On day three of the 2024 Papua New Guinea Investment Week in Sydney, TotalEnergies EP PNG Limited (TotalEnergies), Operator of the Papua LNG Project, had two representatives engage in lively panel discussions on sustainable climate transition investments and strategies to empower women in the workplace.
Left to Right: Adrian Enright, CEO Tasman Environmental Markets; Marie-Alix Dognin HSSE Director TotalEnergies; Debra Sungi, Acting Managing Director CEPA; Katharine Tapley, Head of Sustainable Finance ANZ and James Murphy, Head of Sustainability, Santos. PC: Daniel Lavaiamat
She also talked to existing initiatives around renewable energy, such as the solarization of TotalEnergies buildings, the marketing – at a subsidized price – of solar lamps in remote areas of the Gulf Province, and the provision of solar panel for local communities in Kuriva, Central Province. She emphasized that electrical trains had been introduced in the Papua LNG project design to allow, in the future, the use of solar energy for electricity generation on the Project.
Head of Acceptability and External Communications for TotalEnergies, Hannah Pepson, participated in the “Empowering Workplaces – Strategies for Gender Inclusion and Business Success in PNG” panel. She touched upon the challenges women in Papua New Guinea face within the industry and the misconceptions and biases around women obtaining positions of power.
“TotalEnergies is deeply committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and has implemented several innovative culture change solutions to address bias and promote equality. We continue to foster and promote Bel Isi initiatives as a corporate subscriber,” she said. She stressed that everyone has a responsibility to help contribute to and create the kind of work environment where they can thrive.
Left to Right: Vele Rupa, GM Corp Affairs Steamships; Ellen Maynes, IFC Moderator; Marcia Pokapin, Regional Manager Downstream TWM Group; Hannah Pepson, Head of Acceptability & External Comm TotalEnergies; Isabel Macguire, Country Manager Swire PNG; David Cusik, GM Sales & Ops Rhodes PNG. PC: Daniel Lavaiamat