{"title":"Project E&S and Responsible Business Conduct Assessment · S1","canonicalUrl":"https://salientone.eu/s1/tools/project-assessment","publishedAt":"2026-10-08","updatedAt":"2026-10-14","frameworkVersion":"ifc-2012-s1-2026-10-08-v1","templateVersion":"v3","practitionerReview":{"status":"pending","reviewer":null,"reviewedAt":null},"scope":"Original S1 project environmental and social prompts referencing IFC Performance Standards (2012), OECD due diligence guidance (2018) and UN Guiding Principles (2011); global applicability with Ukraine examples.","stages":[{"name":"Project E&S scoping","detail":"Describe activities, location, workers, contractors, land and communities. Review relevant IFC Performance Standards and retain unknown answers."},{"name":"Social-impact register","detail":"Record impact pathways and affected groups, severity, scale, scope and ability to remedy. Keep evidence confidence and organisational risks separate."},{"name":"Stakeholder and engagement planner","detail":"Identify affectedness, vulnerability, concerns and participation barriers. Include groups with limited influence and assign engagement responsibilities."},{"name":"Evidence and gap checklist","detail":"Distinguish public guidance, regional context and project evidence. Record provenance, geographic coverage, study periods, retrieval dates and review status."},{"name":"Mitigation and monitoring plan","detail":"Assign owners, dates, indicators and review triggers. Link actions to impacts and record evidence before marking an action verified."},{"name":"Responsible business conduct review","detail":"Record policy ownership, business relationships, decisions, communication and grievance arrangements. Review information gaps across the six OECD due diligence steps and responses to actual or potential harm."}],"standards":[{"id":"PS1","title":"Assessment and management","guidance":"Define the project, identify affected people and impacts, consider alternatives, engage stakeholders and maintain management and monitoring arrangements.","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2012/ifc-performance-standard-1"},{"id":"PS2","title":"Labour and working conditions","guidance":"Assess employment conditions, worker safety, contractors and relevant primary supply-chain risks.","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2012/ifc-performance-standard-2"},{"id":"PS3","title":"Resource efficiency and pollution prevention","guidance":"Examine resources, emissions, waste and pollution using project-specific information and relevant EHS guidance.","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2012/ifc-performance-standard-3"},{"id":"PS4","title":"Community health, safety and security","guidance":"Assess impacts on community health, safety, infrastructure, services and security arrangements, including vulnerable groups.","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2012/ifc-performance-standard-4"},{"id":"PS5","title":"Land acquisition and involuntary resettlement","guidance":"Examine physical and economic displacement, access restrictions and formal and informal livelihood uses. Prioritise avoidance and assess alternatives.","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2012/ifc-performance-standard-5"},{"id":"PS6","title":"Biodiversity and living natural resources","guidance":"Identify potential habitat and ecosystem-service impacts and commission qualified site studies where needed.","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2012/ifc-performance-standard-6"},{"id":"PS7","title":"Indigenous Peoples","guidance":"Establish applicability through qualified local assessment and appropriate engagement. Country location alone cannot establish applicability.","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2012/ifc-performance-standard-7"},{"id":"PS8","title":"Cultural heritage","guidance":"Assess tangible and intangible heritage, consult affected communities and establish appropriate procedures for discoveries during works.","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2012/ifc-performance-standard-8"}],"questions":[{"id":"workers","standard":"PS2","label":"Will the project employ workers, including temporary or migrant workers?","evidence":"Workforce profile, employment terms, worker consultation and grievance arrangements."},{"id":"contractors","standard":"PS2","label":"Will contractors or labour suppliers work on the project?","evidence":"Contractor labour arrangements, oversight and worker safety evidence."},{"id":"supplyChain","standard":"PS2","label":"Will primary suppliers provide goods or materials for the project?","evidence":"Primary supplier records and checks for child labour, forced labour and serious safety risks."},{"id":"resourcesPollution","standard":"PS3","label":"Could activities affect resource use, water, air, waste or pollution?","evidence":"Resource balance, emissions/waste information and relevant sector EHS studies."},{"id":"communities","standard":"PS4","label":"Could nearby people experience changes in health, safety, access or services?","evidence":"Social baseline, community consultation and health/safety assessment."},{"id":"security","standard":"PS4","label":"Will public or private security personnel protect the project?","evidence":"Security arrangements, conduct, training and community complaint processes."},{"id":"land","standard":"PS5","label":"Will the project acquire land or change rights to use land or resources?","evidence":"Land/access records and identification of formal and informal users."},{"id":"physicalDisplacement","standard":"PS5","label":"Could people lose housing or have to move?","evidence":"Census, housing/tenure baseline and displacement alternatives assessment."},{"id":"economicDisplacement","standard":"PS5","label":"Could livelihoods, income, livelihoods access or informal land use be disrupted without relocation?","evidence":"Livelihood and access baseline, including informal users and seasonal activities."},{"id":"habitats","standard":"PS6","label":"Could activities affect habitats, biodiversity or ecosystem services used by people?","evidence":"Site ecological baseline and specialist habitat/ecosystem-services assessment."},{"id":"indigenousPeoples","standard":"PS7","label":"Could Indigenous Peoples with relevant collective attachments or distinct institutions be affected?","evidence":"Qualified applicability assessment and culturally appropriate engagement; establish applicability locally."},{"id":"heritage","standard":"PS8","label":"Could works, excavation or access changes affect cultural heritage or community cultural practices?","evidence":"Heritage assessment, community consultation and chance-find arrangements."}],"answerValues":["unknown","yes","no"],"categoryGuidance":{"A":"Potential significant adverse environmental or social impacts that may be diverse, irreversible or unprecedented.","B":"Potential limited adverse impacts, generally site-specific, largely reversible and addressable through mitigation.","C":"Minimal or no adverse environmental or social impacts, supported by adequate project evidence.","undetermined":"The assessor has not established a provisional category. Record information needed to decide."},"references":[{"id":"ifc","name":"IFC Performance Standards and Guidance Notes","edition":"2012 standards; guidance notes updated 2021","kind":"guidance","coverage":"Global; project applicability requires assessment","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2012/ifc-performance-standards","limitation":"Versioned references and original S1 prompts; no certification or compliance determination."},{"id":"oecd-rbc","name":"OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct","edition":"2018","kind":"guidance","coverage":"Operations, supply chains and other business relationships","url":"https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2018/02/oecd-due-diligence-guidance-for-responsible-business-conduct_c669bd57.html","limitation":"S1 organises project environmental and social due diligence records. This is not an OECD alignment assessment or coverage of every RBC issue."},{"id":"ehs","name":"World Bank Group general and industry EHS guidelines","edition":"Document-specific editions","kind":"guidance","coverage":"Global; select the relevant industry and activities","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/general-environmental-health-and-safety-guidelines","limitation":"Expert interpretation and site-specific applicability are required."},{"id":"esms","name":"IFC ESMS implementation resources","edition":"Public handbook and toolkit; document-specific dates","kind":"guidance","coverage":"Global","url":"https://www.ifc.org/en/insights-reports/2015/publications-handbook-esms-general","limitation":"Reference links; use original project-specific management arrangements."},{"id":"iom","name":"IOM DTM Ukraine","edition":"Select and record report round and survey dates","kind":"regional_context","coverage":"Ukraine; report-specific geographic coverage","url":"https://dtm.iom.int/ukraine","limitation":"Survey estimates support context; do not establish site conditions or identify affected individuals."},{"id":"hdx","name":"HDX HAPI dataset documentation","edition":"Dataset-specific observation periods","kind":"regional_context","coverage":"Dataset-specific country and administrative coverage","url":"https://hdx-hapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/","limitation":"Manual references only; verify the underlying dataset, coverage and licence. No active S1 HDX feed."},{"id":"eia","name":"Ukraine EcoSystem environmental registers","edition":"Project-specific records","kind":"project_evidence","coverage":"Ukraine","url":"https://eco.gov.ua/registers","limitation":"Select the actual project record; access restrictions and missing records must be stated."},{"id":"iaia","name":"IAIA social impact assessment guidance","edition":"2015","kind":"guidance","coverage":"Global","url":"https://iaia.org/social-impact-assessment-guidance/","limitation":"Reference link and original S1 prompts; do not adapt or redistribute the licensed document."},{"id":"ungp","name":"UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights","edition":"2011","kind":"guidance","coverage":"Global","url":"https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/GuidingPrinciplesBusinessHR_EN.pdf","limitation":"Prioritise severe impacts using scale, scope and remediability; project evidence remains necessary."},{"id":"iso31000","name":"ISO 31000 risk management","edition":"Public description","kind":"guidance","coverage":"Organisation and project risk management","url":"https://www.iso.org/iso-31000-risk-management.html","limitation":"Guidance, not a certifiable standard. No restricted clauses are reproduced."},{"id":"iso26000","name":"ISO 26000 social responsibility","edition":"Public description","kind":"guidance","coverage":"Organisational social responsibility","url":"https://www.iso.org/iso-26000-social-responsibility.html","limitation":"Guidance, not a certifiable standard. No restricted clauses are reproduced."},{"id":"iso14001","name":"ISO 14001 environmental management","edition":"Public description; verify applicable edition","kind":"guidance","coverage":"Environmental management systems","url":"https://www.iso.org/iso-14001-environmental-management.html","limitation":"Independent management-system certification is separate from this assessment."},{"id":"iso45001","name":"ISO 45001 occupational health and safety","edition":"Public description","kind":"guidance","coverage":"Occupational health and safety management systems","url":"https://www.iso.org/iso-45001-occupational-health-and-safety.html","limitation":"Independent management-system certification is separate from this assessment."}],"supportRules":{"methodVersion":"s1-assessment-support-2026-10-09-v1","countryTopics":{"governance":{"standards":["PS1"],"question":"What local permitting, contractor oversight and grievance arrangements need project-specific verification?"},"corruption":{"standards":["PS1"],"question":"How will procurement, consultation and grievance processes remain transparent and accessible?"},"inform_risk":{"standards":["PS1","PS4"],"question":"What site-specific emergency arrangements and community-service vulnerabilities need a current baseline?"},"conflict_events_30d":{"standards":["PS1","PS4"],"question":"How could changing security conditions affect access, community safety and engagement? Verify the site and reporting period locally."},"war_events_90d":{"standards":["PS1","PS4"],"question":"What local security and emergency evidence is needed? Media event shares do not establish events at the project site."},"fragile_states_index":{"standards":["PS1","PS4"],"question":"Which local services, institutions and affected groups need additional consultation and baseline evidence?"},"press_freedom":{"standards":["PS1"],"question":"What barriers to safe participation and access to information should engagement planning investigate?"},"hdi":{"standards":["PS1","PS4"],"question":"Which locally affected groups and participation barriers need identification? A national index cannot identify vulnerable individuals."},"forced_labour_exposure":{"standards":["PS2"],"question":"Verify primary supplier identities, goods, recruitment practices and child/forced-labour controls using current project-specific evidence."},"environmental_performance":{"standards":["PS1","PS3","PS6"],"question":"What site-specific pollution and ecological baselines are needed? National environmental performance does not establish site conditions."},"nd_gain":{"standards":["PS1","PS3","PS4"],"question":"Which climate hazards, resource needs and community services require site-specific resilience studies?"}},"sourcingTopics":{"child_labour":{"standards":["PS2"],"question":"Verify age controls, workforce arrangements and primary suppliers; retain the source-specific child-labour category."},"forced_labour":{"standards":["PS2"],"question":"Verify recruitment, freedom of movement, employment terms and supplier traceability."},"tvpra":{"standards":["PS2"],"question":"Check the original good-specific child/forced-labour category and obtain primary supplier evidence. A country-good observation is not a project finding."},"customs_detention":{"standards":["PS2"],"question":"Check the original CBP action and current status. Distinguish reasonable-but-inconclusive WRO evidence from a Finding; verify project supplier relevance."},"conflict_mineral":{"standards":["PS1","PS2"],"question":"Obtain supply-chain origin, traceability and human-rights evidence. This is a fixed S1 2021–2024 review-priority assessment, not an OECD designation."},"deforestation":{"standards":["PS3","PS6"],"question":"Verify land use, resource sourcing and site ecological evidence. The World Bank forest-area trend is an S1 derivation, not GFW tree-cover loss."},"eudr_commodity":{"standards":["PS1","PS6"],"question":"Check product scope, origin and current official requirements. The S1 country–commodity review flag is not an EU benchmark or a severity finding."},"product_safety":{"standards":["PS4"],"question":"Verify product identity, notice applicability and community exposure. A source notification or S1 routing band does not establish a project impact."}},"interpretation":"Original S1 investigation prompts. Source observations are regional context; never change project answers, impact significance or assessor categories automatically. Missing coverage is unknown. Accepted references start unreviewed."},"responsibleBusinessConduct":{"methodVersion":"s1-rbc-2026-10-14-v1","boundary":"This review organises assessor-entered information. Recorded information is not verified implementation, an OECD alignment assessment or a compliance determination. Country ratings and sanctions results cannot establish how a business affects people or the environment.","steps":[{"id":"embed","title":"Policy and responsibility","prompt":"Record the policy commitment, accountable owner and operations, suppliers or other relationships covered.","tab":"RBC review"},{"id":"assess","title":"Identify and assess impacts","prompt":"Establish actual or potential harm, affected groups and the business’s involvement using reviewed project evidence. Prioritise severe human-rights impacts; low likelihood or confidence does not cancel severity.","tab":"Impacts"},{"id":"prevent","title":"Prevent and mitigate harm","prompt":"Record prevention or cessation measures and link each impact to actions with owners and dates. Use leverage when harm is linked through a business relationship.","tab":"Actions"},{"id":"track","title":"Track implementation and outcomes","prompt":"Use indicators, review triggers and verification evidence to assess results for affected people. Finishing an action does not establish that harm has been addressed.","tab":"Actions"},{"id":"communicate","title":"Communicate with affected people","prompt":"Record the audience, information, accessible method, timing and responsibility for communicating findings and responses. Protect sensitive information and participants.","tab":"Stakeholders"},{"id":"remedy","title":"Grievances and remedy","prompt":"Record accessible grievance channels and protection against retaliation. Where the business caused or contributed to actual harm, record provision of or cooperation in remedy with affected people.","tab":"Impacts"}],"references":[{"name":"OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct","edition":"2018","url":"https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2018/02/oecd-due-diligence-guidance-for-responsible-business-conduct_c669bd57.html"},{"name":"UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights","edition":"2011","url":"https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/GuidingPrinciplesBusinessHR_EN.pdf"}],"involvementValues":["unknown","cause","contribute","directly_linked"],"occurrenceValues":["unknown","potential","actual"],"reviewMeaning":"Information gaps are prompts for assessor review, not a completeness score or finding. Low likelihood or confidence does not reduce human-rights severity. Private review records are not exposed by this reference or the public scoping API."},"workflow":{"methodVersion":"s1-due-diligence-2026-10-14-v1","steps":[{"id":"country","label":"Country risk","detail":"Review the operating or sourcing context and source dates."},{"id":"screening","label":"Sanctions","detail":"Screen actual counterparties and review candidate matches."},{"id":"review","label":"RBC review","detail":"Assess impacts, assign actions and record the decision and follow-up."}],"continuity":"Internal workflow navigation retains the assessment and selection in browser memory; reload or closing the tab loses an unsaved draft. Project text, product terms and counterparty names are excluded from handoff URLs.","interpretation":"Country and sourcing observations are context. Screening summaries start unreviewed and do not establish identity or clearance. A sourcing origin may differ from project location; applying the selection to project scoping is explicit. The assessor records project findings, decisions and follow-up.","screeningFilter":"The workflow country does not automatically set the sanctions nationality/geography filter."},"interpretation":{"review_required":"PS1 management and assessment arrangements always require review.","potentially_relevant":"At least one yes answer identifies a potential trigger; this is not an applicability or compliance determination.","information_needed":"No yes trigger and at least one unknown answer; obtain evidence.","not_identified":"All current trigger answers are no; this does not establish compliance or absence of impacts."},"limits":["No automatic category, certification, IFC endorsement or compliance determination.","Guidance and regional context cannot replace project evidence.","Economic displacement and informal users are covered separately from relocation.","Evidence confidence does not reduce severity.","Financial-intermediary portfolio categorisation and document uploads are outside this release."],"privacy":"This reference contains public methodology only. Anonymous project drafts stay in browser memory; private assessment records and exports are excluded.","usageTerms":"S1 original summaries and reference links; underlying documents and datasets retain their own licences. Check terms before copying or redistributing source material.","api":{"specification":"https://salientone.eu/s1/tools/project-assessment/openapi.json","scopeEndpoint":"https://salientone.eu/s1/api/project-assessment/scope","authentication":"None for scoping; saving and exports require a signed-in account.","requestLimit":"20 scoping requests per minute per connecting IP; maximum JSON body 250,000 bytes."},"citation":"Salient One, Project environmental and social assessment, ifc-2012-s1-2026-10-08-v1, published 2026-10-08. https://salientone.eu/s1/tools/project-assessment"}