Pandemic Preparedness among Big Energy Companies: Call to Research and Action
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Published:2023-02-04
Issue:4
Volume:20
Page:2771
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ISSN:1660-4601
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Container-title:International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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language:en
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Short-container-title:IJERPH
Author:
Gualano Maria Rosaria1ORCID, Villani Leonardo2ORCID, Ricciardi Walter2ORCID
Affiliation:
1. School of Medicine, UniCamillus-Saint Camillus International University of Health Sciences, 00131 Rome, Italy 2. Section of Hygiene, University Department of Life Sciences and Public Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Francesco Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic, as a global phenomenon, has affected all the working realities, worldwide, with the same issues. The aim of the present work is to assess the experiences of management and their preparedness during the pandemic among big companies, in particular, in the energy sector. Based on an overview of scientific evidence and grey literature, we found that big companies followed evidence-based decision-making practices and offered preparedness and information plans. Specifically, these plans contained recommendations and best practices to be followed to avoid the risk of infection in the workplaces, as well as in the field of epidemiological surveillance and vaccination. Nevertheless, many research efforts are required, and it is important that a large number of big companies and corporations address these challenges worldwide, adopting a new sustainable approach that includes both the productivity and health of the workers. A Call to Action was then issued in order to achieve evidence-based leadership to address current and future public health emergency scenarios.
Funder
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milan, Italy
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
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