Diversity at BP Australia

Lots of training provided to staff around social issues and how to be an upstander. Good office culture of celebrating other cultures and allowing people to bring their full selves to work.

There is a strong focus on DE&I and lots of training and events to help people learn about other cultures or the LGBTQI+ community.

Overall, very strong. I think the company needs to be more accepting of people expressing themselves with their fashion though.

bp is an incredibly diverse workplace and champions diversity.

We have various business resource groups focussed on things like sustainability, women in business, LGBTI, and social events. We also have a diversity team that focus on improving KPIs with regard to hiring of certain demographics and also representation in leadership (e.g. percentage of senior leadership that are female). This commitment also comes through in things like mat and pat leave. However, pat leave I believe is still only 4 weeks, which is quite low compared to other, more progressive policies.

I'd say overall bp is very good in this space and they do what they say they'll do.

From what I have observed they are very transparent with and committed to a diverse workforce.

huge focus on diversity in the workforce and getting women back into the workforce after maternity leave

Great awareness of gender diversity and the issues facing women in the workforce.

Focus on diversity for recruitment for both women and aboriginals. High retention rate at the company. Company provides career�s leave.

More visibility of commitment to diversity in terms of women and ethnic minorities. For my intake the graduates are all women and from culturally diverse backgrounds (Aboriginal, Chinese, Singaporean, And South American). There seems to be good retention of female employees after maternity leave. There is probably more diversity in Sales & Marketing (particularly gender and promotion) than in Finance (more traditional).

There is a very clear focus on equality with a large number of female employees and support for women to rise to higher level roles.

My company has a big commitment to gender diversity and to the indigenous community. There is a women's society and several senior leaders are women. The company is flexible with parenting and allows people to work from home if needed.

Excellent. A leader in Australia in terms of equal pay for women, indigenous employment opportunities, maternity leave etc

Various HR programs in place to increase this.

Accepting and encouraging of diversity in all forms

There is great support for women wishing to take mat leave, and also flexibility when they do return to work. There are good recruitment programs for indigenous interns.

BP is VERY committed to diversity, however I think that there still is some way to go, as with most other companies. I've only experienced the recruitment and retention parts of the company out of the other areas listed and those were positive experiences. It is hard to comment on other areas having not experienced them.

BP (at least at my site) is very much an equal opportunity employer. There seem to be just as many men as women on the site, and people from a very wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. There is no obstacle to employment due to sexuality, with everybody given the same opportunities and the culture being very accepting. BP does well in supporting its staff when time off is required for carer's or maternity leave, and allows flexibility in working hours in the follow up to these situations.

Very impressed by the provisions for maternity leave and part time work. Also by group support for LGBT staff and ethnic diversity within the company.

Actively participates in job fairs for people from less privileged backgrounds to provide opportunities to speak to recruiters.

Social mobility business group champions equity in hiring process.

I am unsure,

I believe we have scholarships for First Nations applicants. I'm not sure what else we do with regard to other demographics (e.g. rural, low-income).

Involvement in programs such as Career Trackers

Indigenous intern program

Career Trackers Internship Program.

Ensure they interview from different program. Part of the career trackers program - program aimed at recruiting from the aboriginal community.

Recruits through some talent agencies which focus on social mobility (socio-economic and cultural).

Indigenous internship program

It doesn't matter whether you are from a less privileged background, as long as you are the right candidate for the job, and it is up to you to prove that.

I think there are a number of internship opportunities now that BP has opened to people from all kinds of backgrounds, which is encouraging to see.

I am unaware of specific initiatives to address this topic, but there is definitely a focus on providing equal opportunity to all potential employees.

Very involved in disadvantaged communities and committed to improving their situations.

It is connected to CareerTrackers, and organisation dedicated to helping Indigenous students find work placements. I am not aware of any other initiatives to attract applicants from less privileged backgrounds.

Indigenous internship program (Career Trackers), varied recruitment strategies for retail stores.

There are a number of programs both corporate-led and employee-led to allow those from less privileged backgrounds to experience work at a large corporation.