“During these unprecedented times, Bata is committed to doing everything possible to ensure the health and safety of our employees and consumers, to continue to serve our consumers to the best of our ability, and to take meaningful action to help communities in need and those on the frontlines” said Alexis Nasard, Bata CEO. “Now more than ever, we are committed to upholding our values and to improving the lives of our consumers, employees, suppliers, customers and communities”.

The company recently announced that they exceeded their commitment of donating one million shoes last year, with over  1,007,752 pairs of shoes, along with PPEs, protective gear, food and funds, donated to healthcare workers and frontline volunteers fighting COVID-19 in more than 15 countries across the world. Countries Bata operates in, India, Czech Republic, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Colombia, Italy, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Chile, Peru, Thailand, Malaysia, all received this support over the last year.