Community and Environmental Engagement

Community Engagement

Together we’re making an impact

Community engagement at Praxair is an integral part of making our planet more productive.

The Praxair's global giving program has also come to the aid of local communities.

Our activities have grown by leaps and bounds from where it started. Community Engagement in Praxair is driven from the top and is an integral part of our Global Strategy and the way we operate.

Praxair’s CSR projects are governed by our CSR policy.

All projects are reviewed and approved by the CSR Committee. The committee consists of the following members.

Directors –

  1. Pavan Vijaykumar Mysore
  2. Anirudh Gharote

Other members -

  1. Raksha Hegde
  2. Bibhabasu Sengupta
  3. C Muralidhara
  4. Sthanu Singh
  5. Rituparna Ghosh

CSR Projects for financial year 2020 - 2021:

 

SL No

Project Details

Theme

Location

1.

Providing supplies to children at Dnyandeep Balak Ashram,Dighi,Pune

Community Development

Pune, Maharashtra

2.

Uniform distribution at orphanage

Education

Karnataka

3.

Health camp in partnership with Samarpan Trust

Health

Karnataka

4.

COVID 19 relief to locals of Koppal

Disaster Relief

Koppal, Karnataka

5.

COVID 19 relief to locals of Kancheepuram

Disaster Relief

Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu

6.

COVID 19 relief to locals of Hospet

Disaster Relief

Hospet, Karnataka

7.

Donation to PM Cares Fund for COVID 19 Relief

Disaster Relief

Pan India

8.

Plantation of 2500 trees in Amphan cyclone affected areas of Odisha and Sunderban through Grow- trees

Environment

Odisha, West Bengal

9.

Partnering with United Ways to provide food supplies and hygiene kits to 3000 families affected by Amphan cyclone. Project also involves dwelling reconstruction activities.

Disaster Relief

Kolkata, West Bengal

10.

Partnering with Enable India for Skill Development of 25 Persons with Intellectual, Developmental, Severe and Multiple Disability.

Education

Bangalore, Karnataka

11.

Contribution to the Chief Minister’s Public relief fund during COVID 19 pandemic

Disaster Relief

Andhra Pradesh

12.

Build an Anganwadi (Rural Child Care Centre) to take care of children in village area and to provide the nutritional food to the children.

Community Development

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

13.

Food supplies to children of Annapurna Childcare Home during COVID 19 pandemic.

Community Development

Kalinganagar, Odisha

14.

Partnering with Mahesh Foundation
(Karnataka) to build a digital lab for students affected by HIV AIDS.

Education

Bellary, Karnataka

15.

Contribution to India COVID 19 Response Fund in partnership with Give India:–

  • Livelihoods – Supporting Swadesh Foundation
  • Healthcare Intervention: Availability of PPE kits and N95 masks at COVID hospitals.

Livelihood and Disaster Relief

Raigarh, Nasik, Maharashtra

16.

Contribution of educational tabs to 10th standard students in rural Karnataka in partnership with Rotary Club

Education

Dabaspet, Bellary, Doddaballapur, Karnataka

17.

Blankets and warm clothes distribution at Kanthalberia and Vrindakhali in South 24 Parganas in partnership with Rotary Club of Calcutta Victoria.

Community Development

South 24 Parganas, West Bengal

18.

Repair of COVID 19 treatment equipment at MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur

Disaster Relief

Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

19.

Support provided to Suva Gram Panchayat towards repairing of houses for local backward communities.

Community Development

Dahej, Gujarat

20.

Virtual Volunteering on International Women’s Day in partnership with United Ways Bengaluru

Community Development

Bangalore, Karnataka

21.

Donation towards training and livelihood support of women from tribal and backward communities – training in poultry farming.

(NGO partner – ChildFund India)

Community Development

Dhar, Madhya Pradesh

22.

Project management fees paid to Give India for ChildFund India Project

Consultancy charge

Bangalore

23.

Providing basic needs, COVID 19 supplies, clothes, and food items to old age homes and orphanages.

Community Development

Paradeep, Odisha