The International Finance Corporation (IFC) publishes a set of Performance Standards to manage social and environmental risks and impacts and to enhance development opportunities in its private sector financing in its member countries eligible for financing. The Performance Standards may also be applied by other financial institutions electing to apply them to projects in emerging markets.
On a recent ARC Training on-site course, the CEO of a leading oil and gas company addressing security management delegates underscored his belief that within the context of oil and gas operations in developing countries corporate social responsibility and security management we “two sides of the same coin”.
To download the standards go to:
http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/resources_publications.asp#C
and scroll down to the heading Corporate Social Responsibility.
The relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and security management will be one of the topics covered in detail in the new Managing Security Risks in the Oil & Gas Sector, 24-28 August. Click on
http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/other_accredited_sm.asp#s1
For details on any ARC course, or to discuss an on-house requirement, contact Janet.
