The Guidance Notes are companion documents to IFC's Performance Standards and provide additional guidance to clients (and IFC staff) in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities under the standards. The following Guidance Notes have been updated as of July 31, 2007.

For easier downloading, the Guidance Notes are offered both in their entirety and by individual sections:

Guidance Notes (full document)
English | Translations pending


Guidance Notes (Introduction and 2007 Update Change Matrix)
English | Translations pending


Guidance Note 1: Social and Environmental Assessment and Management Systems
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Guidance Note 2: Labor and Working Conditions
English | Translations pending


Guidance Note 3: Pollution Prevention and Abatement
English | Translations pending


Guidance Note 4: Community Health, Safety and Security
English | Translations pending


Guidance Note 5: Land Acquisition and Involuntary Resettlement
English | Translations pending


Guidance Note 6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management
English | Translations pending


Guidance Note 7: Indigenous Peoples
English | Translations pending


Guidance Note 8: Cultural Heritage
English | Translations pending