General Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines

99 pages | © April 2007 IFC | Complimentary

The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines are technical reference documents with general and industry-specific examples of Good International Industry Practice (GIIP), as defined in IFC's Performance Standard 3: Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention. IFC uses the EHS Guidelines as a technical source of information during project appraisal activities, as described in IFC's Environmental and Social Review Procedures Manual.

These General EHS Guidelines are designed to be used together with the relevant Industry Sector EHS Guidelines which provide guidance to users on EHS issues in specific industry sectors. For complex projects, use of multiple industry-sector guidelines may be necessary. A complete list of industry-sector guidelines can be found at www.ifc.org/ehsguidelines.

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Translations:

• Translations of the EHS Guidelines are available in the following languages:
  عربي | 简体中文 | Français | русский | Español

Supplemental information:

• Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines (including General and Industry Sector EHS Guidelines)
• Technical Revision of the World Bank Group Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines
• IFC's Sustainability Framework - 2012 Edition
• Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines / Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook - Provided as reference material only; replaced by the 2007 versions.