Employee health

A healthy workforce benefits our business and the broader community. At ExxonMobil, we provide programs and services to help our employees live healthier lives. We incorporate workforce and community health considerations into project planning.

Participation in prevention programs is key to maintaining a healthy workforce and responding to emerging health issues. In 2010, a cholera outbreak occurred in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. In response, we established a cholera response working group to identify measures to prevent further spread of the disease. Initiatives like publishing prevention-related materials for employees and contractors, establishing a screening process upon camp entry, ensuring adequate handwashing facilities, and establishing cholera triage areas prevented the spread of cholera to project worksites. Through a partnership with the Salvation Army, the project also helped establish a community cholera care clinic in Port Moresby.

Workplace Malaria Control Program
Approximately half of the world’s population live in areas at risk of malaria transmission. ExxonMobil has established strong business partnerships to effectively protect employees and contractors working in malaria-prone areas. Our Malaria Control Program comprehensively combats malaria through awareness, mosquito bite prevention, preventive medication, and early diagnosis and treatment. Insecticide use is kept to a minimum to protect the health of our workers and to minimize environmental impacts.

We track employee and contractor incidences of malaria in eight countries with upstream operations. In 2010, 11 malaria cases were reported out of the thousands of nonimmune workers located in or visiting endemic areas. Approximately 98 percent of workers tested were compliant with preventive drug regimens.

Employee StopAIDS
Our workplace HIV/AIDS program, StopAIDS, combines risk mitigation education with access to community-based care and treatment to keep healthy workers disease-free and to educate HIV-positive workers on living safely with the illness. ExxonMobil does not test for HIV, and HIV status is not a factor in determining an employee’s ability to work.

More broadly, in December 2010, ExxonMobil affiliates in Nigeria and Papua New Guinea supported World AIDS Day. Activities to commemorate the day included employee and contractor communications from senior managers, educational leaflets, souvenirs, and donations to local health centers.