Ipieca’s industry leading good practice guidance and resources support oil, gas and alternative energy companies to advance their climate action, environmental responsibility, social performance and integrate sustainability across their operations and supply chains.
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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.
The guidance presents a systematic process for the onshore oil and gas industry to identify and assess potential measures to improve water efficiency via incorporating the principles of water stewardship, integrating water resource management
This guidance clarifies currently used terminology in the water stewardship space and presents users with a streamlined water stewardship action scheme that synthesises water frameworks and disclosure standards for the energy sector.
The second edition of the Water management framework reflects the lessons learnt from members and stakeholders in the years since its original publication.
This infographic summarises the water and wastewater management uses in the oil and gas industry.
This fact sheet on provides a high-level overview of how companies in the oil and gas sector can define, assess and respond to water risks.
BP's Kwinana Refinery in Western Australia is located in an area that has experienced significant reduction in river flows.
This report provides a summary and analysis of the current ROV fleet...
Ipieca has developed a new fact sheet on evaluating the opportunities and challenges of reusing produced water for the onshore oil and gas industry.
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) / Shell.
Oman -Since 2011, a third of produced water from the Nimr oil feed in Oman has been treated in a purposely built reed bed facility.
At Shell's Groundbirch venture, British Columbia, the local area is prone to water shortages. In order to minimise freshwater use, Shell and the City of Dawson Creek ...
In-house water risk assessment tool strengthens Repsol's water management performance
Statoil, an international energy company, expanding activities
within shale oil and gas in a sustainable manner
Shaping water management plans to meet local risks. Eni corporate worldwide oil and gas, petrochemical, refining and engineering operations.
ConocoPhillips undertakes the first pilot of the tool at the Surmont 1 Oil Sands development in Canada.
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)
This manual describes typical 'best practices' and strategies used in petroleum refineries to manage water, including ways to reduce water usage. Improved water management in a petroleum refinery can potentially reduce the volume and cost of raw water used in refinery operations. Furthermore, improved water management may result in reductions in wastewater flow or contaminant load or both. Lower flow and contaminant load may result in lower wastewater treatment operating and maintenance costs. Optimized water management may also reduce the mass of contaminants in the treated effluent, thus improving the quality of a wastewater discharge and ultimately the environmental impact of a refinery's discharge.
This industry-specific document provides guidance on the prevention of food- and water-related diseases.
Good practice guidelines for incident management and emergency response personnel.
Oil spill contingency planning is the process of developing a suitable spill response capability that is in compliance with the local regulatory framework and commensurate with the oil spill risks of an organization or facility. (Revision 2016)
The theme of this Annual Review reflects the strategic intent introduced in Ipieca’s 2025-2028 Strategy, which aims to accelerate action underpinned by collaboration
and shared understanding across the UN, business, finance and civil society.
The annual Ipieca sustainability reporting survey identifies trends in the sustainability reporting practices of Ipieca member companies. These are the results for 2025.
This second edition provides an updated overview of key concepts, definitions and priorities informing the just transition landscape.
This report presents a comprehensive synthesis of current concepts and methodologies for addressing the challenges of defining, implementing and measuring marine net positive impact (NPI).
This report evaluates existing circular economy measurement frameworks and identifies how a combination of frameworks enables better measurement of circular economy by oil and gas companies.
During Ipieca Week 2025, stakeholders were invited to provide insights on how Ipieca can help put nature, people and climate at the heart of the energy transition, working towards an accelerated industry contribution to a sustainable world.
Health leading performance indicators data from Ipieca and IOGP members for 2024.
This is the fourth progress report, highlighting how Ipieca and its members are implementing the Ipieca-WBCSD SDG Roadmap.
The theme of the 2024 Annual Review is 'Putting climate, nature and people at the heart of the energy transition'. It reflects Ipieca’s broad sustainability mandate, which provides a platform for members and stakeholders to work on the interconnected areas of climate, nature and people across the industry for the energy transition.
This brochure provides context and information on the Ipieca Principles, their implementation and governance, and includes a toolkit of practical examples, useful resources and reference points to help members support the principles.
This resource provides definitions, and a summary of key tools and guidance produced by selected external stakeholders on responsible recruitment and proactive worker engagement. It is intended to be shared with energy companies’ suppliers, clients, and partners to promote the convergence of industry definitions and good practices on these two topics.
This interactive dashboard presents highlights from the latest Ipieca sustainability reporting survey, as well as analysis of all survey results since 2012, allowing for year-on-year comparisons which highlight reporting trends and changing priorities across the industry.
