A Strategic Commitment to Sustainability

The BW Offshore Ethics and Business Conduct compliance programme covers a range of subjects and comprises compliance management activities administered by BW Offshore’s Head of Corporate Integrity, who reports directly to the CEO.

The programme, activities and progress of the Ethics and Business Conduct compliance programme are reported to and discussed by the BW Offshore Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.

BW Offshore has mandatory e-learning modules for all employees that must be completed on a regular basis to ensure that the entire workforce knows and understands the Company’s expectations and commitment to compliance. The Company also provides job-role or geography-specific compliance training on-site, as dictated by the Ethics and Business Conduct risk assessment. The completion rate for the mandatory e-learning modules was 95% in 2019. BW Offshore’s Corporate Integrity team has also given 33 on-site training sessions covering all 10 Company locations. In total, 421 employees, or approximately 52% of the onshore workforce, participated in these additional on-site training sessions.

The Code, Guidelines and other key compliance programme documents and activities (including e-learning) are available in BW Offshore’s common languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and Bahasa Indonesian.

BW Offshore opposes any and all forms of corruption and is—together with the other Companies related to the BW Group—a member of the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network MACN, a global business network working towards the vision of a maritime industry free of corruption that enables fair trade to the benefit of society at large.

Corruption can often be hidden in common forms of disguise, such as through gifts and entertainment, donations, sponsorship or political contributions. The exchange of corporate gifts and entertainment in a business context can help build goodwill and is a legitimate and valuable component of how the Company conducts its business. Instances that are excessive or could be seen to influence decision-making or judgements are not acceptable, and BW Offshore has created corporate reporting and approval mechanisms to review and monitor the giving or receipt of gifts or hospitality.

The Company does not make political contributions, nor does it authorise any personnel or representatives to do so on its behalf. BW Offshore however respects its personnel’s right to voluntarily participate in political and democratic processes with their own time and resources.

BW Offshore is open to providing responsible and ethical community support: sponsorship, charitable contributions and donations, be it in-kind, services, knowledge, or direct financial contributions, aimed at improving the lives and welfare of the local communities in which it operates. The Company is careful to ensure that charitable contributions and sponsorships are not used as a cover for and do not constitute bribery. Appropriate compliance and corporate authorisation review and approval mechanisms are in place for this purpose.

During the 2020 financial year, BW Offshore was not made aware of any confirmed cases of corruption.

BW Offshore supports the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the standards advised by the International Labour Organisation. Slavery, forced labour, child labour, torture and other violations of human rights are totally unacceptable. As part of our commitment to anti-slavery and adherence to human rights, BW Offshore performs risk assessment, due diligence and monitoring on both its own activities and operations and those of its business partners.

In accordance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, an annual statement is published describing our commitment. 

Here are the statements of BW Offshore.

BW Offshore Modern Slavery Statement 2020
BW Offshore Modern Slavery Statement 2019

BW Offshore encourages open discussions about responsible conduct and if any relevant party discovers any unethical or illegal practice or finds themselves in an ethical dilemma, they are obliged to seek advice.

It is every BW Offshore Representative’s responsibility to conduct their activities in accordance with the BW Offshore Purpose & Principles and with good, ethical judgment consistent with the requirements of our Code and Guidelines however, they are not alone in this effort and are encouraged to raise questions, dilemmas, concerns or any suspected instances of non-compliance to the Head of Corporate Integrity.

This can be done directly or through use of the BW Offshore "Speak Up Channel" found via the company intranet and accessible through published phone numbers. Access to the “Speak Up Channel” is also available  to our external business partners, as notified to them through our onboarding activities, through our Qualification process or in contractual documents provided. Alternately, BW Offshore's Head of Corporate Integrity can be contacted on bccompliance@bwoffshore.com

Our CEO and the BW Offshore management commits that no retaliation will be taken against any personnel for raising any concern, question, grievance or complaint in good faith. All reports will be treated confidentially and will be investigated promptly, thoroughly and fairly. Reports received and questions asked through the ‘Speak Up Channel’ function are communicated to the BW Offshore Board of Directors on a quarterly basis—with as much detail as is practical based on the Company’s commitments to confidentiality.