Integrating Biodiversity Conservation into Oil and Gas ... - EBI

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
Conclusion .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Recommendations ......................................................................................................................................................................................4
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
1. Energy and Biodiversity................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1 Biodiversity and the challenge to society ............................................................................................................................................. 7
1.1.1 The potential risk of oil and gas development....................................................................................................................10
1.2 The challenge to the energy industry ....................................................................................................................................................11
1.3 The challenge to conservation organizations .....................................................................................................................................12
1.4 Challenge and response ...........................................................................................................................................................................14
2. Integrating Biodiversity into the Business Case ......................................................................................................................................................16
2.1 Addressing biodiversity affects project-specific performance........................................................................................................17
2.2 Performance affects company reputation ...........................................................................................................................................17
2.3 Reputation affects access to business resources...............................................................................................................................18
2.3.1 Access to land and potential oil and gas resources...........................................................................................................18
2.3.2 Access to capital ........................................................................................................................................................................19
2.3.3 Access to human and intellectual capital............................................................................................................................20
2.4 A need for further study .........................................................................................................................................................................20
3. Integrating Biodiversity into Management Systems and Operations ................................................................................................................22
3.1 Integrating biodiversity into Environmental Management Systems.............................................................................................22
3.1.1 Integrating biodiversity issues into an ISO 14001-based EMS ........................................................................................23
3.1.2 Integrating biodiversity issues into an OGP-based HSEMS.............................................................................................25
3.2 Integrating biodiversity into Environmental and Social Impact Assessment processes..........................................................28
3.2.1 Biodiversity issues at each step of the ESIA process .......................................................................................................30
4. Mitigating Impacts .........................................................................................................................................................................................................34
4.1 Primary vs. secondary impacts..............................................................................................................................................................34
4.2 Managing impacts .....................................................................................................................................................................................36
5. Deciding Where to Work ..............................................................................................................................................................................................38
5.1 Biodiversity considerations and risk management ……..………………….............................................................................................38
5.1.1 Protected areas .........................................................................................................................................................................39
5.1.2 Conservation priority areas.....................................................................................................................................................41
5.1.3 Confirming biodiversity values and determining appropriate responses.....................................................................41
6. Measuring Impacts and Actions on Biodiversity ....................................................................................................................................................43
6.1 Types of indicators................................................................................................................................................................................... 44
6.2 Methodology for developing indicators .............................................................................................................................................. 46
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