5 of 15 obligations have no evidence at all yet — a lender's reviewer asks about these first.
| Status | Who owns it | What's required |
|---|---|---|
| no evidence yet | hydrology and sediment | Assess sediment trapping and downstream geomorphic response over the operating life, including delta and floodplain consequences. WBG EHS Guidelines, hydropower |
| no evidence yet | stakeholder engagement | Conduct Informed Consultation and Participation for Category A projects, documented and proportionate to risk. EP4 Principle 5 |
| no evidence yet | terrestrial biodiversity | Apply the mitigation hierarchy: anticipate and avoid, then minimise, then compensate or offset residual impacts. PS1 para 14 |
| no evidence yet | resettlement and livelihoods | Where Indigenous Peoples are affected, obtain Free, Prior and Informed Consent for relocation, critical cultural heritage or land use impacts. PS7 paras 12-17 |
| no evidence yet | cultural heritage | Identify cultural heritage including graves and sacred sites, and apply chance-find procedures and consultation on removal or relocation. PS8 paras 16-17 |
| checked, OK | legal and regulatory | Publicly disclose the assessment documentation for a minimum of 30 days before financial close, accurately reflecting the underlying findings. EP4 Principle 10 |
| checked, OK | climate and ghg | For Category A projects, assess climate change risk including a TCFD-aligned physical and transition risk assessment, an alternatives analysis for les… EP4 Principle 2 and Annex A |
| checked, OK | aquatic ecology and fisheries | Establish a current environmental and social baseline of sufficient detail to characterise risks and impacts, informed by recent conditions. PS1 para 7 |
| checked, OK | hydrology and sediment | Assess cumulative impacts of the project together with other existing, planned or reasonably defined developments on the same receptors. PS1 para 8 |
| checked, OK | legal and regulatory | Establish an ESMP in which every mitigation measure has an action, a responsible party, a budget, a timeframe and a monitoring indicator. PS1 paras 24-27 |
| checked, OK | stakeholder engagement | Operate a grievance mechanism and demonstrate that concerns raised are assessed and responded to. PS1 paras 35-36 |
| checked, OK | dam safety and geotech | Address community health, safety and security risks, including structural safety of dams and reservoir-associated disease. PS4 paras 5, 9 |
| checked, OK | resettlement and livelihoods | Identify and compensate economic displacement, including loss of livelihood or access to resources where no physical relocation occurs, and restore li… PS5 paras 5, 25-29 |
| checked, OK | terrestrial biodiversity | Determine whether critical habitat is present and, where it is, meet the no-net-loss and net-gain requirements with documented justification. PS6 paras 16-19 |
| checked, OK | hydrology and sediment | Where the project affects a river system, sustain environmental flows adequate to maintain downstream ecosystem function and dependent uses. PS6 para 24 |