This spring in the Yangtze River Delta region is unusual. The resurgence of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has brought unprecedented impact on the production, work and life of employees of multinational enterprises in the entire Yangtze River Delta region with Shanghai as the center. However, in the face of challenges, all enterprises united as one, moved forward bravely, tried every means to ensure the living needs and physical and mental health of employees, insisted on continuous production and customer supply, actively practiced corporate social responsibility, and contributed to the stability and development of the local economy and society. important contribution.

BASF: It is imperative to support the fight against the epidemic

Since late March, BASF's production bases in Shanghai have been in closed-loop operations. During the lockdown period, although the production load has decreased, production activities have not been interrupted. In accordance with government requirements, BASF has taken all necessary precautions at its production and office sites to protect the health and safety of employees and contractors, and to ensure the normal operation of customer supplies and business as much as possible.

In response to government requirements and preparations for closed-loop management, BASF Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Innovation Park has urgently purchased emergency supplies for epidemic prevention since early March, for emergency use by volunteers from various departments. After the closed-loop management was opened in late March, the base management immediately started the relevant deployment, and organized personnel from the installation, maintenance, logistics, quality assurance and control, administration, and environment, health and safety departments to station in the base to ensure the safe operation of the base.

Although the epidemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the management of production sites and supply chains, BASF is still committed to effectively ensuring business continuity and meeting customers' delivery needs to the greatest extent possible. In addition to BASF Shanghai Pudong Science and Technology Innovation Park, BASF's other major bases in Shanghai are also in closed-loop operation, making every effort to ensure safe production. In the closed-loop management base, the stationed colleagues work in rotation and unremittingly support the promotion of production and operation, technical support, R&D, EHS, administrative logistics and other work, demonstrating the responsibility of BASF employees to take the company as their home. At the same time, colleagues working from home are also working hard to coordinate and communicate, try their best to ensure smooth logistics and transportation, and strive to deliver products to customers on time.

The safety and health of our employees is always a top priority. With the continuous increase of the city's closure and control, many colleagues who live in Shanghai are unable to go out to purchase, and the necessities of life are frequently urgent. In response, the management of BASF Greater China took the lead in announcing a series of measures to support employees affected by the epidemic. In addition to the special living allowance granted by the labor union to employees, the management of the company took the lead in setting up a special action team for employee support to provide support for those living in Shanghai who are in short supply. Colleagues arranged to deliver supplies. During the lockdown period when "one dish is hard to find", BASF's agricultural solutions team went to the front line of planting, continued to communicate with customers and growers, and proactively deployed products to terminal channels in advance to ensure the final supply of products. one kilometer.

At the same time, BASF donated 1 million yuan to the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation to support the foundation's loving action and help front-line epidemic prevention workers, as well as other groups such as the elderly and children seriously affected by the epidemic. Many enthusiastic BASF employees also stepped forward and actively joined the community volunteer team. They are busy moving between buildings: assisting in nucleic acid testing, maintaining on-site order, distributing purchased materials, and helping the elderly in the neighborhood and foreign friends who do not speak a language to buy vegetables and dispense medicines. BASF offers "volunteer holidays" to all colleagues who use their non-working hours to volunteer in the community to encourage and support their acts of love.

Clariant: Keeping the "Shanghai" homeland, the future "Science" period

"The epidemic is an order, and ensuring supply is a responsibility", this is the corporate social responsibility of Clariant Catalyst (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. located in Tangu Green Bay Industrial Park, Jinshan District, Shanghai, during the epidemic. In order to meet the order needs of domestic and foreign customers, the company integrates the power of the whole factory to ensure production during special periods, and continues to create value for customers and industrial development.

After receiving the closure and control notice on the evening of March 27, Clariant Jinshan Catalyst Factory completed the coordination work as soon as possible, and properly arranged a whole team of 34 employees to stay in the factory, including front-line production workers, safety, production, maintenance and management. personnel. Since the implementation of closed-loop management, the factory has always paid attention to the health, safety and basic living needs of employees while maintaining a state of full production. Clariant said that on the one hand, the factory strictly follows the government's epidemic prevention regulations and conducts nucleic acid tests on a regular basis; on the other hand, the company has made sufficient material reserves in advance and provided employees with sleeping bags, washing, disinfection and other daily necessities for special periods. In addition, the factory also distributes factory subsidies for employees, and distributes food ingredients and epidemic prevention gift packs to employees' families, thanking the family members for their understanding and support.

At the beginning of the escalation of the epidemic in mid-March, Clariant China's emergency management team quickly established a new crown epidemic prevention task force to analyze risks in advance and try their best to provide necessary support to every "Ke family" in Shanghai. According to Clariant, in order to solve the problems of purchasing materials and logistics delivery, relevant colleagues worked overtime for many days in a row to try to deliver the materials to all employees as soon as possible. Since the end of March, the company has distributed "heart-warming food gift packs" three times to help employees who are in short supply survive the difficulties.

During the war against the "epidemic", Clariant also emerged many "Kemen" who devote themselves to volunteer anti-epidemic work in the community, practicing Clariant's "thank you" culture with their actions. They come from different departments of Clariant. At this moment, they are all incarnated as "Big White", "Little Blue" and "Red Vest", active in every corner of the community, solving problems for the residents. Some are entrusted by the secretary of the neighborhood committee to serve as the commander-in-chief of community volunteers, forming a courageous, resourceful, efficient and united volunteer team. Some have been promoted to the head of the group and become the hope of the whole community, actively connecting with external group buying resources and alleviating the residents' grocery shopping problem. Some are busy maintaining the order of the nucleic acid test site, carrying out on-duty patrols, leading the residents of the building to complete the nucleic acid test in an orderly manner or distributing antigen test reagents. Whether it is high temperature above 30°C or pouring rain, they are all present. Some took the initiative to serve as volunteers in the closed building, delivering living materials to residents of the building with positive cases, and assisting in the elimination of all floors, handrails and door locks. These "Ke family members" who are active in the community convey their dedication as the most beautiful retrogrades and give back to the society with a grateful heart.



The government of Dushan Port in Jiaxing, Zhejiang delivered customized materials to Clariant Jiaxing Catalyst Factory. The picture shows the material handling site. (Photo courtesy of the company)

LANXESS: Watching and helping each other in the "cold spring"

In the face of the unexpected challenge of the epidemic, every LANXESS staff stood by hand in hand and stuck to their respective positions. Although this "cold spring" has brought unprecedented impact on their lives and work, the warm moments they created after watching each other have turned into the most moving imprint of this spring.

Nantong issued a phased dynamic upgrade of prevention and control measures in early April. Faced with the sudden change, the Lanxess Nantong plant immediately launched an emergency plan, quickly convened production, EHS, quality, warehouse, maintenance, administration and other departments to set up a cross-department resident team. After the colleagues received the notification, they responded one after another, packed their bags and "returned to the factory". While cooperating with the government to actively prevent the epidemic, they ensure the safe operation of factories, disinfection and transfer of materials, inspection and maintenance of equipment and facilities, and try to deliver product orders during the lockdown period, so as to minimize the impact of the epidemic on LANXESS customers and partners. As the rear team, the personnel administration department has also prepared sufficient materials to ensure a stable life and logistical support for the employees who stick to the front line.

In Wuxi, in order to prevent the spread of the new crown epidemic, the requirements for logistics are more stringent, and freight vehicles face difficulties such as backlog of traffic and point-to-point transfers. With the full cooperation with other departments, the Wuxi factory has achieved smooth transportation of about 60% of the logistics through various methods. The maintenance department of Wuxi factory established a set of efficient and three-dimensional spraying and disinfecting device in a very short time. When the vehicle enters the factory area, more than 90% of the body can be disinfected through the device. The Wuxi factory also hired a third-party agency to sample the nucleic acid environment for incoming goods to ensure epidemic prevention safety.

For colleagues working from home under lockdown, the shortage of supplies is a big challenge, especially in the early stages of lockdown. Just when everyone was at a loss because of the "difficulty in buying vegetables", as an outstanding employer in China, LANXESS is eager to meet the needs of its employees and what they want. Led by the labor union, with the collaboration of colleagues from various departments, LANXESS urgently looks for vegetable food suppliers and logistics distribution. The company distributes fresh vegetable gift packs to employees who are quarantined at home. When the heavy "meat and vegetable packs" are delivered to the employees' homes, it not only conveys the materials, but also LANXESS's concern for the employees not to drop the line.

Qian Mingcheng, President of LANXESS Asia Pacific, said: "The chemical industry is closely related to people's livelihood. At this critical moment in the fight against the epidemic, while facing many challenges, LANXESS employees still rely on professional, dedicated, patient, and active teamwork to ensure that We hope that while ensuring the supply of chemical raw materials for our customers, we can also provide support for the subsequent resumption of work and production in various industries.”

SABIC: Keeping the "Shanghai" and fighting the "epidemic" together

In this battle of epidemic prevention and control without gunpowder smoke, SABIC participated in the "go Shanghai" donation activity. After learning about the need for medical protection and living materials on the front line of the fight against the epidemic, SABIC responded quickly and coordinated the procurement of materials urgently, and donated the first batch of urgently needed materials to the makeshift hospitals and communities in Huangpu District and Jing'an District through the Shanghai Charity Foundation. , including N95 masks, isolation gowns, disposable isolation gowns, medical shoe covers, adult diapers, etc., to support medical workers, volunteers and shelter patients in need of care.

In response to challenges such as rapid changes in front-line demand for anti-epidemic, tight inventory of protective materials, and limited logistics and traffic, SABIC worked with Shanghai Charity Foundation and supplier partners to adjust the list of materials in real time according to the latest needs of Fangcang shelter hospitals for procurement, and Submit to the foundation for overall distribution. After confirming the receiving unit with the Foundation, SABIC will prepare all confirmed materials in place within two days.

After the successful delivery of the first batch of materials, SABIC is continuing to cooperate with the Shanghai Charity Foundation, and plans to purchase the second batch of materials and cover more front-line medical staff and patients. In addition to the personal protection and hygiene products and nutritious food that consume a lot of money, SABIC also plans to purchase a batch of toys, which will be donated to the children in the children's hospital, hoping to help the children relieve their isolation and loneliness and bring joy and companionship.

Dow: Our guardianship is always there



Dow employees are on the front lines in the community to support the fight against the epidemic. (Photo courtesy of the company)

During the pandemic, Dow has put the safety and health of its employees first. In order to reduce the impact and risk of the epidemic on employees, Dow encouraged employees to start working from home in a timely manner, and deployed a series of measures to care for employees in a timely manner. The Employee Care Club provides mental health first aid support to employees and hosts online psychological lectures and fitness classes; the IT team hosts IT home office best practices classes. The company also provides employees with emergency supplies of daily necessities such as fruit and vegetable bags. A batch of "family love packages" arrived in the hands of employees, sending uninterrupted warmth.

Dow remains committed not only to solving the challenges facing human society today through materials science, but also to creating a positive impact in the communities where it works and lives through corporate social responsibility and employee volunteerism. At the moment, Dow is actively fighting the epidemic and working with the community to overcome difficulties. Dow responded quickly after the outbreak, connecting communities and shelters in Songjiang and Zhangjiang in Shanghai, and the front line of epidemic prevention in Zhangjiagang, donating a total market value of about 1 million yuan in disinfectant, nitrile gloves, medical masks, protective clothing and medical isolation. Face masks and other anti-epidemic materials provide security for anti-epidemic workers and community volunteers, and solve the urgent needs of front-line anti-epidemic personnel for anti-epidemic materials.

On April 13, Zhangjiagang entered a one-week static management period. The employees of Dow's Zhangjiagang production base are united and stick to their posts. On the premise of complying with the government's epidemic prevention management requirements, closed-loop management ensures the safe and orderly operation of production in the base. As one of the only two corporate nucleic acid testing sites in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone, Dow volunteers and the security team worked together to safely and efficiently undertake nucleic acid tests for nearly 17,000 people from 32 companies in the Free Trade Zone during the closed-loop period. The sampling work was orderly.

In the future, Dow believes that it will be present in more places and will continue to bring positive impact to the society.

Covestro: Together with love and duty

In order to ensure the continuous and safe operation of Covestro's integrated base in Shanghai and continue to deliver high-quality products to customers, during the epidemic in Shanghai, including management, Covestro came from 11 factories, laboratories, maintenance, logistics, HSE and services. About 900 Covestro employees from various functional departments have been on duty at the base for more than a month for closed-loop production.

Covestro said that material procurement, logistics transportation, and logistical support in special periods have encountered unprecedented difficulties. However, the various departments have carried out day and night cooperation, regardless of rain or shine, and went up against the wind, ensuring that the production, inspection and maintenance, and environmental monitoring work in the base are carried out in an orderly manner, the operation of the equipment remains stable, and no production safety is achieved. accident or environmental accident.

In the base, the conditions for catering, daily life, bathing and sanitation, and chronic disease care are limited, but the employees in the factory have no complaints, work silently, and overcome the challenges of living apart from their families. Despite the hardships, employees actively create conditions in their spare time, and carry out recreational activities such as jogging, aerobics, basketball, movies, birthday parties, etc., to add color to the life in the factory.

The resident management personnel maintain active communication with employees every day. At the same time, the base management team has also held online roundtable communication meetings for many times, inviting all resident and home office employees to talk about the problems encountered during the epidemic control and help everyone find solutions. In the early days of the factory, some employees were anxious because of homesickness and unsuitability for closed-loop life, but under the warm care of the Covestro family, this feeling was relieved.

For employees who are under lockdown and work from home, the shortage of supplies and the adjustment of their mentality are no small challenges. Covestro's China management team, China crisis management team and the company's labor union responded quickly, worrying about what employees are worried about and thinking about what employees think. They have become a strong backing for employees through measures such as distribution of fresh vegetable gift packs. For example, in the face of huge challenges in materials and logistics, Covestro has successfully delivered fresh vegetable gift packs to their homes in the early days of the lockdown, and also announced that it will arrange delivery of freezers for employees after the logistics situation improves. Employees and family members help in times of need. The company also tried its best to reduce the impact of the epidemic lockdown on employees by organizing management and employees to conduct face-to-face "online round-table talks" and other measures.

Lei Huanli, President of Covestro China, said: "Our employees are our greatest wealth, and Covestro values everyone's safety, health and well-being. We believe that making employees happy to work and live happily is part of the sustainable operation of the company. ."

3M: Science and technology keep "Shanghai" and overcome difficulties together

Shanghai is at a critical stage of epidemic prevention and control. To support Shanghai in its fight against the epidemic, 3M is taking action.

During Shanghai's implementation of the region-wide lockdown to curb the spread of the epidemic, 3M's medical protective mask production base in Shanghai did not press the pause button. On the premise of ensuring zero infection of personnel, 3M actively integrates resources, overcomes difficulties, organizes employees to work overtime, and makes every effort to ensure the closed-loop production of medical protective masks. With the strong support of the governments at all levels in Shanghai, districts and sub-districts, and the efficient management and operation within 3M, it took only half a day from the start of the non-stop production plan to the implementation.

Employees at the 3M medical protective mask production base use the hotel
Special closed-loop mode with factory "two points and one line". In addition, 3M also conducts daily audits from multiple links such as labor, equipment, raw materials, production safety and epidemic prevention, and ensures the assessment of potential risks and the preparation of plans.

Since the outbreak, 3M has successively donated more than 40,000 KN95 protective masks and 2,000 bottles of hand sanitizer to the front line of the fight against the epidemic, fully supporting the war in Shanghai. Ding Hongyu, Senior Vice President of 3M Global and President of China, said: "We are well aware of the importance of supply of anti-epidemic materials, so we have assembled our company's strength to allocate resources to ensure the orderly closed-loop production of medical protective masks. Special thanks to government departments at all levels in Shanghai. The great help and support given to us by institutions and institutions during this special period, so that 3M anti-epidemic materials can protect more medical workers on the frontline of the 'epidemic war'."

Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, 3M has always actively fulfilled its corporate social responsibility, and has donated materials and cash worth more than 16 million yuan. Double the production capacity of 9132 protective masks in short supply. In the future, 3M will continue to uphold the brand promise of "Technology improves life" and build a safety barrier for the anti-epidemic guards with the power of technology.

Air Liquide: Caring for employees at home

Since this round of epidemic, Air Liquide has donated a total of 200,000 yuan of epidemic prevention materials through the Shanghai Volunteer Service Foundation and the Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Foundation. In the past month, the company has arranged personnel in many factories in Shanghai to ensure the operation. At the same time, it has held psychological counseling and lectures during the epidemic. Each factory has made great efforts to ensure the gas supply to customers and hospitals. The labor union brought fresh dishes to employees in Shanghai, including not only meat, vegetables, but also pizza, etc. The supplies were very rich.

In order to deliver daily necessities to colleagues in a timely manner, due to road control, detours are required; the number of factories is large, and there are many materials that need to be transported up and down; and they need to complete the distribution of gas products first, and then deliver daily necessities to colleagues, the front line is drawn. very long. In order to let the colleagues stationed in the factory eat in time, they basically wait until they return to the Minhang factory in the evening before having dinner. The company's loving actions make employees feel warm and happy.