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ConocoPhillips undertakes the first pilot of the tool at the Surmont 1 Oil Sands development in Canada.
This new Operating Management System Framework is designed to help companies define and achieve performance goals and stakeholder benefits, while managing the broad and significant range of risks inherent in the oil and gas industry.
Over the past year, the concepts of 'unburnable carbon', 'stranded assets' and a 'carbon bubble' have been promoted by a number of groups, gaining the attention of investors, academics and the media.
In 2014, UNEP-WCMC (United Nations Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre) and Ipieca, the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social
Providing an overview of good practices and strategies, this practical document explores a range of key mercury management issues encompassing environmental controls, worker health and safety, process safety, product safety, waste management, and product stewardship.
This guide presents a systematic process for the onshore industry to select water sources that best meet project needs within the broader context of local or regional water management.
In late 2013, Ipieca co-hosted a webinar and workshop with the Global Environmental Management Initiative (GEMI) focused on water risk assessment tools, including the Ipieca Global Water Tool (GWT) for Oil and Gas, a customised version of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Global Water Tool, the GEMI Local Water Tool (LWT)
The Cross Sector Biodiversity Initiative (CSBI) Timeline Tool has been designed to assist project planning in the extractives industries to better align project development, biodiversity impact management, and financial timelines and milestones.
The Timeline Tool assists professionals planning extractive projects in coordinating project development calendars, biodiversity impact assessment and management schedules, and financial timelines and milestones.
This product has been developed in partnership with UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) and provides short definitions of over 200 commonly-used biodiversity terms and acronyms. The glossary was developed to support greater consistency in the use of terms and definitions related to biodiversity. The definitions have been
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GEMI Local Water Tool™ pilot test Case study Nature 15 Jul 2014 
Operating Management System Framework for controlling risk and delivering high performance in the oil and gas industry Good practice guidance Climate, Nature, People, Sustainability 24 Jun 2014 
Exploring the concept of 'unburnable carbon' Fact sheet Climate 15 Jun 2014 
Extractives Case Studies Case study Nature 14 Jun 2014 
Mercury management in petroleum refining Good practice guidance Nature 24 May 2014 
Identifying and assessing water sources Good practice guidance Nature 24 Mar 2014 
Ipieca-GEMI Water Risk Assessment Tools Webinar and Workshop: Outcomes Summary Workshop Nature 15 Feb 2014 
Cross Sector Biodiversity Initiative timeline tool Good practice guidance Nature 24 Dec 2013 
Timeline Tool (CSBI) Good practice guidance Nature 24 Dec 2013 
A-Z of Biodiversity Terms Awareness brief Nature 16 Oct 2013