The Hydropower Sustainability Tools define and measure sustainability in the hydropower sector. They provide a common language to allow governments, civil society, financial institutions and the hydropower sector to discuss and evaluate sustainability issues.

There are three complementary tools: the Hydropower Sustainability Guidelines on Good International Industry Practice (HGIIP), the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) and the Hydropower Sustainability ESG Gap Analysis Tool (HESG).

  • The HGIIP act as the key document that defines the processes and outcomes that constitute good international industry practice. Performance against the guidelines can be measured through two complementary tools: the HSAP and the HESG.

  • The HSAP measures performance compared to defined basic good practice and proven best practice, enabling projects to benchmark their performance in a comprehensive way.

  • The HESG can be used to check for gaps against good practice on relevant environmental, social and governance topics, and includes a gap management plan to improve processes and outcomes.

 

Sustainability Guidelines

(HGIIP)

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Assessment Protocol (HSAP)

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ESG Gap Analysis Tool (HESG)

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Protocol assessment example (Blanda, Iceland)