News and insights

• 22 March 2026

The 2026 theme ‘Water and gender’ emphasises safe drinking water and sanitation as fundamental human rights and critical enablers of gender equality, directly contributing to Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 6.

• 2 December 2025

Two years on from Ipieca’s first water peer to peer workshop in Paris, 2023, water specialists from across the industry convened in Doha, Qatar, for the second water peer-to-peer workshop, hosted by Qatar Shell.

• 10 November 2023

The three-day workshop, run by Ipieca and hosted by TotalEnergies in Paris, brought together over 40 energy industry professionals from 12 Ipieca member companies.

• 22 March 2023

Learn how Ipieca is supporting companies to contribute to the Water Action Agenda by changing the way they use, consume and manage water.

• 15 June 2021

This second edition reflects the lessons learnt from members and stakeholders in the years since its original publication.

• 8 May 2018

The Water risk assessment e-learning training course guides oil and gas professionals through Ipieca's two water tools; the Global Water Tool for Oil and Gas, and the GEMI Local Water Tool for Oil and Gas.

• 13 November 2023

This industry-specific document provides guidance on the prevention of food- and water-related diseases.

• 26 August 2020

The fact sheet provides a high-level overview of how companies in the oil and gas sector can define, assess and respond to water risks.

• 23 March 2020

Ipieca has developed a new fact sheet on evaluating the opportunities and challenges of reusing produced water for the onshore oil and gas industry.

• 21 March 2025

Glacier preservation is the theme for World Water Day 2025, highlighting their importance for drinking water, agriculture, industry, clean energy production and healthy ecosystems and the need to protect them

• 22 March 2024

World Water Day is an annual UN event to highlight the importance of water and raise awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water.

• 31 August 2022

Ipieca Water Working Group Chair Krish Ravishankar (Oxy) explains the importance of water and how we can manage this vital resource.

• 21 March 2022

This World Water Day, Ipieca is sharing how it is leading water management across the oil and gas industry.

• 5 September 2019

See some of Ipieca's key takeaways from World Water Week 2019.

• 14 August 2018

Ipieca will take part in a seminar on Investing in freshwater ecosystems and biodiversity: A key development challenge.

• 22 March 2019

Ipieca's work on water risk helps companies to evaluate their water needs in relation to the local context throughout each part of the oil and gas value chain.

• 13 July 2026

The guidance outlines a practical framework for incorporating circularity throughout the life cycle of energy and other infrastructure assets, supported by case studies.

• 8 June 2026

Ipieca guidance and resources to help protect the ocean.

• 5 November 2025

At the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025 in Abu Dhabi, Ipieca and IUCN renewed their partnership through the signing of a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will guide collaboration between the two organisations through 2030.

• 29 October 2025

The IUCN World Conservation Congress is the world's largest conservation gathering. The 2025 edition brought together over 10,000 nature conservation experts, leaders and decision-makers from around the world in Abu Dhabi from 9 to 15 October.

• 30 September 2025

This report presents a comprehensive synthesis of current concepts and methodologies for addressing the challenges of defining, implementing and measuring marine net positive impact (NPI).

• 10 July 2025

This report evaluates existing circular economy measurement frameworks and identifies how a combination of frameworks enables better measurement of circular economy by O&G companies.

• 11 December 2024

This 3-day workshop and field trip in Abu Dhabi, facilitated by IUCN and hosted by ADNOC, brought together 42 energy professionals to share biodiversity knowledge and build expertise.

• 16 October 2024

The document provides examples of how Ipieca companies are taking ambitious biodiversity actions which contribute towards the goals of the Global Biodiversity Framework.

• 17 July 2024

The increasing global movement of people and goods elevates the risk of the introduction, spread, and establishment of invasive alien species (IAS), impacting biodiversity and businesses. Ipieca and IOGP are pleased to launch updated guidance for prevention and management.

• 22 November 2023

The forum brought together environmental experts from across sectors to discuss how to work together to halt the loss of nature and implement the Global Biodiversity Framework.

• 20 October 2023

The three-day workshop, run by Ipieca, facilitated by UNEP-WCMC, and hosted by PETRONAS in Kuala Lumpur was followed by a field trip to a peat reserve to see biodiversity management and restoration practices in real life.

• 8 June 2023

This UN World Oceans Day, find out how Ipieca works to ensure the ocean’s health and well-being.

• 5 June 2023

Ipieca joins the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in celebrating the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, marking this occasion by sharing good practice to help protect and enhance nature.

• 22 May 2023

‘From agreement to action: build back biodiversity’ is the theme this year, emphasising the need for action following the outcomes of COP15 and the launch of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

• 21 April 2023

The theme of this year’s Mother Earth Day is ‘Invest in our planet’. Learn how Ipieca supports the oil, gas and alternative energy industry to protect and enhance nature.

• 18 April 2023

Ipieca announced as official piloting partner to the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, supporting enhanced disclosure on nature-related risks and opportunities.