The Training Toolkit provides managers with a template that can be used and adapted to conform to a company’s policy or position on human rights and applicable domestic laws and regulations.

Please visit the SRWG human rights page to download all four sections of the toolkit, in English, French and Spanish.

A hard copy of the Training Toolkit, which contains a CD-ROM with all of the necessary materials, can be requested directly from the IPIECA Secretariat.

This guide has been developed to assist members of the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) and their stakeholders to better understand and manage the risks associated with the social, political, environmental and economic impact of growing (encroaching) urban populations. For the purpose of this guide, urban encroachment is used to describe the societal and risk impacts associated with increased urban growth near oil and gas facilities and infrastructure. As urban centres grow, the pressures increase on pre-existing industrial facilities to reduce their environmental footprint or relocate altogether. The implications of urban encroachment bring with it added costs, increased risks and often unwanted public exposure. Managing these issues can be resource intensive if not undertaken early and often during the lifecycle of a facility.

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Social investment (SI) programmes are defined as the voluntary contributions companies make to the communities and broader societies where they operate, with the objective of benefiting external stakeholders, typically through the transfer of skills or resources. This guidance document aims to address the question of how to create successful and sustainable community investments and how to measure their success.

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The purpose of this Guide is to provide, in a simple and accessible format, basic guidance on risk assessment and risk management in conflict settings that oil and gas companies might face. These include conflicts between companies and local communities which are directly related to the presence and operations of the companies themselves, as well as wider social and political conflicts in which companies are not directly involved but which are very likely to impact on companies operating in such conflict environments.

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The oil and gas industry operates in some of the most challenging places in the world and faces complex human rights-related issues both at home and abroad. Ensuring good human rights policy and practice, both internally and externally, has therefore become a critical issue. This publication describes some of the ways in which oil and gas companies are actively involved in promoting human rights and ethical business practices at the operations level and in international policy discussions. The report summarizes IPIECA activities on human rights and ethics, and highlights related efforts by IPIECA oil and gas member companies. These efforts are illustrated by representative case studies and related industry-led partnership projects.

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This guide outlines the use of Social Impact Assessments by the oil and gas industry. It provides managers of existing oil and gas operations or new projects with an understanding of how to make the best use of SIAs.

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In April 2003, IPIECA hosted an international Stakeholder Dialogue, facilitated by Business for Social Responsibility. This two-day Dialogue brought together an equal number of industry representatives and stakeholders ranging from NGOs, public sector/multilateral organisations and academia.

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Over the last decade, oil and gas companies have placed increasing emphasis on building partnerships and integrating stakeholder concerns into the overall project management cycle. Also, international lenders now place greater emphasis on social impact planning and mitigation of potentially adverse effects as conditions for project funding.

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This publication, produced jointly with the United Nations Environment Programme, aims to demonstrate through actual experiences, the contribution of international and national petroleum industry partnerships in economic development and environmental protection through technology cooperation and capacity building.

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