News and insights

• 23 April 2025

The IMO Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) met for its 83rd session in person at IMO Headquarters in London where it approved the IMO Net-zero Framework, the first in the world to combine mandatory emissions limits and GHG pricing across an entire industry sector.

• 22 April 2025

UN International Mother Earth Day 2025 recognises the earth and its ecosystem as humanity's common home and the need to protect them to enhance people’s livelihoods and counteract climate change.

• 10 April 2025

Ipieca attended the 2025 Annual Plenary Meeting of the Voluntary Principles Initiative (VPI) in London between 18 and 21 March. This year’s Plenary marked 25 years since the formation of the VPI.

• 4 April 2025

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

• 3 April 2025

The March round-up underscores the broad collaboration members are engaging in to advance the energy transition, including projects and funds supporting decarbonisation, nature-based solutions, biodiversity. Plus, partner updates on biofuels for decarbonising shipping, a mercury trade control initiative in Latin America, and insights from Ipieca's engagement with the IMO, UN CBD, and UNEP.

• 1 April 2025

This quarter had two distinct themes running through it: water stewardship and support for UN transportation initiatives.

• 27 March 2025

Safe and responsible operations are at the core of Vår Energi’s strategy. The company aims to be the safest operator on the NCS and to achieve carbon neutrality in its net equity operational emissions by 2030.

• 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