As Chief Executive of DCC Energy and President of the World Liquid Gas Association, Donal Murphy has spent time over the past six months in conversation with industry leaders, policymakers and energy stakeholders around the world. Those conversations culminated recently at the inaugural IEA–WLGA LPG Leadership Forum in Paris, bringing together governments, industry and the International Energy Agency to discuss the future of energy resilience, security and accessibility.

As Head of Group Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) at DCC Energy, James Whieldon leads the HSE function comprising over 70 HSE professionals across the DCC Energy group. Here, he talks about what it takes to build a genuine safety culture in a large energy business – and why the goal is simple, even when the work is not.

Growing a retail network across Europe is one thing; running it efficiently is another. DCC's answer was a central operations hub in Drogheda, Ireland – and more than a decade on, that decision is paying dividends across 1,100 service stations.