Calendar15 January 2025

Find out how Ipieca has supported UN initiatives on climate, nature, people, and sustainability over the past three months.

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.

UN conferences, forums and webinars

COP29 Climate Change Conference

Ipieca was selected to co-host an official UNFCCC side event on private sector leadership on nationally determined contributions. We also took part in other organizations’ events at COP29, sharing good practice and knowledge to support a just transition to a net-zero future.

Find out more about Ipieca activity and support for COP29.


COP16 Biodiversity Conference

Ipieca hosted an official UNCBD event with Fauna & Flora and IUCN on integrating Indigenous Peoples and local communities in biodiversity conservation, and participated in other events at COP16 on mainstreaming biodiversity in the energy sector.

Click here to read about Ipieca at COP16.


13th UN Annual Forum on Business and Human Rights

Ipieca supported the development and roll out of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). The Ipieca delegation attended the forum to share knowledge, lesson learned and good practice to help attendees from the industry and beyond put the UNGPs into practice.

On the ground insights from discussions at the forum.


10th Ipieca-IMO Global Initiative for West, Central and Southern Africa regional conference

Taking place in Togo, the conference brought together participants from 20 African countries to review progress in oil spill preparedness, share experiences and good practices, and set strategic priorities in the region.

Read our conference report.

Find out more about the joint Ipieca-IMO Global Initiative.


Webinar with the World Bank Global Flaring and Methane Reduction Partnership

Ipieca hosted this webinar to share the World Bank Global Flaring and Methane Reduction Partnership’s (GFMR) recently launched 2024 Global gas flaring tracker report.

Watch the webinar recording.

Download the Ipieca- World Bank GFMR – IOGP Flaring management guidance.

Guidance to drive action on UN conventions

Purpose: launched ahead of COP16, it provides examples of how Ipieca companies are taking ambitious biodiversity actions which contribute towards the framework. The aim is inspire wider industry action, with Ipieca’s suite of biodiversity resources available to help other companies contribute to the framework. UN convention it aligns with: the UNCBD’s Global Biodiversity Framework.

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Purpose: as we transition to a more sustainable future, alternative fuels and energy products are becoming more prevalent. These factsheets provide concise information on response and clean-up options to manage and mitigate impacts to responder health, the environment and marine life. UN convention it aligns with: the IMO’s International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL).

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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
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    1. Support the Paris Agreement and its aims.
    2. Advance emissions reduction and innovation and enable adoption of low-carbon products and solutions across oil, gas and/or alternative energy.
  • Nature
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    1. Support the aims of the UN Convention for Biological Diversity.
    2. Responsibly manage operational impacts on the natural environment and ecosystem services.
  • People
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    1. Support the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
    2. 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
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    1. Support the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as embodied by the Sustainable Development Goals.
    2. Integrate sustainability across activities, increase transparency and engage with key stakeholders.

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