Environment

Q.Specifically, what are the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) and IFC’s Performance Standards?

A.

They are the following policies and standards.

    Environmental and Social Standards (ESS)
  • • Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts (ESS1)
  • • Labor and Working Conditions (ESS2)
  • • Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management. (ESS3)
  • • Community Health and Safety (ESS4)
  • • Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement (ESS5)
  • • Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources (ESS6)
  • • Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities (ESS7)
  • • Cultural Heritage (ESS8)
  • • Financial Intermediaries (ESS9)
  • • Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure (ESS10)

    IFC Performance Standards
  • • Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts (PS1)
  • • Labor and Working Conditions (PS2)
  • • Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention (PS3)
  • • Community Health, Safety, and Security (PS4)
  • • Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement (PS5)
  • • Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources (PS6)
  • • Indigenous Peoples (PS7)
  • • Cultural Heritage (PS8)

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