| WPC and Global Compact
The World Petroleum Council and the UN Global Compact are convening a peer-to-peer industry forum for national and international oil companies in partnership with Petrofed.
Petrofed are the home for the Indian National Committee for WPC.
This Forum will share practical experiences and exchange the challenges and opportunities they face in acting responsibly and in implementing standards such as the Global Compact Principles in their business operations. The Forum focuses particularly on the Indian region and is kindly hosted by Petrofed.
Joint WPC and UN Global Compact Forum in India 6-7 December 2007
The World Petroleum Council invites all its members :
Programme:
WPC/UN Global Compact Forum on
Responsible Business Practices in the Oil & Gas sector
- Implementing the Global Compact Principles
on
6th – 7th December, 2007
at
Raisina Hall, Hotel Le Meridien
New Delhi
Programme
Wednesday, 5th December 2007
19:30 : Welcome Reception & Dinner : Hosted by Director (HR), IOCL at Inspire Banquet
Hall, Hotel Le Meridien, New Delhi
Day 1 – Thursday, 6th December 2007
09:00 - 09:30 : Registration
09:30 : Inaugural Session
Welcome : Mr. A K Arora, DG, PetroFed
Lighting of Lamp
Opening Remarks : Dr. Pierce Riemer, DG, WPC
About WPC : Dr. Randy Gossen, President, WPC
Global Compact : Mr. Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact
& its objectives
Inaugural Address : Mr. L Mansingh, Chairperson, Petroleum & Natural Gas
Regulatory Board
Vote of Thanks : PetroFed
10:30 - 11:00 : Tea/Coffee
11.00 : Session-I – Environment – Climate Change Challenge
Session Chairman : Mr. A K Jain, Jt. Secretary, MoP&NG
Co-chairman : Mr. Georg Kell, ED, UN Global Compact
Cleaner Fuels to Combat Climate : Dr. R K Malhotra, ED (R&D), IOCL
Change – Indian Experience
CDM Opportunities : Mr. Kisor Mukherjee, VP, PB-CDM Cell, RIL
Environmental Policies & Practices : Dr. I R Udotong & Dr. (Mrs.) J I R Udotong
in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria :
Experiences & Lessons learned so far
Open Forum on Challenges of Climate Change
12.15 : Session-II - Human Rights & Labour Issues
Session Chairman : Dr. A K Balyan, Dir (HR), ONGC
Reforms in labour laws : Mr. Vijay Raj, Manager, ONGC
Human Rights & Labour Issues : Mr. Ramesh R Nair, Chief Manager (HRS) In-
Charge, Northern Region, BPCL
Human Rights & Security : Mr. Anders Kullerud, Sr. VP (Integrity and
Social Responsibility), StatoilHydro ASA
Case Study (India) : Mr. Neelesh Kulbwe, Sr. Manager (HR), HPCL
Q & A
13:30 : Lunch
14:30 : Session-III – Community Development
Session Chairman : Mr. V C Agrawal, Dir (HR), IOCL
The Essar experience : Mr. S C Mathur, Director (Oil & Gas), Essar
Group
The OIL experience : Mr. Tridiv Hazarika, Deputy Manager (Public
Relations), OIL
The RIL experience : Mr. K G Ramanathan, Advisor, RIL
Responsible Relationships with : Mr. Pascal O Orjiako, Director, Lepaks
Local Communities - Economic & Commercial Enterprises, Lagos, Nigeria
Social Developments
Q & A
15:45-16:15 : Tea/Coffee
16:15 : Session-IV – Anti-Corruption
Session Chairman : Mr. Prabh Das, Jt. Secretary (R) and Chief
Vigilance Officer, Ministry of Petroleum &
Natural Gas, Govt. of India.
Presentation : Mr. S S Patel, DGM (Vigilance), GAIL
Integrity Pact on Contract : Mr. S R Athawale, ED-Chief MM, ONGC
Management
Best Practices in Procurement : Mr. B S Gupta, ED (Procurement Services) EIL
& Mr. Y K Jain, Addl. GM (Vigilance), EIL
Presentation : Mr. Subir Raha, Transparency International
India
Implementing 10GC Principles : Ms. Anamaria M Rodrigues Ballard, Petrobras
With Focus on Efforts against
Corruption
17:35-17:45 Q & A
19:30 : Dinner : Hosted by ONGC at Terrace Garden, Hotel
Shangri-La, New Delhi
Day 2 – Friday, 7th December 2007
09:00 : Session-V – Consumer Perspective
Session Chairman : Dr. S K Sarkar, Jt. Secy, DoPT, Govt. of India
Presentations by NGOs (from India)
- CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development: Mr. Sachin Joshi
(Dy. Director)
- Other(s) – under finalisation
Q & A
11:00-11:30 : Tea/Coffee
11:30 : Panel Discussion
Session Chairman : Mr. S A Narayan, Director (HR), BPCL
Panelists: UNGC, WPC, IOCL, RIL, BPCL, ONGC, OIL, Essar, One NGO
Q & A
13:00 : Vote of Thanks followed by Lunch
Abbreviations
BPCL : Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
CII : Confederation of Indian Industry
DG : Director General
DoPT : Department of Personnel & Training
ED : Executive Director
EIL : Engineers India Limited
GAIL : GAIL (India) Limited
GM : General Manager
HPCL : Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
IOCL : Indian Oil Corporation Limited
MoP&NG : Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
OIL : Oil India Limited
ONGC : Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited
RIL : Reliance Industries Limited
VP : Vice President
For more information please contact:
ungc@world-petroleum.org
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