One of Ipieca’s core roles is to support UN conventions and agreements. We do this by raising awareness and providing technical support for them, and developing good practice to enable oil, gas and alternative energy companies to contribute to their fulfilment.
Find out how Ipieca has supported UN initiatives on climate, nature, people, and sustainability over the past three months.
UN conferences, forums and webinars
COP29 Climate Change Conference
Find out more about Ipieca activity and support for COP29.
COP16 Biodiversity Conference
Click here to read about Ipieca at COP16.
13th UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights
On the ground insights from discussions at the forum.
10th Ipieca-IMO Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa regional conference
Find out more about the joint Ipieca-IMO Global Initiative.
Webinar with the World Bank Global Flaring and Methane Reduction Partnership
Download the Ipieca- World Bank GFMR – IOGP Flaring management guidance.
Guidance to drive action on UN conventions
Adding value to UN international days
Ipieca raises awareness of UN days among its members and through its external channels, sharing good practice guidance which aligns with the themes of these days. This quarter we promoted UN Human Rights Day.
Ipieca Principles - what we stand for
A condition of membership, the Ipieca Principles are grouped around our four strategic pillars of climate, nature, people and sustainability. Each thematic area includes two principles: the first drives support for a UN convention or initiative, the second advances the environmental and social performance of member companies' operations.
- Climate
- Support the Paris Agreement and its aims.
- Advance emissions reduction and innovation and enable adoption of low-carbon products and solutions across oil, gas and/or alternative energy.
- Nature
- Support the aims of the UN Convention for Biological Diversity.
- Responsibly manage operational impacts on the natural environment and ecosystem services.
- People
- Support the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
- Promote the health, wellbeing and social inclusion of workforces and local communities relating to operations, and contribute to the social and economic development of host communities and countries.
- Sustainability
- Support the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as embodied by the Sustainable Development Goals.
- Integrate sustainability across activities, increase transparency and engage with key stakeholders.