What are IFC guidelines?
What are IFC 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.
What is hazard offshore?
There are five main groups of health hazards in the offshore oil and gas industry: musculoskeletal disorders (manual handling, ergonomics) hazardous substances. physical hazards (noise, vibration, asbestos and radiation) biological hazards (food/water hygiene)
How many IFC performance standards are there?
eight Performance Standards
Together, the eight Performance Standards establish standards that the client is to meet throughout the life of an investment by IFC.
What is true about the IFC Performance Standards?
The Performance Standards are directed towards clients, providing guidance on how to identify risks and impacts, and are designed to help avoid, mitigate, and manage risks and impacts as a way of doing business in a sustainable way, including stakeholder engagement and disclosure obligations of the client in relation …
Are offshore platforms safe?
o All offshore platforms are equipped with safety valves that shut-in oil and natural gas in the event of storm damage. These valves lock closed at regular intervals so that oil or gas cannot flow if equipment is broken or separated.
What are the EHS Guidelines for offshore oil and gas development?
The EHS Guidelines for Offshore Oil and Gas Development include information relevant to seismic exploration, exploratory and production drilling, development and production activities, offshore pipeline operations, offshore transportation, tanker loading and unloading, ancillary and support operations, and decommissioning.
What are the environmental health and safety guidelines?
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.
How does IFC use the EHS guidelines?
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.
What are the EHS guidelines and GIIP?
(short URL for this page) The EHS Guidelines are technical reference documents with general and industry-specific examples of Good International Industry Practice (GIIP) and are referred to in the World Bank’s Environmental and Social Framework and in IFC’s Performance Standards.
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