Woodside Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP)
Woodside has released the 2011-2015 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), which will underpin the companies efforts over the next five years to advance reconciliation within our company and the wider community.
This is Woodside’s second RAP, building on our inaugural 2010 RAP that was implemented over a 12 month period.
The five year timeframe of this RAP allows for longer-term commitments, which Woodside is determined to translate into better outcomes for Indigenous communities.
Every commitment in this RAP, grouped under the headings of Respect, Relationships and Opportunities, is defined by a set of measurable goals to be achieved between now and 2015.
Key targets include:
• Tripling Woodside’s Indigenous workforce in 2009-2012 period, and our Australian based
workforce to reflect the demographics of WA’s Indigenous population by 2015;
• 750 Woodside employees to attend cultural awareness training;
• 100% increase in Woodside’s Reconciliation Interest Group membership;
• Support over 200 Indigenous students to participate in science and engineering education camps;
• Support 30 Indigenous students to participate in Aspiration Initiative in WA;
• Support 50 Indigenous students in the Follow The Dream program;
• Support 100 Indigenous students to participate in the Clontarf Foundation program;
• 100 Indigenous people to participate in South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council Community Leadership Course;
• Support 5 Indigenous organisations to complete governance training.
The commitments in this RAP build on Woodside’s 2011 achievements that include:
• Increasing Woodside’s Indigenous employment by over 50% in 2011. There are now 84 Indigenous employees at Woodside and a further 35 people on our Indigenous training pathway programs.
• Support for the Roebourne and Karratha Clontarf academies, with more than 120 Indigenous students participating.
• Support for the Follow the Dream program through the Polly Farmer Foundation in the West Pilbara and Kimberley regions, with more than 60 Indigenous students participating.
• 160 Woodside staff members of the Woodside Reconciliation Interest Group.
We are proud of these and other reconciliation achievements, at the same time acknowledging that they are just the first steps on a long journey of reconciliation for Woodside.