Meeting the world’s evolving energy needs requires attracting and retaining a world-class workforce and cultivating an inclusive environment, supported by our SPIRIT Values, where everyone is encouraged and able to contribute — no matter their role, level or location. This is how innovation thrives, leading to better business outcomes. 

At ConocoPhillips, we believe our people power the future of energy. We’re experts in what we do and continuously find ways to do our jobs better. How we do our work sets us apart and drives our performance. We foster an inclusive culture that benefits all employees and values the rich mixture of backgrounds, ideas, experiences and perspectives of our people, built on fair and consistent practices that support all employees in unlocking their full potential. 

In 2024, we took multiple steps to reinforce our SPIRIT Values-based culture, particularly as we prepared to welcome new employees following the Marathon Oil transaction. At an enterprise level, we foster an inclusive culture through:

• Performance management: All employees receive a “how” rating as part of our performance management process.  This rating holds our workforce and our leaders accountable for behaviors, including those that contribute to an inclusive culture.

• Recognition: We offer multiple tools for employee and team recognition for outstanding performance. Our supervisor- and employee-driven internal recognition program, The Mark Award, enables employees to recognize their peers for individual accomplishments through monetary and non-monetary awards for going above and beyond in their day-to-day work or completing significant project milestones. In addition, the company hosts the annual SPIRIT of Performance Awards that celebrate teams and individuals that demonstrate excellence and impact.  

• Employee engagement surveys: Taking steps to measure and assess employee satisfaction and engagement is at the heart of long-term business success and creates a great place to work for our global workforce. Since 2019, the ConocoPhillips Perspectives survey has become our primary listening platform for gathering feedback on employee sentiment and strengthening our culture. Leaders analyze the survey data and comments and identify focus areas for action, striving for incremental year-over-year progress on results. Our employee feedback strategy is comprised of an annual engagement survey and shorter ad hoc pulse surveys.

• Employee Resource Groups: We sponsor broad participation in our Employee Resource Groups and align their work to specific focus areas – such as increasing access to leaders and expanding development opportunities – that add value to both employees and the company. Participation in our Employee Resource Groups is open to all employees.

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