"Acts of Kindness" was launched last week, and Croda has made available up to £200,000 (almost 230,000 euros) to support communities near its production sites during the Covid-19 epidemic.
The first to benefit from this new initiative were the local communities around the company's manufacturing site in Campinas, Brazil. Here, in collaboration with the local Community Advisory Council, Croda delivered 110 meal and hygiene baskets over the course of the week to local residents who needed them most during the Covid-19 pandemic. Employees at the manufacturing site also worked with members of the local community to provide an additional 28 baskets as part of the initiative. The households benefiting from the baskets have either young children or elderly family members. The baskets are scheduled to last for a month, and Croda plans to repeat the initiative in May, June and July if the need arises again.
Marco Carmini, Croda's General Manager for Latin America, said: "We strongly believe in working with our local community to support them as best we can during the Covid-19 pandemic. We will continue to work with the Community Advisory Council we have created to find other ways to help through our 'Acts of Kindness' initiative. In particular, there are plans to support two local charities that we already help as part of our sustainable development program; a home for the elderly and an orphanage."
Croda continues to support the Covid-19 pandemic in a number of other ways, including donating adjuvants to Covid-19 vaccine development projects around the world and sharing its scientific knowledge with vaccine researchers. The company has also donated excipients to projects working on experimental drugs for the virus. Supporting employees during the pandemic is a priority for the company, which recently assured all employees that there are currently no plans to reduce staff numbers or cut regular pay and benefits as a result of Covid-19.
Croda ingredients are used in thousands of finished products, including items such as disinfectants, medicines, medical equipment, medical protection products, masks and items used in the manufacture of Covid-19 screening tests.
