IHA Sustainability Assess ment Pr ot ocol-Sectio...
This sustainability assess ment uses a scoring system fr o m 5 to 0 f or t wenty f undamental aspects of economic,social,and environ mental sustainability pertaining to new hydr o pr ojects.These aspects have been drawn fr o m t he I HA’s Sustainabilit y Guidelines.
A score of 3 is considered satisfactor y and essentially meets t he requirements of the Sustainability Guidelines.Lower scores indicate significant gaps and/or poor sustainability perf or mance.
A score of 4 indicates high standard perf or mance,occasionally exceeding the requirements of the Sustainability Guidelines,with only very minor gaps.
A score of 5 exceeds the requirements of the Sustainability Guidelines and is at,or very near,international best practice as applied to the actual/local situation.
The docu ment is designed to look at individual f acilities,but f or so me circu mstances,it may be necessar y to use gr oups of f acilities.(https://www.daowen.com)
The table below explains t he general intent of ratings fro m 5 thr ough to 0.
Scoring f or each Sustainability Assessment Aspect
