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News

This section lists news published by IPIECA. The latest news appears first, and you can filter items by using the fields on the left.

23-May-2013
IPIECA is pleased to present two new products to mark the UN International Day for Biological Diversity. The theme for 2013 is "water and biodiversity". Making the connection: oil and gas management of natural resources. This product highlights the interface between the management of biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) and water issues throughout upstream onshore oil and...
19-Apr-2013
IPIECA had a wide ranging presence at the SPE European HSE Conference, taking place from 16-18 April 2013, in London, UK. The theme for the conference was ‘Delivering Consistent HSE and SR Performance across Europe,’ highlighting the opportunities the industry has to share best practices and raise the level of performance across the European E&P sector. Alastair Wyness, (...
15-Apr-2013
WBCSD Global Water Tool named a finalist in the Sustainable Silicon Valley Call for Solutions! The competition aims to bring attention to solutions that can have impact while driving public demand for action and market demand for results. The Global Water Tool is also eligible for the "People's Choice" Award, based on public crowd-sourcing. Spread word about this opportunity and...
08-Mar-2013
IPIECA is pleased to report that GEMI has received the Environmental Business Journal’s Award for Social Contribution for its Local Water ToolTM and Local Water Tool for Oil and GasTM. EJB has honoured 50 companies for revenue growth, acquisitions, innovative project designs, technology applications, new practice areas, social contributions and industry leadership in 2012. The...
05-Mar-2013
IPIECA recently attended a Post-2015 Development Agenda Consultation on Water, 27-28 February, at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. The consultation on water is one of 11 multi-stakeholder global thematic consultations initiated by the UN Development Group (UNDG) aiming to bring together stakeholders to review progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and discuss...
26-Oct-2012
IPIECA is a collaborating partner in CH2M HILL's WaterMatch. The WaterMatch Makers University Program will be launched at the 2012 Net Impact Conference, and will engage students in a global grassroots social networking effort CH2M HILL WaterMatch is collaborating with Net Impact to launch the new WaterMatch Makers University Program. This first-of-its-kind program channels the energy and...
17-Oct-2012
Water Project Manager, Ruth Romer, wrote an article on managing water resources sustainably in the oil and gas industry for the Autumn issue of Energy and Environmental Management Magazine. The article outlines how IPIECA is working to improve understanding of how and why water is an important resource along the oil and gas supply chain.  It also focuses on the tools that have been...
23-Mar-2012
To mark World Water Day, The Guardian took a look at the new corporate water risk tools introduced by WRI, Ceres, GEMI and IPIECA.  Read the full article.