Health
Working towards a responsible and caring culture that enables our people to perform to the best of their potential.
Health
Working towards a responsible and caring culture that enables our people to perform to the best of their potential.
Health Committee
The Health Committee develops scientifically robust, evidence-based guidance and recommendations on a range of strategic health issues, including occupational, environmental, and public health. It works towards a responsible and caring culture that enables people to perform to the best of their potential.
2022 highlights
- Shifted our COVID response team to a ‘monitor and maintain’ stance
- Updated Report 384 – Health risk assessment and management
- Published Report 654 – Managing medical emergencies and primary
healthcare delivery - Began forming a ‘health in the energy transition’ expert group
2023 work plan
In 2023, the Health Committee will update one of its existing Reports, 559 – Infectious Disease
Management, and begin work examining the health impacts of the energy transition and newer
technologies on energy workers and the communities they serve.
We will continue to develop our relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO), and
monitor the still extant COVID-19 pandemic, updating as may be necessary our guidance on
testing, vaccines, and Report 605 – Pandemic management in the oil and gas industry.
We will promote our newest Report, Managing medical emergencies and primary healthcare
delivery, with a series of dedicated webinars, and publish an upcoming Report on health
standards for living quarters.
Collaboration
In 2022, the Health Committee established a key interface with the WHO. We foresee this to deepen and to open opportunities for our industry to help progress WHO priorities and to bring our voice to the table.
Further, the Health Committee represents IOGP as a formal supporter of Building Responsibly, a construction industry initiative, to help progress and support worker rights and welfare across the world.
The Committee also supports the Faculty of Remote and Rural Health Care, part of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.
Contacts
- Chair: Guillermo Gomez, ENI
- Vice Chairs: Susanne Schunder-Tatzber, OMV; Kees de Rooij, ExxonMobil
- Director: Steve Norton
For more information, contact Committee Co-ordinator, Marinara Rosa mro@iogp.org
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