Sectors

Partnering for biodiversity conservation on landfill sites

As part of its reputational risk management, SITA France is developing different programs aiming to conserve biodiversity on its landfill sites. These initiatives include field programs, such as the Red Kite conservation project, and development of new methodologies designed to better assess impacts on biodiversity and consequently better monitor conservation and rehabilitation actions.

Conserving biodiversity along distribution lines

Hydro-Québec is a government-owned utility with a single shareholder, the Québec government. Its mandate is to generate, transmit and distribute electricity in Québec. It sells surplus power on wholesale markets and is also active in arbitrage and purchase/resale transactions. The company has more than 23,000 employees and operates essentially with renewable energy sources, especially hydropower. Hydro-Québec relies on a total installed capacity of 36,427 MW, of which 97% comes from its 59 hydroelectric generating stations and 26 large reservoirs. Besides hydropower, it relies on wind power, which makes up 1% to 2% of its total capacity now and should rise to about 10% by 2015.

Ontario Power Generation biodiversity policy

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is an Ontario-based electricity generation company whose principal business is the generation and sale of electricity in Ontario. OPG’s focus is on the efficient production and sale of electricity from its generating assets, while operating in a safe, open and environmentally responsible manner. OPG was established under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and is wholly owned by the Province of Ontario. At December 31, 2009, OPG’s electricity generating portfolio had an in-service capacity of 21,729 megawatts. OPG’s electricity generating portfolio consists of 3 nuclear generating stations, 5 thermal generating stations, 65 hydroelectric generating stations, of which 4 are being redeveloped, and 2 wind power turbines.

Shell Canada Southwest Alberta Montane research program

Shell has been operating in Canada since 1911, and is now one of the country’s largest integrated oil and gas companies. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Shell Canada employs more than 8,200 people across Canada and represented nearly a third of all global recruitment in 2008. Shell Canada holds approximately 30% of Royal Dutch Shell’s global resource base. A leading manufacturer, distributor and marketer of refined petroleum products, Shell produces natural gas, natural gas liquids and bitumen, and is Canada’s largest producer of sulphur. Shell is one of Canada’s largest oil sands developers.

Oiled seabird rehabilitation program

Suncor Energy Inc. is Canada’s largest integrated energy company, with its head office in Calgary, Alberta. Suncor combines a leading position in oil sands with complementary operations in refining and marketing, natural gas production and conventional oil production internationally and off shore East Coast Canada. The company’s oil sands business, located near Fort McMurray, Alberta, produces bitumen recovered from oil sands through mining and in-situ technology and upgrades it into refinery feedstock, diesel fuel and by-products. Suncor operates four refineries with a capacity of approximately 433,000 barrels-per-day and one specialty lubricants plant producing more than 350 automotive, industrial and food grade lubricants and greases. Its retail and wholesale network includes more than 1,500 Petro-Canada outlets in Canada, and 165 Phillips 66 outlets in Colorado, United States. In addition to its petroleum business, Suncor has invested in four wind power projects and operates Canada’s largest ethanol production facility. The company has a market capitalization of $58 billion Canadian (as of October 30, 2009).

Environmental due diligence (EDD) for renewable technologies

http://www.unep.fr/energy/activities/ddg/

Guidelines on EDD for Renewable Energy Technologies, developed by UNEP and its Collaborating Center BASE, provide a practical tool for financiers and investors to check and mitigate their risk of investments in this sector. The EDD guidelines are intended to provide practical, standardized procedures for identifying and managing environmental impacts associated with investments; in particular, renewable energy technologies.

Dams and Development Project (DDP). A Framework for Decision Making

http://www.unep.org/dams/Practical_Tools/

The DDP was developed in conjunction with World Bank and IUCN, and sets out recommendations for the sustainable construction of dams. Its aim was improving the decision-making processes, planning, and management of dams and their alternatives. The recommendations from the World Commission on Dams form the basis for many decision-making processes for dams around the world and constitute international soft law. They are also being adapted to national contexts in various public dialogue processes around the world. Additionally, a set of practical, non-prescriptive tools to help decision-makers have been developed in accordance with the main objectives of Phase 2.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)

http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=19...

LEED was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and is an international green building certification system based on criteria related to achieving high performance in key areas of human and environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality.

Climate & Biodiversity Nexus (CB NEX)

http://www.cbnex.com/

CB NEX is a platform designed to use social media in conjunction with the main website to connect people and organisations to climate change and biodiversity resources.

Ecosystem services guidance: Biodiversity and ecosystem services guide and checklists

http://www.ipieca.org/publication/ecosystem-servic...

This document was prepared by the IPIECA/OGP Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Task Force, under the auspices of the IPIECA/OGP Biodiversity Working Group.

The aim of this guide is threefold:

• Firstly, it explains the relationship between biodiversity, ecosystem services, and the oil and gas industry.
• Secondly, it provides a set of checklists to help identify the main ecosystem service dependencies and impacts of oil and gas developments.
• Thirdly, it highlights key associated risks and opportunities for oil and gas companies, and provides guidance on potential measures for managing them. The checklists covering the five stages of the oil and gas life cycle for six generic habitat types, onshore and offshore, can be accessed online or via a CD-ROM which will be enclosed within the printed guide.