Sustainability Report 2015 bp.com/sustainability Who we are We aim to create long-term value for shareholders by helping to meet growing demand for energy in a safe and responsible way. We strive to be a world-class operator, a responsible corporate citizen and a good employer. BP is one of the world’s leading efficiency and support the transition integrated oil and gas companies – to a lower-carbon economy. These based on market capitalization, proved are the reasons why our portfolio reserves and production. Through our includes oil, gas and renewables. work we provide customers with fuel Our projects and operations help to for transportation, energy for heat generate employment, investment and light, lubricants to keep engines and tax revenues in countries and moving and the petrochemicals communities across the world. products used to make everyday We have well-established operations items as diverse as paints, clothes in Europe, North and South America, and packaging. Australasia, Asia and Africa and We believe a mix of fuels and employ around 80,000 people. technologies is needed to meet growing energy demand, improve Front cover images About our reporting We validate the content with our external assurance provider, Ernst & Young, whose remit BP’s onshore oil and gas activity in the US began This Sustainability Report and bp.com/ includes commenting on the prominence given operating as a separate business in 2015. Our sustainability concentrate on performance and to each topic and identifying any gaps. Lower 48 onshore business spans 5.7 million activities from 1 January to 31 December 2015. acres with active operations in six states. We aim to report on all aspects of our business, We apply the Global Reporting Initiative’s including joint ventures where we are the G4 guidelines, and we use guidance from operator. Where appropriate, we also seek to our industry association IPIECA. We also report provide an overview of joint venture activities against the UN Global Compact’s 10 principles where we are not the operator, but where we on human rights, labour, environment and have significant influence on our partners. anti-corruption. For more information see bp.com/reportingstandards HSE charting tool Filter and analyse information on the group’s health, safety and environmental performance. Data for the past 10 years is available, and can be viewed in a variety of chart formats. See bp.com/hsechartingtool BP Sustainability Report 2015 Contents Overview Overview 2 Introduction from our group 8 BP in figures chief executive Five-year data on our safety, environment, Bob Dudley discusses the role that BP people, financial and operational plays in society as a long-term business. performance. 4 BP at a glance 10 Key issues What we do as a business, from finding oil How we identify key issues facing the and gas to marketing fuels and products. business and how we engage with and climate change The energy challenge our stakeholders. 6 BP around the world BP’s global operations and highlights of 2015. Focus areas How we operate 12 The energy challenge and 34 Safety climate change Managing safety and operational risk, Our view of the energy outlook, climate including measures to prevent accidents change and how we are working towards and oil spills. a lower-carbon future. 40 Environment 20 How we operate Our approach to oil spill response, Our framework for managing our greenhouse gas emissions, water, operations and people, and how we work biodiversity and sensitive areas. Our activities with contractors and partners. 46 Society 28 Our activities Our socio-economic impacts, including Deepwater oil and gas, unconventional supporting development in the societies gas and hydraulic fracturing, renewable where we work and human rights. energy, oil sands and the Arctic. Safety Environment Society BP Sustainability Report 2015 1 Introduction from our group chief executive Energy is a long-term business. Our projects We are working with governments and often operate over many decades, delivering suppliers to reduce costs and increase energy for growth, development and everyday efficiency along the value chain – and to do life, as well as value for shareholders. so in a way that is also beneficial for others in our supply chain. We recognize that some of A business that aims to be sustainable has the countries where we operate are under to order its priorities accordingly. It has to make economic strain – as they rely on oil and gas as safety its top priority. It has to earn and maintain their primary source of revenue. Our aim is to the support of society. And it has to take action maintain as much activity as possible, where to help safeguard the environment for future that can be done competitively. generations. So issues of sustainability are vital for the future of our business. BP’s economic impact goes far beyond the products we sell and the people we employ. As this report shows, across BP, all of our key According to recent studies, BP contributes measures of safety performance – process to around 300,000 jobs in its supply chain in safety events, leaks, spills and other releases, the US and UK alone – around 10 times the and recordable injuries – were better in 2015 number directly employed. In 2015 we paid than in 2014, and indeed five years ago. $3.5 billion in taxes worldwide that help However, while we continued to make support public spending. We spent $67 million progress, we sadly experienced one workforce on community programmes, ranging from fatality when a contractor died during humanitarian relief efforts to investment in renovations at a recently acquired retail site in encouraging more young people to take up Turkey. Our thoughts are with his family and careers in science, technology, engineering friends and we are doing all we can to learn and mathematics. and apply the lessons from this tragic event. Our aspiration is to have no accidents, no harm Responsible operating also extends to our to people and no damage to the environment stance on human rights, demonstrated by our – and that means we always have more to do. commitment to the UN Guiding Principles and Responsible operating by our work to introduce human rights clauses To earn the support of society, we need to be in our contracts with suppliers. We want to play our part in a responsible operator that is prepared to Shortly after marking the fifth anniversary of addressing climate change... recognize and help to resolve many different the tragic accident on the Deepwater Horizon we joined with other oil and concerns – among them environmental issues, in the Gulf of Mexico, we reached agreements economic impacts and relationships with in principle to settle all federal and state claims gas companies – through the communities, suppliers, customers, partners arising from the incident. This includes Oil and Gas Climate Initiative and governments. $7.1 billion to address claims for natural With this in mind, the falling oil price has been resource damages, as part of our commitment and other activities – to a major challenge for the industry, with sharply to restore the economy and environment of the support effective action on reduced cash flow and earnings affecting the region. While this provides some closure and certainty in legal terms, we will always regret this critical issue. choices we can make. We have sought to address difficult choices in a way that is the accident and remember those who died. sustainable, showing resilience in the short The global energy challenge term while continuing to invest in a disciplined The nature of our business means we can Bob Dudley way for long-term growth. And whatever play a major role in the global issues of adjustments we make, safety and risk economic development and the environment. management must not be compromised. The energy we supply can help to improve living standards, power medical facilities and See page 14 for more information on BP’s Given the challenges, we have had to scale provide irrigation and sanitation. Our challenge view on climate change. back our investments, lower our costs and is to fulfil this role while also building a reduce staff numbers. I recognize the business that can contribute to a sustainable personal cost this brings for those affected Find out more about our socio-economic environment in which greenhouse gas and their families. In these circumstances contribution on page 48. emissions are reduced. we seek to act fairly, treating people with respect in line with our well-established We want to play our part in addressing climate and supportive procedures. change, recognizing that oil and gas are still projected to make up almost half of the 2 BP Sustainability Report 2015 Overview world’s energy in 2040 under the International Enduring values Energy Agency’s ‘450 scenario’. In 2015 we We operate in many countries with a range joined with other oil and gas companies – of political systems, regulatory frameworks through the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative and and business cultures. One of our other activities – to support effective action on responsibilities as a global business is to this critical issue and help to enable oil and gas act consistently with regard to values and to play a constructive role in the transition to a ethical conduct, so people know exactly what lower-carbon future. they can expect of BP, regardless of where they are in the world. That’s why we put Our board unanimously supported a such emphasis on employee adherence to shareholder resolution in 2015 that requested our code of conduct as well as our core values we report on how BP is preparing for a of safety, respect, excellence, courage and lower-carbon future.