Since its inception, the Proteus partnership has proved itself to be an effective vehicle for progressive corporate businesses that recognise the importance of biodiversity to support the important work of UNEP-WCMC. A particular challenge for Proteus 2012 is to build on the strengths of this early experience while charting a way into important new territory that involves extensive collaboration and flow of significant financial resources to conservation partners.

Business participation in Proteus has broadened considerably since 2004, but at the start of 2007 it predominantly comprised major companies from the Oil and Gas, Minerals and Mining sectors, together with a number of important technology providers. As a result of the strong performance of Proteus in recent years, together with the adoption of a more participatory operational model, it is expected that a number of new business partners will be recruited.

Proteus 2012 partners contribute within a three-tiered system of support. Platinum partners contribute in the order of US$ 100,000 and are fully involved in the governance of Proteus 2012. Gold partners and Silver partners contribute at a lower level and are less involved in governance.

The current Proteus 2012 partners are:

Anglo American; BP; BHPBilliton; Chevron; ESRI; ExxonMobil; IHS; Microsoft; Oracle; PremierOil; Repsol YPF; RioTinto; Shell; StatoilHydro; Total; WellData.

The following area contains financial and governance information for the Proteus 2012 Partners.

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