London 2012 blog

Last week I had the pleasure of announcing that BP has become the latest Tier One partner for London 2012.

As Britain’s biggest company, I believe our place is to be right up there, throwing our weight behind London 2012 which is going to be the one of the biggest events ever staged in this country.

The Olympic and Paralympic movements are founded on a belief in human endeavour and high performance. These attributes are also at the heart of BP where today, more than ever, we need great people who, like great sportsmen, are prepared to push the frontiers of achievement. We need them to tackle today’s energy challenges including affordability, energy security and climate change.

As the official Oil and Gas Partner and a Sustainability Partner, we will be using our expertise to not only provide the fuels and lubricants required by the essential vehicles to keep the Games moving but to ensure they are used as efficiently as possible and are the most advanced.

Our launch event, where we were able to see first hand that Britain has some extremely talented young sports people, was held in the British Museum’s magnificent Great Court.


This setting was particularly appropriate for us as BP has a long standing partnership programmes with the British Museum as well as with other leading cultural and educational institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Operate House, the Science Museum, Tate Britain and the Natural History Museum. Over the coming months we will be looking for opportunities to use these initiatives to promote and support the Cultural Olympiad.

London 2012 may be four years off, but our involvement starts now and BP is delighted to be part of this great celebration of human endeavour.