Environmental and Social Safeguards Policy

The Environmental and Social Safeguards Policy (ESSP) develops and formalises the Bank's commitment to promoting environmentally and socially sustainable projects.

The publication outlines the principles on which the approach to environmental and social safeguard review and management by the Bank is based and sets out the environmental and social safeguard requirements applicable to each Project. The ESSP is complemented by Safeguard Standards providing detailed requirements that apply if triggered by the Bank's environmental and social due diligence process.