Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures Clause Samples
The Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures clause requires parties to identify, implement, and monitor actions that minimize negative environmental and social impacts associated with a project or activity. Typically, this involves conducting assessments to determine potential risks, developing mitigation plans, and regularly reporting on compliance with agreed standards or regulations. The core function of this clause is to ensure that projects are carried out responsibly, reducing harm to the environment and affected communities while helping parties meet legal and ethical obligations.
Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures. The Agriculture Project is categorized under MCC’s Environmental Guidelines as a Category B Project due to potential site-specific environmental and social impacts anticipated to result from land use management decisions, the construction and operation of veterinary centers and rehabilitation of quarantine camps. The Livestock Market Efficiency Fund, which involves an intermediate funding facility, is categorized under MCC’s Environmental Guidelines as a Category D Activity. The INP Activity is categorized under MCC’s Environmental Guidelines as a Category A Activity due to potentially significant environmental impacts anticipated to result from increased harvesting, utilization and export of species listed for protection under the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (“CITES”). The Land Access and Management Activity will involve the development of EAs and EMPs to mitigate any adverse impacts. Participatory community-level decision making processes will further mitigate against adverse impacts. The Livestock Support Activity will involve an EA to analyze the environmental and social impacts of the veterinary centers, quarantine camps, and livestock marketing facilities and include the development of site-specific EMPs. The EMPs will define the regulations and specific training needed to govern the use of Restricted Use Pesticides and other substances in compliance with Namibia’s Environmental Management Act and MCC Environmental Guidelines. Any post-farmgate infrastructure built through the Livestock Market Efficiency Improvement sub-activity will involve the application of environmental screening and siting criteria and periodic audits of the performance of infrastructure funding recipients. The INP Activity will involve an EIA and an EMP to identify impacts and develop appropriate mitigation measures. These measures will address any potential environmental impacts that could result from the harvesting, utilization and export of species listed for protection under CITES. Any resettlement impacts resulting from the Agriculture Project will be identified and documented in compliance with OP 4.12. In particular, the Land Access and Management Activity will clarify procedures to ensure that community decision making regarding restricting access to land includes measures to mitigate adverse impacts on livelihoods. HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention plans will be developed under the Agriculture Project and implemented in relation to const...
Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures. According to the MCC Environmental Guidelines, the Electricity Generation Project is classified as a “Category B” project. A Category B classification indicates that this Project (and each of its Activities) presents potential environmental and social impacts. MCC requires several measures to mitigate the risks associated with the Project. For each of the Activities under the Electricity Generation Project, MCC Funding will be used to conduct site- specific environmental audits and/or environmental and social impact assessments (which will include environmental and social management plans) and resettlement action plans during the project design phase. The results of those audits will form the basis of site-specific environmental and social impact assessments (“ESIAs”) and/or environmental and social management plans, as appropriate. The results of the ESIAs and resettlement action plans (“RAPs”) will form, in part, the basis of site-specific technical specifications for works contracts. With respect to the potential presence of hydrocarbon or PCB contamination, a hazardous waste management plan will be required outlining appropriate removal, handling, storage and disposal, possibly outside of Benin, of oil-contaminated or PCB-contaminated soils and equipment, and other hazardous waste associated with implementation of the Thermal Generation Activity (“Hazardous Waste Management Plan”). MCC Funding under the Hydroelectric Generation Activity also will finance a hydrologic study to determine the extent, if any, of impacts on the flow regime of the river from the existing plant and to provide recommendations on potential corrective measures (including habitat protection and restoration). With respect to resettlement, the preparation of a resettlement policy framework is currently underway and is being designed to establish the principles of land and asset valuation and procedures for compensation pertaining to all activities under this Compact (“Resettlement Policy Framework”). This Resettlement Policy Framework will provide guidance for site- specific resettlement action plans that will be required for each of the project sites. With respect to health and safety, the SBEE ESHSMS will include expanded occupational health and safety policies, guidelines, and procedures. With respect to climate change, the Parties are committed to assessing climate change risks and opportunities in connection with the Electricity Generation Project. A preliminary assessment of ...
Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures. The Road Maintenance Project is classified as Category B under MCC’s Environmental Guidelines where the proposed activities have potentially limited adverse environmental or social risks, or impacts that are few in number, generally site-specific, largely reversible, and readily addressed through mitigation measures. The Project is limited to maintenance and rehabilitation of existing roads and is unlikely to have significant adverse environmental and social impacts for which standard management measures are unavailable. Environmental or social impact caused by construction activities, such as temporary road closures, excavation and borrow pits, noise, dust, and worker and community health and safety, will be managed through targeted environmental and social management plans based on the findings of an abbreviated environmental and social impact assessment. No land acquisition or physical resettlement is anticipated. In addition, the Road Maintenance Project will promote road safety through improved road design, and through information and awareness campaigns by the Government to help with more responsible and safer use of roads by both vehicle operators as well as non-motorized users of Nepal’s primary or “strategic road network.” The information and awareness campaign will raise awareness about truck and bus driver responsibilities, vehicle maintenance, and safe and responsible use of highways by both vehicles and pedestrians. To mitigate the accident risks, the Project will support building “shoulders” along selected roads with high incidents of accidents to pedestrians and non-motorized means of transport.
Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures. The Electricity Transmission Project is classified as Category A in accordance with MCC’s Environmental Guidelines. Based on a preliminary evaluation, seven of the eight International Finance Corporation Environment and Social Performance Standards (the “IFC Performance Standards”), which are incorporated by reference into the MCC Environmental Guidelines, will apply. There are some unavoidable environmental and social impacts of the Electricity Transmission Project, such as tree cutting, land acquisition, and resettlement. However, consistent with MCC policies, all risks will be properly addressed through relevant compensation, mitigation, or management measures. Environmental and social considerations have already been taken into account during route selection for the Transmission Lines Activity to avoid or minimize impacts to sensitive environmental and social characteristics of the Project areas. The Electricity Transmission Project will also complete a domestic environmental impact assessment permitting process and a subsequent forest clearance permitting process prior to the start of construction works. The BIKAS sub-Activity will also be implemented in those communities traversed by the Electricity Transmission Project that are not realizing direct benefits from construction of the Transmission Lines Activity. Environmental and social risks, impacts, and opportunities will be managed through an environmental and social management system for all Compact activities. MCC Funding will be used to undertake an environmental and social impact assessment, environmental and social management plan, and any necessary resettlement action plans.
Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures. According to MCC Environmental Guidelines, the Policy Reform and Institutional Strengthening Project is a “Category C” project, and no major environmental and social impacts are anticipated. However, any reforms related to human resource management will be undertaken consistent with the requirements of IFC Performance Standard 2. More broadly, health and safety records for SBEE’s operations are not available. MCC Funding will be used to undertake an environmental and social health and safety audit (“ESH&S Audit”) to evaluate any deficiencies in organizational arrangements, company policies, training programs and record keeping for health and safety management. Once the ESH&S Audit is complete, MCC Funding will be used to assist SBEE to develop an environmental and social, health and safety management system (“SBEE ESHSMS”), in form and substance satisfactory to MCC. Such SBEE ESHSMS will include, among others, an identification of SBEE’s environmental and social standards and establishment of performance targets to achieve these standards.
Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures. According to the MCC Environmental Guidelines, the Roads Project is a Category C project because it is expected to have limited adverse environmental and social impacts that can be readily addressed through mitigation measures. For the National Maintenance Activity, MCC Funding will be used to conduct site-specific environmental audits and/or environmental and social impact assessments (which will include environmental and social management plans) and resettlement action plans during the project design phase. The results of those audits will form the basis of site-specific ESIAs and/or ESMPs, and RAPs, as appropriate.
Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures. Environmental sustainability of the Agriculture Development Project will be promoted through the implementation of site-specific interventions to reduce the potential for downstream surface water contamination, reforestation actions to address fuel-wood shortages, and use of pest management plans. Additionally, training and capacity building for the AMVS and Ministry of Environment officials will help ensure that environmental and social issues will be adequately managed. Social sustainability will be promoted by the integration of completed gender analysis into final Project design and terms of reference for implementation to ensure women and families benefit from Project investments, targeted training and through a transparent parcel allocation scheme. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ resettlement analysis will also contribute to social sustainability through the identification of mitigation and compensation measures that will factor into the Resettlement Action Plans. Detailed assessments and mitigation plans will be developed for the Agriculture Development Project as follows: (a) EIAs, EMPs and RAPs for the water management and irrigation activities at Di and Léry, focusing on environmental, social, and resettlement impacts of the creation of the Di irrigated perimeter as well as the rehabilitation of the Léry Dam; (b) in connection with the Diversified Agriculture Project Activity, an EIA, EMP, and RAP for the market rehabilitation component, focusing on the environmental, social, and resettlement impacts of rehabilitating up to eight district markets; (c) an EIA and EMP of the diversified agriculture activities, focusing on the environmental impacts of agricultural intensification in the region and its aquatic ecosystems;
Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures. The implementation of environmental management and gender integration plans will ensure the sustainability of the Rural Land Governance Project by mitigating potential impacts and strengthening Project design. An environmental and social management framework (“ESMF”) will be used to conduct the required environmental and social impact analysis of the municipal buildings. The ESMF will identify impacts as well as develop site-specific EMPs for each building site. RAPs will also be developed to adequately plan for and mitigate the resettlement impacts at building sites. In addition, environmental and social safeguards consistent with applicable rules, regulations and best practices in Burkina Faso will be incorporated into all land use decision-making processes funded through the Site-Specific Land Tenure Interventions Project Activity. These safeguards will ensure the sustainable implementation of interventions in existing protected areas. Furthermore, the ESMF will develop a process to ensure community decision-making regarding restricting access to natural resources and establish measures to mitigate adverse impacts on livelihoods, such as the creation of a compensation fund to register and improve land to allow for successful realization of livelihood activities outside of protected areas. Finally, the implementation of the Rural Land Governance Project will be structured to ensure that women can benefit from the MCC-funded investments, through the integration of appropriate mechanisms into the new land law and into the overall implementation of the Project.
Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures. The CLCR Project is a Category D according to MCC’s Environmental Guidelines because both partner organizations (BIOFUND and ProAzul) will be financial intermediaries, using Compact funds to provide sub-grants through sub-partners and other grantees. While the objectives of this Project will be defined by the cooperation agreements or program partnership agreements that will be signed with the partners, the interventions will be carried out using the partner on- granting mechanisms ESMS, supplemented with the requirement to ensure consistency with the IFC PSs and the environmental requirements of Mozambique. With regards to the IFC PS, most of the interventions envisioned will enhance, restore or maintain critical habitats and ecosystem services consistent with IFC PS 6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources. The Project should expand the number and range of protected areas according to Mozambican law. It will also do this while enhancing local communities’ tenure over terrestrial and marine resources, reducing the impact of the “tragedy of the commons,” and promoting co-management of such areas to enhance ecosystems services and productivity. Some of the interventions proposed by the partners will require ESIAs, such as the proposed gray/green pilot program for prawn, aquaculture and crab-fattening integrating constructed pens among mangroves, to sustain both the habitat, enhance aquaculture productivity while maintaining the coastal protection associated with mangroves stands. The Environmental Guidelines’ requirements will be integrated into the design and development of the interventions. IFC PS 5 will not be triggered as these interventions will be conducted on communal and state lands on a voluntary basis.
Environmental and Social Mitigation Measures. The environmental screening category for the GP Project is Category D according to MCC Environmental Guidelines because the GP Facility will use MCC Funding to finance subprojects that may potentially result in adverse environmental and social impacts. To prevent or minimize potential adverse environmental and social impacts resulting from the GP Project investments, this Compact includes strict environmental and social safeguard requirements. An Environmental and Social Management System (“ESMS”) will be designed and established as part of the GP Facility Activity, and appropriately qualified environmental, social and gender specialists will be included within the staffing plans for MCA-Indonesia, consultancy agreements, and implementing entities to ensure proper execution and oversight of safeguard measures. The ESMS will incorporate IFC Performance Standards, the Government’s Social and Gender Integration Plan, Indonesian legal requirements, the MCC Environmental Guidelines and the MCC Gender Policy. The ESMS also will incorporate international standards and best practices applicable to specific sectors and industries and important to protecting the rights and interests of local communities. Additional ESMS safeguard requirements are as follows: (a) participation of local and national level environmental and social assessment and gender representative(s) on the Stakeholders Group; (b) establishment of environmental and social assessment (“ESA”) safeguard procedures at the district level; (c) a community-based ESA monitoring activity; (d) requirement for GP Project investments to have monitoring and evaluation indicators that address ESA issues, with relevant data to be gender-disaggregated; and (e) a requirement that project specific Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs) be developed as part of the ESMS.