ESG

The North Sea Transition Authority says that top-quality environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure is crucial to attracting further investment into the UK’s oil and gas industry.

As the industry navigates a transition to more sustainable practices, environment, social, and governance principles serve as a compass for aligning business operations with the broader expectations of society and the investment community.

This study compares, in a carbon capture and storage (CCS) context, the economics of a traditional business model vs. an alternative business model (a regional CCS hub separately managed by a special-purpose vehicle).

A Kimmeridge Energy executive said at the Unconventional Resources Technology Conference that he wants to "make unconventional resources investable in a low-carbon world."

The past year has been a challenging one for companies on the ESG front. Overlapping environmental, social, and political crises—from flooding and wildfires to the first war in Europe in 80 years—have made the jobs of leaders that much harder.

Investors say they value a company’s data on sustainability almost as much as they value its financial data. They need to be able to trust it as much, too.

Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Wayne Christian cheered the state government’s push against environmental, social, and governance investing “extremists.”

The assumption of lower emissions from natural gas only holds true when the methane leaks and flaring are addressed. Mitigation of methane emissions offers an opportunity for the oil and gas industry to drastically reduce overall emissions that are typically reported on a CO2-equivalent basis. Some producers opt to showcase their good performance via voluntary certifi…

What effect is ESG having on companies involved in the chemical supply chain, and how will they look going forward?