bp empowers UK workforce via wellbeing services
Published on: Jul 18, 2023
The firm has become the first energy company to partner with Retail Trust so that its associates and their families can have access to counseling and medical support services.
bp announced it has become the first energy company to partner with the Retail Trust, the retail industry charity.
The mobility firm’s 6,700 colleagues working at company owned retail sites in the UK, and their families, will be able to access a range of personalized wellbeing resources, including a virtual GP, counseling services and support.
The Retail Trust will also give bp access to its new ‘better you’ happiness assessment. This service provides retailers with tailored data, insights and plans to manage wellbeing across their business, and staff with a personalized programme of clinically-advised support. It will also provide accredited training to over 300 bp store managers so they can support their teams’ wellbeing.
“We want to raise the number of touchpoints customers have with bp to more than 15 million per day globally and, in order to do this, we know we must continue to invest in and take care of our colleagues. As Retail Trust partners, we will provide our teams with access to tools that boost their health and wellbeing, as well as seek to support the valuable work the Trust is doing across the UK to support retail workers,” said Sonya Adams, VP mobility and convenience retail UK at bp.
Over 200 other major British retailers work with the Retail Trust to help improve the mental health of the retail workforce amidst falling morale across the industry. A survey of 1,500 retail staff for the Retail Trust’s Health of Retail report in June found 80% are experiencing declining mental health due to issues such as concerns around their finances and abuse from customers.
