NEW DELHI: As the nation is grappling with the challenging second wave of COVID-19, Avery Dennison, a global materials science and manufacturing company, has introduced a series of social impact programs to support and assist the communities to reduce the impact of the pandemic, the company said.
Commenting on the initiatives Pankaj Bhardwaj, Vice President & General Manager said, “We are fully committed to help the nation in fighting COVID-19 pandemic and reducing its impact by effectively extending our support to the society with a series of social impact programmes.”
The company has donated infrastructural and medical support items such as hospital beds, oxygen concentrators and ventilators to various authorities and medical institutions to support the scale up of medical infrastructure & rural medical needs in and around nearby areas to Avery Dennison site locations in Greater Noida, Gurgaon & Pune.
Additionally, Avery Dennison is also funding projects to support the ongoing COVID-19 relief work by Gurgaon administration by coming up with a hospital extension & building an oxygen plant at a reputed hospital and by opening a medical health centre in Koregaon, Pune for COVID relief measures.
It has been an active contributor in distribution of essential PPE gear (masks, sanitizers, gloves) and meal distribution to the local communities and rural areas around its various site locations which include Pune, Bangalore, Gurgaon & Kolkata.
Highlighting the company’s employee welfare initiatives, Manvi Sushil, Director HR said, “We continue to relentlessly care for and nurture our people and fight the COVID battle head on.”
T has undertaken several initiatives for employees well being. Some of these initiatives include insurance cover for home isolation treatment and hotel quarantine for self and dependants, OPD insurance for consultation and diagnostic tests, awareness sessions by COVID-19 specialists, on-call ambulance helpline, tie-ups for home care package and home ICU set up and oxygen concentrator support on call. s
The organization also formulated an employee volunteer support group “The Good Samaritans” which is managing a remote COVID war room to support the employees 24×7. The relentless efforts of the resource group helped in supporting impacted employees and their families through everyday health check-ins, providing validated information on hospital beds availability, making oxygen concentrators available on time and providing other critical health-related assistance.
