Eni's main objective is to ensure conditions of health and safety in the workplaces. To this end, in all Eni offices and operating sites, all the necessary measures are adopted in order to counter and contain the contagion from Covid-19, to comply with the provisions issued by the government and public authorities and to ensure the correct management of operating activities, taking into account the peculiarities of the different workplaces.
All the measures defined and adopted by Eni are set out in the Sars-CoV-2 pandemic response plan, attached to the Medical Emergency Response Plan (MERP) present at each Eni site/headquarter. Suppliers are required to request a copy from the contract manager before entering Eni sites for the activities covered by the contract.
Below is a summary of the prevention measures adopted.
Hygiene and prevention measures
All workers must in the first place adopt the general health and hygiene prevention measures useful to reduce the risk of infection provided by the WHO and by the reference health authority. These are periodically updated in relation to the evolution of the phenomenon by the legislation issued time after time, such as: washing hands frequently, avoiding contact with eyes, nose and mouth, covering nose and mouth in the presence of sneezing and coughing, wearing a surgical mask, where required.
In addition, the following additional measures are adopted:
Medical and personal protective equipment (PPE)
Each Employer ensures the supply of suitable PPEs to its staff, according to its specific risk assessments and the type of ongoing activity.
In Eni workplaces, the minimum safety distance and personal and areas hygiene/sanitization measures are adopted as a priority measure of prevention and protection to safeguard the health and safety of workers.
In line with current regulatory provisions, the use of the surgical mask is always mandatory for all workers within Eni indoor and outdoor sites, by way of example:
The use of surgical masks is also mandatory for the entire duration of the training activities in presence, internal events, access to auditoriums, meeting rooms, company archives, libraries, etc.
The use of the half-mask FFP2/FFP3 should instead be reserved for activities that may involve a potential professional exposure such as those of healthcare professionals in contact with a suspected case or those of the cleaning staff during decontamination activities, which only concern health facilities and the activity of emergency and first aid operators during first aid activities.
Access to workplaces
Access to Eni offices by visitors/guests/contract workers is restricted to situations of actual need.
In the case of contract awarded suppliers who must be able to carry out their activity at Eni's offices, the acquisition of a specific information sheet signed by the supplier’s Employer is envisaged (Information Sheet - Communication to suppliers – Covid-19 Emergency Attachment VII to the MERP) received by the contract manager. The same Employer must ensure that it has been acknowledged by renewing the signature at each change in the personnel employed in the contract.
Before entering Eni's offices / sites, the contract workers are required to sign a specific Self-declaration form (Self-declaration form for entry to Eni sites) accompanied by the Information on the processing of personal data, by prevention behavioural and sanitary measures to be adopted in Eni workplaces and the correct use of masks. This self-declaration will be signed for acknowledgement one-time with respect to the validity period of the access badge to Eni sites, and in any case whenever requested by the client.
The detection of the temperature at the entrance of the buildings through thermal imaging camera and/or remote infrared thermometers is also envisaged, at each building.
Access to Eni offices is safely regulated for company professionals whose presence is required for business continuity.
In addition:
Access to gathering areas
Taking into account the provisions of local and/or national health authorities, adequate restrictive measures may be envisaged which include, in relation to the type of workplace:
Access to common areas, including company canteens, toilets, changing rooms is subject to quota restrictions, with the provision of continuous ventilation of the premises, a reduced stay time within these spaces and with the maintenance of the minimum interpersonal safety distance among the people who occupy them.
Protection of "fragile" workers
Eni, in line with current legal, contractual and corporate provisions, adopts a series of actions aimed at protecting the so-called "fragile workers", namely those who, due to specific personal health conditions, may be more exposed to the risk of contracting the virus or suffering an aggravation of their pathology according to the regulatory provisions.
The maximum collaboration of all Eni suppliers is required in order to adopt the provisions issued by the competent Institutions and to observe the consequent envisaged protection measures. The suppliers must promptly inform their staff and ensure appropriate awareness of the importance of complying with the behavioural instructions and of promptly reporting any doubt or operational criticality related to the application of the aforementioned measures to the Eni contractual manager of reference.
Management of "suspected cases" and "confirmed cases"
The maximum collaboration of all Eni suppliers is required in order to adopt the provisions issued by the competent Institutions and to observe the consequent envisaged protection measures. The suppliers must promptly inform their staff and ensure appropriate awareness of the importance of complying with the behavioural instructions and of promptly reporting any doubt or operational criticality related to the application of the aforementioned measures to the Eni contractual manager of reference.
Suppliers are required to follow all the provisions set out in chapter 5.6 of the MERP concerning the management of "suspected cases" and "confirmed cases" as indicated below:
For any information, clarifications or reports regarding the Coronavirus emergency: Fornitori_Eni_Coronavirus@eni.com