée Lauder Companies’ long-standing philanthropic\ncommitment to India. For more than 20 years, The Estée Lauder Companies and\nits Charitable Foundation have partnered with local NGOs in India, enabling\nwomen and girls to thrive and advance through health, education, and\nentrepreneurship.\n\nThe program, jointly developed by Reliance Foundation and The Estée Lauder\nCompanies Charitable Foundation, will focus on:\n\n\n * Life skills: building confidence and self-esteem, strengthening\ndecision-making and leadership, and developing skills to deal with everyday\nchallenges.\n\n * Digital and financial literacy: building knowledge and confidence to use\ndigital tools and financial services safely and effectively.\n\n * Choice and agency: helping girls build the confidence and skills to make\ninformed decisions and navigate social and cultural influences affecting their\nsafety, mobility, education and work opportunities.\n\n * Providing information on future pathways, including education, livelihoods,\nemployment and entrepreneurship, so that girls have a better understanding of\nthe options available to them.\n\nThe initiative is being designed together with the nonprofit Girl Effect,\nleveraging its expertise to support on the development of the curriculum and\nlearning resources for girls. The two-year program will offer in-person and\ndigital trainings and capacity-building, working together with various\ngrassroots implementation partners.\n\nThrough this program, Reliance Foundation and The Estée Lauder Companies\nCharitable Foundation are building on their shared vision of accelerating\nprogress, opportunity and empowerment for women and girls.\n\nAbout Reliance Foundation\n\nReliance Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Reliance Industries Limited,\naims to play a catalytic role in addressing India’s development challenges\nthrough innovative and sustainable solutions. Led by Smt. Nita M Ambani,\nFounder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation is relentlessly working for the\noverall well-being and enhanced quality of life for all, focusing on rural\ntransformation, education, health, sports for development, disaster\nmanagement, women empowerment, urban renewal and arts, culture and heritage,\nand has touched the lives of over 100 million people across India, in over\n98,000 villages and urban locations. More on www.reliancefoundation.org\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reliancefoundation.org%2F&esheet=54621603&newsitemid=20261014635257&lan=en-US&anchor=www.reliancefoundation.org&index=1&md5=ca15403d58ae10e4549bac5b45b706ed)\n.\n\nAbout The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation\n\nThe Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation (ELCCF) is the global\nphilanthropic arm of The Estée Lauder Companies, a leader in prestige beauty.\nTurning The Estée Lauder Companies’ and Mrs. Estée Lauder’s legacy into\naction, the ELCCF supports nonprofit organizations that enable women and girls\nto thrive and advance through the transformative power of health, education,\nand entrepreneurship. The Foundation invests in programs worldwide that\nstrengthen career readiness, workforce participation, and leadership\ndevelopment for women and girls, and supports scientists and practitioners\nadvancing breakthroughs in breast cancer and women’s health.\n\nELC-C\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261014635257/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261014635257/en/)\n\nMedia Relations:\n\nBrendan Riley\n\nbriley@estee.com (mailto:briley@estee.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-10-14T10:10:00.149054887Z","server_sent_at_ms":1791972600149},"received_at":"2026-10-14T10:10:00.200Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261014635257/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"156817","press_release_id":"168552","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Personal Care Products","sector":"Consumer Staples"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"partnership","narrative":"The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation and Reliance Foundation launched a multi-year partnership aiming to empower one million girls and young women across India.\n\nThe two-year program targets girls aged 14-20 in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh first, focusing on life skills, digital and financial literacy, and future education and livelihood pathways, with curriculum support from nonprofit Girl Effect.\n\nThe initiative is philanthropic and sits outside Estée Lauder's commercial operations, though it deepens the company's ESG footprint in a key growth market alongside Reliance.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"EL foundation philanthropy in India -- ESG/brand story, not a financial catalyst."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"age_range":"14-20","girls_target":1000000,"initial_states":["Maharashtra","Madhya Pradesh"],"program_duration":"two-year program (multi-year partnership)"}},"quotedText":"We are proud to partner with Reliance Foundation to create more opportunities for girls and young women in India that will build the skills they need to participate and thrive in the modern workforce.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Stéphane de La Faverie","role":"President and CEO, The Estée Lauder Companies"},{"name":"Isha Ambani","role":"Director, Reliance Foundation"},{"name":"Nita M Ambani","role":"Founder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation"},{"name":"Brendan Riley","role":"Media Relations, Estée Lauder"}],"products":[],"companies":[{"name":"The Estée Lauder Companies","ticker":"EL","relationship":"filer"},{"name":"The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation","relationship":"philanthropic arm of filer"},{"name":"Reliance Foundation","relationship":"partner"},{"name":"Reliance Industries Limited","relationship":"parent of partner"},{"name":"Girl Effect","relationship":"nonprofit curriculum partner"}],"dollarAmounts":[]},"materialImpact":{"score":1,"reasoning":"Philanthropic partnership by the company's charitable foundation; no direct financial or operational impact on Estée Lauder's business results disclosed. 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