Oil
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- Risk assessment and management in the oil and gas sector
- ( International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation , 2008)
- This is a guide for companies working in the extractive industries, particularly in the oil and gas sectors and provides basic conflict management advice and guidance. Its objective is to save time, t...
- Factors impeding enhanced tax revenues from extractive sectors for sub- saharan governments
- ( M. Stürmer (ed);J. Karlsson / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI) , 2008)
- The extractive sector is a major source of domestic revenue for sub-Saharan African countries that can help in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. This paper examines the factors hinderi...
- How to create successful social investment?
- ( International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation , 2008)
- Many social investment programmes fail to generate the goodwill that companies hope for and instead become a burden beyond the originally intended period. This guidance document addresses the question...
- How to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in oil and gas industry?
- ( The Oil, Gas and Mining Sustainable Community Development Fund , 2007)
- Oil and natural gas companies are evaluating options for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, developing project plans, and implementing emission reduction projects either voluntarily or to comply...
- Maximising oil, gas and mining enterprise contribution to local enterprise
- ( M. Lynch / Engineers against Poverty , 2008)
- A publication from Engineers Against Poverty for the extractive industries - an eight-page briefing note to guide oil, gas and mining (OGM) companies on how they can maximise the contribution of local...
- Contributing to human rights abuses?: companies operating in conflict zones
- ( Global Witness , 2007)
- This paper investigates the extent to which private companies operating in conflict zones can contribute to Human Rights abuses. In addressing this issue, it focuses on four voluntary frameworks &ndas...
- A case study from Mozambique on implemeting the UN Global Compacts Principles
- ( J. Hanks / Business and Human Rights Resource Centre , 2007)
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This case study identifies some of the critical dilemmas that a large resources and petrochemicals company might face when it considers investing in countries where there may be human rights concer...
Examining community development partnerships in the Niger Delta
- ( U. Idemudia / United Nations [UN] Research Institute for Social Development , 2007)
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This paper examines the strengths and weaknesses of different community development partnership (CDP) and poverty reduction initiatives for the Niger Delta, Nigeria, in the corporate-community rela...
- How can transparency in the oil industry be improved?
- ( K. Astill / Catholic Fund for Overseas Development , 2007)
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This document examines the oil industry in Africa, and provides an overview of the multistakeholder Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the NGO-coalition Publish What You Pay (...
Promoting human rights and stakeholder involvement in the Asian petroleum sector
- ( International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation , 2006)
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This document presents the outcomes of a workshop organised by the Social Responsibility Working Group of the International Petroleum Industry Environmental Conservation Association (IPIECA) focusi...
