SPECIAL COVID-19 9 Marc Hämel, NEMERA’s CEO “This is a signifi- cant learning op- portunity for us as a global community.” sanitizer dispensers at the entry doors of allour buildings. As the outbreak continued, governments and health authoritiesimplemented radical Were you prepared for such crisis? safety measures and we complied. You may know that Nemera has 4 manufac- When the Covid-19 outbreak began in turing sites: La Verpillère and Le Tréport China, we were allhearing about it butin France, Neuenburg in Germany and the scale of the spread of the virus wasBuffalo Grove in the United States. The stillunknown. We had created and acti-local health authorities’ recommendations vated a business continuity plan prior toare not the same everywhere so our the pandemic. As the situation started manufacturing sites are complying with escalating we promptly implemented the the local authorities’ recommendations initialsafety measures recommended but in some instances we took early mea- by the health authorities - travel restric-sures. Our BCP (Business Continuity Plan) tions, sociald ing, basic sanitayistanc rPandemic committee is instrumental in practices in our premises, visual aids toensuring governance and management wash hands correctly and installing handof the crisis on a regular basis.