OPITO launch programme to support women working in energy
The safety and skills body, OPITO, has announced its support for a new development programme to support women working in the energy industry.
Diversity and Inclusion (D&I)
OEUK launches survey to assess progress in offshore representation
Offshore Energies UK is asking the offshore workforce to answer its survey on diversity and inclusion in the sector.
The number of women offshore has ‘remained stubbornly static’
The percentage of women working in the UK North Sea has remained at just 3.4 to 3.6%, said trade body OEUK.
Aberdeen energy firms march the granite mile for Grampian Pride
Saturday saw Aberdeen’s famous granite mile covered with rainbows as the city joined in on pride month with its march.
‘Pale, male and stale’: The North Sea firms with no women on their boards
New data from a pressure group has highlighted the UK North Sea firms which have no female representation on their board of directors.
Life after Shell? Just golf and travel says outgoing CEO
The outgoing Shell (LON: SHEL) chief executive Ben van Beurden has said "I don't have a plan" for his time after leaving the oil giant in an exit interview.
Failure on D&I could cut oil firms’ funding, warns North Sea’s top producer
Failing to meet diversity and inclusion (D&I) targets could see oil firms’ access to funding being cut, the North Sea’s largest producer has warned.
‘The West has a lot to learn from Asia on diversity and inclusion – it just looks different here’
Studies suggest that many people in Asia see diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI), as a Western concept, shaped by Western experiences and Western values, according to PwC.
CMS: How can the UK energy industry best shift the dial on Diversity and Inclusion?”
OEUK’s Diversity and Inclusion Report last year, which garnered the views of some 1600 people from over 100 organisations in the UK Oil and Gas industry, made for sobering, if unsurprising, reading.
‘My mum was Muslim, my father was Catholic; I was a confused kid’
EV sits down with Eko Lumadyo, Neptune Energy's Indonesia MD and its E,D&I champion, to discuss equality, diversity and inclusion.
Jeremy Cresswell: The failings of Diversity & Inclusion in UK offshore energy
It’s a part of life … every second of every day, myriad people are handled unfairly, wittingly or otherwise.
Offshore energy sector still struggling on representation frontline
Offshore energy companies are still struggling on the issue of representation, an industry expert has said, as it still does not reflect its own community of workers.
Industry needs ‘white, middle-class men to step up’, says OEUK D&I lead
For a number of years now, diversity and inclusion (D&I) has been high up on the North Sea oil and gas industry’s agenda.
Energy bosses commit to supporting women in middle management
18 of the UK’s largest energy organisations have signed a pledge to do more to support women working in middle management in the industry.
New toolkits launched to address D&I barriers in UK North Sea
New "toolkits" have been launched to drive diversity and inclusion (D&I) in the UK's offshore energy industry.
AFBE-UK Scotland awards to be held in Aberdeen next month
Hundreds of people are to gather in Aberdeen next month to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the energy industry.
Blaze Manufacturing: Spending time to bring in the next generation
Attracting the next generation of workers is not about spending money, it’s about spending time, according to Ann Johnson of Blaze Manufacturing: "If we want diversity, its up to us."
North Sea oil industry still 30 years away from gender parity
The UK North Sea oil industry is not expected to reach gender parity until the 2050s, more than ninety years after its inception, according to a new report.