We at LANXESS believe that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities should look beyond our business boundaries and be directly beneficial to the local community where we operate.

The CSR activities carried out at Nagda so far are:

SNEH (NGO) – A contribution of Rupees Five Lakhs was made towards infrastructural improvements for Special Need Education Home (SNEH) in Nagda, Madhya Pradesh for 21 differently abled children. The funds for SNEH will also cover the cost of new equipment to cater to the needs of the physically and mentally challenged children.

Tree plantation on World Environment Day – Over a period of 3 months starting 5th June, 2010, around 3000 saplings are being planted at the LANXESS Nagda site in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Support to Bharat Commerce Vidyalaya (BCV school) –BCV school in Nagda would be supported by LANXESS for 2010. LANXESS India will provide equipment for the modernization of the Physics and Chemistry laboratories and five computers to the school. The school will have its first computer centre set up with these computers. Additionally LANXESS would also contribute to the books and periodicals for the library and facilities for the nursery section in the school. A substantial number of students would benefit from this contribution.

Support to Shaskiya Prathmik Vidyalaya,Mehtawas-LANXESS India supported Shaskiya Prathmik Vidyalaya, located in Mehtawas village at Nagda in order to make a meaningful difference to the 125 odd students studying there. This is a government managed school and LANXESS in its initiative in the first year has improved the infrastructure of this school in addition to donating essential items to the students. In order to encourage education within the local community and with a focus on upliftment of children belonging to weaker sections of the society, LANXESS has also provided scholarships to the meritorious students of every class.

Solar lamps installed in Mehtawas- LANXESS supported the local community by installing eight solar street lights in Mehtawas village, neighboring Nagda. Notably, these lights would be driven by solar power, which is not only environmentally friendly but also reliable as sunlight is the source of power. Eight points have been identified by LANXESS for the installation of lights keeping in mind the security aspects of the area. Until now, the residents of the village did not have proper street lights and frequent power failures in the Nagda region make lights powered by electricity unreliable.  The solar lamps contributed by LANXESS are of 18 watt each.