COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 Response
We hope you and your loved ones are healthy and safe as we all manage the impact novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is having on our lives. Kohler has faced many crises in our 146 years, and we’re attacking this challenge with the perseverance, ingenuity and resilience that has defined us as a company.
Believing in Better® is Kohler’s commitment to creating positive change—for our planet, communities and lives. Currently in 55 communities around the world, we are taking a customized approach to support at a local level. And, with the help of humanitarian partners, our associates work each and every day to apply their passion and expertise to some of the world’s most pressing problems—including the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re thankful for the work of our associates, our partners and everyone joining in the fight. Together, we can make a difference.
India Team connecting associates with resources.
Associate-led COVID Task Force provides support network for fellow colleagues.
KOHLER Relief Showers for the Unhoused.
Partnering with a number of humanitarian organizations, Kohler has mobilized the KOHLER Relief Shower Trailer to L.A. For the next several months, the trailer will provide a showering resource and hygiene supplies to the city’s homeless population who have been hit extra hard by the COVID-19.
Mira meets ventilator challenge.
Kohler Mira brings innovation, versatility and generous spirit in manufacturing critical ventilators for the UK government.
Empowering associates to help.
View the interactive map to see how our associates are helping around the globe.
200K face shields are being designed, manufactured and donated with gratitude for healthcare workers around the world.
We’ve sourced and donated nearly 100K safety equipment items, including masks, goggles and disinfectants, to fight COVID-19.
Delivering essentials to field hospitals.
Field hospitals may be temporary structures, but lives depend on their ability to provide fast, efficient medical care. Kohler plumbing and power products are helping COVID-19 field hospitals around the world meet that need.
India teams help with hygiene essentials.
In rural Indian villages where access to essential hygiene supplies are limited because of COVID—19, local Kohler associates helped with 5,000 hygiene kits.
How we're supporting.
Fast action for frontline protection.
In response to safety gear shortages for frontline heroes, Kohler associates worldwide have led grassroots efforts to prototype and manufacture face shields.
An update from Laura Kohler.
Laura Kohler shares how Kohler associates worldwide are leading grassroots relief efforts around COVID-19 and helping to flatten the curve in their communities.
Face shields for the frontline.
Our teams are heeding the call from healthcare workers on the frontline and finding innovative ways to deliver face shields that can help protect the brave women and men risking their lives to care for people in need.
Caring for our own.
Keeping our associates safe and healthy is always our top priority as we adapt our business to a world changed by COVID-19. From the manufacturing floor and break room to our distribution centers, we've introduced aggressive measures to minimize the spread of the virus and to help flatten the curve globally.
Partners in purpose.
Kohler Co. has long partnered with humanitarian organizations working to address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We're teaming up with those same partners to extend the good we can do during the COVID-19 crisis.
Helping our healthcare workers.
Kohler is appreciative of the frontline workers risking their health daily to help people in need. We're helping to keep them protected by assembling and distributing personal protective equipment (PPE) to medical facilities in communities around the world.
Wellness that works.
Caring for well-being of customers and associates during the COVID-19 pandemic is our top priority. We’re going well beyond added safety measures to support the health of the whole person – mind, body and spirit.
Answering the call.
Kohler associate and military service member Nick Rinaldi brings an alternate care facility to life in support of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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