Social Responsibility
At the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the company helped to evacuate Philip Morris employees from Kharkiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, and other cities in danger. Altogether, the company evacuated more than 1600 people, including employees with their families and pets.[36][37]
Philip Morris International parent company has contributed approximately US$10 million for humanitarian needs in Ukraine.[38] These funds were used to purchase 22 ambulance vehicles and an X-ray machine for a hospital in Ivano-Frankivsk, as well as to procure essential supplies for Ukrainians. Philip Morris Ukraine funded two mobile intensive care units for the transportation of critically wounded patients. The company also purchased special resuscitation equipment for a hospital in the Dnipropetrovsk Region.[39]
The company co-sponsored the Feminine Shuttle project — a special diagnostic vehicle for women's medical examinations in de-occupied territories where medical and social infrastructure has been destroyed.[40]
Philip Morris International employees from 80 countries around the world donated over US$550,000 to support Ukrainians as a part of the Project with a Heart charity. Moreover, office employees from Poland, Moldova, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, and Switzerland provided additional support.[41]
In December 2022, during a period of intensified electricity blackouts, Philip Morris Ukraine, together with DTF Agency, established 5 “Spheres of Light” social spaces (in Kyiv, Odesa and Lviv) equipped with generators, charging stations, and Starlinks.[42]
In 2023, the company procured 13 generators to support communities in de-occupied Kharkiv region.[43]
Philip Morris Ukraine supported the RE: Ukraine Housing project to construct temporary modular housing near Bucha for families that were forced to abandon their homes or lost their housing.[44]
To overcome the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, Philip Morris Ukraine donated UAH 10 million to the Health for Everyone Charitable Foundation to procure personal protection equipment for doctors and hospitals.[45]
