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PR1: Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts

The PR1 guidance note on the assessment and management of environmental and social risks and impacts provides guidance on interpreting and implementing PR1.

PR1 Guidance

Guidance note - Performance Requirements 1: Assessment and management of environmental and social risks and impacts

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PR2: Labour and working conditions

We have produced a range of supporting guidance documents designed to help clients manage specific labour issues.

PR2 Guidance

PR2 toolkit for EBRD clients – labour and working conditions

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Human resources policies and employee documentation

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Children, young people and work

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Forced labour

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Guidance note – Performance Requirement 2: Labour and working conditions

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Managing Risks Associated with Modern Slavery

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Non-discrimination and equal opportunity

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Wages and working hours

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Workers' accommodation

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Collective dismissal

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Employee grievance mechanism

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PR3: Resource efficiency and pollution prevention and control

The PR3 guidance note on resource efficiency and pollution prevention and control provides guidance on interpreting and implementing PR3.

PR3 Guidance

Guidance note – Performance Requirement 3: Resource efficiency and pollution prevention and control

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PR 4: Health, Safety and Security

The PR4 guidance note on health, safety and security provides guidance on interpreting and implementing PR4.

Guidance note: This note outlines good practice measures for working safely in confined spaces.

Briefing notes BN01-BN05: These notes outline good international practice in occupational health and safety when managing work on temporary construction projects.

PR4 Guidance note

Guidance note – Performance Requirement 4: Health, safety and security

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Toolkits

Electrical power and distribution health and safety toolkit (English)

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Electrical power and distribution health and safety toolkit (French)

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Electrical power and distribution health and safety toolkit (Russian)

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Electrical power and distribution health and safety toolkit (Turkish)

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Safe working in confined spaces (English)

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Safe working in confined spaces (Russian)

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Post-crash emergency response toolkit

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Good practice note on the management of workplace mental health and well-being

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Briefing notes

BN01: Underground and overhead services (English)

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BN01: Underground and overhead services (Russian)

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BN01: Underground and overhead services (Bulgarian)

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Briefing note BN02: Safe excavations (English)

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Briefing note BN02: Safe excavations (Russian)

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Briefing note BN02: Safe excavations (Bulgarian)

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Briefing note BN03: Working safely around asbestos pipes (English)

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Briefing note BN03: Working safely around asbestos pipes (Russian)

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Briefing note BN03: Working safely around asbestos pipes (Bulgarian)

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Briefing note BN04: Safe working with mobile plant (English)

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Briefing note BN04: Safe working with mobile plant (Russian)

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Briefing note BN04: Safe working with mobile plant (Bulgarian)

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Briefing note BN05: Setting up a safe site (English)

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Briefing note BN05: Setting up a safe site (Russian)

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Briefing note BN05: Setting up a safe site (Bulgarian)

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Covid - 19 Response

Covid-19 response and impact

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Pandemic response strategies

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PR 5: Land Acquisition, Involuntary Resettlement and Economic Displacement

Resettlement Guidance and Good Practice: this document has been designed to provide advice on interpreting and implementing PR 5. We share our relevant experiences and provide practical information to help you determine your approach to addressing physical and/or economic displacement for your specific project.

PR5 Guidance

Guidance note – Performance Requirement 5: Land acquisition, restrictions on land use and involuntary resettlement

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Resettlement Guidance

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Example socio-economic survey forms

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Example table for gap analysis

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PR 6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources

The PR6 guidance note on biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of living natural resources provides guidance on interpreting and implementing PR6

PR6 Guidance

Guidance note – Performance Requirement 6: Biodiversity conservation​and sustainable management of living natural resources

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The Good Practice Handbook on Post-construction Bird and Bat Fatality Monitoring for Onshore Wind Energy Facilities

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Biodiversity Good Practice Documents

These two documents have been developed by the Multilateral Financing Institutions’ Biodiversity Working Group to assist our clients, project developers and their consultants responsible for preparing Environmental and Social Impact Assessments. Whilst not specific to PR 6, the documents summarise good international practices related to the design and implementation of baseline studies that support biodiversity inclusive impact assessment and management planning.

Good Practices for the Collection of Biodiversity Baseline Data

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Good Practices for Biodiversity Inclusive Impact Assessment and Management Planning

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PR7: Indigenous Peoples

The PR7 guidance note on indigenous peoples provides guidance on interpreting and implementing PR7.

PR7 Guidance

Guidance note - Performance Requirements 7: Indigenous peoples

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PR8: Cultural Heritage

The PR8 guidance note on cultural heritage provides guidance on interpreting and implementing PR8
 

PR8 Guidance

Guidance note - Performance Requirements 8: Cultural heritage

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PR9: Financial intermediaries

The PR9 guidance note on financial intermediaries provides guidance on interpreting and implementing PR9.The Environmental and Social Risk Management Manual (E-manual) for Financial Intermediaries (FIs) provides step by step guidance for the appraisal of environment and social-related risks, and the identification of environmental opportunities in transactions.It also contains an education section on how and why financial intermediaries should carry out environmental and social investigations, and includes supporting reference materials to help assess the environmental and social aspects of a transaction.

PR9 Guidance

PR9 guidance note

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PR10: Information Disclosure and Stakeholder Engagement

The PR10 guidance note on information disclosure and stakeholder engagement provides guidance on interpreting and implementing PR10.Good Practice Document: This document has been developed by the Multilateral Financing Institutions’ Working Group on E&S Standards primarily for practitioners tasked with organising consultations and stakeholder engagement. Whilst not specific to PR 10, the document summarises key objectives, principles and elements of stakeholder engagement.

PR10 Guidance

Guidance note – Performance Requirement 10: Information disclosure and stakeholder engagement

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Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement

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EU Requirements

The EBRD is committed to promoting European Union environmental requirements. We are also signatories of the European Principles for the Environment. Together with the Council of Europe Development Bank, the European Investment Bank, the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation and the Nordic Investment Bank we have developed the Sourcebook on EU Environmental Law in order to help our clients implement EU environmental requirements at the project level.

Assessment of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

We collect and report data on the greenhouse gas emissions impact of our direct investments. In accordance with our environmental and social policy, clients with projects whose emissions are expected to exceed 100 kt CO2e per annum must provide us with the data needed for this GHG assessment.

Guidance on EBRD’s methodology for assessing greenhouse emissions

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Electricity Emission Factors Review

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Hydropower

This guidance note aims at providing an overview of the key environmental and social risks that should be considered during the preparation, implementation and monitoring of hydropower projects. The target audience includes those involved in hydropower projects subject to the EBRD's Environmental and Social Policy (ESP, 2014). This particularly includes EBRD clients, staff and consultants working on hydropower projects directly or indirectly financed by the EBRD.

Environmental and Social Guidance Note for Hydropower Projects

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Decommissioning Guidelines for Thermal Power Plant (English)

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Decommissioning Guidelines for Thermal Power Plant (Russian)

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Small hydropower

This note provides detailed guidance on the management of environmental and social risks specific to small hydropower plant (sHPP) projects. The detailed environmental and social good practice note for sHPPs supplements the environmental and social guidance note for hydropower projects that was issued by the EBRD in 2016, but does not replace it: both documents should be referred to for sHPP projects, across their pre-construction, construction, post-construction and operational phases.

Environmental and social guidance note for small hydropower projects

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Modern slavery

This Good Practice Note provides guidance for companies and investors on identifying, mitigating and remedying forced labour risks.

Managing Risks Associated with Modern Slavery: A Good Practice Note for the Private Sector

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Gender-Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH)

This guidance aims to help companies and investors identify and address GBVH risks in their projects and operations. Three short sector briefs provide further details about sector specific risks and benefits as well as practical examples of what companies and investors can do to prevent GBVH.

Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment: Emerging Good Practice for the Private Sector

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Executive Summary

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the Public Transport Sector

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the Construction Sector

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the Manufacturing Sector

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the Education Sector

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the Agribusiness Sector

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Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the Hotels, Catering and Tourism Sector

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GBVH guidance for municipalities in Türkiye

English

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Turkish

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GBVH guidance for private sector clients in Türkiye

English

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Turkish

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Gender-Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) Sector Briefs (Russian)

Construction

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Manufacturing

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Transport

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Executive Summary

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Gender-Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH) Sector Briefs (Arabic)

Construction

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Manufacturing

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Transport

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Executive Summary

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Family-friendly working

This document gives guidance on good practice for family-friendly working and work-life balance.

Family-friendly working and work-life balance

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Grievance Mechanisms

In any organisation it is important to address complaints effectively and in a timely manner so as to ensure good relationships with all stakeholders. This document provides guidance for best practice in developing and implementing grievance mechanisms.

Grievance Management guidance note

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Information Disclosure

This guidance note is for operators of public services and regards requirements under the UNECE Aarhus Convention on information disclosure that may affect them, and to clarify what this would mean in practice.

English

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Russian

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