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Today at Shell Energy, we are celebrating Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging with a jam packed schedule for our employees. This year our focus is on Invisible Disabilities. An inclusive workplace values all employees for their strengths. We all have different talents, attributes and skills which is why one of our core values is to Embrace Differences. Our wonderful colleague Char, also shares what D&I means to them.
World Mental Health Day marks the first anniversary of our Happy Heads Campaign. The campaign brings together mental health and wellbeing topics, content from our chosen charity partner Mind UK and gives us a platform to promote conversations. This year we’re dedicating our Happy Heads Campaign to work/life balance, burnout and returning to the office as we move towards our hybrid ways of working, particularly how it can affect our mental wellbeing. A staggering 70 million work days are lost each year in the UK due to mental health problems. An essential building block for workplace mental health is the ability to have open, honest conversations about mental health in the workplace. We Care is one of our core values underpinning our wellbeing focus. Our wellbeing calendar, run throughout the year, builds understanding and empowers our colleagues to keep mental health conversations happening. #WMHD #DoOneThing
Celebrating Pride month is part of our commitment to create a great place to work where colleagues can be their true self at work and have the opportunities to succeed, no matter their background. Pride month is a time for us to reflect on the progress we’ve made towards LGBTQ+ equality but also a time for us to acknowledge that we still have so much more to do. Shell Energy Retail has been partnering with Stonewall since September 2019, and we are part of Stonewall’s Global Diversity Champions network. Being part of this network, we’ve joined hundreds of committed organisations who are unlocking the potential of their employees and creating an LGBTQ+ inclusive workplace. Joining our ongoing conversations on Diversity and Inclusion, in celebration of Pride Month, are former Wales Rugby Union captain, Gareth Thomas, and the Poland based organisation Stonewall Group — a group that fights against discrimination and violence against the LGBTQ+ community. We wish all our colleagues and customers a happy Pride. #Pridemonth #Acceptancewithoutexception
Today at Shell Energy Retail we’re hosting our first Diversity and Inclusion Day. We’re celebrating our diverse talent, histories and perspectives, welcoming stories from colleagues and our inspirational guest speakers. “It’s no coincidence that we’re holding our first Diversity and Inclusion Day today, as it’s also World Day for Cultural Diversity. The day is an opportunity to deepen our understanding of the values of a truly diverse and inclusive culture. It’s about how we enable regular, honest and sometimes difficult conversations, at every level of the business – so that everyone feels comfortable talking about differences and showing up as their true self. I want to thank our Diversity and Inclusion Network for helping us craft our Exec-sponsored Commitments and for their dedication in bringing this day to life. It’s right that we enable everyone to be the very best they can be, it enriches us all.” John Wrighthouse, Chief People Officer #Diversityandinclusion #worlddayforculturaldiversity
Our Shell Energy Retail values were developed by colleagues across the business. Demonstrating every day that We Care, We Embrace Differences, We Evolve and We Deliver, we each take a collective step towards a better energy future. We appreciated everyone’s contribution during our Happy Heads campaign for Mental Health Week last week. We will continue to bring We Care to life through the volunteered stories of our 27-strong Wellbeing Champion Network, the 24/7 employee assistance line and the tools in our Wellbeing Centre. “We Care reminds colleagues they are not alone and we can help. I really hope we can be there for our colleagues when they need us most. We will continue to develop support for mental wellbeing, welcoming ideas and feedback.” Catrinel Stanila, Head of Colleague Experience.
This year’s theme for International Women's Day is #choosetochallenge which continues to encourage everyone to identify, celebrate and increase visibility of women's achievements to help forge equality. We’ve committed to not only being a great place to work, but to build an organisation that truly represents the make-up of our customers, communities and colleagues at all levels - in order to become one of the most diverse and inclusive employers. We’re working towards a fairer and more inclusive business culture, which supports all of our colleagues to reach their full potential. We're asking all our colleagues - Feel confident to raise your hand high if you feel something needs saying, to show that you commit to choose to challenge and to call out inequality. We can all choose to challenge and call out gender bias and inequality AND we can all choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. From challenge comes change, so let's all choose to challenge. #IWD2021 #ChooseToChallenge
At Shell Enery Retail employee advocacy helps to amplify two of our core values - We Care and We Evolve. The personal feedback that our colleagues voluntarily share on Glassdoor helps us to ensure these values are being lived at all levels of the business. It's thanks to our colleagues for sharing their thoughts throughout the year that we have received a Glassdoor Best Places to Work Award. Please keep sharing your thoughts, we will keep listening - thank you!
Katie, Product Manager at Shell Energy, is part of the team that developed our Carbon Neutral Go Further energy tariff, which gives our customers the option of switching to carbon neutral home energy. We are committed to the move towards cleaner energy solutions, which is why we're making this easy for our customers too. Watch Katie's story below to see how she's helping to make it easier for households to switch to carbon neutral home energy, including her dad's. #makethefuture #RenewableElectricty
Elvin Nagamootoo, Head of Product Management at Shell Energy Retail, heads up the product team whose work involves understanding the energy demands of the future to enable us to offer cleaner energy choices to customers across the UK. Watch Elvin’s story below to learn about his ambition to help people to find new ways to reduce their carbon footprint. #makethefuture
Lockdown is a challenging time for business, but it’s even tougher for the charity sector. Earlier in the year Mind UK was selected by our UK colleagues as Shell Energy's charity of the year. With lockdown and remote working, we’ve had to rethink our fundraising activities, but we haven’t let that stop us. Last week our People team held a “virtual” fundraising day with activities ranging from races, fancy dress, hair dyeing and a pub quiz, to a culmination in an ice bucket challenge. It’s more important than ever to support the vital work of this national mental health charity. Mind UK campaign to improve services, raise awareness and promote understanding of mental health problems, and how they can affect our day to day lives. We’re proud that, even in lockdown, we’ve been able to make a contribution towards such a fantastic cause. https://www.mind.org.uk/ #charity #community #MindUK
