In the Field
Alyeska honored for diversity, inclusion practices

Alyeska received the Anchorage Mayor’s 2005 Business Diversity Award on Oct 1, 2005. This award is given to an Anchorage business that best represents a corporate spirit of diversity through hiring practices, programs and community outreach. Alyeska embraces a work environment that promotes diversity, development and successful job performance for its employees with programs that emphasize inclusion and understanding.

Alyeska’s vision of becoming the world’s best-run pipeline depends on having an outstanding work force. To this end, Alyeska has expanded its definition of diversity beyond the usual categories of race, gender, age and religion to include diversity of thought. This broader definition benefits Alyeska giving it a more dynamic, qualified and creative workforce that is committed to maintaining the highest standards of safety, operational integrity and environmental performance.

Diversity is a common theme and key business driver in everything the company does, from employee training and development programs to the many community initiatives it supports.

“I’ve been affiliated with Alyeska as a member of their President’s Community Panel for the past three years,” said Vicki Otte, Executive Director of the Association of ANCSA Regional Corporations Presidents and CEOs. “I have been impressed with Alyeska’s attention to diversity and inclusion. I’ve seen firsthand how much time and effort the company invests to ensure that its staff reflects the diversity of our community.”

Alyeska is currently reconfiguring the Trans Alaska Pipeline System replacing four diesel-powered pump stations with electrically powered systems. These upgrades, combined with increased automation and upgraded control systems, will result in work force reductions during the next three years. The company will remain firmly committed to its publicly stated goals of diversity and inclusion throughout this transition period. Alyeska’s current workforce demographics mirror those for the state of Alaska at-large. It also allocates more than 43 percent of its annual contracted goods and services budget to women and minority-owned businesses – a total of more than $140 million dollars per year.

Anchorage Mayor’s Diversity Week is a community-wide campaign combining business, civic, religious and educational leadership to help combat prejudice and continue to promote diversity.