World Bank Group

Environmental, Health & Safety Guidelines101

Presented by

Gal Grgoire

Senior Policy Officer

Policy, Quality Assurance & Knowledge Management
IFC Environment, Social and Governance Dept.

March 25, 9:30am 10:30am EST (US)

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 Presenter: Gal Grgoire

Gal Grgoire is a Senior Policy Officer for Sustainability in the International Finance Corporations Environment, Social and
Governance Department in Washington D.C. He is responsible for coordinating the review and update of the World Bank Group
Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines and providing support to senior management on global sustainability issues and
development.

Before joining IFC, Gal, an Ecole des Mines graduate, was a Senior Environmental Specialist in the World Banks Middle East
and North Africa Region where he managed a portfolio of lending and analytical activities with a focus on energy, environment
and global commons, and provided safeguards expertise. Gals career in the World Bank Group includes Regional Carbon
Finance Coordinator and Project Officer for the Mediterranean Environmental Technical Assistance Program. Prior to joining the
World Bank Group, Gal worked as Environment and Energy Attach at the Embassy of France in Washington DC, as a Senior
Environmental Health and Safety Specialist at the French Environmental Protection Agency and as an Environmental Engineer
for one of the world's largest producer of electricity and for several multinational oil and gas companies.

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 Webinar Objectives

Attendees will
understand:
What are the EHS
Guidelines?
How to use the EHS
Guidelines?
Technical Revision of
the EHS Guidelines
Available resources

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Todays program

What are the EHS

Guidelines?
How to use the EHS
Guidelines?
Technical revision of
the EHS Guidelines

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 1 - What are the
Environmental, Health
and Safety Guidelines?

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 Sustainability Adds Value
Lowering costs by
improving
operational
efficiency
Increasing revenue
and growth
opportunities
through
environmentally
and socially sound
products and
services
Improving access to
capital through
better corporate
governance

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 IFC Sustainability Framework

Responsibilities Implementation Tools

Access to Environmental and

Sustainability
IFC Information Social Review
Policy
Policy Procedures

Guidance Notes
Environmental, Health,
Client 8 Performance Standards & Safety Guidelines
Good Practice Materials

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 Scope of the EHS Guidelines

PS1: Assessment and PS2: Labor and Working PS3: Resource Efficiency PS4: Community Health,
Management of E&S Conditions and Pollution Prevention Safety and Security
Risks and Impacts

PS5: Land Acquisition PS6: Biodiversity PS7: Indigenous Peoples PS8: Cultural Heritage
and Involuntary Conservation and
Resettlement Sustainable Management
of Living Natural Resources
Webinar on IFC Performance Standards 101 available at
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 What are the EHS Guidelines?

Technical reference
documents
Available in 6 languages
63 EHS Guidelines
Contains performance levels
and measures considered
generally acceptable by the
WBG

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 Who uses the EHS Guidelines?
World Bank Group (IFC,
WB, MIGA) and its clients
(private sector and
governments)
79 Equator Principles
Financial Institutions
34 OECD Export Credit
Agencies
15 European Development
Financial Institutions
Financial regulatory
agencies, national banks
Technology developers,
consultancies, etc.

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 Added value of the EHS Guidelines

Greater coordination
and policy
harmonization
Certainty, clarity and
guidance
Demonstration effect
Stronger
development impact

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 For more information

IFC Sustainability website:

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IFC's Sustainability Framework:
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Q&A

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 2- How to use the
Environmental, Health
and Safety Guidelines?

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 How to use the WBG EHSGs?

General EHS Guidelines

applicable to all project
62 industry specific EHS
Guidelines
For a particular project, one or
more industry specific EHS
Guidelines might be needed
Good International Industry
Practices

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 Industry EHS Guidelines
Forestry Chemicals Infrastructure General Manufacturing
Board and Particle-based Pharmaceuticals and Tourism and Cement and Lime
Products Biotechnology Manufacturing Hospitality Manufacturing
Sawmilling and Wood-based Coal Processing Development Ceramic Tile and Sanitary
Products Natural Gas Processing Railways Ware Manufacturing
Forest Harvesting Oleochemicals Manufacturing Ports, Harbors and Glass Manufacturing
Operations Nitrogenous Fertilizer Terminals Construction Materials
Pulp and Paper Mills Manufacturing Airports Extraction
Agribusiness/Food Phosphate Fertilizer Airlines Textiles Manufacturing
Production Manufacturing Shipping Tanning and Leather Finishing
Mammalian Livestock Pesticides Formulation, Gas Distribution Semiconductors and
Production Manufacturing and Packaging Systems Electronics Manufacturing
Poultry Production Petroleum-based Polymers Toll Roads Printing
Plantation Crop Production Manufacturing Telecommunications Foundries
Annual Crop Production Petroleum Refining Crude Oil and Integrated Steel Mills
Aquaculture Large Volume Petroleum-based Petroleum Product Base Metal Smelting and
Sugar Manufacturing Organic Chemicals Manufacturing Terminals Refining
Vegetable Oil Processing Large Volume Inorganic Retail Petroleum Metal, Plastic, Rubber
Dairy Processing Compounds Manufacturing and Networks Products Manufacturing
Fish Processing Coal Tar Distillation Health Care Facilities Power
Meat Processing Oil and Gas Waste Management Wind Energy
Poultry Processing Offshore Oil and Gas Facilities Geothermal Power
Breweries Development Water and Sanitation Generation
Food and Beverage Onshore Oil and Gas Mining Electric Power Transmission
Processing Development Mining and Distribution
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Facilities
General Approach to the Management of EHS
Issues at the Facility or Project Level
Identifying EHS
project hazards
and associated
risks
Improving EHS
performance Involving EHS
through ongoing professionals
monitoring

Understanding
Preparing workers and the likelihood and
nearby communities to magnitude of EHS
respond to accidents risks

Favoring strategies
Prioritizing risk
that eliminate the
management
cause of the
strategies
hazard

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General Approach to the Management of EHS
Issues at the Facility or Project Level
Identifying EHS
project hazards
and associated
risks
Improving EHS
performance Involving EHS
through ongoing professionals
monitoring

Understanding
Preparing workers and the likelihood and
nearby communities to magnitude of EHS
respond to accidents risks

Favoring strategies
Prioritizing risk
that eliminate the
management
cause of the
strategies
hazard

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General Approach to the Management of EHS
Issues at the Facility or Project Level
Identifying EHS
project hazards
and associated
risks
Improving EHS
performance Involving EHS
through ongoing professionals
monitoring

Understanding
Preparing workers and the likelihood and
nearby communities to magnitude of EHS
respond to accidents risks

Favoring strategies
Prioritizing risk
that eliminate the
management
cause of the
strategies
hazard

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General Approach to the Management of EHS
Issues at the Facility or Project Level
Identifying EHS
project hazards
and associated
risks
Improving EHS
performance Involving EHS
through ongoing professionals
monitoring

Understanding
Preparing workers and the likelihood and
nearby communities to magnitude of EHS
respond to accidents risks

Favoring strategies
Prioritizing risk
that eliminate the
management
cause of the
strategies
hazard

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General Approach to the Management of EHS
Issues at the Facility or Project Level
Identifying EHS
project hazards
and associated
risks
Improving EHS
performance Involving EHS
through ongoing professionals
monitoring

Understanding
Preparing workers and the likelihood and
nearby communities to magnitude of EHS
respond to accidents risks

Favoring strategies
Prioritizing risk
that eliminate the
management
cause of the
strategies
hazard

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General Approach to the Management of EHS
Issues at the Facility or Project Level
Identifying EHS
project hazards
and associated
risks
Improving EHS
performance Involving EHS
through ongoing professionals
monitoring

Understanding
Preparing workers and the likelihood and
nearby communities to magnitude of EHS
respond to accidents risks

Favoring strategies
Prioritizing risk
that eliminate the
management
cause of the
strategies
hazard

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General Approach to the Management of EHS
Issues at the Facility or Project Level
Identifying EHS
project hazards
and associated
risks
Improving EHS
performance Involving EHS
through ongoing professionals
monitoring

Understanding
Preparing workers and the likelihood and
nearby communities to magnitude of EHS
respond to accidents risks

Favoring strategies
Prioritizing risk
that eliminate the
management
cause of the
strategies
hazard

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General Approach to the Management of EHS
Issues at the Facility or Project Level
Identifying EHS
project hazards
and associated
risks
Improving EHS
performance Involving EHS
through ongoing professionals
monitoring

Understanding
Preparing workers and the likelihood and
nearby communities to magnitude of EHS
respond to accidents risks

Favoring strategies
Prioritizing risk
that eliminate the
management
cause of the
strategies
hazard

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 General Environmental, Health and
Safety Guideline (EHSG)

1.1 Air Emissions and Ambient Air Quality 3.1 Water Quality and Availability
1.2 Energy Conservation 3.2 Structural Safety of Project
Infrastructure
1.3 Wastewater and Ambient Water Quality
3.3 Life and Fire Safety (L&FS)
1. 1.4 Water Conservation 3. Community
3.4 Traffic Safety
Environmental 1.5 Hazardous Materials Management Health and Safety
3.5 Transport of Hazardous Materials
1.6 Waste Management
3.6 Disease Prevention
1.7 Noise
3.7 Emergency Preparedness and
1.8 Contaminated Land Response

2.1 General Facility Design and Operation

2.2 Communication and Training
2. 2.3 Physical Hazards
Occupational 2.4 Chemical Hazards 4. Construction 4.1 Environment
2.5 Biological Hazards and 4.2 Occupational Health and Safety
Health and 2.6 Radiological Hazards Decommissioning 4.3 Community Health and Safety
Safety 2.7 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
2.8 Special Hazard Environments
2.9 Monitoring

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 Industry EHS Guideline Outline

Section 1.0: Industry-

Specific Impacts &
Management
Section 2.0: Performance
Indicators & Monitoring
Section 3.0: References
Annex A - General
Description of Industry
Activities

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 How to use the WBG EHSGs?

For existing facilities

Site specific targets may be
needed Avoid or minimize
What if host country adverse impacts on
regulations differ? human health and the
Whichever is more environment
stringent
Applicability tailored to Promote more
the hazards and risks of sustainable use of
the project resources
based on the results of an
environmental impact
assessment

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Q&A

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3- Technical Revision of
the Environmental,
Health and Safety
Guidelines

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Technical revision of the EHS Guidelines:
Rationale & Objectives

Ensure consistency with

updated 2012 IFC Sustainability
Framework
Reflect current Good
International Industry Practice
Improve consistency across EHS
Guidelines where there are
cross-cutting issues (i.e. energy
efficiency, water use, GHG emissions)

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 Proposed timeline

Three-year update process

Batches of guidelines updated in 4 phases

2013 2014 2015 2016

Phase I
Phase II
Phase III
Phase IV

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Update process for each phase

Round-One
Consultation on Incorporate Public
Existing guideline Comments
30 days
Draft Revised
Listening phase guideline
Online Comments

Final version Round-Two

prepared based on Consultation on
second consultation Revised guideline
feedback Draft
30 days
Translation and
Dissemination Online comments

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 7 EHS Guidelines for Phase 1
(Feb 2013 June 2014)

General EHS Guideline

Annual Crop Production
Agribusiness Plantation Crop Production
Vegetable Oil Processing

Chemicals Petroleum Refining

Offshore Oil and Gas

Oil and Gas Development

Power Wind Energy

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 13 EHS Guidelines for Phase 2
(October 2013 December 2014)
Food and Beverage
Agribusiness Sugar Manufacturing
Pulp and Paper Mills
Forestry Forest Harvesting operations
Cement and Lime Manufacturing
General Glass Manufacturing
Manufacturing Integrated Steel Mills
Crude Oil and Petroleum Product Terminals
Infrastructure Ports, Harbors and Terminals
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities
Oil and Gas Onshore Oil and Gas Development

Electric Power Transmission and Distribution

Power Thermal Power

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 Key Dates

January 2013: Launch of EHS

Guidelines Technical revision
website
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February & March 2013: First
Phase I consultation (Listening
Consultation)
October & November 2013: First
Phase II consultation
March 2014: Beginning of the
second Phase I consultations

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Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines
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Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines
Technical Revision
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IFC Sustainability website
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IFC's Sustainability Framework
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IFCs Sustainability Webinars
www.ifc.org/sustainabilitywebinars
Sustainability Publications Catalogue
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Sustainability Training and E-Learning Program (STEP)
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