INSEE steps up COVID response programme

The market leader for cement in Sri Lanka, INSEE Cement, has boosted its COVID response programme over the past couple of months to help the Nation to cope with the severe ongoing wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through its CSR and sustainability team, the Company has been engaged in five separate initiatives to provide relief to COVID patients and the frontline medical teams working around the clock to save lives. These projects include the donation of medical equipment, helping to make new beds available, providing cement for the building and expansion of various hospitals and the donation of a sizeable consignment of masks and hand-sanitizer to both provincial authorities and the national government.

Discussing the initiatives, Gustavo Navarro, Chief Executive Officer at INSEE Cement said, “Having monitored the ground situation closely, we realized early on that the country would face considerable challenges, particularly with the emergence of the delta variant. Our position as the market leader and only integrated manufacturer of cement in Sri Lanka meant that we had a moral obligation and sincere desire to provide relief and support when and where it was possible for us to do so. One way we could substantially contribute was through the donation of cement for the building of new facilities and the expansion of existing ones, which we have done.