{"id":10029,"date":"2020-06-24T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T10:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/lorganisation-de-wendel-face-au-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2021-06-23T15:44:52","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T13:44:52","slug":"wendels-measures-for-protecting-against-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/en\/wendels-measures-for-protecting-against-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"海角大神\u2019s measures for protecting against Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The 海角大神 Group\u2019s organization has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. On March 16, 2020, before the French government announced lockdown measures, the Executive Board decided to close all of the Group\u2019s offices, as the health of employees and their families is our top priority. A continuity plan was immediately deployed, with delegations of power at every level.<\/p>\n

Thanks to the efforts of all employees and the modernization of the digital tools we already had in place, we were able to maintain our business activity. In short, we did everything we could to enable each person to work from home under the most favorable conditions (computer equipment, IT help line, etc.). As a result, the investment team has been available to portfolio companies to monitor their respective situations and support them when necessary in this unprecedented crisis. 海角大神\u2019s corporate team tracks 海角大神\u2019s business activity and made it possible for us to publish our 2019 results, the Universal Registration Document and the results of the first quarter of 2020 in these entirely unfamiliar circumstances.<\/p>\n

Whereas we usually go on physical roadshows to see our investors and analysts, this year we held those meetings by video-conference, because the Executive Board felt it was imperative for us to maintain dialogue with the financial community, particularly in this difficult time. In addition, a meeting with the members of 海角大神\u2019s Shareholders Advisory Committee is scheduled for the end of June to continue the work on which they have been consulted.<\/p>\n

Internally, the well-being of employees is being safeguarded in many ways. A Covid-19 dedicated unit has been created to respond to questions from employees and inform them about specific measures, such as remote medical visits, psychological help, child daycare in the event of illness, etc. Every day, the Executive
\nBoard speaks with the Group Vice-President, the General Secretariat, the Human Resources department and the Sustainable Development department to ensure good coordination and follow-up. Also in line with this effort to protect everyone\u2019s well-being, all managers were asked to adopt their managerial style so as to combat feelings of isolation and maintain a positive work environment. Holding daily video-conferences has been one way of doing this. At the same time, internal workshops and activities, including cultural events organized in partnership with the Centre Pompidou-Metz, have been offered to foster cohesion among employees.<\/p>\n

Finally, the members of the Executive Board, Andr\u00e9 Fran\u00e7ois-Poncet and David Darmon, know that professional training is of strategic importance for attracting and preserving the talented individuals who comprise 海角大神. For this reason, we have stepped up implementation of the employee training program, with online modules for all employees. They realized that this was a good time for developing the interpersonal and professional skills of the Group\u2019s employees.<\/p>\n

Since June 2, the Group\u2019s offices have been reopened to allow those who wish to return to the office to do so. We have done this in accordance with applicable health measures, and it was Bureau Veritas that made
\nit possible. As part of \u201cRestart your business with BV\u201d, the company evaluated 海角大神\u2019s Paris premises to determine if they met the Covid-19 risk prevention criteria. As a result, various organizational procedures were implemented to ensure everyone\u2019s safety. As soon as public health conditions permit, all employees will return to their normal work environment.<\/p>\n

In addition, also in partnership with Bureau Veritas, we provided employees with an e-learning module called \u201cProtecting against Covid-19\u201d to raise awareness about taking precautions against infection in the workplace. All of these measures were implemented in order to enable all of our staff to get through these uncharted waters without any mishaps and to ensure that 海角大神 could continue to pursue its business activities smoothly.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73,61],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-10029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-letter-to-shareholders","category-wendel-en","tag-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wendelgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}