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COVID-19
Response

We are committed to helping our governments, communities and stakeholders emerge stronger through relief efforts and economic recovery initiatives

 

The soap story

Revolutionising the humble bar of soap

 

Supporting
local communities

 

India

Provided ration to over 10,685 contract workers at all Godrej Consumer Products and Godrej Agrovet sites, and to 8,900 construction workers at Godrej Properties sites

Supported 30,169 families around Godrej Consumer Products and Godrej Agrovet sites with food and hygiene kits and area fumigation

 

Tanzania

Voluntary employee contribution to provide food supplies to blue collar workers

 

Nepal

Distributed 3,820 Godrej No. 1 soaps, 2,750 Goodknight Octa Coils and 820 Magic hand washes among communities, 44 hospitals, 47 police stations and various government offices

Protecting people
in our ecosystem

 

India

Provided safety kits for over 46,120 people, including contract workers, Godrej Consumer Products transporters, field sales personnel and Godrej Professional salonists

Made direct cash transfers to 250 market research agents to help meet the basic needs of families

 

Kenya, Tanzania

Distributed sanitisers among 60 local consumers in Tanzania

Supporting salons by providing 100,000 reusable masks, 20,000 litres of disinfectants, 10,000 litres of liquid hand wash, 3,000 face shields and conducting weekly disinfection drives

 

Zambia, Ghana, Nigeria

Voluntary employee contribution to support out of work hair stylists

Voluntary employee contribution provided food packages for 100 widows, aged people and community and contract workers in Ghana

Provided cash support of 1,000 INR per stylist for 500 stylists in Nigeria

Donated 700 face masks to students and staff of a local primary school in Zambia

 

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

In the first three months of the pandemic, we expanded our product portfolio in Argentina and Chile to include products like liquid soap, alcohol gel and antibacterial soap, ensuring that our communities have access to essential hygiene products

 
 

Strengthening
public healthcare

 

India

Mumbai: Procured and delivered supplies worth INR 6.97 crore for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Supported 2 quarantine centers with a total capacity of 450 beds, set up a 75-bed isolation facility, provided 3 mobile testing autorickshaws to the BMC and oxygen support to urban settlements.

Contributed 115 hospitals beds to the Government of Maharashtra

Godrej Consumer Products provided 10,000 PPE kits in Mumbai and Delhi, supported local authorities around manufacturing sites for health equipment

 

Mozambique

Voluntary employee contribution used to manufacture masks and support local government efforts

Donated 1 disinfection tunnel to the government

 
 

Providing relief to the
most affected populations

 

India

Provided food relief and/or hygiene kits to over 43,874 families across India

Supplied 96,000 meals from our global headquarters Godrej One; supported in providing 25,000 cooked meals in Mumbai

 

Argentina

Distributed 10,000 sanitisers and liquid hand washes to NGOs

 

USA

Distributed 1,50,000 sanitisers to 100 charities

 

Indonesia

Distributed food kits to impacted families, and nursing and disability homes

 

Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

Voluntary employee contribution to provide food and clothes to homeless people.

 
 

Supporting
government efforts

 

India

Extended monetary and/or protective supplies to state and local administrations

Godrej Group companies matched the voluntary payroll contribution by over 4,400 Godrejites and donated INR 6.98 crore to the PM CARES Fund

 

South Africa

Donated face masks to the government

 

UAE

Voluntary employee contribution directed to battling national COVID-19 efforts

 

Uganda

Donated INR 40 lakh towards government efforts

 

Indonesia

Voluntary employee contribution of INR 10 lakh

Donated our products to local communities and 74 hospitals

Donated face masks and PPEs to frontline workers

 

Kenya

Voluntary employee contribution to support local communities and government efforts