Community Support

Social and Community

A long time before sustainable development was familiar, as it is today, SBM Offshore focused on the social and economic benefits it could bring to client countries, in particular the developing ones. This was not only consistent with the company’s ethical business principles, but it often provided the additional benefit of obtaining more business in the countries in question. Our responsibilities towards society and local Communities are to support and promote human rights and contribute to social welfare in the communities where we operate.

Community Engagements

The Company operates offshore facilities in a large number of countries worldwide under long-term contracts and it frequently undertakes construction activities in the fabrication yards of developing countries. Wherever SBM Offshore operates in the world, its goal is to be responsive to community needs and to maximize local content by utilizing as much as possible in-country resources and products and by making the maximum use of local manpower. Skill-development and technology-transfer is pursued through training programs to improve the technical capabilities of the local labor force. In this matter, SBM Offshore hereby confirms the policy it has established for several years.

The Company has taken a number of initiatives to support social programs in countries where we have business activities. Regular meetings with these organizations and review of their programs continue to affirm both the legitimacy and the effectiveness of the Company’s sponsorship.

For specific information about how SBM Offshore supports the communities in which it operates, click here.