More and more companies are becoming active in addressing the Corona Virus. This includes the production of disinfectants as well as the simplified transport of required aids and financial donations.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners has created a laser-cut face shield to protect health workers from coronavirus, which can be disassembled and sanitised so that it can be reused.
Airbnb
Airbnb hosts are offering healthcare staff and first responders places to stay that allow them to be close to their patients — and safely distanced from their own families.
Alphabet
Alphabet (Google’s parent company) created a COVID-19 fund to provide sick leave to affected workers globally, including all temporary staff, contractors, and vendors.
Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce & Gabbana announced that it has partnered with Humanitas University to fund a coronavirus research project.
Google established a COVID-19 fund that enables all temporary staff and vendors, globally, to take paid sick leave if they have potential symptoms of COVID-19, or can’t come into work because they’re quarantined.
L’Oréal
L’Oréal Launches Sweeping Program to Combat COVID-19
The world’s largest beauty company is producing hand sanitizer and donating 1 million euros to associations helping the disadvantaged, among other actions.
Google & Apple
Google and Apple are announcing a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user privacy and security central to the design.
Trello
Regardless of whether they are are a teacher or instructor working in K-12 or higher education, Trello is helping to support digital classrooms by offering educators a full year of Trello Business Class for free!
innosabi
In order to facilitate cooperation in companies and teams, Munich-based innosabi is currently making a free version of its software available for idea sharing and innovation projects.
Slack
The way we work has radically shifted. We’re helping to make sure we can still work together.
We’re supporting all nonprofits and other organizations carrying out critical relief efforts during this time with free access to a Slack paid plan for three months.
Beiersdorf
The Hamburg-based multinational manufacturer of personal-care products, Beiersdorf, announced Monday the launch of EUR 50 million in global emergency aid to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim is to support crisis management particularly in epicentres and regions with fragile public health systems and infrastructure. Beiersdorf will co-operate closely with international organizations and local authorities to this end.
Teach from Home
A platform by UNESCO, Google, and UNESCO IITE that aims to support teachers during the corona crisis (COVID-19) with information, programs, and applications.
Lufthansa Cargo
The German cargo airline is currently using passenger planes as additional vehicles to transport urgently needed medical supplies.