IMPROVING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION WITHIN THE TANK STORAGE SECTOR

A look at the points raised by Ollie Folayan in Tank Storage Magazine’s October webinar DIVERSITY and inclusion are buzzwords that seem to be everywhere at the moment. But in a world where differences, at least by many people, are now being celebrated, is the tank storage sector doing enough to encourage people of colour, or women, or people with disabilities, or members of the LGBTQ+ community to join the industry? Or can more be done? In Tank Storage Magazine’s most recent webinar, Dr Ollie Folayan, a process engineer in the oil and gas industry, member of the Oil & Gas UK Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce, and co-founder of AFBE-UK, formerly known as the Association for Black Engineers, sought to answer those questions. Folayan began the webinar by looking at the state of the world at the moment, and highlighting movements he believes demonstrate that we are living in the midst of a social revolution, such as Black Lives Matter, Me Too, and Take Back Control. All of these movements gained momentum through social media, which is now incredibly widespread throughout society. One of the things this has been calling out for is a desire for increased empowerment, for...