COMMUNITIES AND FOCUSED GIVING

NOVOLEX SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE OPERATE , seeking opportunities to give back through both donations and volunteer work. The Novolex Focused Giving Program directs our support towards organizations that align with our businesses, products and values. Accordingly, our support focuses on food and hunger needs, sustainability, and health and wellness. We incorporate employee feedback to determine which projects to consider and prioritize. In addition to implementing various initiatives for community support, we donate Novolex products, such as utensils, plates, cups and bags, to local non-profit organizations facing challenges. By donating Novolex products, we can contribute to meeting immediate community needs and make a positive impact on lives.

No Hunger Holidays

Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Canopy Program

Employee Activity Challenge

Novolex continued support for the Red Cross in 2022 through the September Activity Challenge which encouraged employees to contribute to reaching 10,000 hours of total exercise. Employees participated by documenting their individual activities, such as walking, running, hiking, and even dancing to help raise money for the Red Cross.

In November, Novolex initiated the No Hunger Holidays campaign with a donation to Feed the Children, a leading hunger relief organization with which Novolex has a long-standing relationship. We also provided communication to employees on how they can get involved with this initiative by inviting them to make additional monetary and product donations, providing links that employees could use to write notes to families receiving boxes from Feed the Children during the holidays to help make the donations special and personal, and sharing various resources to help employees connect with and support food banks in their communities.

In celebration of Earth Day and Arbor Day, Novolex donated to the Arbor Day Foundation’s Community Canopy program. In return for support the Arbor Day Foundation provided Novolex with 250 trees for employees to grow in their communities. The Arbor Day Foundation provides an online tool to help participating Novolex employees determine the ideal location to plant trees for maximum savings on their energy bills and track the growth of the tree. For employees who live in a community that is unable to receive trees through the mail, Arbor Day will plant a tree in that employee’s vicinity on their behalf, removing obstacles for our employees to participate in this event.