Nuevas herramientas y guías para la Aplicación del Protocolo

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1 Nuevas herramientas y guías para la Aplicación del Protocolo Taller Aplicación del Protocolo de Sostenibilidad Hidroeléctrica San José, CR Jueves 28 de Septiembre 2017 Frank Faraday, Director de Programa Sostenibilidad, IHA

2 Agenda: Good International Industry Practice Guidelines (as separate document) Continued refinement of the Protocol, including Climate-change topic Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool Improved process for Assessor Accreditation, worldwide Strengthening the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Council Improved website content:

3 Good International Industry Practice Guidelines (as separate document) Continued refinement of the Protocol, including Climate-change topic Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool Improved process for Assessor Accreditation, worldwide Strengthening the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Council Overall Objective: Ensure Protocol continues to meet needs of hydropower sector Improved website content:

4 Agenda: Good International Industry Practice Guidelines (as separate document) Continued refinement of the Protocol, including Climate-change topic Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool Improved process for Assessor Accreditation, worldwide Strengthening the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Council Improved website content:

5 Good International Industry Practice Why Guidelines? Describe good practice in hydropower sector without needing to undertake Protocol assessment Protocol as normative document Guidelines originally produced in 2004 in response to WCD as pre-cursor to work to develop Protocol Not updated since the Protocol was adopted in 2011 Recognised need to provide updated guidance to practitioners on what is good practice as embedded in the Protocol Need for precision on what constitutes good practice especially for the legal community.

6 Good International Industry Practice What will they look like? Compendium of guidelines for each topic of the Protocol. Will be published as one document. Will address all life stages under each topic Structured, as in the Protocol, by assessment, management and stakeholder engagement Adds interpretation on what is good practice as described in Protocol. No intention to go beyond agreed Protocol text

7 Good International Industry Practice Who is the audience? Hydropower Practitioners Developers Planners Engineers Those who implement projects Not Accredited Assessors Guidelines assessor manuals

8 Good International Industry Practice Current status Five example guidelines gave been developed by different accredited assessors. Presented at workshop in London on 19/09/2017. These are: Communications and Consultation Environment and Social Impact Assessment and Management Downstream Flow Regimes Resettlement Governance

9 Good International Industry Practice Next Steps Aim to complete all guidelines by the end of the year Important to standardise documents choosing a style that is both easy to read while remaining in line with the Protocol Need to decide whether guidelines for some topics can be combined Consultation of PGC and Council on format Develop collateral around guidelines (e.g. training material, case studies)

10 Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool Why the tool? Market demand for lower cost screening tools that focus on eligibility for financing rather than full sustainability assessments Specific request from Climate Bonds Initiative for IHA to develop binary decision making tool for hydropower that focuses on environmental, social and climate related aspects

11 Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool Objectives Provide report templates for the assessment of a hydropower project using selected Protocol criteria, focused on basic good practice only Allow more targeted, lower cost assessment, using these consistent templates Maintain consistency in the quality and content of such targeted assessments Focus on topics, and criteria within them, of most relevance to environmental and social risks Maintain the distinct value of a full official assessment using all topics.

12 Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool What will the tool cover? Only covers Basic Good Practice (Score 3 on the Protocol) Abstracts environmental, social and governance topics from Protocol Introduces climate change topic Lists gaps against basic good practice Presents management plans to address those gaps

13 Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool ESG Gap Analysis Tool Focus only on good practice 75 scoring statements (plus parts of four others) Covers environmental, social and governance topics Identifies and describes gaps Presents management plans to bridge gaps and progress in eliminating gaps Results presented in the form of a table Full Protocol Good and best practice 166 scoring statements Emphasis on stakeholder involvement through interviews, workshops and capacity building Enables a clear understanding of performance across all topics Results presented in form of spider diagram

14 Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool What will it look like? Number of significant gaps per section and under which scoring statement List of identified significant gaps ESIA to manage gaps Expected annual profile of those significant gaps > Estimation of length of time it will take for the gaps to be addressed Detailed description of significant gaps against each element of scoring statement for each section

15 Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool What is the current status? Field tested at the Tina hydropower project in the Solomon Islands with funds from World Bank First draft presented to PGC and Council in May 2017 Later draft adds climate change mitigation and resilience and governance Management Plans added Protocol topics reflected in sections in tool aligned with IFC standards Presentation at workshop in London on 19/09/2017

16 Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool Next Steps: Revised version to be presented, based on workshop feedback Shared with Protocol Council for comments Finalised by end of year to deliver to CBI Define accreditation system for ESG Gap Analysis Tool Develop training material for candidate accredited assessors Organise second pilot assessment

17 Training Assessment Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool and Guidelines: How will they complement each other? Basis of Good Practice in sector Referenced by lenders Good International Industry Practice Guidelines Gap Analysis against Good Practice Focus on access to finance Good Practice Management Plans ESG Gap Analysis Tool Best Practice Benchmarking Full Protocol Assessment

18 Agenda: Good International Industry Practice Guidelines (as separate document) Continued refinement of the Protocol, including Climate-change topic Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool Improved process for Assessor Accreditation, worldwide Strengthening the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Council Improved website content:

19 Climate Change Topic Up to now, climate change has been cross-cutting topic in the Protocol Decision to create specific Protocol topic on climate change already taken in 2015 Was delayed due to lack of reliable science on mitigation and resilience Will now be extended to ESG Gap Analysis Tool and Protocol in parallel Challenge: climate change resilience especially poses problems to integrate into ESG Tool as science is still quite recent.

20 Agenda: Good International Industry Practice Guidelines (as separate document) Continued refinement of the Protocol, including Climate-change topic Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool Improved process for Assessor Accreditation, worldwide Strengthening the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Council Improved website content: Support to the Protocol Community

21 Supporting the Protocol Community Widen pool of assessors Intrinsically linked to the volume of assessments Make sure Protocol remains contemporary Vibrant Council membership to provide guidance to development of Protocol Ensure sufficient resources to update Protocol and accompanying guidelines to reflect evolving nature of good practice More clearly communicate benefits of the Protocol to the Hydropower sector Better use of Creation of more compelling and targeted marketing collateral

22 Conclusions Clear examples of benefits for projects from using Protocol presented in this forum How can the Protocol continue to deliver these benefits? Ensure Protocol continues to meet needs of hydropower sector GIIP guidelines to help practitioners meet good practice Provide more options for assessment: ESG tool to assess projects against good practice Continue to refine Protocol include climate change topic and keep guidelines contemporary Ensure sector remains engaged with the work of the Protocol Council membership Ensure benefits of Protocol use are properly communicated Adopt a clear communications strategy for Protocol Use website to promote Protocol to developers Good case studies (e.g. Better Hydro) Tailor collateral to different audiences Leverage Protocol Council members to spread benefits of applying the Protocol in their countries

23 Frank Faraday Sustainability Programme Manager International Hydropower Association Muchas Gracias y pura vida!