News and insights

• 10 December 2020

On Human Rights Day 2020, Ipieca's Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Senior Manager, Isabel Miranda, discusses the importance of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

• 21 September 2020

To commemorate the landmark 75th anniversary of the UN, Ipieca Executive Director Brian Sullivan looks back at some of its major milestones.

• 8 June 2020

Ipieca joins the UN in celebrating the role of our oceans in Earth's biosphere and the critical resources it provides for livelihoods and communities around the world.

• 4 February 2020

Ipieca welcomes the International Gas Union to its membership.

• 16 December 2019

Signatory Parties now have the opportunity to raise ambitions in the run up to COP 26, with 77 countries having already pledged to be net-zero by 2050.

• 14 March 2019

At the PCFV Global Partners' Meeting, Ipieca presented an update on its forthcoming publication: Strategies and options to address air quality through optimized vehicle emissions standards and lower sulfur fuels.

• 23 November 2018

During the forum, Ipieca will host an interactive session on Human rights due diligence in the oil and gas industry ....

• 30 October 2018

The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP-14) will take place from the 17-29 November 2018, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. The event aims to step up efforts to halt biodiversity loss and protect ecosystems that support food and water security and health for billions of people. At the last COP, a decision to mainstream and integrate biodiversity within and across sectors was adopted.

• 19 October 2018

The training aimed to enhance understanding of the impact of oil and gas operations in environmentally sensitive areas and strengthen national and regional efforts...

• 3 January 2018

The 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a common global framework for navigating the world's most urgent economic, social, and environmental challenges. While governments have the primary responsibility to prioritize, coordinate and implement efforts to meet the SDGs, there is wide recognition that the private sector and civil society will play critical roles in the implementation of national plans.

• 27 November 2017

The 2017 UN Forum on Business and Human Rights starts today in Geneva, Switzerland, bringing together over 2,000 participants from government, business, and non-governmental organizations to discuss business-related human rights topics and share ideas and good practice. The forum aims to progress the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). This year the theme is Realizing Access to Effective Remedy and draws on the third pillar of the UNGPs:

• 22 September 2017

On Wednesday 20 September, Ipieca co-hosted an event with UNDP, IFC, and ICMM - The Oil, Gas and Mining Industries and the 2030 Agenda: Partnerships and Participation to Accelerate Progress. The event was held alongside the 72nd Regular Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

• 30 November 2023

Find out about Ipieca’s on-site activities and support for COP28.

• 19 September 2023

An update to the compendium, first published in 2020, is now available. It aims to support renewable energy developers to enhance the environmental and social performance of their projects and operations.

• 5 September 2023

August marks the one-year anniversary of the Ipieca Principles. We take a look at their impact and how our members are supporting them.

• 30 August 2023

Ipieca Executive Director Brian Sullivan reflects on the first year of the Ipieca Principles - a new condition of membership - how members and stakeholders have responded, and what’s next for the principles.

• 16 May 2023

Houston-based sustainability experts join the global oil and gas sustainability association’s Executive Committee.

• 4 May 2023

The network brings together the ILO with businesses of all sizes and sectors from around the globe to develop actionable resources and tools, and devise local solutions that help shape national frameworks to eradicate forced labour.

• 2 May 2023

Ipieca provides input to technical dialogue in support of Global Stocktake on Paris Agreement progress.

• 11 April 2023

Ipieca is pleased to welcome Sonangol, an Angolan state-owned company, as its newest member.

• 31 January 2023

Ipieca is pleased to welcome Canacol Energy, an independent onshore conventional natural gas exploration and production company in Colombia, as its newest corporate member. Ipieca’s global membership now stands at 80. About Canacol Energy … Natural gas is playing an increasingly important role in the global energy transition.

• 20 July 2022

Ipieca makes adherence to eight principles designed to support UN initiatives, climate action, environmental responsibility, social performance and sustainability a new condition of membership.

• 2 June 2022

Marking over a year since its launch, this report highlights some of the progress Ipieca has made towards implementing the Ipieca-WBCSD SDG Roadmap.

• 30 May 2022

Ipieca has a longstanding history with the UN Environment Programme and will be attending and participating in Stockholm+50 as the industry's primary interface with the UN.

• 25 May 2022

Ipieca held three panel sessions with key stakeholders sharing their perspectives on the energy transition, ESG and reporting transparency, and the just transition.

• 20 May 2022

Ipieca has become the first global oil and gas association to become a supporter of the OGCI hosted Aiming for Zero Methane Emissions Initiative.

• 29 March 2022

The 2021 Annual Review reflects how Ipieca is uniquely positioned to advance environmental and social performance across the energy transition.

• 14 January 2022

Highlights from some of the key work Ipieca completed in 2021, providing leadership across oil, gas and renewables on mainstreaming sustainability by advancing climate action, environmental responsibility and social performance.

• 16 December 2021

Vice President for Carbon, Environment and Downstream Safety, Environment and Asset Management at Shell, Karen brings over 20 years of oil, gas and energy experience to her new role at Ipieca.

• 13 December 2021

Ipieca is pleased to announce GeoPark as its newest corporate member and welcomes the IADC to its association membership.

• 21 October 2021

An article published by Global Environmental Change on 19 October 2021 characterised Ipieca as working in the late 1980s to emphasise climate science uncertainties. This is a characterisation that Ipieca does not recognise.

• 12 April 2021

The theme of the Review, 'Contributing to the energy transition in the context of sustainable development', reflects how Ipieca is uniquely positioned to make a positive contribution to the energy transition.