By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : April 12, 2021 7:54 pm
The company received the award in the “Engineering” category as it touches the lives of 2 million people spread across 46 districts in India
Honeywell Automation India Limited has been named winner of the Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for 2020.
Honeywell received the award in the “Engineering” category as it touches the lives of 2 million people spread across 46 districts in India.
“This award reaffirms our commitment to improving the world we live in by creating, supporting, and nurturing outstanding CSR programs that make a real, sustainable, and measurable impact on communities that Honeywell serves,” said Ashish Gaikwad, Managing Director, Honeywell Automation India Limited.
“As a technology company, we will continue to focus our CSR efforts on promoting STEM education, supporting tech incubation in deep science, and providing safe water access to water- stressed communities. We will also offer holistic rural development in communities where Honeywell is present,” added Gaikwad.
Honeywell supports science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, including through the Honeywell Center for Advancing Girls in Science at Avasara Academy, Pune. Recently, Honeywell announced its partnership with the Society for Innovation and Development at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, to fund start-ups in deep science.
The company has a longstanding partnership with Safe Water Network, with whom it has built 185 safe water stations in areas of Telangana and Maharashtra that suffer groundwater contamination. Honeywell was among the first companies to promote child safety in schools through its CSR programs.