Faced with the global health crisis, the priority of the CIS Group is above all the health of its employees and customers. The Group has implemented the measures necessary to protect all of its teams while ensuring the continuity of its activities in strict compliance with health safety rules.
Sanitary measures have been reinforced across all operating sites: our teams are responsible for cleaning and disinfecting contact areas, such as kitchens, restaurants, bedrooms and offices onsite.
Complementary actions are also carried out on a daily basis, such as temperature control of the teams and residents twice a day, strengthening hand washing onsite or the provision of hydroalcoholic gels at the entrance to the offices.
An adapted merchandise reception protocol has been implemented for our subsidiaries, notably in Algeria, in our Hassi Messaoud warehouses.
In our restaurants, markings on the ground as well as table placements have been modified to promote a social distance of 1m. Awareness of barrier gestures and trainings on good practices for wearing a mask were organized for our managers, and campaigns were relayed to residents.
In Mauritania, for example, on the base of Tasiast, which has more than 1800 residents, CIS has created and equipped a quarantine zone with delivery of meals according to a strict security procedure.
In Malawi, where CIS supports its client VALE, our teams carry out complete disinfection of all mining trains in order to reduce viral contamination.
Finally, in Mongolia, our HSE teams were rewarded by our client Rio Tinto for their mobilization and excellent work in the face of Covid-19 at the Oyu Tolgoi mine.
CIS teams around the world show solidarity
At the initiative of Régis Arnoux, the CIS headquarters donated 1,200 masks to the intensive care unit of the northern Marseille hospital, and delivers packed lunches to the Timone hospital everyday until May 6, 2020.
Local solidarity initiatives are also carried out at the various sites where the Group operates. In Mongolia, our SSM subsidiary offered 2,000 masks, as well as meals, to the emergency department of the Khanbogd region near our site. In Africa, CIS Chad has donated hundreds of soaps to children in the God bless orphanage to ensure they can perform basic barrier gestures and maintain a healthy level of hygiene. In Burkina Faso, CIS called on Burkinabe tailors for the production of fabric masks.
"I would like to personally thank all of our employees who demonstrated exceptional mobilization and ensure the continuity of services on our operating sites on a daily basis", Régis Arnoux - CEO
