Our people and values

We value diversity of people and thought, and we aim to treat everyone at BP with respect and dignity

Our progress in 2013

What we said we would do Where we are today What we plan to do next
Work for 25% of our group leaders to be women by 2020 18% of group leaders are women
Further increase the number of women in leadership positions and build momentum in our work to encourage other forms of diversity
Recruit 40% of our graduate intake from outside the UK and US in 2013
44% of our graduate intake from outside the UK and US Focus on global graduates through the development of new programmes to achieve a consistent approach around the world
Further embed our values throughout our business 12 percentage point increase in employee understanding of BP values and how they relate to their work Enhance how we manage ethics and compliance risks by targeting priority areas of our business

In this section

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Managing our people

BP's performance depends on a highly-skilled, motivated and talented workforce

Engineers in conversation

Building capability

BP provides opportunities to help employees build leadership and technical skills

BP Employee carries BP's Code of Conduct

Ethics and compliance

BP’s code of conduct defines our commitment to high ethical standards throughout our operations

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Our values

We recognize that ‘how’ we do business is just as important as ‘what’ we do

BP Employees chatting in the BP Torres Atlantico Office in Luanda Angola

Speaking up

We want employees to speak up when they have concerns

Smiling women in an office

Diversity and inclusion

We aim to have a workforce that is representative of the societies in which we operate

Online tools and case studies

HSE charting tool

HSE charting tool

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Our case studies highlight some of BP's environmental and social initiatives from around the world