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Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines


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Disclaimer: The EHS Guidelines have been translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish for your convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation. The official text is the English version of the Guidelines. Any discrepancies or differences created in the translation are not binding and have no legal effect for compliance. If any questions arise related to the accuracy of the information contained in the translated Guidelines, please refer to the English version.

General EHS Guidelines


The General EHS Guidelines contain information on cross-cutting environmental, health, and safety issues potentially applicable to all industry sectors. It is designed and should be used together with the relevant industry sector guideline(s), as below.

General EHS Guidelines (full document)



Industry Sector Guidelines


Forestry
Board and Particle-based Products
Sawmilling and Wood-based Products
Forest Harvesting Operations
Pulp and Paper Mills

Agribusiness/Food Production
Mammalian Livestock Production
Poultry Production
Plantation Crop Production
Annual Crop Production
Aquaculture
Sugar Manufacturing
Vegetable Oil Processing
Dairy Processing
Fish Processing
Meat Processing
Poultry Processing
Breweries
Food and Beverage Processing

General Manufacturing
Cement and Lime Manufacturing
Ceramic Tile and Sanitary Ware Manufacturing
Glass Manufacturing
Construction Materials Extraction
Textiles Manufacturing
Tanning and Leather Finishing
Semiconductors and Electronics Manufacturing
Printing
Foundries
Integrated Steel Mills
Base Metal Smelting and Refining
Metal, Plastic, Rubber Products Manufacturing

Oil and Gas
Offshore Oil and Gas Development
Onshore Oil and Gas Development
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities

Infrastructure
Tourism and Hospitality Development
Railways
Ports, Harbors and Terminals
Airports
Airlines
Shipping
Gas Distribution Systems
Toll Roads
Telecommunications
Crude Oil and Petroleum Product Terminals
Retail Petroleum Networks
Health Care Facilities
Waste Management Facilities
Water and Sanitation

Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology Manufacturing
Coal Processing
Natural Gas Processing
Oleochemicals Manufacturing
Nitrogenous Fertilizer Manufacturing
Phosphate Fertilizer Manufacturing
Pesticides Formulation, Manufacturing and Packaging
Petroleum-based Polymers Manufacturing
Petroleum Refining
Large Volume Petroleum-based Organic Chemicals Manufacturing
Large Volume Inorganic Compounds Manufacturing and Coal Tar Distillation

Mining
Mining

Power
Wind Energy
Geothermal Power Generation
Electric Power Transmission and Distribution
Thermal Power
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QUESTIONS?
For technical questions, comments and suggestions regarding the EHS Guidelines, please write to EHSGU@ifc.org.