There are myriad ways through which EID Parry has touched and enriched the lives of communities that are closely acquainted with them. Parrys has a strong 'people' focus and works around the concept of 'Employee…Employee and beyond'. A designated Industrial Social Worker takes care of the needs of the workers and their families. 

Further the working culture has been redefined with the introduction of Autonomous Work Teams. This experiment, has been implemented successfully for three years and is unique to the sugar industry. The concept of AWT entails empowerment of team members wherein each member of the team performs many activities. Team members get appropriate multidisciplinary training to collapse job categories. 

The various interventions are focused on the employee, the spouse and the children. They are:

• Self Help Groups 
  
  
• Self Development initiatives - the Theatre Skills Group, Alcoholics Anonymous groups, Mass awareness programmes, Quality of life programmes, Stress management etc 
  
  
• Summer camps, personality development workshops, career guidance workshops etc for children 
  
  
•  Workplace and family counselling 
  
  
• Interventions with cane farmers 
  
  
• Home visits made to employee homes in an attempt to reduce alcoholism, absenteeism, and indebtedness. 
  
  
• Providing basic infrastructure to primary health centers and government hospitals. 
  
  
• Working actively with the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation for formation of SHGs in their operational areas. 
  
  
• Inviting active employee participation for blood donation camps conducted every year. 

Enabling processes like recruitment, training, competency development, communication, problem solving, empowerment etc. follow a systematic and scientific approach. All these efforts have resulted in the formation of a highly competitive and satisfied work force, and a participative, lean, and responsive work culture.