CRISIS response
We leverage our unique expertise and perspective to respond to unexpected events that negatively affect our communities, customers, and employees globally.
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Crises are unpredictable. We leverage our global network to build Autodesk-centric solutions, using technology, design, and engineering, to address crises in these four categories:
- Natural disasters
- Social unrest
- Global pandemics
- Manmade disasters
Building back better
We build global Autodesk-centric solutions using technology, design, and engineering, to address crises, including natural disasters, social unrest, global pandemics, and humanmade disasters.
We are committed to supporting sustainable practices for rebuilding the world’s infrastructure to prevent damage instead of just mitigating it. Funding from the Autodesk Foundation and employee donations, volunteer activities, and in-kind technical support helps to build back better.
Employee Relief Foundation
Autodesk employees created the Employee Relief Foundation in 2014 to support each other in times of critical need. Led by a board of employee volunteers, the group provides financial grants, and community support to Autodesk employees and their families recovering from disasters or facing unexpected medical expenses.
Our response
We’ve mobilized employees and resources from Autodesk and the Autodesk Foundation to respond to crises since 2015, including:
- In 2020 and 2021, the Autodesk Foundation provided $175,000 to frontline organizations fighting for racial justice, ending police brutality, and actively advancing equality, including: Equal Justice Initiative, Black Futures Lab, Campaign Zero, Runway, and Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce Relief Fund.
- In May 2021, the Autodesk Foundation provided $100,000 of financial aid to GiveIndia in support of COVID-19 relief efforts in India.
- In response to the violence against the Asian community in 2021, the Autodesk Foundation collaborated with Autodesk's Diversity & Belonging team and the Autodesk Asian Network to deploy $75,000 to three organizations actively supporting Asian American and Pacific Islander communities: Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus , the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, and the Center for Asian American Media (CAMM).
- After California's devastating 2017 and 2018 wildfires, hundreds of Autodesk employees supported relief and rebuilding efforts with donations of time and money.
- In 2017 the Autodesk Foundation made a donation to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. In addition, employees traveled to Houston for relief efforts, while Autodesk customers provided solar power microgrids in Puerto Rico.
- Immediately after the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, hundreds of Autodesk employees volunteered to help map vulnerable areas to inform retrofitting projects with Build Change.
Image courtesy of Build Change
COVID-19 response
With COVID-19, we face one of the most disruptive global events in recent memory. The need for improved health –– capacity, infrastructure, and systems –– has rarely been greater. And the need for resilience –– personal, economic, and societal –– is paramount. As a result, we’ve given more than $2 million to-date in philanthropic support to our communities and we continue to explore new ways we can help.
Our response
We’ve mobilized employees and resources from Autodesk and the Autodesk Foundation to respond to crises since 2015, including:
- After California's devastating 2017 and 2018 wildfires, hundreds of Autodesk employees supported relief and rebuilding efforts with donations of time and money.
- In 2017 the Autodesk Foundation made a donation to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. In addition, employees traveled to Houston for relief efforts, while Autodesk customers provided solar power microgrids in Puerto Rico.
- Immediately after the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, hundreds of Autodesk employees volunteered to help map vulnerable areas to inform retrofitting projects with Build Change.
- In May 2021, the Autodesk Foundation provided $100,000 of financial aid to GiveIndia in support of COVID-19 relief efforts in India.
Photo by Bjørn Tore Økland on Unsplash
California wildfires
After California's devastating 2017 and 2018 wildfires, hundreds of Autodesk employees supported relief and rebuilding efforts with donations of time and money, including Employee Relief Foundation grants.
Image courtesy of Build Change
Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria
The 2017 hurricane season that battered the Caribbean and the U.S. Gulf Coast highlighted the need to respond to climate change by making communities more disaster-resilient. Autodesk responded with employee donations and corporate matching funds as well as an Autodesk Foundation donation to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund. In addition, employees traveled to Houston for relief efforts, while Autodesk customers provided solar power microgrids in Puerto Rico.
Rebuilding at-risk communities
Immediately after the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, hundreds of Autodesk employees volunteered to help map vulnerable areas to inform retrofitting projects. Since then, volunteers have been working with Build Change to support Nepal's long-term reconstruction and, more recently, to build resilient communities in at-risk areas of Colombia and the Philippines. By helping Build Change automate its process for retrofitting homes, Autodesk volunteers have dramatically expanded the organization's reach and impact.