News and insights

• 3 October 2024

Ipieca Chief Executive Brian Sullivan reflects on the progress made in Q3 2024.

• 18 July 2024

Ipieca is pleased to welcome Aker BP to its membership.

• 10 July 2024

Ipieca Chief Executive Brian Sullivan reflects on the progress made in Q2 2024.

• 23 May 2024

Paul brings over 30 years of environmental, sustainability and health and safety experience at ExxonMobil to his new role as Ipieca Chair.

• 15 May 2024

The UK’s largest independent oil and gas producer, Harbour Energy is committed to achieving net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2035.

• 22 April 2024

Find out how Ipieca and its members contributed to a sustainable energy transition in 2023.

• 13 March 2024

50 years ago, Ipieca was established in 1974 at the request of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to act as the engagement channel between UNEP and the oil and gas industry on environmental and climate issues.

• 21 February 2024

Headquartered in London, Perenco is a leading international independent hydrocarbon company, specializing in exploration, production, and development of onshore and offshore oil and natural gas reserves.

• 16 February 2024

Headquartered in Houston, NextDecade is committed to providing the world access to cleaner energy, leading innovation in more sustainable liquefied natural gas (LNG) and carbon capture solutions.

• 19 December 2023

As part of its support of COP events and the Paris Agreement, and in line with the Ipieca Principles, Ipieca raises awareness of COP outcomes, shares on the ground learnings and insights, and produces practical guidance and tools to support the industry contribute to achieving COP objectives.

• 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 May 2021

Ipieca is pleased to announce its newest corporate member Cepsa, and welcomes AXPC to its association membership.

• 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.

• 8 January 2021

Looking back on 2020, Ipieca is proud to celebrate its continued output of resources and engagement in external events, despite the extraordinary global challenges of the year.