The last quarter was very busy: we appointed ExxonMobil’s Paul Krishna as our new Chair, welcomed Harbour Energy and Aker bp as new members, celebrated our 50th anniversary during Ipieca Week 2024, published three documents, participated in a number of UN IMO meetings, spoke at three industry events and ran four webinars for our members.
Ipieca Week 2024 – celebrating 50 years
This year’s Ipieca Week was huge for a lot of reasons. Not only did we bring together a record 400+ members and senior figures from UN, NGO, civil society and academic stakeholders, it also marked the 50th anniversary of Ipieca.
Ipieca was established at the request of UNEP back in 1974 to act as the engagement channel between the UN and industry. In the five decades that have followed we’ve formed impactful partnerships with a wide range of UN bodies, as well as NGO, civil society, business coalition and academic organisations across the areas of climate, nature, people and sustainability. Together we’ve contributed to addressing some of the most pressing challenges facing the world. Check out Ipieca’s key milestones and my article on the role of people and partnerships in achieving these.
Supporting UN conventions
From day one, Ipieca’s key role has been to support UN conventions. And 50 years later it still is. In quarter two, we took part in a number of International Maritime Organization (IMO) meetings providing technical inputs and papers to working group meetings on greenhouse gas emissions life cycle analysis and pollution response.
Good practice guidance
Providing technical expertise is just one way we support UN conventions. We also produce freely available guidance to support industry to contribute to these conventions through advancing the environmental and social performance of their operations. In Q2 we published: