A full-scale war has united businesses, the government, and the people of Ukraine. From the very first days, the members of the European Business Association, as representatives of responsible business in Ukraine, provided support to the army, territorial defense, doctors, volunteers, and the community. Three months have passed, but business stays strong in helping the country in wartime. This can be proved by the stories of support from our member companies.
Since the beginning of the war, the OKKO chain of gas stations has been feeding defenders of Ukraine in hotspots free of charge. As of May 25, the OKKO chains had donated more than 47.9 million hryvnias for the needs of defense and support to war victims, either directly through funds or with goods and services. The company provided fuel to the Come Back Alive Charitable Foundation and launched a joint project on evacuation and transportation of humanitarian aid. The company transferred almost 2 million hryvnias for the purchase of trucks.
GConnect management doubled its donation budget and distributed funds equally to each employee as everyone has different priorities so they help different funds. Some want to help the funds directly related to the army, some want to help the wounded and displaced. There are colleagues who sent thermal imagers and helped the territorial defense units of the Dnipro city.
Ryder Ukraine is a company that used to lease commercial equipment to representatives of various businesses in peacetime, and now it works to advance the victory of Ukraine. Thus, RYDER vehicles deliver humanitarian aid to residents of the affected regions. For their part, representatives of the central office in the United States purchase and ship to Ukraine a variety of equipment and supplies for the military. In total, since the beginning of the war, about $ 1 million worth of vehicles, drones, thermal imagers, and equipment have been transferred.
To support Ukrainian business, Forum Group completely abolished the rent for office space in March and April for its clients, and from May, it offered individual conditions to each resident. The funds, that some companies still decided to pay, were donated to the Armed Forces. The company provides assistance and everything necessary to its employees who have joined the Armed Forces. All other employees have got their regular salaries throughout the wartime, and the percentage of people who have returned to work in Kyiv is increasing every day. For businesses relocating from war-torn regions to Kyiv, the company offers a special support program to ensure that the relocation takes place under the most favorable conditions.
In March, Astarta-Kyiv together with the Believe in Yourself Charitable Foundation created the humanitarian project Common Help UA. Thanks to the joint efforts, resources, and assets of all partners, almost 7,000 tons of humanitarian aid (food, medicine, personal hygiene products, and clothing) have already been transferred. Assistance was received by 503 thousand + evacuated and victims of hostilities Ukrainians, as well as 130+ social and medical institutions of Ukraine, which serve 1 million + people. In total, more than $ 8.3 million was provided under this project. 3,000 tons of humanitarian aid from the UN World Food Program were also delivered.
During the war, Biosphere Corporation developed and launched a new product – wet towels for personal hygiene Pure Victory. The first 11,000 packages were donated to the Armed Forces and Ukrzaliznytsia employees. And another 7,000 packages were sent to volunteers for further distribution in the hottest spots of the country.
Military support, humanitarian aid, cooperation with charitable foundations, and work on the information front – members of the EBA Industrial Environment and Sustainable Development Committee work on all fronts to support the country.
Ferrexpo has increased the budget of the Special Humanitarian Fund to $ 12.5 million. These funds covered the costs of 20 cribs, 50 strollers, more than 1,000 packs of diapers, more than 4,000 units of hygiene products, baby food, and 5 tons of other goods to support the temporarily displaced persons; a batch of meat products (sausages) to meet the needs of residents and IDPs in Poltava region; 150 tanks water of 1000 liters each for the residents of Mykolayiv worth 1 million UAH; medical supplies for three hospitals in the city of Kremenchuk worth over 1.2 million hryvnias and operating table for Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital.
Interpipe sent $ 25 million.to help the Armed Forces and civilians together with the Victor & Elena Pinchuk Foundations, providing armored vehicles, thousands of bulletproof vests and helmets, communications and reconnaissance equipment, other ammunition, tactical and civilian medicine, food, baby food, medicines, and hygiene products, as well as the organization of cultural and communication projects to support Ukraine by the world community. Besides, 21 thermal imagers, more than 100 radio sets, and other equipment were handed over to 792 Interpipe employees, who currently serve in the Armed Forces and the territorial defense.
Since russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, DTEK has provided UAH 491 million in support of the Armed Forces, the Territorial Defense Forces, and humanitarian efforts. The priority areas of assistance include the purchase of protective equipment for the military, medicines and food kits for Ukrainians, as well as support for internally displaced persons. For the needs of the Armed Forces and Territorial Defense, the company transferred 142 SUVs and minibusses from its own fleet and donated more than 30,000 liters of condensate and diesel fuel. More than 450 tons of coal were donated to Ukrzaliznytsias evacuation trains and another 100 tons were provided to local communities for the purpose of heat supply.
During the war, Kernel kept its people-oriented focus – on the Armed Forces, employees, and their families, as well as residents of the regions of presence. It spent UAH 606.4 million on the purchase of military equipment, humanitarian aid, medical equipment, and medicines. The company supports 1123 employees who currently serve in the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense with equipment and payments, as well as offers individual consultations with a psychologist and weekly psychological support webinars for all employees and family members.
Apart from the $ 1 million transferred to the Ministry of Social Policy via the NBU, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih provided $ 250,000 in medical and humanitarian aid to the Lviv Regional State Administration and $ 350,000 to Kryvyi Rih hospitals (hemostatic agents from Spain and Poland, orthopedic surgical equipment). Germany).
DyckerhoffCement continues to provide assistance to the Armed Forces in the form of military uniforms, military footwear, as well as mineral drinking water for the humanitarian hubs of the Mykolayiv Regional Military Administration – to meet the drinking needs of the community.
Since the war, Bayer has provided the Ministry of Health and the National Cancer Institute with 10 million euros in assistance worth more than 31 million hryvnias. This includes 30,000 doses of antibiotics and 1 ton of sterile medical supplies, and medicines; and donated 26,000 bags of corn seeds at the request of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy to support more than 1,250 small farms in 17 regions of Ukraine.
In May, Metinvest donated more than 60 drones and 50 sets of night vision devices and special helmets, 1,000 sets of special-purpose ammunition worth more than $ 2.5 million to the Armed Forces. Also a month ago, Metinvest opened a Zaporizhzhia Center for Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Displaced Persons where 700 people have already received the medical care, medicine, and consultations.
GMK-Center makes reviews on the Ukrainian military economy for international audiences in media and at international conferences, it prepares research on the negative impact of war on the world economy due to the rupture of logistics chains and participates in discussions on liberalization and trade barriers for Ukraine.
Since the war, Kronospans branches in Europe have raised humanitarian aid to Ukrainians totaling about 800,000 euros. They were also involved in organizing the delivery of humanitarian goods, providing Ukrainians from the war-affected regions with everything they need.
In April, the Dnipro Metallurgical Plant donated more than UAH 2 million worth of materials for the citys defense. Thus, the company shipped 220 tons of scrap metal for the Department of Highway Repair and Maintenance to organize territorial defense and build fortifications, as well as scrap metal and wooden pallets to the military unit to equip the dugouts.
During the war, Ukrenergo restored 90% of the destroyed high-voltage networks in the occupied territories of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, and, where possible, in Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions. This helps to supply electricity to about 6 million consumers in these regions. Thus, 28 power transmission lines (330-750 kV) and 12 substations (220-330 kV) were restored.
Asters lawyers provide their expert support to the state pro bono, namely on the development of legislation during martial law and the period of reconstruction and reconstruction of Ukraine. The company is also involved in the development and implementation of international legal mechanisms to compensate for damage caused to Ukraine by the armed aggression of the russian federation.
And that’s not all. Our marathon of stories will be continued.
If you want to share how your business supports Ukraine, please contact [email protected]
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A full-scale war has united businesses, the government, and the people of Ukraine. From the very first days, the members of the European Business Association, as representatives of responsible business in Ukraine, provided support to the army, territorial defense, doctors, volunteers, and the community. Three months have passed, but business stays strong in helping the country in wartime. This can be proved by the stories of support from our member companies.
Since the beginning of the war, the OKKO chain of gas stations has been feeding defenders of Ukraine in hotspots free of charge. As of May 25, the OKKO chains had donated more than 47.9 million hryvnias for the needs of defense and support to war victims, either directly through funds or with goods and services. The company provided fuel to the Come Back Alive Charitable Foundation and launched a joint project on evacuation and transportation of humanitarian aid. The company transferred almost 2 million hryvnias for the purchase of trucks.
GConnect management doubled its donation budget and distributed funds equally to each employee as everyone has different priorities so they help different funds. Some want to help the funds directly related to the army, some want to help the wounded and displaced. There are colleagues who sent thermal imagers and helped the territorial defense units of the Dnipro city.
Ryder Ukraine is a company that used to lease commercial equipment to representatives of various businesses in peacetime, and now it works to advance the victory of Ukraine. Thus, RYDER vehicles deliver humanitarian aid to residents of the affected regions. For their part, representatives of the central office in the United States purchase and ship to Ukraine a variety of equipment and supplies for the military. In total, since the beginning of the war, about $ 1 million worth of vehicles, drones, thermal imagers, and equipment have been transferred.
To support Ukrainian business, Forum Group completely abolished the rent for office space in March and April for its clients, and from May, it offered individual conditions to each resident. The funds, that some companies still decided to pay, were donated to the Armed Forces. The company provides assistance and everything necessary to its employees who have joined the Armed Forces. All other employees have got their regular salaries throughout the wartime, and the percentage of people who have returned to work in Kyiv is increasing every day. For businesses relocating from war-torn regions to Kyiv, the company offers a special support program to ensure that the relocation takes place under the most favorable conditions.
In March, Astarta-Kyiv together with the Believe in Yourself Charitable Foundation created the humanitarian project Common Help UA. Thanks to the joint efforts, resources, and assets of all partners, almost 7,000 tons of humanitarian aid (food, medicine, personal hygiene products, and clothing) have already been transferred. Assistance was received by 503 thousand + evacuated and victims of hostilities Ukrainians, as well as 130+ social and medical institutions of Ukraine, which serve 1 million + people. In total, more than $ 8.3 million was provided under this project. 3,000 tons of humanitarian aid from the UN World Food Program were also delivered.
During the war, Biosphere Corporation developed and launched a new product – wet towels for personal hygiene “Pure Victory”. The first 11,000 packages were donated to the Armed Forces and Ukrzaliznytsia employees. And another 7,000 packages were sent to volunteers for further distribution in the hottest spots of the country.
Military support, humanitarian aid, cooperation with charitable foundations, and work on the information front – members of the EBA Industrial Environment and Sustainable Development Committee work on all fronts to support the country.
Ferrexpo has increased the budget of the Special Humanitarian Fund to $ 12.5 million. These funds covered the costs of 20 cribs, 50 strollers, more than 1,000 packs of diapers, more than 4,000 units of hygiene products, baby food, and 5 tons of other goods to support the temporarily displaced persons; a batch of meat products (sausages) to meet the needs of residents and IDPs in Poltava region; 150 tanks water of 1000 liters each for the residents of Mykolayiv worth 1 million UAH; medical supplies for three hospitals in the city of Kremenchuk worth over 1.2 million hryvnias and operating table for Dnipropetrovsk Regional Clinical Hospital.
Interpipe sent $ 25 million.to help the Armed Forces and civilians together with the Victor & Elena Pinchuk Foundations, providing armored vehicles, thousands of bulletproof vests and helmets, communications and reconnaissance equipment, other ammunition, tactical and civilian medicine, food, baby food, medicines, and hygiene products, as well as the organization of cultural and communication projects to support Ukraine by the world community. Besides, 21 thermal imagers, more than 100 radio sets, and other equipment were handed over to 792 Interpipe employees, who currently serve in the Armed Forces and the territorial defense.
Since russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, DTEK has provided UAH 491 million in support of the Armed Forces, the Territorial Defense Forces, and humanitarian efforts. The priority areas of assistance include the purchase of protective equipment for the military, medicines and food kits for Ukrainians, as well as support for internally displaced persons. For the needs of the Armed Forces and Territorial Defense, the company transferred 142 SUVs and minibusses from its own fleet and donated more than 30,000 liters of condensate and diesel fuel. More than 450 tons of coal were donated to Ukrzaliznytsia’s evacuation trains and another 100 tons were provided to local communities for the purpose of heat supply.
During the war, Kernel kept its people-oriented focus – on the Armed Forces, employees, and their families, as well as residents of the regions of presence. It spent UAH 606.4 million on the purchase of military equipment, humanitarian aid, medical equipment, and medicines. The company supports 1123 employees who currently serve in the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defense with equipment and payments, as well as offers individual consultations with a psychologist and weekly psychological support webinars for all employees and family members.
Apart from the $ 1 million transferred to the Ministry of Social Policy via the NBU, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih provided $ 250,000 in medical and humanitarian aid to the Lviv Regional State Administration and $ 350,000 to Kryvyi Rih hospitals (hemostatic agents from Spain and Poland, orthopedic surgical equipment). Germany).
DyckerhoffCement continues to provide assistance to the Armed Forces in the form of military uniforms, military footwear, as well as mineral drinking water for the humanitarian hubs of the Mykolayiv Regional Military Administration – to meet the drinking needs of the community.
Since the war, Bayer has provided the Ministry of Health and the National Cancer Institute with 10 million euros in assistance worth more than 31 million hryvnias. This includes 30,000 doses of antibiotics and 1 ton of sterile medical supplies, and medicines; and donated 26,000 bags of corn seeds at the request of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy to support more than 1,250 small farms in 17 regions of Ukraine.
In May, Metinvest donated more than 60 drones and 50 sets of night vision devices and special helmets, 1,000 sets of special-purpose ammunition worth more than $ 2.5 million to the Armed Forces. Also a month ago, Metinvest opened a Zaporizhzhia Center for Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Displaced Persons where 700 people have already received the medical care, medicine, and consultations.
GMK-Center makes reviews on the Ukrainian military economy for international audiences in media and at international conferences, it prepares research on the negative impact of war on the world economy due to the rupture of logistics chains and participates in discussions on liberalization and trade barriers for Ukraine.
Since the war, Kronospan‘s branches in Europe have raised humanitarian aid to Ukrainians totaling about 800,000 euros. They were also involved in organizing the delivery of humanitarian goods, providing Ukrainians from the war-affected regions with everything they need.
In April, the Dnipro Metallurgical Plant donated more than UAH 2 million worth of materials for the city’s defense. Thus, the company shipped 220 tons of scrap metal for the Department of Highway Repair and Maintenance to organize territorial defense and build fortifications, as well as scrap metal and wooden pallets to the military unit to equip the dugouts.
During the war, Ukrenergo restored 90% of the destroyed high-voltage networks in the occupied territories of Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, and, where possible, in Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions. This helps to supply electricity to about 6 million consumers in these regions. Thus, 28 power transmission lines (330-750 kV) and 12 substations (220-330 kV) were restored.
Asters‘ lawyers provide their expert support to the state pro bono, namely on the development of legislation during martial law and the period of reconstruction and reconstruction of Ukraine. The company is also involved in the development and implementation of international legal mechanisms to compensate for damage caused to Ukraine by the armed aggression of the russian federation.
And that’s not all. Our marathon of stories will be continued.
If you want to share how your business supports Ukraine, please contact [email protected]
When you create a personal cabinet, we process your personal data in accordance with the EBA's Privacy Policy, which is set out below. Therefore, we need your consent to the processing of personal data and confirmation that you have read our Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy
European Business Association ("EBA") respects your data privacy. This Privacy Policy ("Policy") covers issues regarding the collection, use, disclosure, transfer and storing of your personal information.
Please make sure that you are familiar with our privacy practices and contact us if you have any questions.
1. Definitions
To ensure that you understand the issues of data processing, we will firstly explain the terms used in this Policy:
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (in particular, data relating to you);
Data subject is any identified or identifiable natural person (in particular, you), whose personal data is processed by the controller responsible for the processing;
Processing is any operation or set of operations which is performed on personal data or on sets of personal data, whether or not by automated means, such as collection, recording, organization, structuring, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, depersonalization, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, restriction, erasure or destruction;
Restriction of processing is the marking of stored personal data with the aim of limiting their processing in the future;
Controller is the natural or legal person, which alone or jointly with others determines the purposes of the processing of personal data, establishes composition of this data and procedures of its processing (in particular, EBA);
Processor is a natural or legal person, which processes personal data on behalf of the controller;
Third party is a natural or legal person other than the data subject, controller or processor to whom personal data is transferred by the controller or processor and who is authorized to process personal data;
Consentof the data subject is a voluntary expression of will of a natural person to grant permission to process his or her personal data in accordance with the declared purpose of its processing, expressed in a manner that allows making a conclusion about provision of consent;
IP address is a unique identifier used by certain electronic devices to identify and communicate with each other on the Internet.
2. What data do we collect?
When you communicate with us by any means of communication including, but not limited to e-mail, fax, phone, social networks, online application form, send us different files, CV’s, use a personal electronic cabinet on the EBA website or conclude agreements with us we may collect your personal data, including:
contact details (name, surname, date of birth, position, company, telephone, fax, e-mail address, links to personal pages in social networks, etc.);
Identity document (ID) data;
photos, video files, etc.
We may also collect data that contains information about the domain name or IP address, date and length of time spent by the Internet user on the EBA website. Such data is collected automatically when the Internet user visits the EBA website. In conjunction with other data, this information helps us determine which content is most attractive to our visitors. In addition, such data helps us to detect any destabilization of our facilities.
3. Cookies policy
The EBA website uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your device for storing data and that can be read by the web server in the domain that hosted them. We use cookies for enabling you to sign-in, analyzing how our website performs, keeping track of activity on our website, collecting traffic data and fulfilling other legitimate purposes.
Most web browsers automatically use cookies, while allowing users to control the process by blocking or deleting them. Instructions for blocking or deleting cookies can be found in each browser's privacy settings or reference documentation.
4. How do we use your data?
The EBA collects your data for purposes of:
communication with you;
sending you e-mails that contain information about news, events etc. that we think might interest you;
responding to your requests, questions, and reacting on your concerns;
conducting surveys and research;
administering membership and collection of fees;
storing, updating and analyzing data in corporate software (Terrasoft CRM, EBA website CRM system, HR CRM);
organization and registration for EBA events in the context of its statutory activity or events in which the EBA acts as a co-organizer;
recruitment (for candidates);
transfers of information to courier companies, outsourcing accounting companies/banks;
enabling you to use the EBA website and its features;
administering your account with us, EBA websites, including improvement of our Internet services (developing new features and offerings, etc.).
Please pay attention that apart from the purposes listed above, we may also process your personal data to provide law enforcement authorities with information necessary for criminal proceedings or if such processing is necessary for another legal obligation to which we are subject, in order to protect your vital interest as a data subject or the interest of another natural person or for the purpose of any other legitimate interest pursued by the EBA or a third party that does not violate your fundamental rights and freedoms as a data subject.
Legitimate interest means the interest of the EBA in terms of conducting its statutory activity. When we process your personal information for the purposes of our legitimate interests, we balance any potential impact on you and your rights. Our legitimate interests do not automatically override your interests.
We process personal data for particular legitimate purposes, which include but are not limited to:
communication with you;
sending you e-mails that contain information about news, events etc. that we think might interest you.
We also may collect data in a form that does not, on its own, permit direct association with any specific individual (non-personal data). We may collect, use, transfer, and disclose non-personal data for any purpose. If we do combine non-personal data with personal data, the combined data will be treated as personal data as long as it remains combined.
5. How long do we store your data?
We try to make it easy for you to keep your personal information accurate, complete, and up to date. We will retain your personal information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Policy. When assessing these periods, we carefully examine our necessity to collect personal information at all and if we establish such necessity, we only retain it for the period required to realize the purpose of collection (for instance, term of your employment in EBA Member, etc.) unless a longer retention period is required by law.
6. With whom do we share your data?
We do not share your personal data with companies, organizations, or individuals outside of the EBA except in the following cases:
personal data of EBA Members’ employees may be shared with postal services, mailing systems, EBA’s outsourcing accounting companies, restaurants, banks, payment systems, taxi services, journalists, security companies, cloud services, phone operators, public authorities to the extent of EBA’s statutory activity, with other EBA Members or counterparties (for instance, delivery services);
personal data of participants of EBA events or participants of events in which EBA acts as co-organizer may be shared with pertinent public authorities, venues to ensure their free entrance and with speakers (moderators) of such events;
personal data of EBA suppliers may be shared with EBA Members, accounting companies, banks, etc.
Only names, surnames, emails, photos and positions of participants of EBA events or participants of events in which the EBA acts as co-organizer, members of EBA governing bodies, EBA Members’ employees may be published on EBA website (websites).
7. How do we protect your personal data?
The EBA treats the security of your personal data very seriously. We protect your personal data by various means in order to maintain its confidentiality and integrity and prevent the unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data and to protect your personal data from loss, misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration or destruction.
Firstly, the EBA has corporate procedures that define how employees should leave their working space when they leave the office (clear desk policy). Moreover, each EBA employee has a unique password in order to access the website’s back office as well as passwords to access the local database.
Hosting providers and cloud service providers guarantee protection by means of encryption. Some types of data that are stored on cloud service may be restricted for certain group of users. For instance, employees from one department cannot access data from other departments.
Premises with laptops and local servers are equipped with an alarm system and are closed during non-working hours. At any time, premises cannot be accessed without key and password.
8. How can you control your personal data?
You have the right to access, rectify or have your personal data erased or restricted from processing or to object to the processing of your personal data. If processing is based on your consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
Information we collect may be transferred to, stored and processed in any country where one or more EBA Member or third party service provider are located or maintain their facilities. Third parties may be located outside Ukraine or the European Economic Area ("EEA"), so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside Ukraine and the EEA, respectively.
In particular, we may share personal data of EBA Members’ employees with our mailing service provider – The Rocket Science Group LLC registered in the USA, in order to dispatch newsletters, invitations, offers, etc.
We also may share personal data with the operator of our cloud service – Microsoft Corporation registered in the USA, in order to provide the storage of information.
Data may also be transferred to Google LLC by the use of cookies by Google Analytics. In this case, Google LLC serves as the processor of such data.
While such territories may not have the same standards of data protection as those within your home country, we will continue to protect the personal information we transfer in accordance with this Policy.
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