KENYA – TSAVO Oilfield Services, a premier energy consultancy serving the Oil & Gas, Geothermal and Mining sectors within the East African region, has become a signatory of the Equal by 30 campaign, alongside 7 key partners across the African continent, including the African Energy Chamber.
“It fills me with great joy to join and support the Equal by 30 campaign. I know too well just how vital a role women can play in the energy sector, when they seize opportunities and create them, as I have been able to do,” said Eng. Elizabeth Rogo, Founder & CEO of TSAVO Oilfield Services and President – East Africa, for the African Energy Chamber.
To further the aims of Equal by 30, TSAVO commited to the objectives of offering a safe, transparent, respectful and inclusive work environment and attractive opportunities for development for all their staff.
They are committed to providing training opportunities to all employees to avoid toxic or misogynistic working environments, so that their workplaces are free of harassment, violence and bullying behaviours for all.
Their equality principles are embedded in their organizational manual and their code of conduct, which all employees must abide by and promote internally.
They are committed to attracting more women in all departments, while being aware that there is a shortage of women willing and/or able to perform technical or operations jobs in challenging field conditions.
“I want more women to become involved and to show the next generation that the sky is the limit! Women are incredibly bright and resourceful – I’ve seen that time and again throughout my career. We must help bring down barriers to women’s participation in energy, especially in Africa,” Eng. Rogo said.
To emphasize on that, they commit to nurturing and creating opportunities to encourage girls and women to take up STEM subjects and pursue careers in the energy industry as best they can in their networks.
They are aiming for approximately 50% representation of women across all levels – including in the leadership team and at board level, by the year 2030.
“It’s my great honour to encourage women around me in all that I do and I look forward to championing this campaign in all our efforts. As we continue to push for gender diversity and women empowerment, we value the participation of the men in the energy sector who walk with us and support this initiative, including at TSAVO. The inclusion of women in all aspects of the energy sector is at the core of who we are and what we represent.” Eng. Rogo added.
They also committed to providing fair compensation and equal pay for work of equal value. They commit to providing career progression opportunities.
Importantly, they commit to nurturing the women in their company, so that they may eventually become Ambassadors in their field, championing the Equal by 30 Initiative.
Finally, they commit to encouraging their clients and partners to have a strong inclusive agenda, which will further facilitate women’s involvement in the energy industry.
“As of 6 May 2020, with the 7 organisations signing on, we are now at 144 signatories in total, including 118 organisations, 13 partners and 13 governments,” concluded Eng. Rogo.
Equal by 30 is led and based at Natural Resources Canada, a division of the Government of Canada.
