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Ambuja Cement’s singular focus is Health, Cost and Cash. In accordance with the government’s directives on operating essential services, Ambuja has resumed operations in some sites in a phased manner giving utmost consideration to the health and safety of our people. Health screening, social distancing in plants and warehouses is being strictly maintained. Manning of operations is minimum and as per the SOPs.
At Ambuja Cement Health and Safety is a core value. In the face of the coronavirus pandemic we have continued to live up to this core value, acting quickly and with great solidarity to protect employees, contractors and all our stakeholders in the time of Coronavirus (Covid-19).
We aim to safeguard the Health and Safety of our staff and partners, and ensure that the business does not suffer of inadequate planning or poor decision making in the time of Coronavirus (Covid-19). Our objectives are:
A Business Resilience Team (BRT) has been instituted to oversee and synergise all actions related to Coronavirus (COVID-19). COVID Action Teams have also been formed at all units/ sites and guidance has been provided/ is ongoing. The BRT is using its expertise in HR, Health & Safety, Communications, Operations, Procurement, IT, Legal, Compliance, Security and Resilience to provide monitoring, guidance, advice and reporting on the preparedness of our manufacturing, logistics and marketing organizations. Our responses have been in a graduated manner using a four alert level Trigger Action Response Plan (TARP), with specific actions at each deteriorating alert level. We have now taken this Response action plan to the next level where we are currently working towards both startup and stabilisation. While doing so, our Teams are accountable to comply with national health regulatory requirements and the execution of central guidance on a risk basis. We are putting in every effort to protect our employees and the wider community to tackle the risk of COVID-19.
In the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent nationwide lockdown that has brought the country to a standstill, Ambuja Cement immediately mobilised resources to protect the communities where we operate. Our CSR arm, Ambuja Cement Foundation quickly put together a plan of action that touched the lives of five lakh people. Running parallel are relief efforts, awareness and food security programs for communities living near our plants and the less privileged like migrant workers and daily wage labour.