CRISIS response

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.