Ipieca supports the oil and gas industry’s participation in international collaboration to transition to a low-carbon world in a way that is just and fair for workforces, communities and consumers.

As oil and gas companies transition their portfolios to meet lower-carbon requirements and commitments, the skills and jobs required will shift. Addressing the impacts on those who currently depend on the oil and gas industry for jobs and energy, while also promoting long-term opportunities for decent work and sustainable livelihoods is therefore a key element of supporting a just transition.

Achieving this transition will require collaboration between governments, employers, businesses, unions, communities, civil society, UN agencies and other international organizations. Ipieca members are collaborating broadly to upskill, reskill and invest in new business models for a just transition.

Member progress

150 countries and 1.1 million people
Ipieca’s corporate and associate membership operates in 150 countries and employs 1.1 million people globally*

Examples of member action

  • Supporting green skills and education initiatives on Teesside
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    bp signed a memorandum of understanding in March 2022 with Redcar & Cleveland College to develop educational programmes for clean energy industries, including a Clean Energy Education Hub funded by GBP 50,000 from bp. Together, they'll create a careers pathway plan focusing on skills demand for proposed projects in the region, aligning higher education, apprenticeships, and professional courses with employer needs.

    This initiative aims to equip people with green career skills and support Teesside's transition into a low-carbon energy hub. The partnership also involves supporting primary, secondary, and college students, inspiring them to pursue clean energy careers. Furthermore, bp will back the Children Challenging Industry programme in 22 primary schools, allowing young people to experience science in an industrial context. These efforts are part of bp's commitment to social and community investment, contributing to job creation and economic growth in the region. Through projects like Net Zero Teesside Power and H2Teesside, bp aims to create significant economic value and thousands of jobs in Teesside, supporting its role in the UK's energy transition.

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  • Strengthening cooperation on an industrial relations system for the energy transition
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    The economic scenario calls for a collective commitment to an effective and inclusive industrial relations system. In December 2020, Eni signed the Industrial Relation Protocol Together, a model of industrial relations to support the energy transition and to sustain its ongoing transformation.

    As part of the commitments of Eni Protocol, Eni then signed the Government Expansion Agreement for 2021 and for the two-year period 2022-2023, which provides for the induction of new skills, the upskilling and reskilling of all human capital in the company, and the adoption of a voluntary early retirement plan. These actions will support the development of the future workforce needed to support the energy transition. As part of the continuous and transparent dialogue with labour organisations, Eni agile work model was revised and Eni recently signed the Protocol of Initiatives and Services for the well-being of Eni people.

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Related resources

Good practice guidance, awareness briefings and webinars to support companies to support a just transition for workforces.

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Just transition literature reviewAwareness briefViewArrow-right
Environmental and social good practice for the energy transition: a compendium of Ipieca good practicesAwareness briefViewArrow-right

View the Ipieca Principles toolkit and Ipieca-WBCSD SDG Roadmap for more suggested actions, useful resources and reference points.

*Stats based on desktop research conducted on member companies July- September 2024.

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