modern slavery and human trafficking statement 2020 25 June 2021 Contents Introduction 03 About this statement About bp and our supply chain This statement relates to the financial year ending We are a global energy business with operations Our policies in relation to slavery and trafficking 05 31 December 2020. It is published by bp p.l.c and in Europe, North and South America, Australasia, Governance of modern slavery 06 its relevant subsidiaries1 in compliance with the Asia and Africa. We currently operate in 72 UK Modern Slavery Act 2015. countries with 63,600 employees and have Due diligence and risk assessment 07 around 46,000 suppliers. These include More information: Operating management system 09 contractors, vendors, service providers and Read our previous slavery and human contingent labour, many of whom also have Providing our workforce with access to remedy 10 trafficking statements at further suppliers. Training and capability building 11 bp.com/reportingcentre Our third-party expenditure was approximately Consultation and collaboration 12 $50 billion in 2020. We recognize the potential for labour rights violations in our industry and supply Read more about our human rights policy Assessing the effectiveness of our approach 13 chain, and we focus our efforts where we believe and labour rights and modern slavery that risk is greatest. Looking ahead 14 principles at bp.com/humanrights Our procurement teams have identified parts of Attachment – case studies 15 our supply chain as focus areas for their work to Our code of conduct is available at identify and manage labour rights risks, including bp.com/codeofconduct modern slavery. Read more about the work of our procurement teams on pages 7 and 8 1 BP p.l.c. and its subsidiaries are separate legal entities. References to “bp”, “we”, “our” and similar terms are to BP p.l.c. and its subsidiaries generally, to one or more of them, or to those who work for them. bp subsidiaries making this statement are: Air BP Ltd, Arco British Ltd LLC, BP Amoco Exploration (In Amenas) Ltd, BP Berau Ltd, BP Chemicals Ltd, BP Commodities Trading Ltd, BP Exploration (Angola) Ltd, BP Exploration (Azerbaijan) Ltd, BP Exploration (Beta) Ltd, BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Ltd, BP Exploration (Delta) Ltd, BP Exploration (Epsilon) Ltd, BP Exploration (El Djazair) Ltd, BP Exploration Operating Company Ltd, BP Gas Marketing Ltd, BP International Ltd, BP Marine Ltd, BP Oil UK Ltd, BP Shipping Ltd, BP Wiriagar Ltd, Britannic Energy Trading Ltd, Britannic Marketing Ltd, Britannic Strategies Ltd, Britannic Trading Ltd, Britoil Ltd, Castrol Ltd, Lubricants UK Ltd and Wiriagar Overseas Ltd. 2 bp modern slavery and human trafficking statement 2020 Introduction bp supports the elimination of all forms of modern slavery. Modern slavery is a term used in policy and law to describe forms of exploitation that constitute serious violations of human rights, including human trafficking and forced labour. This type of exploitation is contrary to our commitment to respecting the rights of our workforce. At group level, we set expectations for how our businesses conduct their activities, including through our code of conduct, human rights policy, Policy Risk assessment Due diligence Systems Access to remedy labour rights and modern slavery principles and operating management system (OMS). Each of International standards Risk assessment Desktop assessments Labour rights and Grievance mechanisms our businesses are required to conduct their and principles: based on: modern slavery at business level Supplier due activities in conformance with these expectations requirements built • UN Guiding Principles • Activity diligence and human OpenTalk and manage the risks, including modern slavery, into our operating on Business and rights assessment associated with them. Often, they establish local • Country management system requirements or other processes to help them Human rights • Workforce questionnaires • ILO Core Cross-industry do this. demographics Onsite assessments Conventions on platform to share • Impact on workers and audits Key developments in 2020 Rights at Work assessment reports In 2020, part of our group level work was to Supply chain mapping Site-level monitoring, Our standards clarify and update the policy commitments, including worker and principles: standards and expectations we set at group level inductions, site that underpin our efforts to address modern • Human rights policy walkovers, payroll slavery and trafficking. We updated our human • Code of conduct and contract checks rights policy and embedded our labour rights and • Labour rights modern slavery principles in our group OMS, Corrective action and modern meaning that our principles-based approach is plans to address slavery principles now part of the requirements that govern how findings, including we operate. We also issued guidance to our remedy for workers businesses on how to use our labour rights and modern slavery principles. – supporting decent work. Our sustainability We know that there is more work to do and Read more about our sustainability frame frame establishes a set of group-wide aims. that steps taken on decent work and the Together, these steps advance us towards a and advancing human rights at bp.com/ These include: specific objectives and targets elimination of modern slavery are often more more systematic approach – one which has been sustainability and bp.com/humanrights we have set with respect to a just transition, effective when working collaboratively, so we shaped by the lessons we have learned as bp which advances human rights, including will also continue to work with, and learn from, businesses have sought to identify, prioritize and decent work, and with respect to supporting others. External collaboration is an organizing address issues on the ground, by working with sustainable livelihoods, health and wellbeing. theme of our sustainability frame, that will our business partners. These will shape bp’s approach to sustainable inform and enrich the actions we take in pursuit In 2020, we also announced that improving development over the medium term. We will of our sustainability objectives. We expect people’s lives is one of the focus areas of our new be reporting on our progress as part of our our approach to managing the risk of modern sustainability frame. We know that in delivering sustainability reporting. slavery to continue to evolve as we learn from our sustainability frame we need to maintain a our risk reviews, refine our practices and further focus on the vulnerabilities of individual workers Read more about decent work on page 54 strengthen relevant capability in our businesses to risks of modern slavery and – more broadly of the bp sustainability report 2020 and functions. 3 bp modern slavery and human trafficking statement 2020 Introduction continued The impact of COVID-19 bp’s human resources guiding principles required For example, in our Oman production business, 2020 will be remembered for the global pain and that employees taking a period of time away from we took steps to provide workers with access disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. work due to COVID-19 would continue to be paid to food, lodgings, Wi-Fi and phone cards, even In responding to the pandemic our priorities for at least 14 calendar days. The same was true though work had stopped or contracts had come were protecting our people and supporting where a bp workplace was closed due to the to an end. We also conducted work to understand communities where we live and work, as well as COVID-19 pandemic, or where restrictions are worker resilience and socio-economic conditions. strengthening bp’s finances. imposed on the movement of people or the use of public transport. Read more about supporting our workforce COVID-19 severely hampered our ability to work in Oman in the attachment on page 15 on the ground and conduct risk management Read more about supporting our workforce activities in the usual way and made engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic on page 15 with contractors on the delivery of corrective of the bp sustainability report 2020 actions more difficult. Some of bp’s operations Further guidance was issued to our procurement were reduced to essential personnel only. teams on managing relationships with contractors Supporting our workforce and suppliers during COVID-19, which also Our workforce includes bp employees and emphasized the need to take informed decisions contractor workers, recognizing that our role based on consideration of health, safety, security and responsibilities are different with respect and environmental issues, worker welfare and to these two groups. We acknowledge that corporate social responsibility. the pandemic and resulting restrictions on In response to increased risks and impacts movement and economic activity may have had associated with disrupted work patterns, a disproportionate adverse impact on people in reduction in workforce numbers, reduced job our workforce who may have already been more security, delays and changes to earning capability vulnerable, including women, migrant workers, and workers being unable to get home as those who may be subject to discrimination or contracts finished or work slowed, we issued those with underlying health conditions. specific technical guidance to bp businesses to In response we issued guidance to bp businesses consider these factors as part of their contract on measures to help vulnerable people stay management. It encouraged bp businesses