• SABIC steps up to provide relief material to 30, 000+ families affected due to COVID-19 as well as safety essentials to the front line workers across India.

NEW DELHI, 25 JUNE, 2020 (GPN): SABIC, a global leader in diversified chemicals has come forward to support people, communities and frontline workers through its CSR efforts across Vadodara, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai and Bengaluru. These include monetary donations to central and state Governments, distribution of relief material to people and protective kits to the frontline workers.

The company, as part of the monetary aid, has donated INR 1 Crore towards the Prime Minister’s Care Fund. In addition to this, SABIC is continually extending support to the migrant and daily-wage workers across Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu region. SABIC is providing dry rations to help them navigate through these difficult times and to support 30, 000+ families.

SABIC is also undertaking the effort to support India’s frontline and essential services workers such as police and sanitation workers and more. The company will be doing so by donating protective equipment such as masks, gloves, visors and personal protection kits.

Janardhanan Ramanujalu, Vice President & Regional Head, SABIC South Asia & ANZ said, “COVID-19 pandemic is a global health crisis and its sweeping impact continues in India. Our products are being used in producing personal protection wear and medical equipment such as COVID-19 test kits and ventilators, crucial for saving lives. SABIC team’s response in managing production and ensuring logistics during the lockdown, facilitated much of these equipment in India and around the world. We also fully understand our responsibilities towards supporting the communities we operate in. Therefore, through our CSR initiatives we are supporting those who have been affected by the pandemic.”

SABIC also launched an employee donation and corporate matching campaign. Employees across its India locations donated generously towards relief for COVID-19 and effectively doubled the amount collected with the company matched portion.

In close collaboration with its customers, SABIC is also leveraging its expertise by working with them to manufacture critical material that enables domestic production of COVID-19 test kits, gloves, ventilators, goggles, PPEs, sanitizers and high-grade bottles that can store disinfectants for a longer duration. ENDS

ABOUT SABIC IN INDIA

SABIC is a global leader in diversified chemicals, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Established in 1994 SABIC in India operates in five cities, Gurugram, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Pune with ~ 600 employees across locations. Operations in India are built on the foundation of finding innovation-led solutions to address the challenges of customers across industry. SABIC’s focus on innovation translates into deep industry insights and value-added materials with potential to revolutionize product design, catalyzing new and better solutions across industries.

SABIC has an application development centre in Gurugram, Haryana and a manufacturing facility in Vadodara, Gujarat – SABIC Innovative Plastics. Through the Indian centres, SABIC serves regional customers across automotive, packaging, building & construction and agriculture industry. SABIC has also invested significantly in setting up its Technology & Innovation Center in Bengaluru – incorporated in 1998. The centre focuses on leveraging India’s research competencies, for India and for the world.

ABOUT SABIC

SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. SABIC manufactures on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products:  chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri-nutrients and metals.

SABIC supports its customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy. Production in 2019 was 72.6 million metric tons.

SABIC has more than 33,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, SABIC has 12,540 global patent filings, and has significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.