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== Context == | == Context == | ||
− | A set of documents is prepared for a Project as part of the Assessment process. The extent and detail of the documentation is commensurate with the Project’s potential environmental and social risks and impacts. Where a Project has a potential to cause adverse Human Rights impacts, the Assessment Documentation should include an assessment of those impacts. | + | A set of documents is prepared for a Project as part of the Assessment process. The extent and detail of the documentation is commensurate with the Project’s potential environmental and social risks and impacts. |
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+ | Where a Project has a potential to cause adverse Human Rights impacts, the Assessment Documentation should include an assessment of those impacts. | ||
== Examples == | == Examples == | ||
* an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) | * an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) | ||
− | * Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) | + | * an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) |
* documents more limited in scale (such as an audit, risk assessment, hazard assessment and relevant Project-specific environmental permits). | * documents more limited in scale (such as an audit, risk assessment, hazard assessment and relevant Project-specific environmental permits). | ||
Revision as of 15:01, 16 March 2021
Contents
Definition
Environmental and Social Assessment is a process that determines the potential environmental and social risks (ESG Risks) and impacts (including Human Rights and climate change risks and impacts, if applicable) of a proposed Project in its area of influence.
Context
A set of documents is prepared for a Project as part of the Assessment process. The extent and detail of the documentation is commensurate with the Project’s potential environmental and social risks and impacts.
Where a Project has a potential to cause adverse Human Rights impacts, the Assessment Documentation should include an assessment of those impacts.
Examples
- an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
- an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)
- documents more limited in scale (such as an audit, risk assessment, hazard assessment and relevant Project-specific environmental permits).
Non-technical environmental summaries can also be used to enhance the Assessment Documentation when these are disclosed to the public as part of a broader Stakeholder Engagement Process.