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Good practice
Managing tuberculosis
July 2010The purpose of this guide is to help managers and supervisors at all levels in the oil and gas industry to be aware of the threat of tuberculosis (TB), and to help them mitigate the impact of TB on their companies’ projects and operations.
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Good practice
Guidance on the application of Globally Harmonized System (GHS) criteria to petroleum substances
June 2010This guidance was developed by IPIECA to facilitate appropriate classification and labelling of petroleum substances within the Unknown or Variable Composition, Complex Reaction Products or Biological Materials (UVCB) group. It was developed with input from experienced technical experts in petroleum substance toxicology and addresses crude oil and petroleum substances produced from oil and gas operations. The guidance includes a Technical Support Document where the principles of the guidance are explained using relevant scientific literature.
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Good practice
Managing biodiversity impacts: 10 tips for success in the oil and gas industry
May 2010The tips are relevant along every stage of the value chain. They start with ‘Begin yesterday’ and end with ‘Adapt and improve’. Each tip is supported by a resource, many of which are IPIECA/OGP documents. The document itself was launched on Biodiversity Day, 22 May 2010, and is intended as an external communications piece to raise awareness.
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Awareness briefing
IPIECA in profile
April 2010The brochure offers an introduction to IPIECA and its work.
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Good practice
Alien invasive species and the oil and gas industry
April 2010This document delivers practical information to on-the-ground staff at onshore and offshore projects and operations, helping them to identify key issues and solutions and to embed active consideration of alien invasive species (AIS) from the earliest stages of the project. It also provides a high level overview to environmental and project managers on why and how AIS should be managed. In many cases, review and use of this guidance document by contractors and service providers, such as construction and plant and vessel operators, and shipping companies, will also be appropriate.
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Good practice
Chain of custody options for sustainable biofuels
April 2010Promotion and certification of sustainable biofuels is complex and requires a well coordinated, multi-faceted and credible approach, and includes compliance with government mandates, international standards and certification programmes, which will be instrumental in promoting the responsible production of sustainable biofuels. This guide provides an introduction to biofuels Chain of Custody (CoC) systems as well as providing information on the different types of CoC systems in use.
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Good practice
Improving social and environmental performance: good practice guidance for the oil and gas industry
April 2010This guide provides a summary of all of IPIECA's good practice publications.
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Awareness briefing
Annual review 2009
April 2010This publication highlights IPIECA's accomplishments during 2009.
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Awareness briefing
Summary of IPIECA good practice guidance
March 2010This guide presents a concise outline of all the good practice guidance each of the IPIECA working groups have produced.
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Good practice
Human rights training toolkit - 2nd edition
October 2009As the subject of human rights has risen rapidly on the oil and gas industry agenda IPIECA members have developed this Toolkit to raise awareness. The Toolkit is targeted at country managers, asset managers, business managers, and other personnel that would benefit from learning about human rights issues and the way in which human rights issues have potential implications for oil and gas operations. The Toolkit provides managers with a template that can be used and adapted to conform to a company’s policy or position on human rights and applicable domestic laws and regulations.
