LOOKING FORWARD - HEALTH AS A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ISSUE IN THE 21 ST CENTURY

LOOKING FORWARD - HEALTH AS A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ISSUE IN THE 21 ST CENTURY

LOOKING FORWARD - HEALTH AS A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ISSUE IN THE 21 ST CENTURY February 2004 Published by ENERGY INSTITUTE, LONDON The Energy Institute is a professional membership body incorporated by Royal Charter 2003 Registered charity number 1097899

The Energy Institute gratefully acknowledges the financial contributions towards the scientific and technical programme from the following companies: ENI Amerada Hess Ltd BG Group BHP Billiton Limited BP Exploration Operating Co Ltd BP Oil UK Ltd ChevronTexaco Ltd ConocoPhillips Ltd Conoco UK Ltd Enterprise Oil plc ExxonMobil International Ltd Kerr-McGee North Sea (UK) Ltd Kuwait Petroleum International Ltd Murco Petroleum Ltd Shell UK Oil Products Limited Shell U.K. Exploration and Production Ltd Statoil (U.K.) Limited Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd Total E&P UK plc Total UK Limited Copyright 2004 by the Energy Institute, London: The Energy Institute is a professional membership body incorporated by Royal Charter 2003. Registered charity number 1097899, England All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced by any means, or transmitted or translated into a machine language without the written permission of the publisher. The information contained in this publication is provided as guidance only and while every reasonable care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of its contents, the Energy Institute cannot accept any responsibility for any action taken, or not taken, on the basis of this information. The Energy Institute shall not be liable to any person for any loss or damage which may arise from the use of any of the information contained in any of its publications. The above disclaimer is not intended to restrict or exclude liability for death or personal injury caused by own negligence. ISBN 0 85293 403 3 Published by the Energy Institute Further copies can be obtained from Portland Customer Services, Commerce Way, Whitehall Industrial Estate, Colchester CO2 8HP, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 1206 796 351 email: sales@portland-services.com

CONTENTS Introduction... vii Page Acknowledgements... viii 1 An occupational health view on health in business... 1 Dr M Roberts Corporate Medical Director, BP 2 Management view of health interventions in the workplace... 7 Tom Knudson Head Global HR, Conoco 3 Workforce view of health interventions in the workplace... 11 Chris Ball National Secretary (Working Environment) Amicus 4 Environment and health... 15 Professor J Ashton CBE, University of Liverpool 5 The Government perspective of occupational health provision... 23 Anna Bliss Health and Safety Executive 6 The European perspective of occupational health provision... 27 Jean-Philippe Gennart Industrial Hygiene and Product Stewardship Coordinator, TotalFinaElf 7 The economics of occupational health provision... 31 Paul Miller Lecturer, Nottingham University 8 Discussion... 37 v

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INTRODUCTION By Lucy Wright Chairman, EI s Health Technical Committee The Energy Institute s (formerly the Institute of Petroleum) Occupational, Environmental Medical Subcommittee commissioned a workshop in 2002 to explore Health as a Business Management Issue in the 21 st Century. The aim of the workshop was to bring together a range of different views on occupational health provision within industry, and how this should develop in years to come. The various speakers were from the UK, USA and mainland Europe, and represented academia, industry and regulatory bodies. This document is a record of the presentations given, and also the discussion which followed. The Committee hopes you find it an interesting and informative read. vii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This workshop was held by the Institute of Petroleum on 8 th March 2002, and led by Lucy Wright with guidance from the Institute s Sub-Committee for Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Members: Dr L Wright (Chair) BP Dr B Anderson Dr C Bishop Dr I Bouskill Dr T Carter Dr M Doig Dr M Dyer Dr J P Gennart Dr I Lambert Dr B Ludlow` Mr M Maeso Dr C Roythorne Dr C Weddell BP Caltex UK Shell DETR ChevronTexaco ConocoPhillips TotalFinaElf Bentley Cars Jaguar Cars Energy Institute BP ExxonMobil The ideas and views expressed in the following papers are those of the authors and should not be seen as being those of the Institute. Although it is believed that the ideas presented here will be of assistance, the Energy Institute cannot accept responsibility for any damage arising or otherwise as a result of the application of such ideas in whole or in part. viii