News and insights

• 14 July 2020

Ipieca is proud to be an endorsing partner of the event and will contribute to several plenary, conference and technical sessions.

• 7 February 2020

Ipieca endorses SPE HSE & Sustainability conference, 17-19 March.

• 19 November 2018

Ipieca and the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on meeting the world's energy needs in a socially and environmentally responsible manner.

• 21 February 2018

The theme for this year's conference, taking place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 16-18 April is Continuing HSSE-SR Excellence for a Sustainable Future

• 11 April 2024

Ipieca support for IMO working groups on GHG LCA and pollution response.

• 22 March 2024

World Water Day is an annual UN event to highlight the importance of water and raise awareness of the 2.2 billion people living without access to safe water.

• 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.

• 8 February 2024

This guidance helps company health professionals assess medical facilities to ensure they can provide optimal health care for workers.

• 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.

• 10 December 2023

As part of Ipieca’s commitment to raise awareness and support for UN conventions, we develop and share guidance and tools to support companies to embed human rights in their operations and management systems.

• 8 December 2023

The forum is the global platform for yearly stock-taking and lesson-sharing on efforts to move the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights from paper to practice.

• 1 December 2023

The IOGP-Ipieca Health Committee has published the latest members' health leading performance indicators data.

• 30 November 2023

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

• 23 November 2023

Ipieca raises awareness and support for the Paris Agreement and develops and shares good practice guidance to support its delivery.

• 13 November 2023

This industry-specific document provides guidance on the prevention of food- and water-related diseases.

• 10 November 2023

The three-day workshop, run by Ipieca and hosted by TotalEnergies in Paris, brought together over 40 energy industry professionals from 12 Ipieca member companies.

• 7 November 2023

Adopting energy efficiency measures is a low-cost way to reduce emissions and can also have a positive impact on operational costs.

• 26 October 2023

The new awareness briefing builds a shared understanding of carbon-compensated products, their role in supporting net-zero ambitions and the energy transition, and explores good practice in using them.

• 25 October 2023

The briefing highlights the role of oil and gas in supporting a just transition, the regional complexities of a net-zero future and the need for collaboration to scale up energy transition enablers.

• 20 October 2023

The three-day workshop, run by Ipieca, facilitated by UNEP-WCMC, and hosted by PETRONAS in Kuala Lumpur was followed by a field trip to a peat reserve to see biodiversity management and restoration practices in real life.

• 26 September 2023

Ipieca, together with industry associations IOGP and OGCI, have released a recommended practices guide to help operators select and deploy methane detection and quantification technologies.

• 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.

• 5 July 2023

Updated guidance on the application of health performance indicators from the IOGP-Ipieca Health Committee.

• 8 June 2023

This UN World Oceans Day, find out how Ipieca works to ensure the ocean’s health and well-being.

• 5 June 2023

Ipieca joins the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in celebrating the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day, marking this occasion by sharing good practice to help protect and enhance nature.

• 25 May 2023

Training supports oil, gas and alternative energy industry and beyond to respect the rights of all workers.

• 22 May 2023

‘From agreement to action: build back biodiversity’ is the theme this year, emphasising the need for action following the outcomes of COP15 and the launch of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF).

• 16 May 2023

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