Community Service
Axalta is dedicated to community engagement. We support local initiatives that educate the community in the sciences, sustainable technologies, and methods that protect and conserve the environment. Our corporate social responsibility initiatives ensure that we respond to the needs of our neighboring communities and address our environmental, social, and economic responsibilities. These endeavors are essential to our continued growth and success.
In India, the Akshaya Patra Foundation fights hunger and malnutrition throughout India and develops educational programs for more than 1.4 million children from nearly 11,000 schools across 10 states in India. It is the largest nonprofit midday meal program in the world. Axalta’s support helps provide hundreds of children with freshly cooked meals in schools neighboring Axalta facilities in Savli, Gujarat State. Our community and employees benefit from our support of Akshaya Patra’s programs. We take pride in our association with Akshaya Patra and its contributions in building a sustainable society for future generations.
Also in India, Pardada Pardadi Education Society (PPES) has been improving the lives of women in rural India through its mission of empowering women from the poorest sectors of society. PPES provides free education to girls and job opportunities for women. Axalta’s support helps PPES create new generations of self-reliant and educated women capable of breaking the cycle of poverty in the region. We are excited to expand the efforts of PPES in the communities surrounding the national capital region of Delhi in the vicinity of Axalta’s operations in North India.
For more than five years, Axalta employees have taken part in a 1,000-kilometer bike ride to raise money for Kom op tegen Kanker, a leading Belgian cancer charity. Employee-raised funds support research of organ- and tissue-sparing treatment strategies for cancer patients.
The Axalta Wuppertal, Germany manufacturing center supports the Wuppertaler Sozialsponsoring, or Social Sponsoring, initiative in Wuppertal that contributes to several local social initiatives including programs for disabled or disadvantaged groups and individuals in the community.
Employee volunteers from Axalta’s Jiading plant in Shanghai regularly visit the Jiading Zhuqiao Primary School and provide fire safety training to children through a series of activities. These activities are aligned with our one of our core operating principles — safety. Axalta in China has also produced pocket-sized books with general knowledge on fire control for communities near the company’s Changchun plant in northeast China and at Jiading.
In North America, Axalta proudly sponsors the EyesOn Design awards at the annual Detroit International Auto Show. EyesOn Design is an automotive industry fundraising initiative that supports the visual research program at Henry Ford Health System’s Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology. Axalta’s Innovative Use of Color, Graphics, and Materials award is given each year to automotive designers exhibiting concepts displayed at the Auto Show.
Starting our relationship in 2015, Axalta has been a proud sponsor of Honor Flight — a nonprofit organization dedicated to transporting United States military veterans to Washington, DC to see the monuments of the respective war they fought in, at no cost to the veterans. In addition to providing funding, Axalta employees from all levels of the organization volunteered in 2016 to help transport the veterans to Washington, DC. This heartwarming and important excursion was memorable for all involved.