Our first priority remains the health and safety of our employees, customers and partners. In co-ordination with local authorities, we are deploying our COVID-19 protocols including:

• Controlled access to Schneider sites aligning to social distancing guidelines
• Use of Personal Protective Equipment, as required
• Increased sanitation and disinfection measures
• Clear information to stakeholders on safety, hygiene, remote access and alternative working solutions using digital tools, where applicable
• Co-ordination with customers before site visits and service interventions to ensure safety for everyone

We are focused on supporting business continuity, to assist our customers and partners resume, adapt or build new projects with:

• Digital resiliency
• Cyber-secure tools and infrastructure
• 24/7 customer and technical support and remote-management capabilities, including safely supporting failures, repairs, training and testing

Our global supply chain is ready to collaborate on demand-shaping customer solutions. We acknowledge the crisis has provoked some targeted supply-chain issues, and we apologise for any difficulties incurred.
All our manufacturing plants and distribution centres are open and we continue:

• Co-ordinating with our suppliers and partners to secure alternative sources of supply and shift production, as needed
• Facilitating downstream transportation lines
• Rebalancing any impacted global inventories
• Managing service parts stock and delivery

Our employees are equipped and available with the digital tools and skills for this new environment. All our teams working remotely use company-issued computers complete with secure-VPN protection and connection to our network.

While we have reduced business travel, we remain connected through remote meetings and other opportunities to interact digitally. Over the last three months we have welcomed over 120,000 customers and partners to our webinars and online trainings.

Through the crisis we have continued to service and secure critical infrastructures such as hospitals, networks, data centres, water plants and cold food chain. With our Schneider Electric Foundation, we have launched the“Tomorrow Rising Fund”to help the most vulnerable to respond, recover and become more resilient with emergency support, longer-term reconstruction, education and professional training.

As our Chairman and CEO, Jean-Pascal Tricoire affirms,we have together learnt a lot over the past months and wherever we operate, our teams are empowered to do their best and continue to adapt to local changes and requirements.