Apollo Tyres wins Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards

Awarded in the Health Promotion category for its HIV-AIDS initiative

December 17, 2012: Apollo Tyres was received the Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards (AREA) 2012 South Asia. The tyre maker received this award in the Health Promotion category for its HIV-AIDS initiative.

The company has been working towards awareness and prevention of HIV-AIDS among employees, business partners and communities since 2001. Today, apart from having an HIV-AIDS policy at the workplace, Apollo runs as many as 21 health care centres across India in the major transport hubs for the trucking community. In addition, the company also conducts sensitisation sessions for its business partners with the help of in-house master trainers. Commenting on this, Onkar S Kanwar, chairman, Apollo Tyres, said: “Caring for society has always been a core value at Apollo Tyres. And, an award of such merit and standing only strengthens our resolve to ensure that our social responsibility initiatives continue to be treated as key business goals, backed by a long-term strategic business thought and sound business processes.”

In the past fiscal, the 21 Health Care Centres run by Apollo Tyres treated over 4,500 patients for sexually transmitted infections and over 38,500 patients for general health issues; while over 29,500 people underwent counselling on HIV-AIDS, and 13,000 people underwent voluntary testing for HIV-AIDS.

Photograph: Sunam Sarkar, chief financial officer, Apollo Tyres (extreme left) receiving the AREA award from Enterprise Asia Team.