CWT
Only Half of Global Leaders in the Oil and Gas Sector Say Their Companies
Have Traveler Health and Safety Programs in Place
21-Nov-2019 / 07:00 GMT/BST
Only Half of Global Leaders in the Oil and Gas Sector Say Their Companies
Have Traveler Health and Safety Programs in Place
Minneapolis, 21 November 2019: CWT, the B2B4E travel management platform,
and its Energy, Resources and Marine (ERM) division, found through
independent research, that only 52% of C-suite and senior executives say
their organizations have traveler health and safety programs in place. While
only 32% say their organizations measure and report on the impact of
traveler well-being, according to CWT ERM's annual report, 2020 Vision: A
Close Look at the Well-Being of Traveling Employees [1], published today.
This year's ERM report is the first to focus primarily on the well-being of
traveling employees and includes an independent global survey of nearly 400
C-suite executives and senior leaders in the oil and gas industry.
"The energy, resources and marine industries have long been leaders in
understanding and addressing health and safety for their traveling
workforce, not least because of the complexities ERM travelers uniquely face
en route to, and when they arrive at, their often-remote destinations," said
Raphaël Pasdeloup, Senior Vice President and Global Head of CWT ERM.
"We're going beyond just getting employees to their worksites safe and on
time. We want to make sure they are rested when they get to work too," he
added. "As such, we want to encourage organizational cultures that support
the well-being of traveling employees while they're on the job, and after
they've returned to their normal routines through monitoring and measured
assessments. As our report shows, more work needs to be done in this area."
The 'always-on' work culture and impact on decision-making
As work-related travel continues to rise and traveling employees are
becoming more connected than ever before, the notion of always being on,
regardless of the time zone, and the lack of privacy and downtime, is making
travel more stressful today than in the past, the report finds. And in ERM,
this could pose an immediate safety risk, where fatigue-induced
decision-making, while on a rig or inside a mine, could put a worker in
harm's way.
Organizations' top priorities when it comes to traveler well-being
Safety and risk mitigation emerged on top of an organization's highest
priorities when it comes to the health and safety of traveling employees,
with concerns over productivity, health, and well-being coming close behind,
according to the report.
In addition to adopting new technologies to manage issues like fatigue, jet
lag, exercise and nutrition, the report also offers recommendations on
building an organizational culture that supports employee well-being,
including getting buy-in from leaders making travel-related decisions and
defining targeted interventions to support wellness while traveling.
About the survey
The independent survey was conducted through the oilandgaspeople.com, a jobs
and news source for the oil and gas industry with over three million
members. The survey took place in September 2019 with 388 respondents that
are C-suite and senior executives in leadership roles in the oil and gas
industry globally. About 26% of respondents were from North America, 22%
Europe, 19% from Africa, and 33% from Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the
Middle East.
About CWT Energy, Resources & Marine [2]
With 40 years of experience, CWT Energy, Resources & Marine (ERM) provides
specialist travel management solutions for many of the world's leading
companies in the oil & gas, mining, offshore, marine and alternative
energies industries. Operating in some of the most remote and inaccessible
parts of the world, as well as more mainstream locations, ERM works to make
the complex easy when it comes to getting people safely and efficiently to
their place of work. We facilitate the movement of thousands of travelers
every day, including 900 crew rotators, across 150 countries, using
innovative technology along with accurate, reliable and simple solutions
from flight bookings and crew rotations, to ground transportation and
accommodation.
If you would like to find out more, follow us on LinkedIn [3].
About CWT [4]
CWT is a Business-to-Business-for-Employees (B2B4E) travel management
platform. Companies and governments rely on us to keep their people
connected - anywhere, anytime, anyhow - and across six continents, we
provide their employees with innovative technology and an efficient, safe
and secure travel experience. Every single day, we look after enough
travelers to fill more than 100,000 hotel rooms, while our meetings and
events division handles more than 100 events every 24 hours.
Follow us on Facebook [5], LinkedIn [6], and Twitter [7].
Media contact:
Christine Kashkari
T: +1.612.300.8660
ckashkari@mycwt.com
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