BP’S JOURNEY: HARNESSING THE ENERGY TRANSITION

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BP PRIDES ITSELF ON PROVIDING HIGH-QUALITY EMPLOYMENT, FAIR WAGES, AND FOSTERING EQUITY WITHIN ITS GLOBAL WORKFORCE.

EARLY CAREER TALENT, BEYOND THE USUAL PLACES

For many years, BP has kickstarted people’s careers and offered a range of pathways that attract people from diverse backgrounds.

In addition to STEM outreach BP delivers under its ‘Inspire’ pillar, it partners with the Social Mobility Foundation and Career Ready to provide work placements for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

BP has a strong heritage of providing apprenticeship opportunities – with 880+ apprentices active in BP around the world today. In the UK, this includes technician apprentices in the North Sea, officebased school leaver apprenticeships, and career apprenticeships that provide opportunities for BP employees to upskill, reskill, and continue lifelong learning.

BP’s work in early careers and beyond is underpinned by a recognition that a productive day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. It is the first major energy, mobility and convenience employer to be accredited as a Living Wage Employer by the Living Wage Foundation in the UK. BP aspire to provide all their employees worldwide with fair wages and are partnering with the Fair Wage Network to develop their fair wage objective.

“As a degree apprentice, 80% of my time is spent working at BP and 20% is spent one day at university studying for my business management degree. Having the opportunity to learn on the job whilst also studying has been such a great experience so far as I can incorporate what I do at work into my studies. I believe people should be given equal opportunities regardless of their background and should be based on their ability to do a role. When I think of myself and the opportunities I have been given, it’s something I will always be grateful to BP for.”

AMAL KHAN – PEOPLE & CULTURE (P&C) DEGREE APPRENTICE

Amal first joined BP at the young age of 15 at one of BP’s retail sites for work experience. He then came back as an apprentice to gain experience and an insight into all of what BP truly had to offer and has now progressed to becoming a people & culture degree apprentice.

OPEN AND INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT

BP is committed to inclusive recruitment, aligned with its Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) ambition. As part of this, BP signed up to Business in the Community’s Inclusive Recruitment: Opening Doors campaign, which aims to make two million jobs more inclusive by 2025.

In 2022, BP launched “Hiring Inclusively” – a flagship initiative that is set to diversify BP’s candidate slates and interview panels, including putting data in the hands of hiring managers to understand the diverse makeup of the wider market and whether BP is maximising opportunities to attract diverse talent.

BP has successfully started to hire people from Ukraine who have been displaced by the conflict into retail jobs in Poland and is exploring opportunities to scale refugee hiring.