To help clients lower their environmental and social risks IFC offers tailor-made advisory services, technical expertise and training opportunities.

  • STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS & BASIN PROFILES

    Before development takes off, we help clients better understand the river basins that are planned to be developed.

    In Lao PDR, we are finalizing a profile of the Nam Ou River Basin. In Myanmar, we are supporting the government pursue a country-wide strategic environmental assessment (SEA).

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  • ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

    We coach companies and banks on all elements of IFC’s Performance Standards to help them better manage environmental and social risks.

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  • CUMULATIVE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

    We help companies and governments to consider the impact of hydropower projects from a broad, basin-wide perspective that includes planned upstream and downstream developments.

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  • STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

    This includes tools and approaches to better engage stakeholders and include them in multi-stakeholder dialogue platforms.

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