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The industry’s response to the Russia-Ukraine war
BASF Donates €1 Million in Emergency Aid to Help Ukraine BASF is providing the German Red Cross with €1 million in emergency humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
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ASF donated € 1 million to the German Red Cross (GRC) to provide
German Red Cross will also provide psychosocial support.
humanitarian aid to Ukraine. After the attack on Ukraine ordered
“There is a war going on in Ukraine. The suffering for the civilian
by the Russian government, the population is experiencing an
population in the country is immense,” said Martin Brudermüller,
escalation of violence and hundreds of thousands of civilians are trying to
Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF. “We want to help
leave their homeland.
these people and therefore quickly decided to provide this emergency
GRC is supporting its sister organization, the Ukrainian Red Cross
aid.”
(URC), to help and provide relief to the population. Specifically, GRC
In addition, many employees of the company around the world have
plans to provide basic necessities to people in Ukraine and people
expressed their willingness to donate. BASF will offer the opportunity to
arriving in neighbouring countries: food, clothes, hygiene kits, but also
donate in the coming days. In addition to emergency humanitarian aid,
communication devices such as charging devices for mobile phones. The
BASF will double the amount raised through employee donations.
Clariant Suspends All Its Businesses with Russia Clariant is supporting its almost 150 Ukrainian employees and their families and has suspended the activities in Russia.
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he specialty chemicals company Clariant has recently announced
to support them. We join them in hoping that this brutal violence will
that it has suspended all its businesses with Russia and will help
end soon. Continuing to do business under these circumstances is
its 146 employees and their families in Ukraine. The company had
incompatible with our purpose and values. Therefore, we have decided
a sales office and a laboratory in Moscow and its Russian operations
to suspend all business with Russia with immediate effect,” stated Conrad
contributed to approximately 2% of the annual sales.
Keijzer, the CEO of Clariant.
“We strongly oppose Russia’s war against the Ukraine and support the
In addition, many employees have taken personal initiatives to support
vote of the UN General Assembly that the Russian government must
their Ukrainian colleagues and charities. Clariant encourages these
immediately stop the aggression, withdraw its troops, and abide by the
activities and, through the Clariant Foundation, has also made a donation
rules of the UN Charter. Our thoughts are with our 146 employees and
to UNICEF to ensure that children and families in need can be helped
their families in the Ukraine and we are doing everything in our power
right away.
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