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1.

Intr

od

ucti

on

................................

................................

............................................................... 1

-1

1.1

P

urp

ose

of

the E

SM

S ..

..............................

................................................................

.... 1

-2

1.2

S

cope o

f th

e P

roje

ct .

................................

................................................................

..... 1

-2

2.

Ob

jecti

ves o

f th

e E

SM

S ..

..............................................................

................................

............ 2

-4

3.

Lis

t o

f A

bb

rev

iati

on

s ..

..............................................................

................................

................ 3

-5

4.

Co

nte

xt

of

the O

rgan

izati

on

................................

................................................................

..... 4

-6

4.1

U

nders

tandin

g t

he O

rganiz

atio

n a

nd its

Con

text ..........................................................

4-6

4.2

U

nders

tandin

g t

he n

ee

ds a

nd e

xp

ecta

tions o

f In

tere

ste

d P

art

ies ..

..............................

4-7

4.3

D

ete

rmin

ing t

he S

cop

e o

f th

e E

SM

S .................................

................................

........... 4

-9

5.

Lead

ers

hip

, R

ole

s a

nd

Re

sp

on

sib

ilit

y ..

..............................

................................

.................. 5

-10

5.1

Lead

ers

hip

an

d C

om

mitm

ent .

................................

..................................................... 5

-10

5.2

E

nviro

nm

enta

l a

nd S

ocia

l P

olic

y ..

..............................

................................

................. 5

-11

5.3

O

rganiz

atio

nal R

ole

s, R

esp

onsib

ilities a

nd A

uth

ority

.................................

................ 5

-13

6.

Pla

nn

ing

................................

................................

................................................................

..... 6

-4

6.1

A

ctio

ns to a

ddre

ss R

isks a

nd O

pp

ort

un

itie

s .................................................................

6-4

6.2

E

nviro

nm

enta

l O

bje

ctives a

nd P

lann

ing t

o A

chie

ve T

hem

................................

........... 6

-8

7.

Su

pp

ort

.................................

................................

................................................................

... 7

-10

7.1

R

esourc

es .................................................................

................................

.................. 7

-10

7.2

C

om

pete

nce

................................................................

................................

................ 7

-10

7.3

A

ware

ness ..

..............................................................

................................

................... 7

-11

7.4

C

om

munic

ation (

Inte

rna

l a

nd E

xte

rna

l S

takehold

ers

) ................................

................ 7

-12

7.5

D

ocum

ente

d info

rmation

................................

............................................................. 7

-18

8.

Op

era

tio

n ..

..............................

................................

................................................................

. 8-2

0

8.1

O

pera

tiona

l P

lann

ing

an

d C

ontr

ol .

................................

................................

.............. 8

-20

8.2

E

merg

ency P

repare

dness a

nd R

esponse

.................................................................

. 8-2

0

9.

Perf

orm

an

ce

Ev

alu

ati

on

................................................................

................................

......... 9

-22

9.1

M

on

itori

ng,

Me

asure

ment, A

na

lysis

an

d E

va

luation

................................

................... 9

-22

9.2

In

tern

al A

ud

it ..

..............................................................

................................

............... 9

-23

9.3

M

ana

gem

ent R

evie

w .................................

................................................................

. 9-2

6

10.

Imp

rov

em

en

t o

f P

roje

ct

Perf

orm

an

ce

.................................

................................

............... 1

0-2

7

10.1

G

enera

l .................................

................................

..................................................... 1

0-2

7

10.2

N

onconfo

rmity a

nd

Corr

ective A

ctio

n................................

................................

........ 1

0-2

7

10.3

C

ontinu

al Im

pro

vem

ent .

................................

............................................................

10-2

7

Ap

pen

dix

A –

Cu

rren

t In

dex o

f E

SM

S D

ocu

men

ts ..

..............................

................................

...... 1

0-2

8

Ap

pen

dix

B –

Co

nte

nt

of

Lab

ou

r an

d W

ork

ing

Co

nd

itio

ns P

oli

cy

.................................

........... 1

0-2

9

Ap

pen

dix

C –

Co

nte

nt

of

Lab

ou

r G

riev

an

ce P

roce

ss

................................................................

. 10-3

1

Ap

pen

dix

D –

Mo

nit

ori

ng

Req

uir

em

en

ts u

nd

er

the E

nv

iro

nm

en

tal

Perm

it .............................. 1

0-3

2

ii

Fig

ure

s a

nd

Ta

ble

s

Tab

le 4

-1:

Sta

keh

old

ers

................................

................................

................................

...................... 4

-7

Fig

ure

5-1

: E

PL

Org

an

isati

on

al C

ha

rt ..

..............................

............................................................... 5

-1

Tab

le 5

-1:

Ro

les a

nd

Res

po

nsib

ilit

ies

.................................

............................................................. 5

-1

Fig

ure

6-1

: P

lan

nin

g A

cti

on

Pro

cess

................................

................................................................

6-7

Tab

le 6

-1:

SM

AR

T O

bje

cti

ve Q

uesti

on

s................................

............................................................

6-9

Fig

ure

7-1

: C

om

pete

nce P

roc

ess

................................

................................................................

.... 7

-11

Fig

ure

7-2

Co

mm

un

icati

on

typ

es

................................

................................................................

.... 7

-12

Tab

le 7

-1:

Inte

rnal

Co

mm

un

icati

on

................................

................................................................

. 7-1

3

Tab

le 7

-2:

Co

mm

un

icati

on

wit

h g

ov

ern

men

t b

od

ies

.................................................................

... 7

-16

Fig

ure

9-1

: A

ud

it P

roces

s .................................................................

................................

............... 9

-25

1-1

1.

Intr

od

uc

tio

n

The G

hana B

ridge

P

ow

er

pro

ject

(‘th

e pro

ject’ or

‘the B

rid

ge P

ow

er

pro

ject’)

will

ena

ble

p

ow

er

genera

tion utilis

ing L

iqu

efied P

etr

ole

um

G

as (L

PG

) and h

as be

en d

evelo

pe

d to

de

plo

y add

itio

na

l

ele

ctr

icity t

o s

up

port

the d

em

and f

or

relia

ble

po

wer

in t

he a

rea.

The p

roje

ct

is b

ein

g d

eve

lop

ed a

nd

opera

ted b

y E

arl

y P

ow

er

Lim

ited (

EP

L)

in t

he

Tem

a r

egio

n o

f S

ou

thern

Ghan

a,

50 k

m e

ast

of

the

capita

l A

ccra

. T

he

pro

ject

inclu

des

two

po

wer

pla

nts

, separa

te

LP

G

sto

rag

e

facili

ties

an

d

the

develo

pm

ent of

a n

ew

pip

elin

e infr

astr

uctu

re f

or

supply

of

LP

G a

nd w

ate

r to

the

pla

nts

.

The p

urp

ose o

f th

e E

nviron

menta

l and S

ocia

l M

anag

em

ent

Syste

m (

ES

MS

) is

to p

rovid

e a

fra

mew

ork

for

the syste

matic assessm

ent, m

itig

atio

n and m

anagem

ent

of

environm

enta

l and socia

l risks in

accord

ance w

ith in-c

ou

ntr

y r

equirem

ents

as w

ell

as in

tern

ation

al go

od p

ractice.

The s

yste

m p

rovid

es

a m

echanis

m f

or

EP

L t

o i

dentify

and c

om

ply

with r

ele

vant

leg

isla

tio

n,

perm

ittin

g a

nd a

uth

ori

sation

oblig

atio

ns,

as w

ell

as e

nablin

g i

nte

rna

tio

na

l go

od pra

ctice s

tan

dard

s to

be

im

ple

mente

d w

ithin

a

consid

ere

d m

anagem

ent a

ppro

ach

.

The E

SM

S i

s i

nte

nded

to b

e a

liv

e p

rocess,

subje

ct

to r

evie

w a

t pla

nn

ed i

nte

rvals

or

in t

he e

vent

of

sig

nific

an

t pro

ject

or

con

textu

al

cha

nges.

T

his

w

ill

enab

le

the

continu

ous

impro

vem

ent

in

environm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l ri

sk m

anagem

ent

to b

e eff

ective a

nd a

ligne

d t

o cha

ngin

g pro

ject

pla

ns,

pers

onn

el,

environm

enta

l conditio

ns,

socia

l circum

sta

nces,

sta

kehold

er

consid

era

tio

ns

and

leg

al

requirem

ents

.

This

E

nviro

nm

enta

l an

d

Socia

l M

ana

gem

ent

Syste

m

(ES

MS

) M

anu

al

has

been

pre

pare

d

in

com

plia

nce

with

the

In

tern

ation

al

Fin

ance

Corp

ora

tion

(IF

C)

Perf

orm

ance

Sta

nd

ard

s

for

En

viro

nm

enta

l a

nd S

ocia

l S

usta

ina

bili

ty,

the I

FC

EH

S G

uid

elin

es a

nd I

SO

1400

1:2

01

5.

The E

SM

S M

an

ual is

the k

ey d

ocum

ent

for

the p

roje

ct’s E

SM

S.

It a

cts

as a

n o

verv

iew

or

‘sig

npost’ f

or

the s

upp

ort

ing d

ocum

ents

and p

roce

dure

s t

ha

t pro

vid

e t

he d

eta

iled info

rmation o

n h

ow

th

e p

roje

ct

will

manage e

nviro

nm

enta

l, s

ocia

l, h

ea

lth a

nd s

afe

ty r

isks.

A l

ist

of

these p

roce

du

res a

nd s

up

port

ing

docum

ents

is d

eta

iled in t

he Ind

ex (

Ap

pen

dix

A).

The f

ollo

win

g IF

C s

tand

ard

s a

pply

and a

re a

dhe

red t

o in t

his

docum

ent;

Perf

orm

ance S

tandard

1:

Assessm

ent and M

anag

em

ent of

En

vir

onm

enta

l and S

ocia

l R

isks

and Im

pacts

Perf

orm

ance S

tandard

2:

Labo

ur

and

Work

ing C

on

ditio

ns

Perf

orm

ance S

tandard

3: R

esourc

e E

ffic

iency a

nd

Pollu

tio

n P

revention

Perf

orm

ance S

tandard

4: C

om

munity H

ea

lth,

Safe

ty a

nd S

ecurity

Perf

orm

ance S

tandard

5:

Land A

cqu

isitio

n a

nd

In

vo

lun

tary

Resettle

ment

The E

SIA

has c

onfirm

ed f

ollo

win

g I

FC

sta

ndard

s d

o n

ot

app

ly t

o t

his

pro

ject

an

d a

re e

xclu

ded

fro

m

the s

cope

of

this

ES

MS

;

Perf

orm

ance S

tandard

6:

Bio

div

ers

ity C

onserv

atio

n a

nd S

usta

inab

le M

an

agem

ent

of

Liv

ing

Natu

ral R

eso

urc

es

Perf

orm

ance S

tandard

7: In

dig

en

ous P

eop

les

Perf

orm

ance S

tandard

8: C

ultura

l H

erita

ge

Mana

gem

ent

of

occupatio

nal

hea

lth

an

d safe

ty,

inclu

din

g th

e re

levan

t part

s o

f IF

C P

erf

orm

ance

Sta

ndard

2,

sha

ll b

e b

ase

d o

n O

HS

AS

180

01 (

ISO

45001 a

s o

f 2017)

for

Occupation

al

Safe

ty a

nd

Health M

anag

em

ent

Syste

ms (

OH

SM

S).

The s

cope o

f th

is d

ocum

ent

or

the E

SM

S d

oes n

ot

cover

the

OH

SM

S th

oug

h c

ert

ain

docum

ents

are

refe

renced w

he

re r

ele

va

nt.

1-2

1.1

P

urp

ose

of

the

ES

MS

The purp

ose

of

the E

SM

S is

to

set

out

ho

w

EP

L in

ten

ds to

m

eet

the

re

qu

irem

ents

of

the IF

C

Perf

orm

ance S

tandard

s f

or

En

viro

nm

enta

l and S

ocia

l S

usta

inabili

ty,

the I

FC

EH

S G

uid

elin

es a

nd i

n

com

plia

nce

with

ISO

14

001:2

01

5

and

to

pro

vid

e

a

syste

matic

appro

ach

to

en

viro

nm

enta

l

managem

ent.

T

he E

SM

S b

uild

s o

n t

he

Environm

enta

l a

nd S

ocia

l Im

pact

Assessm

ent

(ES

IA)

an

d t

he

En

viro

nm

enta

l an

d

Socia

l M

ana

gem

ent

Pla

n

(ES

MP

).

T

he

ES

MS

pro

vid

es

the

fram

ew

ork

fo

r

meeting t

he r

equ

irem

ents

of

these s

tandard

s t

hro

ugh

measure

s a

nd p

rocedure

s a

imed a

t pro

tecting

the e

nvironm

ent an

d m

itig

ating

ad

vers

e e

ffects

.

The f

ram

ew

ork

assis

ts t

he p

roje

ct

in m

eeting i

ts l

eg

al

req

uirem

ents

with t

he G

hana E

nvir

onm

enta

l

Pro

tection A

gency (

EP

A),

fulfill

ing c

om

plia

nce

ob

ligations a

nd e

nhancin

g e

nviro

nm

enta

l perf

orm

ance.

The f

ram

ew

ork

will

supp

ort

the l

ife c

ycle

of

the p

roje

ct

thro

ug

h e

ach s

tage

fro

m c

onstr

uctio

n t

hro

ugh

to d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g a

nd s

hall

pro

vid

e a

ke

y r

efe

rence f

or

com

munic

ating e

nvir

onm

enta

l in

form

ation

to w

ork

ers

and inte

reste

d s

takehold

ers

.

Where

applic

ab

le,

rele

va

nt

sta

ndard

s a

re r

efe

renced d

irectly f

or

ease

of

identify

ing

whic

h s

tand

ard

, or

whic

h c

lause

of

the

sta

nd

ard

, is

bein

g m

et. I

n t

he

case o

f th

is M

anua

l, t

he c

lauses o

f th

is d

ocum

ent

have b

ee

n s

et

ou

t so

as t

o m

irro

r th

e r

eq

uirem

ents

of

ISO

14

001:2

01

5.

In

Septe

mber

2015

the

ne

w

ISO

14

001 s

tand

ard

w

as p

ublis

hed

. T

his

sta

nd

ard

intr

oduced th

e ne

w sim

plis

tic s

tructu

re w

hic

h i

s

desig

ned t

o i

mpro

ve a

lign

ment

with o

ther

managem

ent

syste

ms s

tandard

s a

nd b

e a

pplic

ab

le t

o a

ll

ne

w I

SO

sta

ndard

s a

nd a

ny r

evis

ions o

f sta

nd

ard

s.

The E

SM

S sha

ll b

e re

vie

wed as th

e pro

ject

an

d lif

e of

the pro

ject

chan

ges and th

e docum

ents

inclu

din

g t

his

Manu

al

ma

y t

here

fore

be s

ubje

ct

to c

hange a

nd r

evis

ion.

These c

hang

es m

ay r

eflect

the sta

ge of

the pro

ject, changes to

le

gis

latio

n,

impacts

and in

puts

fr

om

sta

kehold

ers

, or

sim

ply

changes in p

rocess a

nd o

pera

tio

ns w

hic

h t

ake p

lace o

n t

he p

roje

ct.

A

change a

nd d

ocum

ent

contr

ol

pro

cess (

Section 7

.5 D

ocu

menta

tion)

exis

ts w

ithin

th

is E

SM

S M

anu

al

whic

h s

ha

ll tr

ack a

mendm

ents

as these t

ake p

lace.

1.2

S

co

pe o

f th

e P

roje

ct

The p

roje

ct

inclu

des t

he d

eve

lopm

ent

of

po

wer

pla

nt

facili

ties t

o p

rovid

e c

om

merc

ially

ava

ilab

le p

ow

er

in fo

ur

ph

ases to

pro

vid

e a net

tota

l gen

era

tion capacity of

424 M

W at

site desig

n co

nditio

ns.

Thro

ughout

the d

evelo

pm

ent

phases,

LP

G w

ill b

e u

se

d a

s f

uel. I

t is

envis

ag

ed t

hat

within

fiv

e y

ears

of

opera

tio

n o

f phase 4

the p

lant

will

sw

itch t

o o

pera

tio

n u

sin

g n

atu

ral gas if

this

is m

ade a

vaila

ble

by t

he

Govern

ment of

Ghan

a.

The m

ain

pro

ject com

pone

nts

inclu

de

:

Po

wer

Pla

nts

:

o

Po

wer

Pla

nt

Site 1

(P

PS

1)

– P

PS

1 w

ill b

e d

eve

loped

in t

wo

sta

ges w

ith t

he

op

era

tio

n

of

five G

enera

l E

lectr

ic (

GE

) T

M2500 (

‘TM

units’) i

n o

pen

cycle

gas t

urb

ine (

OC

GT

)

mode (

Sta

ge

1a)

and

com

bin

ed c

ycle

gas t

urb

ine (

CC

GT

) genera

tin

g m

ode (

Sta

ge

1b).

o

Po

wer

Pla

nt

Site 2

(P

PS

2)

– P

PS

2 inclu

des f

or

4 L

M6000 P

C S

pri

nt

vari

ant

units (

‘LM

units’) o

pera

tin

g i

n C

CG

T m

ode.

It

is n

ot

expecte

d t

hat

Sta

ge 2

wo

uld

op

era

te i

n

open

cycle

mode;

ho

we

ve

r, t

he d

esig

n i

nclu

des b

yp

ass s

tacks t

o a

llow

ope

n c

ycle

opera

tio

n, if r

equ

ired

.

LP

G P

ipe

line –

A p

ipe

line w

ill t

ransp

ort

LP

G f

rom

the e

xis

ting T

em

a O

il R

efinery

(T

OR

) je

tty

to th

e T

OR

pla

nt

site,

thro

ugh to

the

ne

w p

roje

ct ta

nk farm

and then t

o th

e P

PS

1 a

nd P

PS

2.

1-3

Tank F

arm

– A

ne

w t

ank f

arm

for

sto

rage o

f LP

G p

rior

to u

se b

y P

PS

1 a

nd P

PS

2.

Die

se

l fu

el

oil

(DF

O)

pip

elin

es –

requ

ired t

o t

ranspo

rt D

FO

sto

red a

t th

e ne

arb

y Q

uantu

m

Term

inals

Lim

ited f

uel sto

rage s

ite t

o P

PS

1 a

nd P

PS

2.

The p

ipelin

es w

ill f

ollo

w a

new

Rig

ht

of W

ay

(RoW

) alo

ng w

ith th

e L

PG

pip

elin

e b

etw

een t

he tank f

arm

and p

ow

er

site

s.

Po

wer

evacuatio

n -

Evacu

atio

n o

f th

e p

ow

er

for

Sta

ge 1

a w

ill b

e v

ia u

nderg

roun

d c

onn

ectio

n

to t

he e

xis

tin

g N

ew

Tem

a G

ridC

o s

ub s

tatio

n a

dja

ce

nt

to t

he E

lectr

icity C

om

pan

y o

f G

hana

(EC

G)

Sta

tio

n H

substa

tio

n,

at

16

1kV

. S

tage 1

b e

va

cuatio

n w

ill i

nitia

lly b

e v

ia a

ne

w 1

61kV

spur

into

a n

ew

doub

le c

ircuit 1

61kV

overh

ea

d l

ine t

o b

e c

onstr

ucte

d b

y G

RID

CO

by e

arl

y

2019

, w

hic

h w

ill ru

n a

dja

cent

to th

e exis

ting o

verh

ead lin

es th

at

run e

ast-

west

alo

ng th

e

nort

hern

b

oun

dary

of

the

S

tage

2

site

(PP

S2).

Sta

ge

2

evacuation

will

be

via

a

ne

w

substa

tion i

nto

th

e n

ew

GR

IDC

O 1

61kV

po

wer

lines.

The S

tage 1

b e

vacu

ation

spur

will

be

transfe

rred

to

the

Sta

ge

2

substa

tio

n

as

that

sw

itch

yard

is

com

ple

ted.

D

eta

ils

of

the

pro

pose

d p

ow

er

evacu

atio

n a

re p

rovid

ed in S

ection 2

.2.2

.

Wate

r P

ipe

lines –

A n

ew

pip

elin

e w

ill r

un f

rom

a G

hana W

ate

r C

om

pan

y (

GW

C)

munic

ipal

supply

netw

ork

connection

, appro

xim

ate

ly 9

00m

south

of

the L

PG

tank f

arm

. T

his

pip

elin

e

will

co

nnect

the

munic

ipa

l supply

netw

ork

to w

ate

r sto

rage

facili

ties t

o b

e c

onstr

ucte

d w

ith

in

the LP

G ta

nk fa

rm fo

r fire

pro

tectio

n purp

oses.

W

ate

r pip

elin

e sp

urs

fr

om

th

e p

ipe

line

connecting t

o t

he m

unic

ipa

l supply

will

sup

ply

wa

ter

sto

rage f

acili

ties locate

d w

ithin

the S

tage

2 s

ite t

o s

erv

e th

e w

ate

r n

eeds o

f both

the

Sta

ge 1

an

d S

tage 2

po

wer

facili

ties.

2-4

2.

Ob

jec

tive

s o

f th

e E

SM

S

The o

bje

ctives o

f th

e E

SM

S M

anu

al are

as f

ollo

ws:

To s

et out an

d d

eta

il th

e E

nviro

nm

enta

l a

nd S

ocia

l P

olic

y f

or

the p

roje

ct;

To s

et

out

and d

eta

il th

e s

cope o

f th

e p

roje

ct

inclu

din

g t

he s

tages o

f th

e p

roje

ct

life c

ycle

to

whic

h t

his

ES

MS

app

lies;

To identify

an

d a

ddre

ss t

he

ris

ks a

nd o

pport

unitie

s a

pplic

able

to t

he p

roje

ct

in o

rder

to c

ontr

ol

and,

where

possib

le,

en

han

ce the p

roje

ct’s e

nvironm

enta

l perf

orm

ance

;

To esta

blis

h th

e re

so

urc

es re

quire

d to

im

ple

ment, m

ain

tain

and

contin

ually

im

pro

ve th

e

ES

MS

;

To e

sta

blis

h t

he r

ole

s a

nd r

esponsib

ilities a

pp

licab

le t

o the E

SM

S;

To

esta

blis

h

a

mechanis

m

and

pro

cess

to

pro

vid

e

aw

are

ness

an

d

com

munic

atio

n

to

em

plo

yees a

nd t

o a

ll sta

kehold

ers

an

d inte

reste

d p

art

ies;

To p

rovid

e a

meth

od a

nd

pro

cess f

or

docum

enta

tion

and

docum

enting

info

rmation

inclu

din

g

for

the pro

vis

ion of

update

s and contr

ol. T

he E

SM

S shall

als

o esta

blis

h w

ha

t in

form

ation

should

be

requ

ired

an

d d

ocum

ente

d f

or

each a

rea o

f th

e p

roje

ct a

nd t

he E

SM

S;

To e

sta

blis

h a

pro

cess t

o m

eet

opera

tio

nal

pla

nn

ing a

nd c

ontr

ol

thro

ugh

out

the

life c

ycle

of

the p

roje

ct;

To e

sta

blis

h a

pro

cess f

or

em

erg

ency p

rep

are

dn

ess a

nd r

espo

nse

;

To esta

blis

h a pro

cess fo

r an

y re

qu

irem

ents

fo

r m

onitorin

g,

measure

ment, analy

sis

a

nd

eva

luation

thro

ug

hou

t th

e life c

ycle

of

the p

roje

ct;

To e

sta

blis

h a

pro

cess f

or

inte

rna

l a

ud

it a

nd r

evie

w;

To e

sta

blis

h a

pro

cess o

f eff

ective a

nd r

egu

lar

manage

ment re

vie

w o

f th

e E

SM

S;

and

,

To e

sta

blis

h a

pro

cess f

or

identify

ing r

ele

vant

no

nconfo

rmity a

nd c

orr

ective

action

s.

3-5

3.

Lis

t o

f A

bb

revia

tio

ns

BA

T

B

est

Availa

ble

Techniq

ues

DF

O

D

iese

l F

ue

l O

il

EC

G

E

lectr

icity C

om

pan

y o

f G

ha

na

EP

A

(G

hana)

Environm

enta

l P

rote

ctio

n A

gency

EP

L

E

arl

y P

ow

er

Lim

ited

ES

AP

En

viro

nm

enta

l a

nd S

ocia

l A

ctio

n P

lan

ES

IA

E

nviro

nm

enta

l a

nd S

ocia

l Im

pact A

ssessm

ent

ES

MP

En

viro

nm

enta

l a

nd S

ocia

l M

ana

gem

ent P

lan

ES

MS

En

viro

nm

enta

l S

ocia

l M

ana

gem

ent S

yste

m

GE

Genera

l E

lectr

ic

HR

Hum

an r

esourc

es

IFC

Inte

rna

tio

na

l F

inance C

orp

ora

tio

n

KP

I

K

ey P

erf

orm

ance Indic

ato

rs

KT

PP

(VR

A)

Kpo

ne T

herm

al P

ow

er

Pla

nt

LP

G

Liq

uefied P

etr

ole

um

Gas

OH

SM

S

Occupatio

nal H

ea

lth a

nd S

afe

ty M

ana

gem

ent S

yste

m

SE

P

S

takehold

er

Eng

agem

ent P

lan

SM

AR

T

Specific

, m

easura

ble

, att

ain

ab

le, re

leva

nt a

nd t

ime b

ound

TC

PD

Tow

n a

nd C

oun

try P

lann

ing D

eve

lopm

ent

TD

C

T

em

a D

evelo

pm

ent C

orp

ora

tio

n

TF

C

T

em

a F

uel C

om

pan

y

TT

PC

Tem

a T

herm

al P

ow

er

Pla

nt

Com

ple

x

TM

A

T

em

a M

etr

opolit

an A

ssem

bly

VR

A

V

olta R

iver

Auth

ority

4-6

4.

Co

nte

xt

of

the

Org

an

iza

tio

n

The B

ridge P

ow

er

Pro

ject

was cre

ate

d to

a

ddre

ss th

e ne

ed fo

r a short

-term

solu

tion to

G

han

a’s

po

wer

cha

lleng

es. E

PL i

s t

he G

han

aia

n e

ntity

ow

ned

by B

ridge P

ow

er

Pro

ject

Spo

nsors

: E

nd

ea

vor

Energ

y, G

enera

l E

lectr

ic (

GE

), a

nd S

age

Petr

ole

um

.

The c

om

pan

y h

as b

ee

n e

sta

blis

hed

for

this

pro

ject

and

was s

et

up

to

ad

dre

ss the

po

wer

requ

irem

ents

of

Ghana t

hro

ug

h t

his

pro

ject

(and o

thers

) covere

d b

y t

his

ES

MS

.

4.1

U

nd

ers

tan

din

g t

he O

rga

niz

ati

on

an

d its

Co

nte

xt

The B

ridge P

ow

er

Pro

ject

will

be s

ubje

ct

to e

xte

rna

l and i

nte

rnal

issues t

ha

t could

im

pact

on t

he

eff

ectiveness o

f th

e E

SM

S,

issues a

s d

ivers

e a

s a

chang

e i

n g

overn

ment, w

ork

forc

e l

itera

cy an

d

clim

ate

change.

The c

onte

xt

with

in w

hic

h E

PL a

nd t

he B

ridge P

ow

er

Pro

ject

will

be c

onstr

ucte

d,

opera

ted and

d

ecom

mis

sio

ned

n

eeds to

be und

ers

tood in

ord

er

for

the

E

SM

S to

b

e su

itab

le fo

r

achie

vin

g its

obje

ctives.

The d

ete

rmin

atio

n o

f exte

rnal and inte

rna

l is

sues t

hat

pro

vid

e t

he c

on

text

for

the E

SM

S is u

nd

ert

aken

usin

g t

he

PE

ST

LE

an

d S

WO

T a

naly

sis

techniq

ues,

app

lied d

urin

g a

facili

tate

d m

eeting o

f com

pan

y

repre

senta

tives (

managem

ent, E

SM

S team

, w

ork

forc

e, m

ajo

r contr

acto

rs).

The P

ES

TLE

ana

lysis

consid

ers

the e

xte

rna

l fa

cto

rs t

hat

could

im

pact

on t

he E

SM

S e

ffective

ness

and inclu

des:

Polit

ical

Econom

ic

Socia

l

Technolo

gic

al

Lega

l

En

viro

nm

enta

l

Althou

gh s

pecific

econom

ic,

socia

l a

nd e

nvironm

enta

l im

pacts

have b

een a

na

lyse

d t

hro

ugh t

he E

SIA

pro

cess a

nd

lega

l com

plia

nce r

eq

uirem

ents

are

docu

mente

d i

n a

le

gal

reg

iste

r (E

SM

S D

OC

3),

the

PE

ST

LE

ana

lysis

is a

bro

ader

consid

era

tion

of

the s

tatu

s a

nd t

rends in e

xte

rna

l fa

cto

rs in r

egard

s t

o

their c

onte

xtu

al in

flu

ences o

n th

e E

SM

S f

unction

ing.

The r

esults o

f th

e P

ES

TLE

ana

lysis

are

th

en f

ed into

a S

WO

T a

naly

sis

, w

hic

h c

on

sid

ers

:

Str

en

gth

s

}

Weaknesses

}

Opport

un

itie

s

}

Thre

ats

}

The o

utc

om

e o

f th

e P

ES

TLE

an

d S

WO

T a

naly

ses e

nab

le t

he E

SM

S c

om

pone

nts

to b

e d

eve

lop

ed

and i

mple

mente

d i

n t

he m

ost

eff

ective m

anner

for

the c

onte

xt

within

wh

ich E

PL w

ill o

pera

te.

This

should

inclu

de a

ppro

pri

ate

buff

ers

to p

rote

ct th

e E

SM

S f

unctio

nalit

y a

ga

inst sig

nific

ant risks.

The r

esults f

rom

the a

na

lysis

will

be d

ocum

ente

d o

n E

SM

S D

OC

01

a O

rgan

isatio

nal C

onte

xt

and f

ed

into

the

dete

rmin

ation

of

the E

SM

S s

cope (

section 4

.3)

and r

evie

we

d a

t le

ast e

ve

ry 5

years

.

Inte

rnal fa

cto

rs t

ha

t w

ill a

ffe

ct

the

ES

MS

eff

ective

ne

ss

Exte

rna

l fa

cto

rs th

at

will

aff

ect th

e E

SM

S e

ffe

ctive

ne

ss

(re

su

lts o

f th

e P

ES

TL

E a

na

lysis

)

4-7

4.2

U

nd

ers

tan

din

g t

he

ne

ed

s a

nd

ex

pe

cta

tio

ns

of

Inte

res

ted

Pa

rtie

s

EP

L

has

identified

and

engag

ed

with

a

wid

e

ran

ge

of

pro

ject

sta

kehold

ers

duri

ng

the

pro

ject

develo

pm

ent

pro

cess.

T

he

needs

an

d

exp

ecta

tio

ns

of

inte

reste

d

part

ies

will

b

e

taken

into

consid

era

tio

n thro

ug

hout

the life o

f th

e p

roje

ct.

The f

ollo

win

g t

ab

le s

ets

out

the s

takeho

lders

iden

tified

to d

ate

.

Tab

le 4

-1:

Sta

keh

old

ers

Go

vern

men

t an

d

Co

mm

un

ity S

takeh

old

ers

S

takeh

old

er

Pro

file

Min

istr

y o

f P

ow

er

Min

istr

y o

f P

ow

er

is the

nationa

l au

thori

ty o

n p

rod

uctio

n o

f po

wer.

En

erg

y C

om

mis

sio

n

The E

nerg

y C

om

mis

sio

n r

egula

te a

nd m

anag

e th

e d

evelo

pm

ent

and u

tiliz

atio

n o

f en

erg

y r

esourc

es in G

han

a. T

he

y a

lso p

rovid

e th

e

leg

al, r

egu

lato

ry a

nd s

uperv

isory

fra

mew

ork

for

pro

vid

ers

of

energ

y

in t

he c

ou

ntr

y,

specific

ally

by g

ranting lic

ences f

or

the e

lectr

icity

transm

issio

n.

Min

istr

y o

f H

ea

lth

M

etr

op

olita

n H

ealt

h

Dir

ecto

rate

The M

inis

try o

vers

ees c

om

munity a

nd w

ork

er

hea

lth a

nd th

e

vari

ous a

gencie

s f

or

Rig

ht

of W

ay

ap

plic

ations. T

he

y a

lso

rep

ort

on

HIV

and a

ids.

To

wn

an

d C

ou

ntr

y

Pla

nn

ing

Dev

elo

pm

en

t (T

CP

D)

TC

PD

is the n

ation

al auth

ority

on d

evelo

pm

enta

l is

sue

s.

Tem

a D

ev

elo

pm

en

t C

orp

ora

tio

n (

TD

C)

(Tem

a

off

ice)

TD

C is a

go

vern

ment in

stitu

tio

n s

et

up t

o a

ssis

t in

develo

pm

ent of

Tem

a. It is

the e

nd

ow

ner

of

larg

e a

reas o

f la

nd in T

em

a,

inclu

din

g

TH

IA, w

hic

h it

leases t

o b

usin

ess o

r in

div

idu

als

inclu

din

g th

e V

RA

.

Tem

a M

etr

op

olita

n

As

sem

bly

(T

MA

) T

MA

are

th

e a

uth

ori

ty in

ch

arg

e o

f th

e T

em

a r

egio

n.

Tem

a E

ast

Su

b

Metr

op

olita

n A

ssem

bly

Part

of

the T

MA

. Its jurisd

iction

inclu

des the p

roje

ct

infr

astr

uctu

re

locations. T

he

ir k

ey a

ctivitie

s inclu

de p

rovis

ion o

f socio

econ

om

ic

infr

astr

uctu

re a

nd s

erv

ices in the

are

a,

responsib

ility

fo

r a

cle

an,

safe

and h

ealth

y e

nvironm

ent a

nd p

rom

otion o

f socio

-econom

ic

activitie

s, esp

ecia

lly f

or

the v

uln

era

ble

an

d e

xclu

de

d.

Gh

an

a E

nv

iro

nm

en

tal

Pro

tecti

on

Ag

en

cy (

EP

A)

EP

A g

ave p

erm

issio

n to

co

mm

ence p

lan

nin

g p

rocess a

nd e

nfo

rce

environm

enta

l re

gu

latio

ns, in

clu

din

g issue o

f th

e e

nviro

nm

enta

l perm

its w

hic

h c

onta

ins m

onitori

ng a

nd r

eport

ing r

eq

uir

em

ents

.

EP

A-

Ac

cra

East

Reg

ion

E

PA

Accra

East R

egio

n is t

he e

nvironm

enta

l auth

ority

responsib

le

for

the a

rea w

here

the

pro

ject is

locate

d.

Min

istr

y o

f E

ne

rgy a

nd

P

etr

ole

um

T

he M

inis

try o

f E

nerg

y a

nd P

etr

ole

um

is the n

ation

al a

uth

ori

ty

aim

ing to im

pro

ve th

e d

istr

ibutio

n o

f ele

ctr

icity a

cro

ss the c

ou

ntr

y.

Kp

on

e-K

ata

man

so

Dis

tric

t A

ssem

bly

(K

KD

A)

KK

DA

was c

arv

ed f

rom

the T

em

a M

etr

opo

litan A

ssem

bly

in 2

012

and is the

munic

ipa

l au

thori

ty f

or

the k

ey p

roje

ct po

wer

pla

nt a

nd

tank f

arm

sites.

Dep

art

men

t o

f U

rban

R

oad

s (

Tem

a)

Sub-d

epart

ment of

the M

inis

try f

or

Ro

ads a

nd H

igh

wa

ys,

responsib

le f

or

urb

an r

oads w

ith

in t

he T

em

a a

nd K

KD

A a

rea.

Lo

cal co

mm

un

itie

s a

nd

T

he p

roje

ct te

am

shall

und

ert

ake r

egula

r dia

logue

with loca

l com

munitie

s a

nd inte

rest g

roups in

lin

e w

ith th

e a

ppro

ach d

eta

iled

4-8

inte

rest

gro

up

s

in t

he p

roje

ct

Sta

keho

lder

Eng

agem

ent P

lan (

SE

P)

to m

inim

ise the

pro

ject im

pacts

and p

rovid

e b

en

efits

such a

s e

mplo

ym

ent. F

urt

her

info

rmation o

n t

his

typ

e o

f sta

kehold

er

is d

eta

iled in S

ection 7

.4.3

.4

Exte

rna

l S

takehold

ers

.

Oth

er

rep

res

en

tati

ve

gro

up

s f

rom

Go

vern

men

t o

f G

han

a

Oth

er

de

part

ments

and g

roups w

ith a

n inte

rest

in t

he d

eliv

ery

schedule

of

the p

roje

ct an

d o

ng

oin

g o

pera

tion

.

Uti

liti

es a

nd

In

du

str

ial

Sta

keh

old

ers

S

takeh

old

er

Pro

file

GR

IDC

o

GR

IDC

o is the t

ransm

issio

n c

om

pan

y w

hic

h w

ill r

ece

ive t

he p

ow

er

genera

ted

by t

he p

lant.

Ele

ctr

icit

y C

om

pan

y o

f G

han

a (

EC

G)

EC

G p

rim

arily

bu

ys a

nd s

ells

ele

ctr

icity a

s th

e s

tate

-ow

ned

dis

trib

uto

r.

Gh

an

a W

ate

r C

om

pan

y

Sup

plie

r of

wate

r to

the p

roje

ct.

Cen

po

wer

Gen

era

tio

n,

Kp

on

e In

dep

en

den

t P

ow

er

Pla

nt

The tri-f

uel 35

0 M

W C

CG

T turb

ine p

lant is

und

er

de

ve

lopm

ent

appro

xim

ate

ly 1

.9km

to the

east, t

o b

e c

om

mis

sio

ned 2

017

. A

imin

g

to s

witch t

o g

as in

qu

art

er

2, 201

8..

T

he p

lant

is r

ele

vant

in r

eg

ard

to

cum

ula

tive im

pacts

.

Sen

tuo

Ste

el C

om

pan

y

Sentu

o S

teel is

locate

d a

dja

cent to

th

e s

outh

ern

end o

f th

e T

TP

C

site, a

ppro

xim

ate

ly 6

00m

south

west of

the p

lant site. I

t is

a s

teel

scra

p p

rocessin

g p

lant

whic

h p

roduces c

ast ste

el bill

ets

and r

ods.

Su

no

n A

so

gli P

ow

er

Sun

on A

sog

li P

ow

er

is a

n o

pera

ting g

as/L

CO

-fired p

ow

er

pla

nt

locate

d in th

e K

po

ne D

istr

ict in

the v

icin

ity o

f th

e s

ite. T

he c

om

pan

y

is join

tly o

wn

ed b

y S

hen

zh

en E

nerg

y G

rou

p C

om

pan

y L

imited

(60%

) an

d C

hin

a A

fric

an D

eve

lopm

ent F

und (

40%

). P

hase 1

has a

n

insta

lled c

ap

acity o

f 20

0M

W a

nd e

mplo

y a

ppro

xim

ate

ly 1

50

pers

onn

el. T

he c

om

pan

y p

lans is in th

e p

rocess o

f exp

and t

he

ir

insta

lled c

ap

acity t

hro

ugh

a P

hase

2 d

evelo

pm

ent.

Tem

a F

uel T

rad

e C

om

pan

y

(TF

C)

TF

C is locate

d 6

00m

south

of

the p

rop

osed p

lant site

with a

second

site 1

.7km

nort

hw

est.

T

FC

is p

rivate

ly o

wned

.

Tem

a O

il R

efi

nery

(T

OR

) T

OR

is locate

d 8

00m

west

of

PP

S2 a

nd c

om

prises a

n o

il re

finery

and m

ulti-fu

el ta

nk f

arm

with jett

y f

acili

ties a

nd d

eliv

ery

pip

elin

e

infr

astr

uctu

re. P

art

of

EP

L’s

LP

G p

ipe

line w

ill b

e locate

d w

ith

in

TO

R’s

pip

elin

e c

orr

idor

betw

een t

he jett

y a

nd

the

refin

ery

.

Tem

a S

teel C

om

pan

y

Tem

a S

teel C

om

pan

y is a

ste

el m

akin

g c

om

pan

y t

hat

is locate

d

clo

se to t

he G

ridC

o tra

nsm

issio

n insta

llation

, a

ppro

xim

ate

ly 1

.7km

nort

h o

f P

PS

2.

Esta

blis

hed in 1

964

, th

e c

om

pan

y is p

rivate

ly

ow

ne

d.

Tem

a S

pecia

l S

teel

Ste

el pro

duction,

reduce

d o

pera

tion,

loca

ted

1.6

km

nort

hw

est of

PP

S2.

Tro

jan

Po

wer

P

ow

er

pla

nt com

prisin

g T

em

a I, T

em

a II and T

em

a III (

or

Tro

jan V

P

ow

er)

. T

he c

losest pla

nt

is 1

10m

south

west of

PP

S2

. T

em

a I

opera

tes a

t lim

ited c

ap

acity (

opera

ting

on a

gas / d

iese

l m

ix w

ith

only

aro

un

d 5

0%

of

the m

achin

es o

pera

tin

g a

t one

tim

e).

VA

LC

O

Alu

min

ium

sm

elter

locate

d a

bou

t 0.7

km

south

of

the

pro

ject.

Pro

duction

capacity o

f 200,0

00 m

etr

ic tons/

yr.

T

he c

om

pan

y

em

plo

ys a

bout

200

0 p

eop

le. C

urr

en

tly, th

ey a

re o

pera

ting

at

20%

4-9

pro

duction c

apacity b

ecause o

f po

wer

availa

bili

ty.

VR

A (

TT

PC

)

The V

RA

Tem

a T

herm

al P

ow

er

Com

ple

x is locate

d a

ppro

xim

ate

ly

150m

to the w

est

of

PP

S1 a

nd inclu

des v

ari

ous p

ow

er

pla

nts

(T

roja

n P

ow

er

Lim

ited,

VR

A a

nd C

enit p

ow

er

pla

nts

, V

RA

Sta

tion 3

and M

ines R

eserv

e P

lants

).

VR

A K

po

ne

Th

erm

al

Po

wer

Pla

nt

(KT

PP

)

VR

A K

TP

P is a

therm

al po

wer

pla

nt

locate

d a

ppro

xim

ate

ly 7

km

nort

hw

est

of

the p

roje

ct site

. T

he c

onstr

uction

of

the p

lant

is n

eari

ng

com

ple

tion

. N

o c

um

ula

tive

im

pacts

with a

ir o

r nois

e a

re a

nticip

ate

d

with t

his

com

pan

y.

Ak

sa P

ow

er

Pro

ject

A H

eavy f

uel o

il (H

FO

) po

wer

pla

nt

locate

d 0

.8km

to the n

ort

h.

Curr

ently insta

lled c

apacity is 2

00

MW

, constr

ucte

d in 2

016

-17.

Gh

an

a O

il C

om

pan

y

(GO

IL)

GO

IL is a

go

vern

ment of

Ghana

-ow

ne

d f

uels

sup

ply

, m

ark

eting a

nd

reta

il com

pan

y.

Cir

rus

Oil S

erv

ice

s

C

irru

s O

il S

erv

ices L

imited,

a s

ubsid

iary

of W

oodfield

s E

nerg

y

Resourc

es L

td. It

is a

bulk

fuel an

d o

il dis

trib

uto

r w

ith t

wo

petr

ole

um

term

inals

, in

Tem

a a

nd T

akora

di re

spectively

.

In a

dditio

n t

o t

he a

bo

ve s

takehold

ers

, a n

um

ber

of

rounds o

f eng

agem

ent

has b

een u

ndert

aken w

ith

imm

edia

tely

surr

ou

ndin

g

busin

esses

in

the

vic

inity

of

the

pro

ject

footp

rint,

as

dis

cussed

in

the

consulta

tio

n c

ha

pte

r (S

ection 2

1)

of

the 2

01

7 a

mende

d E

SIA

.

Com

plia

nce ob

ligations re

leva

nt

to th

e nee

ds are

d

eta

iled in

th

e Leg

al

an

d O

ther

Re

qu

irem

ents

Regis

ter.

Requ

irem

ents

to c

om

munic

ate

with t

hese s

takehold

ers

regard

ing t

he

ES

MS

are

deta

iled

with

in S

ection 7

.4 C

om

munic

ation.

4.3

D

ete

rmin

ing

th

e S

co

pe o

f th

e E

SM

S

The s

cope o

f th

e E

SM

S is t

o s

upp

ort

th

e life c

ycle

of

the p

roje

ct

thro

ugh

each

sta

ge f

rom

constr

uction

thro

ug

h to d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g.

The p

hysic

al pro

ject com

ponents

this

rela

tes t

o a

re:

The n

ew

po

wer

pla

nts

;

A n

ew

LP

G p

ipe

line

;

A n

ew

ta

nk f

arm

for

LP

G s

tora

ge;

an

d

A

ne

w

pip

elin

e

to

tra

nsp

ort

w

ate

r to

th

e

po

wer

pla

nt

from

th

e

Ghana W

ate

r C

om

pan

y

munic

ipal su

pply

netw

ork

.

In t

he f

urt

her

develo

pm

ent

of

the E

SM

S s

cop

e,

the m

anagem

ent

team

will

als

o h

ave r

eg

ard

to t

he

org

an

isationa

l co

nte

xt

and

sphere

of

influe

nce (

section 4

.1),

re

gula

tory

and c

om

plia

nce o

blig

atio

ns

(section 4

.2 a

nd 6

.1.3

), c

om

pan

y o

rgan

isation

(sectio

n 5

.3)

and c

om

pan

y s

erv

ices.

5-1

0

5.

Le

ad

ers

hip

, R

ole

s a

nd

Re

sp

on

sib

ilit

y

5.1

L

ea

ders

hip

an

d C

om

mit

men

t

The E

PL

team

have t

he u

ltim

ate

responsib

ility

for

the E

SM

S a

nd

set

the p

olic

y,

resourc

es a

nd

role

s

and r

esp

onsib

ilities w

ith t

he

pro

ject. T

he m

anagem

ent m

ake the f

ollo

win

g c

om

mitm

ents

:

a)

To ta

ke accounta

bili

ty fo

r th

e eff

ectiveness of

the e

nvironm

enta

l and

socia

l m

anag

em

ent

syste

m;

b)

To e

nsure

that

the e

nviron

menta

l and s

ocia

l po

licy a

nd e

nviro

nm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l obje

ctive

s

are

esta

blis

hed a

nd

are

co

mpatible

with

the

str

ate

gic

direction a

nd t

he c

onte

xt

of

the p

roje

ct;

c)

To e

nsure

the inte

gra

tio

n o

f th

e E

SM

S r

equ

irem

ents

into

the

pro

ject a

nd b

usin

ess p

rocesses;

d)

To e

nsure

that

the

resourc

es n

ee

ded f

or

the E

SM

S a

re a

vaila

ble

;

e)

To c

om

munic

ate

th

e i

mport

ance o

f eff

ective e

nviron

menta

l an

d s

ocia

l m

anage

ment

and o

f

confo

rmin

g to t

he E

SM

S r

equirem

ents

;

f)

To

ensure

th

at

the

E

SM

S

ach

ieves

its

inte

nd

ed

outc

om

es

by

directing

an

d

sup

port

ing

pers

ons to c

ontr

ibute

to t

he

eff

ectiveness o

f th

e E

SM

S;

g)

To

pro

mote

continu

al

impro

vem

ent

and

(where

p

racticable

) en

vironm

enta

l and

socia

l

enha

ncem

ent;

and

h)

To s

upport

the r

ele

vant

ES

MS

role

s,

thus d

em

onstr

atin

g l

ea

ders

hip

in t

he m

anagem

ent

of

environm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l consid

era

tions.

5-11

En

vir

on

me

nta

l a

nd

So

cia

l P

olic

y

The G

hana B

ridg

e P

ow

er

Pro

ject

is c

om

mitte

d t

o p

rom

oting r

esponsib

le e

nviro

nm

enta

l ste

ward

ship

and s

ocia

lly r

esp

onsib

le d

eve

lopm

ent

for

the b

en

efit

of

pre

sent

an

d f

utu

re g

enera

tions,

and im

pro

vin

g

the q

ua

lity of

life fo

r th

e com

munity w

ith

in th

e T

em

a M

etr

opolit

an A

rea.

F

or

Earl

y P

ow

er

Ltd

,

environm

enta

l an

d c

om

munity p

rote

ctio

n is

a p

riority

an

d, to

th

is e

nd, w

e w

ill s

triv

e to m

axim

ise p

ositiv

e

opport

un

itie

s a

ssocia

ted w

ith o

ur

work

and m

inim

ise the r

isks a

nd im

pacts

.

Specific

ally

, fo

r th

e G

han

a B

rid

ge P

ow

er

Pro

ject

we w

ill:

•

Com

ply

and,

where

possib

le, excee

d a

ll o

ur

en

vironm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l ob

ligatio

ns to a

pplic

ab

le

local, n

atio

na

l an

d i

nte

rnationa

l en

vironm

enta

l and s

ocia

l le

gis

latio

n a

nd s

tandard

s i

nclu

din

g

Equ

ato

r P

rincip

les

III

an

d

IFC

P

erf

orm

ance

Sta

ndard

s

of

En

viro

nm

enta

l and

Socia

l

Susta

ina

bili

ty;

•

Work

with

our

sta

kehold

ers

to e

nsure

due

consid

era

tion

of

the e

nvironm

enta

l, s

usta

inab

ility

and socia

l is

sues associa

ted w

ith

th

is pro

ject

durin

g desig

n,

constr

uction,

op

era

tio

n a

nd

decom

mis

sio

nin

g;

•

Pro

vid

e

ad

equ

ate

re

sourc

es

to

ensure

th

at

our

work

ers

are

aw

are

of

environm

enta

l,

susta

ina

bili

ty

and

socia

l is

sues

thro

ugh

the

deliv

ery

of

eff

ective

com

munic

ation

and

environm

enta

l tr

ain

ing;

•

Seek o

pp

ort

un

itie

s t

o s

up

port

econ

om

ic a

nd s

ocia

l d

eve

lopm

ent

in s

urr

ound

ing

com

munitie

s,

there

by enh

ancin

g th

e so

cia

l co

nte

xt

of

our

pro

ject

and

pro

moting th

e he

alth

, safe

ty a

nd

security

of

both

our

work

ers

and t

he local com

munity;

•

Contr

ibute

positiv

ely

with d

irect and

in

direct em

plo

ym

ent op

port

unitie

s to the loca

l w

ork

forc

e a

t

each p

roje

ct sta

ge;

•

Respect

hum

an r

ights

and

im

ple

ment ap

pro

pri

ate

labo

ur

rig

hts

, in

clu

din

g p

rovid

ing a

safe

and

hea

lth

y w

ork

environm

ent. T

ake s

teps to

ensure

that

opera

tions d

o n

ot

have n

eg

ative im

pacts

on c

om

munity m

em

bers

and w

ork

ers

, and a

ttem

pt

to m

itig

ate

and

rem

edia

te a

ny a

dvers

e

impacts

th

at

ma

y arise;N

ot

dis

crim

inate

in

te

rms of

recru

itm

ent, pro

gre

ssio

n,

term

s and

conditio

ns o

f w

ork

and r

epre

senta

tio

n o

n t

he b

asis

of

pers

onal ch

ara

cte

ristics u

nre

late

d t

o t

he

inh

ere

nt jo

b r

eq

uirem

ents

, in

clu

din

g g

ender,

race, co

lour,

dis

abili

ty, ag

e, re

ligio

n, m

arita

l sta

tus

or

HIV

sta

tus e

tc.;

•

Pro

vid

e f

airness a

nd tra

nsp

are

ncy in la

nd a

cq

uis

itio

n a

nd r

esett

lem

ent;

•

Opera

te in

a m

anner

com

plia

nt

with nation

al

and in

tern

ation

al

anti-b

rib

ery

a

nd corr

uptio

n

leg

isla

tio

n,

an

d w

ith a

ppro

priate

consid

era

tio

n o

f audit,

due d

iligence

and p

ote

ntial conflic

ts o

f

inte

rest;

•

Deliv

er

safe

, re

liable

and

eff

icie

nt

opera

tions in a

manner

wh

ich

contr

ibute

s t

o o

ur

goa

l of

no

dam

age to th

e e

nvironm

ent;

•

Str

ive t

o u

se p

rove

n,

com

merc

ially

feasib

le s

tate

-of-

the-a

rt t

echn

olo

gy.

Targ

et

hig

h e

nerg

y

eff

icie

ncy,

reduce w

ate

r consum

ption,

and m

axim

ise w

aste

re

use an

d re

cyclin

g,

there

by

reducin

g

the

qu

antities

of

waste

g

oin

g

to

landfill;

M

onitor,

m

easure

and

im

pro

ve

our

environm

enta

l perf

orm

ance thro

ug

h a

ris

k-b

ased a

ppro

ach to e

nviro

nm

enta

l p

rote

ction;

•

Define a

nd a

do

pt a d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g a

nd r

em

edia

tio

n s

trate

gy, e

arl

y in th

e p

roje

ct, to c

onsid

er

site a

fterc

are

wh

en o

pera

tions h

ave e

nd

ed;

an

d,

5-12

•

Revie

w o

ur

environm

enta

l and s

ocia

l po

licy a

nd o

bje

ctives a

nnua

lly i

n o

rder

to c

onsid

er

the

need

for

an

y a

mendm

ents

in the

lig

ht

of

chang

ing

circu

msta

nces.

In o

rder

to a

ch

ieve t

he

aim

s o

f th

is p

olic

y a

nd

contin

ually

im

pro

ve o

ur

environm

enta

l perf

orm

ance,

we

will

build

and m

ain

tain

th

is m

anagem

ent syste

m in a

ccord

ance w

ith th

e p

rincip

les o

f IS

O140

01:2

01

5.

Sin

ce

rely

,

On

be

half o

f M

an

ag

em

en

t E

arl

y P

ow

er

Lim

ite

d

5-1

3

5.3

O

rga

niz

ati

on

al R

ole

s, R

es

po

nsib

ilit

ies a

nd

Au

tho

rity

5.3

.1

Ke

y p

os

itio

ns

an

d r

es

po

ns

ibilit

ies

The p

lant

ow

ner

an

d o

pera

tor

will

be E

PL. A

manage

ment

org

anis

ation

al chart

for

EP

L is s

ho

wn in

Fig

ure

5-1

. T

he r

ole

s, re

sp

onsib

ility

an

d a

uth

ority

of

EP

L a

nd p

roje

ct pers

on

ne

l a

re d

escribe

d in

Table

5-1

.

5-1

Fig

ure

5-1

: E

PL

Org

an

isati

on

al C

ha

rt

Moto Driver

EHS Officer

Driver

QQA/Q

C Officer

Civil Engineer

Cleaners

Mechanical 

Engineer

Cleaners

Electrical 

Engineer

C&I Engineer

Mechanical 

Engineer

 Drivers

Driver

C & I Engineer

Drivers

Driver

Electrical 

Engineer

Drivers

Accountant

Operations Team

Maintenance 

Team

Administration 

Team

Project 

Sched

uler

Office Manager 

Accountant 

Assistant

Contract 

Manager

Documen

t 

Controller

Admin Assistant

Driver

PA to Executive 

Team

Construction 

Managem

ent 

Team

Dep

uty Finance 

Manager (Local 

Citizen

)

Plant Manager 

Site 1 and 2

Construction Site 

Manager

Endeavor Energy 

Home Office 

Support Legal, 

Accounting, Tax, 

Treasury, 

Commercial, 

Finanace, 

Technical, 

Human

 

Resources, EHS 

Driver

Assistant

QA/Q

C M

anager

Commercial 

Managem

ent 

Support

Project 

Compa

ny 

Board(EP

L)

Executive Mgm

t  Chief Executive 

Officer + Chief 

Finance Officer

Commercial & 

Contracts 

Manager / CLO

Dep

uty Gen

eral 

Manger 

(Local Citizen)

Bridge O&M 

Team

 (EE

 / GE)

5-1

5.3

.2

Qu

alifi

cati

on

s a

nd

te

am

ma

ke

up

The c

om

pete

nce o

f th

e E

SM

S c

oord

inato

r, c

om

pany/p

roje

ct

pers

onne

l, c

onsu

ltants

an

d c

ontr

acto

rs

shall

be

managed

by t

he p

rocess a

s s

et

out

in S

ection

7.2

Com

pete

nce

an

d a

dd

itio

na

lly d

eta

iled

with

in t

he G

han

a B

ridg

e E

SM

S R

EC

02 T

rain

ing M

atr

ix.

The r

ole

s a

nd r

espo

nsib

ilities o

f specific

part

ies a

re s

et

out

in t

he t

able

be

low

.

Tab

le 5

-1:

Ro

les a

nd

Re

sp

on

sib

ilit

ies

Part

y

Resp

on

sib

ilit

ies

Earl

y P

ow

er

Lim

ited

Ado

pting

the E

SM

S. T

his

docum

ent

shall

be u

sed a

s a

guid

e in t

he d

evelo

pm

ent

of

subsequen

t E

SM

S p

lans f

or

all

pro

ject phases. T

his

ES

MS

must be a

dopte

d

and inte

rnation

al IF

C s

tan

dard

s m

et fo

r th

e d

ura

tion t

he p

roje

ct.

EP

L s

ha

ll

appo

int

an O

wner’s E

ngin

eer

whose r

esp

onsib

ilities s

hall

inclu

de r

evie

w a

nd

overs

ight

of

the E

PC

Con

tracto

r’s e

nvironm

enta

l, h

ea

lth a

nd s

afe

ty p

lans a

nd

syste

ms c

onfo

rmance w

ith t

he p

relim

inary

ES

MP

and t

he E

SM

S.

EP

L

Mana

gem

ent

an

d

Lead

ers

hip

The S

en

ior

Mana

gem

ent of

EP

L s

ha

ll ha

ve u

ltim

ate

responsib

ility

for

the E

SM

S

and s

hall

dem

onstr

ate

lea

ders

hip

and c

om

mitm

ent w

ith r

espect to

the

environm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l m

anag

em

ent syste

m a

s s

et out in

Sectio

n 5

.1. T

he

managem

ent te

am

shall

de

monstr

ate

lead

ers

hip

by s

ettin

g th

e E

SM

S p

olic

y,

role

s, re

spo

nsib

ility

and a

uth

ority

as w

ell

as a

ppo

intin

g a

suitab

ly q

ua

lifie

d

ind

ivid

ual to

le

ad t

he E

SM

S team

and e

nsuring

tha

t ad

equa

te r

eso

urc

es a

re

made a

va

ilable

for

the E

SM

S o

pera

tio

n. T

he m

anage

ment te

am

shall

lead a

nd

undert

ake the m

anagem

ent re

vie

w a

t le

ast

on a

n a

nnu

al b

asis

. T

he

y a

lso

ho

ld

responsib

ility

for

appro

va

l o

f E

SM

S p

lans a

nd p

rocedure

s p

repare

d b

y t

he E

PC

contr

acto

r(s).

ES

MS

Coord

inato

r

The E

SM

S c

oord

inato

r sh

all

be

responsib

le f

or

the E

SM

S im

ple

menta

tion a

nd

furt

her

develo

pm

ent,

inclu

din

g lia

iso

n w

ith t

he S

en

ior

Mana

gem

ent T

eam

of

EP

L.

This

pers

on m

ust be s

uita

bly

qualif

ied (

as p

er

Section 7

.2)

an

d w

ill a

lso lead

the

ES

MS

team

(s).

EP

C c

ontr

acto

r(s)

The c

ontr

acto

rs’ ro

le a

t each s

tage

of

the p

roje

ct

shall

adhere

to t

he E

SM

S

polic

y,

ES

MS

obje

ctives, com

plia

nce o

blig

atio

ns a

nd a

ny o

ther

requ

irem

ents

set

out

in t

his

ES

MS

or

in t

he

ir c

ontr

act.

T

he c

ontr

acto

r w

ill a

pp

oin

t an

ES

MS

te

am

to d

eve

lop a

nd im

ple

ment

deta

iled E

nviro

nm

enta

l, H

ealth

an

d S

ocia

l

Mana

gem

ent P

lans f

or

spe

cific

managem

ent aspects

of

the c

onstr

uction p

hase

of

the p

roje

ct.

These w

ill b

e a

ppro

ved b

y E

PL.

ES

MS

team

for

the c

onstr

uction

phase

The E

SM

S t

eam

for

the c

onstr

uction p

hase s

hall

be m

ade u

p o

f re

pre

senta

tive

s

of

EP

L

reflective

of

the

com

pan

y’s

e

arl

y

sta

ges

of

develo

pm

ent,

as

well

repre

senta

tives of

the m

ain

E

PC

contr

acto

r w

hic

h re

flect

a w

ide ra

ng

e of

job

functions inclu

din

g o

pera

tives.

The c

onstr

uction p

hase E

SM

S t

eam

will

be r

esp

onsib

le f

or:

Dra

ftin

g th

e d

eta

iled E

SM

Ps f

or

specific

aspects

of

the c

onstr

uction

phase,

whic

h w

ill inclu

de a

ll of

the a

sp

ects

covere

d in t

his

ES

MS

and

5-2

Part

y

Resp

on

sib

ilit

ies

pre

limin

ary

ES

MP

;

The im

ple

menta

tion a

nd e

nfo

rcem

ent of

actions r

equ

ired b

y t

he d

eta

iled

managem

ent pla

ns,

inclu

din

g a

ny m

onitoring

requ

irem

ents

an

d r

ep

ort

ing

;

The tra

inin

g o

f w

ork

ers

in t

he p

erf

orm

ance o

f ta

sks r

equire

d b

y th

e

deta

iled m

anagem

ent p

lan

s;

The p

rovis

ion o

f all

requ

ire

d m

ate

rials

an

d r

esourc

es,

inclu

din

g s

afe

ty

equ

ipm

ent and

em

erg

ency r

esponse e

qu

ipm

ent re

qu

ired b

y t

he

managem

ent pla

ns;

Mana

gem

ent of

waste

con

tracto

rs a

nd o

ther

exte

rna

l contr

acto

rs a

nd

consulta

nts

used

in

the

con

str

uction / d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g p

hases o

f th

e

pro

ject;

and

Updatin

g th

e m

anagem

ent pla

ns w

ith a

ny r

equ

ired c

ha

nges a

s t

he

pro

ject pro

gre

sses.

Constr

uction

Mana

ger

The

Constr

uction

Ma

nag

er

will

le

ad

re

gula

r p

roje

ct

meetings

duri

ng

the

constr

uction

phase a

nd

sha

ll in

clu

de E

nviro

nm

enta

l an

d S

ocia

l (a

s w

ell

as H

ea

lth

and S

afe

ty)

Man

ag

em

ent as a

sta

nd

ing

ite

m o

n the a

genda

.

Waste

Contr

acto

rs

The w

aste

contr

acto

r sh

all

be r

espo

nsib

le f

or

the

colle

ction a

nd d

isp

osal of

waste

s to a

ppro

priate

dis

po

sal fa

cili

ties. T

he c

ontr

acto

rs m

ust abid

e b

y th

e

sta

ndard

s s

pecifie

d w

ith

in t

his

ES

MS

and w

ith

in t

he d

eta

iled m

anag

em

ent pla

ns.

Pla

nt O

wn

er

/

Opera

tor

The o

wner

sha

ll ap

poin

t a

n E

MS

te

am

to d

eve

lop a

nd im

ple

ment E

nvironm

enta

l,

Health a

nd S

ocia

l M

anag

em

ent P

lans f

or

the o

pera

tio

nal phase

.

Pla

nt

Man

ager

The P

lant M

ana

ger

will

lea

d r

egu

lar

meetin

gs d

uri

ng t

he o

pera

tion

al phase

an

d

shall

inclu

de E

nvironm

enta

l and S

ocia

l (a

s w

ell

as H

ea

lth a

nd S

afe

ty)

Mana

gem

ent as a

sta

nd

ing

ite

m o

n the

ag

end

a.

ES

MS

team

for

the O

pera

tiona

l phase.

The E

SM

S t

eam

shall

be m

ade u

p o

f re

pre

senta

tive

s o

f E

PL f

rom

a w

ide r

ang

e

of

job f

unctions inclu

din

g o

pera

tives.

The E

SM

S t

eam

will

be r

esponsib

le f

or:

Dra

ftin

g th

e d

eta

iled E

SM

S o

r equ

iva

lent

docum

ents

, w

hic

h s

hall

inclu

de

all

of

the o

pera

tio

na

l aspects

require

d in th

e E

SM

S;

The im

ple

menta

tion a

nd e

nfo

rcem

ent of

actions r

equ

ired b

y t

he d

eta

iled

managem

ent pla

ns,

inclu

din

g a

ny m

onitoring

requ

irem

ents

an

d r

ep

ort

ing

as s

et out

in S

ectio

n 9

.1 M

onitorin

g a

nd M

easure

ment

with

in t

his

docum

ent;

The tra

inin

g o

f w

ork

ers

in t

he p

erf

orm

ance o

f ta

sks r

equire

d b

y th

e

deta

iled m

anagem

ent p

lan

s a

nd s

pecifie

d in t

he E

SM

S;

The p

rovis

ion o

f all

requ

ire

d m

ate

rials

an

d r

esourc

es inclu

din

g s

afe

ty

equ

ipm

ent and

em

erg

ency r

esponse e

qu

ipm

ent re

qu

ired b

y t

he

managem

ent pla

ns;

5-3

Part

y

Resp

on

sib

ilit

ies

Mana

gem

ent of

waste

con

tracto

rs a

nd o

ther

exte

rna

l contr

acto

rs a

nd

consulta

nts

used

in

the

op

era

tion

al ph

ase o

f th

e p

roje

ct;

an

d;

Updatin

g th

e m

anagem

ent pla

ns w

ith a

ny r

equ

ired c

ha

nges a

s t

he

pro

ject pro

gre

sses.

ES

MS

Au

dit

Team

T

he E

SM

S A

ud

it te

am

shall

be m

ade u

p of

repre

senta

tives of

EP

L w

ho are

ind

epe

nde

nt of

the

ES

MS

team

and m

ay inclu

de

exte

rnal co

nsultants

.

The E

SM

S A

ud

it t

eam

shall

pro

vid

e inde

pen

dence f

or

aud

itin

g p

urp

oses. T

he

y

are

requ

ired

to e

sta

blis

h a

nd m

ain

tain

an

au

dit p

lan a

nd e

nact th

is p

lan a

t th

e

require

d inte

rva

ls. T

he a

ud

it team

shall

als

o a

rrang

e a

nd o

rgan

ise th

e inputs

into

the m

anagem

ent re

vie

w.

This

te

am

shall

be

responsib

le f

or

com

munic

ating t

he

results o

f aud

its to t

he p

roje

ct.

Exte

rna

l

Consultants

Exte

rna

l C

onsultants

sh

all

be u

se

d to u

nd

ert

ake m

onitoring w

ork

s a

nd r

eport

ing

in b

oth

the c

onstr

uctio

n a

nd o

pera

tiona

l p

hase. T

he c

onsultants

must abid

e b

y

the s

tandard

s s

pecifie

d w

ithin

this

ES

MS

an

d w

ithin

th

e d

eta

iled

managem

ent

pla

ns d

raft

ed b

y t

he r

ele

va

nt E

SM

S t

eam

s a

nd b

e c

om

pete

nt in

lin

e w

ith

the

requirem

ents

set o

ut in

Section

7.2

Com

pete

nce

. E

xte

rnal co

nsultants

ma

y a

lso

be r

eq

uire

d to u

nd

ert

ake a

udits.

EP

A / R

egu

latin

g

Bod

ies

Ensure

that m

onitoring

an

d r

eport

ing r

equ

irem

ents

(as r

equir

ed b

y t

he E

MS

P a

nd

deta

iled m

anagem

ent p

lan

s in a

ccord

ance w

ith E

PA

sta

nd

ard

s a

nd g

uid

elin

es)

are

fully

dis

charg

ed

.

Enfo

rce a

ny a

ctions t

hat

sh

all

be r

equ

ired

to e

nsure

en

viro

nm

enta

l q

ualit

y

sta

ndard

s a

re n

ot bre

ached

and p

erm

it r

equirem

ents

are

main

tain

ed.

Inte

rna

tio

na

l

Fin

ancin

g

Institu

tio

n

The Inte

rnatio

nal F

inance I

nstitu

tio

n s

ha

ll de

ve

lop its

ow

n E

nvironm

enta

l an

d

Socia

l A

ctio

n P

lan (

ES

AP

) th

at

will

inclu

de c

onditio

ns t

o b

e m

et. T

he E

SA

P s

ha

ll

inclu

de t

he r

equ

irem

ent to

com

ply

with,

am

ong o

ther

pla

ns, th

e E

SM

S.

6-4

6.

Pla

nn

ing

The

ES

MS

has

been

desig

ned

to

ensure

th

e

pro

ject

achie

ves

its

inte

nde

d

outc

om

es

inclu

din

g

mitig

atio

n o

f risks a

nd c

ontin

ua

l im

pro

vem

ent. T

he fo

llow

ing sections set

out

ho

w th

e E

SM

S h

as

assessed th

e risks and opport

unitie

s a

nd p

ut

in pla

ce m

easure

s to

m

itig

ate

risks and enh

ance

benefits

.

6.1

A

cti

on

s t

o a

dd

res

s R

isk

s a

nd

Op

po

rtu

nit

ies

6.1

.1

Ge

ne

ral

Ris

ks a

nd o

pport

unitie

s a

ssocia

ted w

ith t

his

pro

ject

are

assessed w

ith

in t

his

ES

MS

ag

ain

st

sig

nific

ant

environm

enta

l an

d

socia

l aspects

, th

e

environm

enta

l and

socia

l p

olic

y

for

the

ES

MS

an

d

the

com

plia

nce o

blig

ations s

et

out

in t

his

docum

ent. T

he a

im o

f th

is a

ssessm

ent

is t

o p

reve

nt

unin

ten

ded

eff

ects

and p

rovid

e c

ontinu

al or

enh

anced

en

vir

onm

enta

l and s

ocia

l be

nefits

.

Em

erg

ency r

esponse

ap

plic

able

to t

hese s

ignific

an

t e

nvironm

enta

l and s

ocia

l aspects

is d

eta

iled i

n

Section 8

.2.

6.1

.2

En

vir

on

men

tal

Asp

ects

En

viro

nm

enta

l aspects

ha

ve

be

en

develo

ped

for

the

ES

MS

(s

ee

Gha

na

Bri

dge

ES

MS

D

OC

2

Aspects

Reg

iste

r) f

or

the a

ctivitie

s a

ssocia

ted w

ith a

ll th

ree s

tag

es o

f th

e p

roje

ct

with t

he o

bje

ctive o

f

contr

olli

ng t

hose a

sp

ects

over

wh

ich t

he p

roje

ct an

d E

SM

S c

an

exert

influence.

The thre

e p

hases a

re:

Constr

uction

;

Opera

tion

; and

,

Decom

mis

sio

nin

g.

The E

nvironm

enta

l A

spects

pro

cedure

d

eta

iled in

E

SM

S D

OC

2 is

desig

ne

d to

id

entify

th

e m

ost

sig

nific

an

t e

nvironm

enta

l and socia

l aspects

ena

blin

g th

em

to

be contr

olle

d and w

here

possib

le

mitig

ate

d.

Sig

nific

ant

en

vironm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l aspects

can r

esult i

n t

hre

ats

such a

s e

nviro

nm

enta

l

impacts

; and o

pport

unitie

s s

uch a

s e

nh

anced

or

beneficia

l en

vironm

enta

l and

socia

l perf

orm

ance.

For

the

purp

ose o

f cate

gori

zin

g r

isk,

a s

coring m

atr

ix h

as b

ee

n d

evelo

pe

d in a

ccord

ance w

ith

industr

y

sta

ndard

s,

whic

h e

na

ble

s a

naly

sis

of

the s

everity

and lik

elih

ood o

f each im

pact.

Score

s a

re a

llocate

d

based o

n t

he m

itig

ate

d r

isk,

follo

win

g t

he

ap

plic

ation o

f both

en

gin

eere

d m

itig

atio

n a

nd

managem

ent

contr

ols

w

hic

h are

alr

ead

y in

clu

de

d in

th

e desig

n or

are

outlin

ed w

ithin

th

e E

SIA

. T

he re

leva

nt

mitig

atio

n m

easure

s a

re d

eta

iled

within

Sectio

n 2

of

the A

spect

Reg

iste

r.

In t

he e

ve

nt

that

ade

qua

te m

itig

ation m

easure

s a

re n

ot

ye

t in

pla

ce

to

red

uce r

isk t

o a

n a

ccepta

ble

level (e

.g.

where

the

y a

re y

et

to b

e d

esig

ne

d i

n d

eta

il),

or

where

the d

esig

n is n

ot

suff

icie

ntly m

atu

re

to e

nab

le c

onfirm

ation o

f m

itig

ation,

a c

onserv

ative a

ppra

isa

l of

risk h

as b

een a

pp

lied.

6.1

.3

Co

mp

lia

nc

e O

blig

ati

on

s

Com

plia

nce o

blig

atio

ns m

ay r

esult in r

isks a

nd o

pport

unitie

s t

o t

he p

roje

ct

and t

o t

he E

SM

S.

A L

eg

al

and

Oth

er

Req

uirem

ents

Regis

ter

(Ghan

a B

rid

ge E

SM

S D

OC

3)

has b

een

pro

duced w

hic

h p

rovid

es a

list

of

the c

om

plia

nce o

blig

atio

ns r

ele

van

t to

th

e p

roje

ct. T

hese c

om

plia

nce o

blig

atio

ns a

re r

ele

va

nt

to

the e

nvironm

enta

l and s

ocia

l asp

ects

(part

icula

rly s

ignific

ant

environm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l asp

ects

) an

d

the leg

isla

tion a

ffecting t

he

se e

nviro

nm

enta

l and

socia

l aspects

and t

he

pro

ject. T

he L

ega

l and

Oth

er

Requ

irem

ents

Regis

ter

sets

out th

ese c

om

plia

nce

ob

ligations to

dete

rmin

e:

6-5

Their r

ele

vance

to t

he e

nvir

onm

enta

l a

nd s

ocia

l aspects

;

Com

plia

nce o

blig

ations th

at app

ly to t

he p

roje

ct;

That th

ese o

blig

atio

ns a

re t

aken into

co

nsid

era

tion in

:

o

the

pla

nnin

g,

opera

tion

, m

ain

ten

ance

and

con

tinu

al

impro

vem

ent

of

the

environm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l m

anag

em

ent syste

m; and,

o

the p

lannin

g, co

nstr

uctio

n,

opera

tio

n a

nd d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g s

tag

e o

f th

e p

roje

ct.

Ho

w th

e p

roje

ct com

plie

s o

r shall

com

ply

with th

e o

blig

atio

ns;

Tra

inin

g r

equ

irem

ents

for

the o

blig

atio

ns; an

d,

Mon

itori

ng r

egim

es (

deta

iled f

urt

her

in S

ectio

n 9

.1 M

on

itori

ng,

measure

ment, a

na

lysis

and

eva

luation

).

Where

com

plia

nce o

blig

ations are

no

t dir

ectly re

levant

to th

e aspects

or

to le

gis

lation th

ese are

deta

iled in t

he s

ection o

f th

e le

ga

l re

gis

ter

- “o

ther

req

uirem

ents

”.

Sett

ing

the

com

plia

nce o

blig

ations s

ha

ll co

nstitu

te o

ne

or

more

of

the f

ollo

win

g:

a)

Requ

irem

ents

fro

m g

ove

rnm

enta

l entities o

r oth

er

rele

vant

auth

ori

ties;

b)

Inte

rnationa

l, n

ation

al an

d loca

l la

ws a

nd r

egula

tion

s;

c)

Requirem

ents

specifie

d in p

erm

its, lic

enses o

r oth

er

form

s o

f auth

ori

zatio

n;

d)

Ord

ers

, ru

les o

r gu

ida

nce f

rom

regula

tory

agencie

s;

and,

e)

Judgem

ents

of

court

s o

r adm

inis

trative tri

bu

na

ls.

Com

plia

nce ob

ligations a

lso in

clu

de re

qu

irem

ents

of

oth

er

sta

kehold

ers

. T

he fo

llow

ing sho

uld

b

e

taken into

consid

era

tion w

hen s

ett

ing

these

ob

ligations:

Agre

em

ents

with c

om

munity g

roups o

r n

on

-govern

menta

l org

aniz

atio

ns;

Agre

em

ents

with p

ublic

au

thorities o

r custo

mers

;

Pro

ject

or

com

pan

y r

equir

em

ents

;

Volu

nta

ry p

rincip

les o

r cod

es o

f pra

ctice

;

Oblig

ations a

risin

g u

nder

contr

actu

al arr

angem

ents

; a

nd,

Rele

va

nt

ind

ustr

y s

tandard

s.

The c

om

plia

nce o

blig

ations a

s s

et

out

in t

he L

eg

al

an

d O

ther

Requ

irem

ents

Reg

iste

r (G

hana B

ridg

e

ES

MS

DO

C 3

) sha

ll b

e r

evie

wed o

n a

6 m

onth

ly b

asis

thro

ugh t

he u

se o

f a r

egu

lato

ry a

ccess o

r

info

rmation p

ort

al

(on

line j

ourn

al

or

sim

ilar)

or

thro

ug

h t

he a

ppo

intm

ent

of

a l

egal

serv

ice p

rovid

er

or

exte

rnal consu

ltan

ts.

Co

mm

un

icati

on

of

ch

an

ges t

o c

om

pli

an

ce o

blig

ati

on

s

Chan

ges i

n l

eg

isla

tio

n a

nd

oth

er

com

plia

nce o

blig

atio

ns s

hall

be c

om

munic

ate

d t

o t

he p

roje

ct

team

,

contr

acto

rs o

r oth

er

inte

reste

d p

art

ies o

n a

n a

d-h

oc b

asis

or

at

6 m

onth

ly i

nte

rva

ls w

hen t

he L

eg

al

and O

ther

Re

qu

irem

ents

Regis

ter

(Gh

ana B

ridge

ES

MS

DO

C 3

) is

up

date

d.

6-6

6.1

.4

Pla

nn

ing

Ac

tio

n

All

actions t

aken t

hro

ugh t

he l

ife o

f th

e p

roje

ct

sha

ll consid

er

the e

nvironm

enta

l and s

ocia

l asp

ects

associa

ted w

ith t

he p

roje

ct. E

ach p

rocess u

ndert

aken

at

the p

lann

ing,

constr

uction,

opera

tiona

l and

decom

mis

sio

nin

g p

hase,

shall

be r

eq

uire

d t

o i

nte

gra

te a

nd c

onsid

er

this

thin

kin

g i

nto

the o

pera

tio

ns

of

the E

SM

S.

Fig

ure

6-1

: b

elo

w s

ets

out th

e p

rocess t

o b

e u

nd

ert

aken f

or

pla

nnin

g a

ctio

n.

6-7

Fig

ure

6-1

: P

lan

nin

g A

cti

on

Pro

cess

New

Act

ivit

y /

Ch

ange

to

Exi

stin

g A

ctiv

ity

In-l

ine

wit

h

pro

ject

/ESM

S O

bje

ctiv

es?

Yes?

Co

nti

nu

e

No

?R

evie

w a

nd

sta

rt

pro

cess

aga

in

Po

ten

tial

En

v/So

cial

Imp

act?

Envi

ron

men

tal a

nd

So

cial

Co

nsi

der

atio

ns

are

det

aile

d in

th

e A

spec

ts a

nd

Imp

acts

R

egis

ter

Car

ry o

ut

pro

cess

Yes?

Co

nti

nu

e

No

?C

on

sid

er a

n

alte

rnat

ive

pro

cess

Co

nsi

der

co

ntr

ols

?-M

itig

atio

n-T

rain

ing

req

ts-P

roce

ss r

eqts

-Ob

ject

ives

an

d t

arge

tsA

re t

hey

acc

epta

ble

?

Co

nsi

der

Po

siti

ve

and

Neg

ativ

e

Imp

lem

ent

con

tro

ls

and

fee

d in

to E

SMS

Co

nsi

der

pro

cess

7

.2.1

Co

mp

eten

ce

pro

cess

6-8

6.2

E

nvir

on

me

nta

l O

bje

cti

ve

s a

nd

Pla

nn

ing

to

Ac

hie

ve

Th

em

6.2

.1

En

vir

on

me

nta

l a

nd

So

cia

l O

bje

cti

ve

s

The

pro

ject

has

de

ve

lope

d

en

vir

onm

enta

l and

socia

l o

bje

ctives

(Ghan

a

Brid

ge

ES

MS

R

EC

01

En

viro

nm

enta

l an

d S

ocia

l O

bje

ctives &

Targ

ets

) th

at

have t

aken in

to c

onsid

era

tio

n t

he s

ign

ific

ant

environm

enta

l aspects

and

associa

ted c

om

plia

nce o

blig

ations w

hils

t a

lso c

onsid

ering a

ny r

isks a

nd

opport

un

itie

s th

at

ha

ve

be

en id

entified.

Pro

gra

mm

es and pro

cesses are

re

quir

ed to

enact

these

obje

ctives thro

ugh

out

the c

onstr

uctio

n, o

pera

tion

an

d d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g p

hase o

f th

e p

roje

ct.

Obje

ctives a

nd t

arg

ets

sha

ll be S

MA

RT

(specific

, m

easura

ble

, a

tta

ina

ble

, re

leva

nt

and t

ime b

ound)

in

ord

er

to a

chie

ve m

axim

um

success.

Cle

ar

ow

ners

hip

shall

be a

ssig

ned f

or

each

obje

ctive a

nd t

arg

et,

with a

de

qua

te r

eso

urc

es m

ade a

vaila

ble

for

their a

ch

ievem

ent.

The o

bje

ctives s

hall

be c

onsis

tent

with t

he E

SM

S a

nd w

ith t

he e

nvironm

ent

an

d s

ocia

l po

licy,

and

shall

be

measura

ble

, m

onitore

d a

nd

com

munic

ate

d.

The o

bje

ctives sha

ll a

lso b

e u

pda

ted

at

least

annu

ally

(and

more

fre

quen

tly w

here

requ

ired)

to e

nsure

the

y a

re r

ele

vant

and

not

ou

tdate

d.

6.2

.2

Pla

nn

ing

acti

on

s t

o a

ch

ieve E

nvir

on

me

nta

l O

bje

cti

ve

s

The f

ollo

win

g p

rocess s

ets

out h

ow

the o

bje

ctives s

ha

ll be s

et

and

achie

ved f

or

the E

SM

S:

Obje

ctives a

nd t

arg

ets

shall

be c

onsid

ere

d a

nd s

et

as a

min

imum

at

each s

tage o

f th

e p

roje

ct

(constr

uction/o

pera

tio

n/d

ecom

mis

sio

n);

Obje

ctives s

ha

ll b

e r

evie

wed a

t re

gula

r in

terv

als

as p

er

the r

eq

uirem

ents

of

the i

nd

ivid

ua

l

obje

ctives.

This

revie

w p

eri

od s

hall

be s

et

aga

inst

the

obje

ctive t

hou

gh t

his

shall

be n

o l

ess

than 6

month

ly;

Where

Ke

y P

erf

orm

ance I

ndic

ato

rs (

KP

Is)

are

re

qu

ired t

o m

onitor

pro

gre

ss t

hese s

ha

ll b

e

monitore

d a

s p

er

the

pro

ce

ss in S

ection

9.1

Mo

nitorin

g a

nd M

easure

ment;

Obje

ctives a

nd

targ

ets

sha

ll b

e s

et

takin

g c

onsid

era

tio

n o

f th

e p

roje

ct

aspects

inclu

din

g t

hose

deem

ed s

ignific

ant,

as w

ell

as o

ther

risks a

ssocia

ted

with t

he p

roje

ct. T

his

may i

nclu

de

a

pro

ject risk r

egis

ter

whic

h h

igh

lights

exis

ting

pro

cesses o

r re

qu

irem

ents

for

the p

roje

ct;

When c

onsid

eri

ng e

nviro

nm

enta

l and

socia

l o

bje

ctives t

he p

riori

ty s

hou

ld b

e f

or

obje

ctives

whic

h r

educe

the

im

pact

of

sig

nific

ant

en

viro

nm

enta

l and

socia

l aspects

(risks)

and

wh

ere

possib

le

enh

ance

the

environm

ent

(opport

unitie

s).

A

dd

itio

nally

, e

nvironm

enta

l and

socia

l

aspects

or

oth

er

risks a

ssocia

ted w

ith t

he r

isk r

egis

ter,

as w

ell

as t

hose d

irectly r

ele

va

nt

to

leg

isla

tio

n, sho

uld

be

a p

rio

rity

;

Where

possib

le

best

availa

ble

te

ch

niq

ues

(BA

T)

shou

ld

be

ado

pte

d

to

en

hance

these

opport

un

itie

s a

nd

ne

gate

th

e r

isks;

Inte

reste

d p

art

ies a

nd s

takeho

lders

as w

ell

as o

ther

requ

irem

ents

in t

he E

SM

S o

r th

e p

roje

ct

should

be

consid

ere

d in t

he

settin

g o

f obje

ctives;

Pro

gra

mm

es or

pla

ns shall

be de

ve

lop

ed to

de

tail

the re

qu

irem

ents

th

at

shall

enable

th

e

obje

ctives a

nd t

arg

ets

to b

e a

chie

ved.

The p

rogra

mm

es s

hall

desig

nate

the

resp

onsib

ility

for

achie

vin

g o

bje

ctives a

nd t

arg

ets

at

each f

unction a

nd l

eve

l of

the

pro

ject, t

oge

ther

with t

he

means a

nd tim

e f

ram

e b

y w

hic

h t

he

y a

re to b

e a

ch

ieved

; a

nd,

The S

MA

RT

obje

ctive q

ue

stions p

rese

nte

d i

n T

able

6-1

shall

be c

onsid

ere

d i

n t

he s

ett

ing o

f

obje

ctives.

6-9

Tab

le 6

-1:

SM

AR

T O

bje

cti

ve Q

uesti

on

s

Te

rm

Qu

es

tio

ns

to

co

ns

ide

r

S

Sp

ec

ific

W

hat

is th

e g

oa

l o

f th

e o

bje

ctive

?

What ca

n o

r w

ill b

e a

ch

ieve

d?

Whic

h a

rea

s o

f th

e p

roje

ct

does t

he o

bje

ctive

app

ly t

o?

Where

th

e o

bje

ctive

is id

entified

in

on

e o

f co

nstr

uctio

n,

ope

ratio

n o

r d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g p

ha

ses,

do

es t

his

ap

ply

to a

fu

rth

er

sta

ge

of

the

pro

ject

M

Me

asu

rab

le

How

ca

n t

he

ob

jective

be

qu

an

tifie

d o

r m

ea

su

red

?

What

is th

e b

est

wa

y t

o m

ea

sure

(to

tal am

oun

t, r

atios,

inte

nsity m

etr

ics)?

How

is p

erf

orm

ance

ag

ain

st

an

ob

jective

(in

clu

din

g c

lose

ou

t) b

e

me

asu

red?

Is t

he

curr

en

t b

ase

line

kn

ow

n to

com

pa

re p

rog

ress?

A

Ac

hie

va

ble

C

an

th

is b

e o

bje

ctive

re

alis

tically

be

ach

ieve

d?

Who s

hal

l do

th

e w

ork

to a

ch

ieve

th

e o

bje

ctive

?

Who s

hal

l it

be

assig

ned

to?

Are

th

ere

ad

eq

uate

reso

urc

es a

nd

su

ppo

rt a

va

ilable

(o

r can

th

ey b

e

acq

uir

ed

)?

Are

ta

rgets

re

alis

tic a

nd

lik

ely

to

be

achie

ve

d?

R

Rele

va

nt

Is

this

im

po

rta

nt

to th

e p

roje

ct, in

tere

ste

d p

art

ies a

nd

oth

er

sta

ke

ho

lde

rs?

Is it

rele

va

nt

to th

e p

roje

ct a

nd t

he

pro

ject

go

als

?

Why a

re w

e d

oin

g t

his

?

Is t

his

th

e r

igh

t tim

e?

Is t

his

th

e c

orr

ect

prio

rity

?

T

Tim

e b

ou

nd

W

hen

must

this

be

ach

ieve

d b

y?

When

must

we

sta

rt?

When

sh

all w

e r

evie

w?

The O

bje

ctive

an

d T

arg

ets

are

docum

ente

d in

G

ha

na B

rid

ge E

SM

S R

EC

0

1 E

nvir

onm

enta

l and

Socia

l O

bje

ctives &

Targ

ets

. P

rogre

ss a

gain

st

the a

ch

ievem

ent

of

obje

ctives s

ha

ll be

de

taile

d a

gain

st

each o

bje

ctive i

n t

his

reg

iste

r at

the

rele

vant

tim

efr

am

e.

A r

evie

w o

f th

e o

bje

ctives a

nd t

arg

ets

sha

ll

take p

lace a

t le

ast

6 m

onth

ly.

7-1

0

7.

Su

pp

ort

7.1

R

es

ou

rces

The p

roje

ct

has d

eve

lop

ed t

he r

esourc

es n

ee

ded f

or

the e

sta

blis

hm

ent, im

ple

menta

tion,

main

tenance

and c

on

tin

ua

l im

pro

vem

ent

of

the E

SM

S.

The d

eta

ils f

or

com

pete

nce,

aw

are

ness a

nd c

om

munic

atio

n

are

set o

ut in

th

e r

ele

vant

sections b

elo

w.

7.2

C

om

pe

ten

ce

The pro

ject

shall

assess,

stipu

late

an

d con

trol

the

com

pete

nce of

all

em

plo

ye

es and

contr

acto

rs

work

ing o

n b

eha

lf o

f th

e p

roje

ct

accord

ing

to t

he

ir a

pp

ropriate

ed

ucation,

train

ing o

r experi

ence.

Each

role

sha

ll ha

ve s

pecific

req

uirem

ents

and a

level of

com

pete

nce t

hat

em

plo

ye

es a

nd c

ontr

acto

rs m

ust

meet.

Tra

inin

g n

eeds s

ha

ll be d

ete

rmin

ed t

hro

ugh t

he u

se o

f th

e p

rocess b

elo

w (

7.2

.2 C

om

pete

nce

Pro

cess)

inclu

din

g h

ow

to

measure

and e

valu

ate

th

e e

ffectiveness o

f th

is t

rain

ing.

Tra

inin

g is r

equir

ed

for

a n

um

ber

of

purp

oses b

ut

sha

ll fa

ll u

nder

two d

istin

ct cate

gori

es:

Cate

gory

1 s

ha

ll be f

or

the

requirem

ents

un

der

the o

pera

tio

n o

f th

e E

SM

S; a

nd

,

Cate

gory

2

sh

all

be

dire

ctly

rele

va

nt

to

the

sta

ge

s

and

opera

tion

of

the

pro

ject

from

constr

uction t

o d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g.

The C

ate

gory

1 E

SM

S t

rain

ing is t

o e

nsure

that

the

ES

MS

functions e

ffective

ly,

whils

t th

e C

ate

gory

2

train

ing fo

r th

e co

nstr

uctio

n and opera

tiona

l w

ork

forc

e is

re

quir

ed to

ensure

th

ey ca

n safe

ly and

eff

ectively

carr

y o

ut

the

ir r

ole

with

in t

he p

roje

ct. I

n b

oth

insta

nces t

rain

ing s

ha

ll fo

llow

th

e p

rocess

deta

iled in S

ection 7

.2.2

be

low

.

7.2

.1

Co

mp

ete

nc

e p

roc

es

s

The f

ollo

win

g p

rocess s

ho

uld

be

ad

here

d t

o i

n o

rder

to a

ssess c

om

pete

nce a

nd

tra

inin

g n

eeds.

This

pro

cess m

ay f

ollo

w th

e P

lann

ing

Action

P

rocess deta

iled

in

S

ection 6.1

.4 w

he

n a

ne

w activity is

ide

ntifie

d.

7-1

1

Fig

ure

7-1

: C

om

pete

nce P

roc

ess New

ro

le o

r ta

sk

iden

tifi

ed w

ith

a

trai

nin

g re

qt

Ass

ess

trai

nin

g n

eed

s o

f al

l sta

ff a

nd

co

ntr

acto

rs

Rec

ord

info

rmat

ion

–

Trai

nin

g M

atri

x

Imp

lem

ent

trai

nin

g p

rogr

amm

e

Dev

elo

p t

rain

ing

pro

gram

me

and

tr

ain

ing

mat

eria

l

Imp

lem

ent

the

po

licy,

co

ntr

ol t

he

envi

ron

men

tal a

nd

so

cial

asp

ects

o

r co

mp

lian

ce o

blig

atio

ns,

ad

her

e to

pro

cess

es, m

eet

targ

ets,

en

han

ce im

pro

vem

ent

Set

pro

gram

me

sch

edu

le (

Wee

kly,

m

on

thly

, qu

arte

rly,

6

mo

nth

ly, a

nn

ual

ly)

Trai

nin

g re

cord

s in

clu

din

g at

ten

dan

ce

reco

rds

Eval

uat

e tr

ain

ing

effe

ctiv

essn

ess

-Reg

ula

r re

view

-Man

agem

ent

revi

ew

Rela

ted d

ocum

ents

inclu

de

;

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

ec 0

2 T

rain

ing M

atr

ix

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

ec 0

3 T

rain

ing P

rogra

mm

e

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

ec0

4 T

rain

ing A

tten

dance

Tem

pla

te

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

ec0

5 T

rain

ing A

tten

dance

Record

s &

Cert

ific

ate

s

7.3

A

wa

ren

es

s

The p

roje

ct shall

ensure

th

at a

ll sta

ff u

ndert

akin

g w

ork

on b

eh

alf o

f th

e p

roje

ct

are

aw

are

of:

The e

nvironm

enta

l and

socia

l po

licy a

ssocia

ted w

ith th

e p

roje

ct an

d t

he E

SM

S;

The s

ignific

ant

en

viro

nm

enta

l a

nd s

ocia

l aspects

and im

pacts

associa

ted w

ith th

eir

work

;

Ho

w t

heir c

on

trib

ution a

ffects

the E

SM

S i

nclu

din

g t

he b

en

efits

of

enha

nced e

nviro

nm

enta

l

perf

orm

ance

; and,

Ho

w a

ctio

ns c

ould

resu

lt i

n a

no

n-c

onfo

rmance u

nd

er

the

ES

MS

inclu

din

g n

onfu

lfill

ment

of

com

plia

nce o

blig

ations.

7-1

2

The a

bove r

eq

uirem

ents

shall

be d

eliv

ere

d t

hro

ugh t

he m

ost

appro

priate

induction (

an

d r

efr

esher)

train

ing.

Tra

inin

g r

equ

irem

ents

sha

ll be

assessed w

ithin

th

e T

rain

ing

Ma

trix

(G

hana

Bri

dg

e E

SM

S

Rec 0

2).

Induction

tra

inin

g s

hall

consis

t of

thre

e p

art

s:

Induction T

rain

ing

Ma

teri

al fo

r S

taff

;

Induction T

rain

ing

Ma

teri

al fo

r C

ontr

acto

rs; an

d,

Induction T

rain

ing

Ma

teri

al fo

r V

isitors

.

The a

bove r

eq

uirem

ents

are

dete

rmin

ed w

ithin

th

e T

rain

ing M

atr

ix.

7.4

C

om

mu

nic

ati

on

(In

tern

al

an

d E

xte

rnal

Sta

ke

ho

lde

rs)

7.4

.1

Ge

ne

ral

A p

rocess h

as b

een

esta

blis

hed

within

the E

SM

S w

hic

h e

na

ble

s t

he u

ser

to e

sta

blis

h t

he f

ollo

win

g

princip

les:

what

is t

o b

e c

om

munic

ate

d,

when

to c

om

munic

ate

and h

ow

to c

om

munic

ate

with

in

tern

al

and exte

rna

l sta

keho

lders

. F

igure

7-2

be

low

sets

o

ut

the ty

pes of

com

mu

nic

atio

n th

at

are

to

b

e

undert

aken.

Fig

ure

7-2

Co

mm

un

icati

on

typ

es

7.4

Co

mm

un

icat

ion

7

.4.2

Inte

rnal

co

mm

un

icat

ion

7.4

.3.4

Ext

ern

al

com

mu

nic

atio

n

(Sta

keh

old

ers

)7

.4.2

.2 P

roje

ct m

ee

tin

gs:

Op

era

tio

nal

ph

ase

7.4

.2.3

Re

po

rtin

g fo

r sp

eci

fic

or

sign

ific

ant

eff

ect

s

7.4

.3.1

Lab

ou

r an

d w

ork

ing

con

dit

ion

s p

olic

y

7.4

.3.3

Lab

ou

r gr

ieva

nce

p

roce

ss

7.4

.3.5

Ext

ern

al g

rie

van

ce

pro

cess

7.4

.3.6

Co

mm

un

icat

ion

w

ith

go

vern

me

nt

bo

die

s

7.4

.3.7

Co

mm

un

icat

ion

w

ith

co

ntr

acto

rs

7.4

.2.1

Pro

ject

me

eti

ngs

: C

on

stru

ctio

n p

has

e

7.4

.3 E

xte

rnal

C

om

mu

nic

atio

n

7.4

.3.2

Liv

elih

oo

d

rest

ora

tio

n p

lan

7-1

3

7.4

.2

Inte

rnal

Co

mm

un

icati

on

Deta

iled b

elo

w a

re t

he v

ari

ous t

ypes o

f in

tern

al com

munic

atio

n t

hat

sha

ll ta

ke p

lace w

ithin

the E

SM

S

thro

ug

h th

e vari

ous sta

ge

s of

the pro

ject.

G

han

a B

ridge

E

SM

S R

EC

07 In

tern

al

Com

mu

nic

ation

Tem

pla

te s

hou

ld b

e u

sed t

o c

om

munic

ate

inte

rna

lly.

Tab

le 7

-1:

Inte

rnal

Co

mm

un

icati

on

Co

mm

un

icati

on

T

o w

ho

m

Ho

w o

ften

W

hen

Com

plia

nce

Oblig

ations

To inclu

de th

e E

PL S

enio

r M

ana

gem

ent, r

ele

vant

em

plo

yees, co

ntr

acto

rs

(wh

ere

applic

ab

le)

6 m

onth

ly o

r ad

-hoc a

s

and w

hen

chan

ges

take p

lace

6 m

onth

ly o

r ad

-hoc a

s

and w

hen

chan

ges

take p

lace

. S

ix-m

onth

ly

revie

ws a

re s

uggeste

d

to take p

lace in

April

and O

ct

Update

s to

pro

cesses o

r oth

er

requirem

ents

in

th

is E

SM

S

Rele

va

nt em

plo

yees a

nd

contr

acto

rs (

where

app

licab

le)

ES

MS

team

ES

MS

Au

dit t

eam

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

Aud

it f

ind

ings

Rele

va

nt em

plo

yees a

nd

contr

acto

rs (

where

app

licab

le)

ES

MS

team

ES

MS

Au

dit t

eam

and

oth

ers

to b

e d

ete

rmin

ed b

y

aud

it r

esu

lts

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

follo

win

g e

ach a

ud

it b

ut

annu

ally

as a

min

imum

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

follo

win

g e

ach a

ud

it b

ut

annu

ally

as a

min

imum

Nonconfo

rmitie

s

(wh

en r

equir

ed)

Rele

va

nt em

plo

yees a

nd

contr

acto

rs (

where

app

licab

le)

ES

MS

team

ES

MS

Au

dit t

eam

and

oth

ers

to b

e d

ete

rmin

ed b

y

aud

it r

esu

lts

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

follo

win

g e

ach a

ud

it b

ut

annu

ally

as a

min

imum

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

follo

win

g e

ach a

ud

it b

ut

annu

ally

as a

min

imum

Mana

gem

ent

revie

w o

utc

om

es

To b

e d

ete

rmin

ed b

y a

udit

results

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

follo

win

g e

ach

managem

ent re

vie

w

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

follo

win

g e

ach

managem

ent re

vie

w

Pro

gre

ss a

gain

st

obje

ctives a

nd

targ

ets

Rele

va

nt em

plo

yees a

nd

contr

acto

rs (

where

app

licab

le)

ES

MS

team

ES

MS

Au

dit t

eam

and

oth

ers

to b

e d

ete

rmin

ed

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

follo

win

g e

ach a

ud

it b

ut

annu

ally

as a

min

imum

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

follo

win

g e

ach a

ud

it b

ut

annu

ally

as a

min

imum

Em

erg

ency

situations o

r occurr

ences

Pote

ntially

all

em

plo

ye

es

and c

ontr

acto

rs.

Dete

rmin

ed b

y e

ve

nt

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

– a

d-h

oc,

with a

nnu

al

sum

mary

As a

nd

whe

n r

eq

uire

d

– a

d-h

oc,

with a

nnu

al

sum

mary

7-1

4

7.4

.2.1

P

roje

ct

Meeti

ng

s:

Co

nstr

ucti

on

Ph

as

e

Pro

ject m

eetings s

ha

ll be p

lanne

d t

o take p

lace

at re

gu

lar

inte

rvals

(e

.g.

weekly

or

month

ly)

duri

ng

the

constr

uction p

hase a

nd s

ha

ll in

clu

de E

nvironm

enta

l an

d S

ocia

l (a

s w

ell

as H

ea

lth

and S

afe

ty)

Mana

gem

ent as a

sta

nd

ing

ite

m o

n the

ag

end

a.

T

he m

eeting s

hall

be led b

y the C

onstr

uction M

an

ager

in c

onju

nctio

n w

ith a

mem

ber

of

the E

SM

S

team

who s

hal

l pro

vid

e f

eed

back a

nd r

ais

e issues to b

e a

ddre

ssed,

inclu

din

g th

e f

ollo

win

g:

1.

En

viro

nm

enta

l, S

ocia

l, H

ea

lth a

nd S

afe

ty p

erf

orm

ance (

based o

n m

onitori

ng r

esu

lts)

– inclu

din

g

both

positiv

e a

nd n

eg

ative

and t

hose c

ontr

olli

ng o

r aff

ecting

the

en

vir

onm

enta

l a

nd s

ocia

l asp

ects

of

the p

roje

ct;

2.

Lega

l con

traventions;

3.

ES

MS

Non-c

onfo

rmances r

esultin

g f

rom

:

a.

Aud

its;

b.

Com

pla

ints

; and/o

r,

c.

Incid

ents

.

4.

Sta

kehold

er

enga

gem

ent in

clu

din

g c

om

pla

ints

;

5.

Inspections b

y a

uth

ori

ties;

6.

Inte

rna

l a

nd e

xte

rna

l a

ud

its r

esults; a

nd,

7.

Tra

inin

g r

equ

irem

ents

inclu

din

g to

ol box ta

lks w

hic

h s

hall

be d

eliv

ere

d a

s p

art

of

the m

eetings,

if

require

d.

7.4

.2.2

P

roje

ct

Meeti

ng

s –

Op

era

tio

nal P

ha

se

Pro

ject m

eetings s

hall

be p

lanne

d t

o t

ake p

lace

at

regu

lar

inte

rva

ls (

e.g

. w

eekly

or

month

ly)

durin

g t

he

opera

tio

nal

phase

an

d

shall

inclu

de

Environm

enta

l and

Socia

l (a

s

well

as

Health

and

Safe

ty)

Mana

gem

ent as a

sta

nd

ing

ite

m o

n the

ag

end

a.

The m

eetings s

hall

be l

ed

by t

he P

roje

ct/P

lant

Ma

nager

an

d i

nvo

lve

the E

nvir

onm

enta

l an

d S

ocia

l

Pers

onn

el (l

ist

team

s a

nd r

ole

s h

ere

), o

pera

tion

al

pers

onne

l, a

nd (

if r

ele

vant)

co

ntr

acto

rs w

ork

ing o

n

site.

The a

gen

da o

f th

e m

eeting s

hall

inclu

de th

e f

ollo

win

g:

1.

En

viro

nm

enta

l a

nd S

ocia

l p

erf

orm

ance (

based

on m

onitoring

results)

– inclu

din

g b

oth

positiv

e

and n

eg

ative r

esults a

nd t

hose c

ontr

olli

ng

or

aff

ecting t

he e

nvironm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l aspects

of

the

pro

ject;

2.

Lega

l con

traventions;

3.

ES

MS

Non-c

onfo

rmances;

4.

Sta

kehold

er

enga

gem

ent in

clu

din

g c

om

pla

ints

;

5.

Inspections b

y a

uth

ori

ties;

6.

Incid

ents

;

7.

Inte

rna

l a

nd e

xte

rna

l a

ud

its; and

,

8.

Tra

inin

g r

equ

irem

ents

.

7.4

.2.3

R

ep

ort

ing

fo

r sp

ecif

ic o

r sig

nif

ican

t ev

en

ts

The

follo

win

g

typ

es

of

even

ts

shall

be

rep

ort

ed

to

th

e

Pro

ject/P

lant

Man

ager

by

the

ES

MS

coord

inato

r, E

SM

S team

and th

e S

en

ior

Mana

gem

ent T

eam

of

EP

L im

media

tely

:

7-1

5

1.

Incid

ents

with s

ignific

ant risks o

r pote

ntia

l of

sig

nific

ant

risk to p

eople

or

the e

nviro

nm

ent

(this

shall

be h

an

dle

d in a

ccord

ance w

ith th

e E

merg

ency P

repare

dness a

nd R

esp

onse P

lan

– s

ee

Section 8

.2);

2.

Notification o

f aud

its o

r in

spectio

ns b

y a

uth

ori

ties; an

d,

3.

Notification o

f contr

aventio

n o

f th

e e

nviro

nm

enta

l p

erm

it o

r oth

er

regu

lato

ry infr

ingem

ents

.

Pro

cess

The r

eport

ing a

nd n

otification p

rocess s

hall

be d

eve

loped b

efo

re t

he p

roje

ct

com

mences i

n l

ine w

ith

the h

ea

lth a

nd s

afe

ty r

eq

uir

em

ents

of

the p

roje

ct and

the O

HS

MS

.

7.4

.2.4

L

ab

ou

r an

d W

ork

ing

Co

nd

itio

ns

Po

lic

y

The

pro

ject

will

d

evelo

p

a

Lab

our

and

Work

ing

Cond

itio

ns

Polic

y

wh

ich

dem

onstr

ate

s

EP

L’s

com

mitm

ent

to c

om

ply

with

the la

ws o

f G

hana a

nd t

he

requ

irem

ents

of

IFC

Perf

orm

ance S

tand

ard

2.

This

will

ha

ve

obje

ctives t

o p

rom

ote

equa

l opp

ort

un

itie

s a

nd f

air t

reatm

ent

of

work

ers

. A

n o

verv

iew

of

the esse

ntial

co

nte

nts

of

the p

olic

y is

pro

vid

ed in

A

ppen

dix

B

. T

he po

licy sh

all

rem

ain

in

p

lace

thro

ug

hou

t th

e life o

f th

e p

roje

ct.

As a

ppro

priate

, po

licie

s a

nd p

rocedure

s f

or

manage

ment

of

specific

aspects

of

labour

and w

ork

ing

conditio

ns w

ill b

e a

do

pte

d a

nd im

ple

mente

d.

One

of

these

will

be

a

grievance

reso

lution

mechanis

m

for

em

plo

yees,

kno

wn

as

the

“Labo

ur

Grieva

nce P

rocess”

(LG

P).

T

he p

rocess w

ill b

e u

sed

to e

nsure

that

an

y p

rob

lem

, com

pla

int

or

ca

use

for

dis

satisfa

ction a

risin

g b

etw

ee

n t

he e

mplo

ye

e a

nd a

noth

er

em

plo

ye

e o

r th

e C

om

pan

y i

s r

esolv

ed

as q

uic

kly

as p

ossib

le.

Fu

rther

deta

ils o

f th

e m

inim

um

requirem

ents

of

this

pro

cess a

re o

utlin

ed i

n

App

end

ix C

.

It is

note

d th

at

the LG

P is

fo

r in

tern

al

work

-rela

ted gri

evances and

is

se

pa

rate

to

th

e exte

rna

l

grie

vance

mechanis

m p

rocess d

escribed in t

he f

ollo

win

g s

ection.

In a

dditio

n t

o t

he L

GP

, th

e d

eve

lopm

ent

of

the L

ab

our

and W

ork

ing C

on

ditio

ns P

olic

y w

ill i

nclu

de

pre

para

tio

n o

f a C

ode o

f B

eha

vio

ur

Polic

y.

7.4

.3

Ex

tern

al C

om

mu

nic

ati

on

7.4

.3.1

C

om

mu

nic

ati

on

wit

h S

tak

eh

old

ers

A S

EP

(G

ha

na B

ridge

ES

MS

DO

C 6

Sta

kehold

er

Engag

em

ent

Pla

n)

has b

ee

n d

eve

loped

, d

efinin

g

the

requ

irem

ents

fo

r com

munic

ation

w

ith

sta

tuto

ry

bod

ies,

the

com

munity

and

oth

er

exte

rna

l

sta

kehold

ers

. G

han

a B

rid

ge E

SM

S R

EC

08 E

xte

rna

l C

om

munic

ation T

em

pla

te s

hou

ld b

e u

sed

for

exte

rnal com

munic

ation.

The S

EP

sets

out

an

d d

efin

es a

fra

mew

ork

of

sta

ndard

ised m

easure

s to

be

un

dert

aken f

or

pro

active

ly

enga

gin

g a

nd c

om

munic

ating w

ith e

xte

rna

l pro

ject

sta

kehold

ers

an

d t

o g

uid

e t

he s

trate

gie

s t

o e

ng

ag

e

with t

hem

accord

ing t

o t

he

ir r

espective n

eeds a

nd i

nte

rests

. It i

s d

esig

ned t

o d

em

onstr

ate

that

EP

L

will

und

ert

ake

consultation

and

part

icip

ation

tha

t is

m

eanin

gfu

l,

co

nsis

tent,

com

pre

hensiv

e,

coord

inate

d a

nd c

ultura

lly a

ppro

priate

in l

ine w

ith a

ll th

e r

ele

vant

legal

an

d r

egu

lato

ry c

om

mitm

ents

inclu

din

g inte

rnation

al goo

d p

ractice,

nation

al sta

nd

ard

s a

nd t

he r

eq

uirem

ents

of

this

ES

MS

.

For

the p

urp

ose o

f th

is E

SM

S, sta

keho

lders

are

split

out

into

the

follo

win

g t

wo g

roups:

Sta

tuto

ry

or

Inte

reste

d

(part

y)

Sta

keho

lder:

–

Sta

tuto

ry

or

Inte

reste

d

Sta

kehold

ers

m

ay

constitu

te p

ub

lic a

nd

go

vern

ment

bod

ies,

com

panie

s (

mediu

m o

r la

rge

or

multin

atio

na

ls)

or

7-1

6

oth

er

inte

reste

d p

art

ies t

hat

the p

roje

ct

ma

y h

ave

an

im

pact

on o

r th

at

ma

y h

ave

a m

ate

rial or

non-m

ate

rial in

tere

st in

th

e p

roje

ct;

and

,

Com

munity

Sta

kehold

er:

-

A com

munity sta

kehold

er

can be a m

em

ber

of

the pub

lic

or

mem

ber

of

a l

ocal

org

an

isatio

n o

r oth

er

inte

reste

d p

art

y t

ha

t th

e p

roje

ct

is h

avin

g a

n i

mpact

upon

(positiv

e

or

negative);

in

clu

din

g

sm

all

com

pan

ies

or

‘one

man

ba

nds’.

Local

com

munitie

s a

nd w

ork

ers

would

fall

within

th

is c

ate

go

ry o

f sta

kehold

er.

7.4

.3.2

C

om

mu

nic

ati

on

wit

h g

overn

men

t b

od

ies

Deta

iled b

elo

w a

re t

he v

ari

ous t

yp

es o

f com

munic

ation w

ith g

overn

ment

bodie

s t

hat

shall

take p

lace

with

in t

he E

SM

S thro

ugh t

he v

arious s

tages o

f th

e p

roje

ct.

Tab

le 7

-2:

Co

mm

un

icati

on

wit

h g

ov

ern

men

t b

od

ies

Co

mm

un

icati

on

T

o w

ho

m

Ho

w o

ften

W

hen

Ann

ua

l E

nviro

nm

enta

l R

eport

EP

A

Ann

ua

lly

Ann

ivers

ary

of

sta

rt o

f opera

tio

ns

En

viro

nm

enta

l C

ert

ific

ate

E

PA

O

nce

Subm

it w

ithin

18

month

s o

f sta

rt o

f opera

tio

ns

Decom

mis

sio

nin

g

and s

ite c

losure

pla

n

EP

A

Once

6 m

onth

s p

rior

to d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g th

e

pro

ject

Perm

it r

ene

wa

l E

PA

E

very

18 m

onth

s

18 m

onth

s p

ost-

th

e f

ina

l d

ate

inclu

ded

on late

st

perm

it a

t tim

e o

f C

OD

.

Oth

er

G

overn

ment

bod

ies a

nd

inspecto

rs

Ad-h

oc /

as

require

d

Upon r

equ

est

Only

pers

onn

el

with t

he a

uth

ority

to d

o s

o w

ith

in t

heir r

ole

are

able

to c

om

munic

ate

with g

overn

ment

bod

ies.

This

sha

ll b

e lim

ite

d t

o t

he E

PL M

ana

gem

ent

Team

and t

he E

SM

S c

oord

inato

r u

nle

ss a

s p

art

of

an inspection o

r au

dit.

All

com

munic

ation w

ith g

overn

ment

bodie

s w

ill b

e u

ndert

aken b

ased o

n t

he

follo

win

g p

rincip

les:

Honesty

and I

nte

gri

ty;

Eth

ical C

on

duct;

Fair P

rese

nta

tio

n;

Due P

rofe

ssio

na

l C

are

; an

d,

Evid

ence b

ased

.

All

record

s r

eg

ard

ing c

orr

esponde

nce w

ith a

uth

orities,

inclu

din

g e

mails

, shall

be r

eta

ined

.

7.4

.3.3

C

om

mu

nic

ati

on

wit

h c

on

tracto

rs

The r

equirem

ents

of

the E

SM

S s

ha

ll b

e c

om

munic

ate

d t

o a

ll contr

acto

rs,

where

rele

vant.

This

ma

y

inclu

de:

7-1

7

1.

Tra

inin

g,

inclu

din

g

ind

uction

, ge

nera

l en

vir

onm

enta

l m

anag

em

ent,

enviro

nm

enta

l an

d

socia

l

contr

ols

(a

ll to

adh

ere

to

th

e E

SM

S p

olic

y,

en

viro

nm

ent

and socia

l aspects

and o

bje

ctives)

(see

Section 7

.2 C

om

pete

nce);

2.

Issuin

g (a

nd sig

n off

) of

ES

MS

pro

cesses (s

ee

S

ection 7.5

D

ocum

enta

tion)

rele

va

nt

to th

eir

contr

acte

d s

cop

e o

f w

ork

;

3.

Mo

nitorin

g r

equ

irem

ents

rela

ted t

o e

nvironm

enta

l, s

ocia

l, h

ea

lth a

nd s

afe

ty (

Se

ction 9

.1 M

onitorin

g,

Measure

ment an

d A

na

lysis

);

4.

Info

rmation r

equir

ed f

rom

contr

acto

rs to

fulfil

their

requirem

ents

, in

clu

din

g c

om

pete

ncy (

Section

7.2

) an

d L

ega

l a

nd O

ther

Requ

irem

ents

(E

SM

S D

OC

3);

5. R

egula

r en

vironm

enta

l a

nd s

ocia

l pro

ject

meetings (

see S

ection

7.4

Com

munic

atio

n);

an

d

6. G

rie

vance

Mech

an

ism

s d

eta

iled u

nder

the g

rie

va

nce

pro

cess (

Section 7

.4.3

.5).

All

contr

acto

rs w

hose a

ctivitie

s m

ay h

ave t

he p

ote

ntia

l to

cre

ate

a s

ignific

an

t im

pact

(dete

rmin

ed b

y

the E

SM

S D

OC

2 A

sp

ects

Regis

ter)

to t

he e

nvir

onm

ent

or

com

munity s

ha

ll b

e r

equire

d t

o p

rovid

e a

n

environm

enta

l and s

ocia

l p

lan i

n a

ccord

ance w

ith t

he

Ghana B

ridg

e E

SM

S R

EC

06 E

nvironm

enta

l

and S

ocia

l P

lan (

incorp

ora

ting h

ea

lth a

nd s

afe

ty)

Tem

pla

te,

wh

ich s

hall

be r

evie

wed a

nd a

ppro

ve

d b

y

the E

SM

S T

eam

.

7.4

.3.4

A

bb

rev

iate

d R

esett

lem

en

t A

cti

on

Pla

n

An A

bbre

via

ted R

esettle

ment

Action P

lan (A

RA

P)

has been de

ve

loped

fo

r S

tage 1

of

the pro

ject

(Ghana B

rid

ge E

SM

S D

OC

4 A

bbre

via

ted R

esett

lem

ent

Action P

lan)

to p

rovid

e t

hose a

ffecte

d b

y t

he

pro

ject w

ith th

e m

eans to s

ecure

com

pensatio

n a

nd r

elo

cation p

rior

to th

e p

roje

ct

com

mencin

g.

An A

RA

P w

ill b

e p

roduced

for

Sta

ge 2

of

the

pro

ject.

7.4

.3.5

E

xte

rnal g

riev

an

ce p

roce

ss

EP

L has pro

duce

d a gri

evance m

echanis

m fo

r th

e pro

ject

that

enab

les sta

keho

lders

to

m

ake a

com

pla

int

or

a s

uggestion

about

the w

ay a

pro

ject

is b

ein

g i

mple

mente

d.

This

is i

nclu

ded in

the

pro

ject S

EP

.

Grieva

nces m

ay ta

ke th

e fo

rm of

specific

com

pla

ints

fo

r dam

ages/inju

ry,

con

cern

s abo

ut

routine

pro

ject

activitie

s,

perc

eiv

ed

incid

en

ts o

r im

pacts

and/o

r suggestions o

r positiv

e f

eedback a

bou

t a

part

of

the p

roje

ct.

The id

entification

a

nd re

sponse

to

grie

va

nces sup

port

s th

e de

ve

lopm

ent

of

positiv

e re

lationsh

ips

betw

een t

he pro

ject

an

d t

he c

om

munitie

s an

d o

ther

sta

kehold

ers

th

ey m

ay aff

ect. T

he grieva

nce

mechanis

m e

nable

s a

ffecte

d p

art

ies t

o lod

ge c

om

pla

ints

, concern

s o

r positiv

e f

ee

dback r

egard

ing t

he

pro

ject, w

ithout

cost, an

d w

ith th

e assura

nce of

a tim

ely

a

nd satisfa

cto

ry re

so

lution of

the is

sue

,

com

pla

int

or

feedb

ack.

The

gri

evance

mechanis

m

shall

not

repla

ce

exis

tin

g

legal

pro

cesses.

Ho

we

ver,

based o

n c

onsen

sus,

the

pro

cess s

ha

ll se

ek t

o r

esolv

e issues p

rom

ptly,

with

out

resort

ing t

o

expensiv

e a

nd

tim

e-c

onsum

ing lega

l actions.

The

grievance

mechanis

m

is

desig

ned

to

ensure

th

at

all

grie

va

nces

that

are

re

ceiv

ed

are

acknow

ledge

d a

nd

logg

ed

, and t

hat

the c

om

pla

inant

kno

ws w

hat

to e

xpect

in t

erm

s o

f a r

esponse a

nd

when.

The g

rie

vance

mechanis

m s

ets

out

the f

ull

pro

cess a

nd r

esponsib

ilities f

or

manag

ing

th

e g

rie

vance

pro

cess.

7-1

8

7.5

D

ocu

me

nte

d in

form

ati

on

7.5

.1

Gen

era

l

Docum

ente

d i

nfo

rmation s

hall

be p

roduced r

ele

van

t to

the o

pera

tion o

f th

e p

roje

ct

and t

his

ES

MS

.

This

in

form

ation

shall

be

re

quired

as

per

the

req

uirem

ents

of

the

Inte

rnationa

l S

tandard

IS

O

1400

1:2

015,

the I

FC

sta

ndard

s,

and o

ther

info

rmation r

ele

va

nt

to t

he p

roje

ct

and o

pera

tion o

f th

e

managem

ent

syste

m,

inclu

din

g l

ega

l com

plia

nce.

An

ind

ex o

f th

e E

SM

S d

ocu

ments

is p

rovid

ed i

n

App

end

ix A

.

The E

nvironm

enta

l and S

ocia

l M

ana

gem

ent

Syste

m,

polic

ies,

pla

ns,

pro

gra

mm

es,

work

instr

uctio

ns

and r

ecord

s a

re c

ontr

olle

d a

ccord

ing

to p

rocess b

elo

w in 7

.5.3

.

7.5

.2

Cre

ati

ng

an

d u

pd

ati

ng

Record

s s

hall

be c

reate

d,

upda

ted a

nd m

ain

tain

ed

to

keep t

rack o

f th

e G

ha

na B

rid

ge E

SM

S i

n l

ine

with th

e IF

C sta

ndard

s a

nd IS

O 1

40

01:2

015

. R

ecord

s

shall

track th

e environm

enta

l an

d socia

l

perf

orm

ance

of

the p

roje

ct

to d

em

onstr

ate

confo

rmity to

the r

equ

irem

ents

of

the E

SM

S,

inclu

din

g

leg

al com

plia

nce.

The r

esponsib

le p

ers

on

shall

main

tain

and

up

date

a G

ha

na B

rid

ge E

SM

S R

EC

09 M

aste

r L

ist

of

Record

s,

whic

h specifie

s th

e ty

pe /

nam

e of

record

s,

the fo

rm num

ber

(if

applic

ab

le),

th

e part

y

responsib

le f

or

keepin

g th

e r

ecord

, an

d th

e r

ete

ntion t

ime.

The r

equirem

ents

for

record

cre

ation

, is

sue

and u

pda

ting a

re o

utlin

ed b

elo

w.

All

pro

cesses m

ust

use

the s

am

e T

em

pla

te a

s p

er

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

10 T

em

pla

te.

All

record

s s

ha

ll be leg

ible

;

All

record

s s

ha

ll ha

ve a

n o

wner;

All

record

s s

ha

ll ha

ve a

nu

mber

record

;

To i

ndic

ate

th

e s

tatu

s o

f each d

ocum

ent, a

nd t

o p

reve

nt

the use o

f obsole

te or

outd

ate

d

docum

ents

, th

e f

ollo

win

g in

form

ation s

hall

be s

tate

d f

or

pro

cedure

s a

nd m

anage

men

t pla

ns:

o

Title

(subje

ct)

;

o

Docum

ent num

ber;

o

Revis

ion n

um

ber;

an

d,

o

Date

;

All

record

s s

ho

uld

pro

vid

e d

eta

ils o

f th

e c

han

ges w

hic

h h

ave t

aken p

lace u

pon r

e-issue;

All

record

s s

ho

uld

be r

evie

wed a

nd a

ppro

ve

d b

y t

he o

wner

pri

or

to r

e-i

ssue;

No r

ecord

s s

hou

ld b

e issue

d w

ithou

t th

e a

gre

em

ent an

d a

ppro

val of

the d

ocum

ent o

wner.

7.5

.3

Co

ntr

ol o

f d

ocu

men

ted

in

form

ati

on

Record

s s

hall

be a

ppro

pria

tely

sto

red

at

the

EP

L P

roje

ct

Off

ice

(91 O

su B

ad

u S

treet,

West

Airport

),

the

Bri

dge

Po

wer

Site

(T

em

a),

and

on

the

EP

L

website

(h

ttp

://e

arl

yp

ow

erltd

.com

/wp

-

conte

nt/

up

loa

ds/E

SM

S-D

OC

-1-M

an

ual-R

ev-3

-201

7-c

cj.pdf)

to p

reserv

e d

ocum

ent

accessib

ility

an

d t

o

pro

vid

e s

ecurity

fro

m l

oss o

f confidentia

lity,

impro

per

use,

or

loss o

f in

tegrity

. In

add

itio

n t

o a

ccess

contr

ol

(described f

urt

her

under

7.5

.3),

oth

er

requ

ire

ments

are

desig

ne

d t

o p

reserv

e t

he

docum

ent

accessib

ility

an

d inte

grity

.

7-1

9

Record

s g

enera

ted a

s o

utp

ut

from

the im

ple

menta

tion

of

the E

SM

S M

anua

l an

d i

ts s

upport

ing p

lans

and

pro

ced

ure

s

shall

als

o

be

file

d

here

u

nder

the

direction

and

manage

ment

of

the

ES

MS

coord

inato

r.

Only

curr

en

t is

sues o

f docu

ments

should

be liv

e a

nd h

eld

on h

ard

or

soft

copie

s (

apart

fro

m in a

rchiv

e

fold

ers

). O

ld is

sues sh

ou

ld be pla

ce

d in

arc

hiv

e fo

lders

w

ith an

‘a

rch

ived

’ w

ate

rmark

dis

pla

yed

acro

ss t

he d

ocum

ent.

D

ocum

ents

of

exte

rnal ori

gin

whic

h a

re h

eld

by t

he

pro

ject

should

be identified

as s

uch a

nd

the

ir d

istr

ibutio

n c

ontr

olle

d.

Record

s s

ha

ll be

kept in

ap

pro

pria

te s

tora

ge

for

the

follo

win

g m

inim

um

rete

ntion p

eriods (

whic

hever

is

the g

reate

st)

:

1. A

s r

equire

d b

y la

w;

2. A

s s

pecifie

d in t

his

Manu

al or

associa

ted p

roce

dure

s a

nd r

ecord

s;

3. A

s s

pecifie

d in t

he M

aste

r Lis

t of

Record

s; a

nd,

4. O

therw

ise, th

ree y

ears

.

Ele

ctr

onic

record

s s

ha

ll be

sto

red o

n a

serv

er

that

is b

acked u

p o

n a

reg

ula

r basis

. O

nce t

he r

ete

ntio

n

perio

d h

as e

xpir

ed t

he r

esponsib

le p

ers

onne

l m

ay d

ecid

e w

heth

er

rele

vant

record

s c

an b

e d

ele

ted

. In

this

insta

nce a

record

sh

ou

ld b

e k

ept of

wh

o h

as d

ele

ted the

record

and w

hen t

his

was u

nd

ert

aken.

8-2

0

8.

Op

era

tio

n

The p

roje

ct

has p

rod

uced a

pro

cess f

or

opera

tion

al pla

nn

ing a

nd

contr

ol w

hic

h s

hou

ld b

e a

dhere

d t

o

thro

ug

h e

ach p

hase

of

the p

roje

ct (c

onstr

uctio

n,

opera

tion

al an

d d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g).

The p

rocess s

hall

contr

ol an

d a

im to r

ea

lise t

he r

isks a

nd o

pp

ort

un

itie

s a

s d

eta

iled in

Sectio

n 6

.1 a

nd th

e O

bje

ctives a

nd

Targ

ets

associa

ted w

ith

the

se (

as d

eta

iled in S

ection 6

.2)

risks a

nd o

pport

un

itie

s.

The p

roje

ct

shall

ensure

th

at

all

op

era

tions a

nd a

ctivitie

s,

carr

ied o

ut

by e

mplo

ye

es o

r contr

acto

rs a

re

pro

perl

y c

ontr

olle

d,

and t

hat

appro

pria

te p

rocesses a

re c

om

munic

ate

d t

o p

ers

onne

l in

lin

e w

ith t

he

pro

cess s

et out

in S

ection 7

.4 C

om

munic

ation

.

To achie

ve th

is aim

, envir

onm

enta

l and socia

l, as w

ell

as health and safe

ty pro

cesses

shall

be

pro

duce

d in

ad

ditio

n to

m

anag

em

en

t pla

ns and

pro

gra

mm

es to

contr

ol

the o

pera

tion

’s sig

nific

ant

environm

enta

l a

nd socia

l aspects

as id

entified in

th

e aspects

and pro

ject

risk re

gis

ter,

th

e le

ga

l

regis

ter,

ES

IA a

nd t

he E

SM

P.

The r

egula

r up

datin

g o

f op

era

tio

na

l con

trol

pro

cesses s

hall

take p

lace

as a

nd w

hen r

equ

ired

within

the E

SM

S and as a m

inim

um

w

hen th

ere

are

cha

nges in

th

e opera

tio

n of

the pro

cesses.

The

responsib

ility

for

upd

ating t

he p

rocesses i

s s

et

out

in S

ection 5

.3 O

rga

nis

atio

n R

ole

s,

Resp

onsib

ility

and A

uth

ority

.

8.1

O

pe

rati

on

al P

lan

nin

g a

nd

Co

ntr

ol

The f

ollo

win

g p

rocesses e

xis

t in

the

ES

MS

for

opera

tio

nal pla

nn

ing

an

d c

ontr

ol.

Ghana B

ridg

e E

SM

S p

rocedure

PR

O 1

-Esta

blis

hin

g t

he e

nvironm

enta

l re

quir

em

ents

in t

he d

esig

n

and d

evelo

pm

ent:

This

pro

cess i

s d

esig

ned

to e

nsure

th

at

the p

roje

ct

and E

SM

S e

nviro

nm

enta

l re

qu

irem

ents

are

ad

dre

ssed thro

ug

h a

life c

ycle

pers

pective

, in

the d

esig

n a

nd d

evelo

pm

ent of

the p

roje

ct.

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S P

RO

2-P

rocure

ment E

nvir

onm

enta

l R

equ

irem

ents

:

This

pro

cess i

s d

esig

ned

to e

nsure

th

at

the p

roje

ct

and E

SM

S e

nviro

nm

enta

l re

qu

irem

ents

are

ad

here

d

to

thro

ug

h

the

pro

cure

ment

of

the

pro

ject’s

pro

ducts

a

nd

serv

ices.

The

environm

enta

l re

quirem

ents

and c

redentials

for

the s

upp

liers

on t

he p

roje

ct

are

deta

iled i

n

this

pro

cess a

nd m

ust

be a

dhere

d t

o b

y t

he p

roje

ct

team

. T

his

pro

cess a

lso p

rovid

es d

eta

ils

of

how

the p

roje

ct’s e

nviro

nm

enta

l re

quirem

ents

are

com

munic

ate

d t

o e

xte

rnal pro

vid

ers

and

supplie

rs as w

ell

as th

e sig

nific

ant

en

viro

nm

enta

l im

pacts

associa

ted

w

ith th

eir

pro

vis

ion,

inclu

din

g b

ut

not

limited t

o:

use,

transport

ation,

dis

posal an

d e

nd

-of-

life t

reatm

ent. A

dh

ere

nce

to

the

pro

ject

and

leg

al

requ

irem

ents

of

the

serv

ice

pro

vis

ion

requir

e

a

two-w

ay

com

munic

ation cha

nne

l b

etw

ee

n th

e pro

ject

and th

e supplie

rs;

ho

we

ver

each supplie

r is

require

d t

o a

dhere

to a

ll le

gis

lation a

nd p

rovid

e t

he r

ele

van

t in

form

ation a

nd d

ocu

ments

to t

he

pro

ject specific

to t

he r

eg

ula

tory

regim

e f

or

the s

erv

ice

the

y a

re p

rovid

ing.

Pro

cesses r

ele

va

nt to

en

vir

onm

enta

l o

pera

tio

nal pla

nn

ing a

re d

eta

iled in S

ection 6

.

Pro

cesses

rele

van

t to

o

pera

tion

al

pla

nn

ing

and

contr

ol

els

ew

here

in

th

e

ES

MS

and

at

the

constr

uction,

op

era

tion

al a

nd d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g s

tag

e a

re d

eta

iled in th

e G

ha

na B

ridge E

SM

S In

dex.

8.2

E

me

rge

ncy P

rep

are

dn

es

s a

nd

Re

sp

on

se

Em

erg

ency re

sp

onse

pla

nnin

g is

a re

quirem

ent

of

this

E

SM

S,

the E

nvironm

enta

l P

erm

it and th

e

Sched

ule

of

En

viro

nm

enta

l P

erm

it (

perm

it r

efe

rence C

E00

49

560

102).

EP

L a

nd t

heir r

epre

senta

tives

8-2

1

should

consid

er

the

req

uire

ments

for

em

erg

ency r

espo

nse f

or

rele

vant

en

viro

nm

enta

l a

nd s

ocia

l risks

and o

pp

ort

un

itie

s p

ose

d b

y the p

roje

ct

an

d identified w

ith

in t

he E

SM

S A

spects

Re

gis

ter.

When c

onsid

erin

g e

merg

ency r

esponse

, E

PL a

nd t

heir r

epre

sen

tatives s

hall

consid

er

the f

ollo

win

g

ste

p-b

y-s

tep p

rocess:

a)

The m

ost appro

pri

ate

meth

ods f

or

respond

ing t

o a

n e

merg

ency s

ituation

;

b)

Inte

rna

l a

nd e

xte

rna

l com

munic

atio

n p

rocesses;

c)

The a

ctions r

eq

uire

d to

pre

ven

t or

mitig

ate

environm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l im

pacts

;

d)

Mitig

atio

n a

nd r

esp

onse a

ctions t

o b

e taken r

ele

vant to

the t

yp

e o

f em

erg

ency s

itu

atio

n;

e)

The need fo

r post-

em

erg

ency e

valu

atio

n to

dete

rmin

e an

d im

ple

ment

corr

ective actions,

especia

lly t

o h

elp

pre

vent

re-o

ccurr

ence

;

f)

The

requirem

ent

for

peri

odic

te

sting

of

pla

nne

d

em

erg

ency

respo

nse

actions.

Where

em

erg

ency r

esponse is r

eq

uired,

set re

vie

w p

erio

ds s

hould

be

set u

p to t

est th

e r

esponse

;

g)

Tra

inin

g r

equ

irem

ents

for

em

erg

ency r

esp

onse p

ers

on

nel;

h)

Pro

vis

ion o

f a lis

t of

ke

y pers

onn

el, aid

ag

encie

s,

em

erg

ency conta

cts

, ne

are

st

hospitals

,

inclu

din

g c

onta

ct

deta

ils (

for

exam

ple

the

fire d

epart

ment, a

mbula

nce

or

sp

illa

ge

respo

nse

unit);

i)

An

y p

rovis

ion t

hat

is r

eq

uir

ed f

or

conta

inm

ent and

cle

an-u

p s

erv

ices (

for

exam

ple

spill

kits);

j)

Evacuation r

oute

s a

nd a

ssem

bly

poin

ts a

nd o

ther

consid

era

tio

ns (

i.e.

do t

hese

need t

o b

e

diffe

rent to

fire e

vacu

ation);

k)

The p

ossib

ility

of m

utu

al assis

tance f

rom

neig

hbo

urs

and s

urr

oun

din

g b

usin

esses; and

,

l)

A m

eth

od o

f com

munic

atin

g a

ll of

the a

bove to

in

tere

ste

d a

nd (

pote

ntially

) aff

ecte

d p

ers

on

ne

l.

9-2

2

9.

Pe

rfo

rma

nc

e E

va

lua

tio

n

Mon

itori

ng a

nd

measure

ment

is r

equ

ired t

o b

e u

ndert

aken w

ith

in t

his

ES

MS

to a

ssess p

erf

orm

ance

.

This

measure

s t

he e

ffectiveness o

f th

e E

SM

S i

n a

ch

ievin

g i

ts e

nvironm

enta

l a

nd s

ocia

l obje

ctives

thro

ug

hou

t all

phases o

f th

e p

roje

ct.

Where

additio

na

l m

onitorin

g t

akes p

lace t

his

shall

adhere

to t

he

pro

cess d

eta

iled in S

ection 9

.1.

Record

s s

ha

ll be

main

tain

ed f

or

all

monitorin

g i

n l

ine

with t

he d

ocum

ent

contr

ol

pro

cess d

eta

iled i

n

Section 7.5

D

ocum

enta

tio

n and com

munic

ate

d to

th

e re

leva

nt

part

ies as outlin

ed in

S

ection 7

.4

Com

munic

atio

ns.

A p

relim

inary

ES

MP

has b

een

de

velo

ped a

s p

art

of

the E

SIA

pro

cess f

or

all

of

the r

equirem

ents

on

the p

roje

ct

inclu

din

g t

hose s

et o

ut

in S

ection 9

.1.

Mo

nitoring

, M

easure

ment, A

naly

sis

and E

valu

ation

.

The E

SM

S a

nd m

onitorin

g p

lans s

ha

ll cover

the r

eq

uirem

ents

as s

et

out

in t

he E

nvir

onm

enta

l a

nd

Socia

l A

sp

ects

(G

hana B

rid

ge E

SM

S D

OC

2 A

sp

ects

Regis

ter)

; th

e E

SIA

/ES

MP

and;

the S

ch

edu

le o

f

En

viro

nm

enta

l P

erm

it

(perm

it

refe

rence

CE

0049

56

0102)

(sum

marised

in

Appen

dix

D

to

th

is

docum

ent)

in

accord

ance w

ith IF

C S

tan

dard

3 R

esourc

e E

ffic

iency an

d P

ollu

tion

P

reve

ntion and

Sta

ndard

4 C

om

munity H

ealth

, S

afe

ty,

and S

ecuri

ty.

9.1

M

on

ito

rin

g,

Mea

su

rem

en

t, A

naly

sis

an

d E

va

lua

tio

n

The f

ollo

win

g p

rocess s

hou

ld b

e r

evie

we

d in o

rder

to d

ete

rmin

e w

ha

t, h

ow

, w

he

n a

nd f

or

wh

at

reason

monitoring,

measure

ment

and a

naly

sis

eva

luation s

hould

take p

lace

for

the

ES

MS

and

pro

ject.

A

num

ber

of

the m

onitoring a

nd m

easure

ment

requirem

ents

are

deri

ved f

rom

the E

SIA

and S

ched

ule

of

En

viro

nm

enta

l P

erm

it (

perm

it r

efe

rence C

E004

956

01

02);

1.

What needs to

be m

onitore

d a

nd m

easure

d;

2.

For

accura

te r

esults,

wha

t m

eth

ods f

or

monitoring,

measure

ment

and a

naly

sis

shou

ld t

ake

pla

ce;

3.

The crite

ria fo

r e

valu

atin

g th

e en

viro

nm

enta

l or

socia

l perf

orm

ance,

inclu

din

g appro

priate

ind

icato

rs;

4.

When t

he m

onitori

ng a

nd m

easure

ment shall

take p

lace

;

5.

When the r

esu

lts s

hall

be a

naly

sed a

nd

evalu

ate

d;

and

,

6.

Where

and to w

hom

results s

hould

be c

om

munic

ate

d in lin

e w

ith S

ectio

n 7

.4 C

om

munic

ation

.

Results

sha

ll be

ade

quate

ly

docum

ente

d

an

d

he

ld

on

the

ap

pro

pri

ate

file

. W

here

re

quired

a

monitoring t

em

pla

te s

ha

ll b

e a

do

pte

d u

sin

g t

he a

ppro

ved E

SM

S t

em

pla

te G

han

a B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

10 T

em

pla

te.

9.1

.1

Ge

ne

ral

The f

ollo

win

g m

onitori

ng s

hall

take p

lace

un

der

the E

SM

S;

Mon

itori

ng o

f E

nvironm

enta

l an

d S

ocia

l ke

y p

erf

orm

ance ind

icato

rs (

KP

Is);

Mon

itori

ng o

f le

ga

l com

plia

nce a

nd c

om

plia

nce o

blig

ation

s,

inclu

din

g t

he s

pecific

monitoring

and re

port

ing re

qu

irem

ents

sta

ted in

th

e S

ched

ule

to

th

e E

nvironm

enta

l P

erm

it (lis

ted in

Attachm

ent C

);

A

lega

l e

va

luation

of

com

plia

nce

au

dit

as

deta

iled

within

S

ectio

n

9.1

.2

Eva

luatio

n

of

Com

plia

nce

;

9-2

3

Mon

itori

ng of

the pro

gre

ss aga

inst

the obje

ctives an

d ta

rge

ts shall

take pla

ce

as per

the

pro

cess d

eta

iled i

n S

ectio

n 6

.2 E

nvironm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l obje

ctives a

nd

pla

nnin

g t

o a

chie

ve

them

;

Mon

itori

ng o

f th

e r

eq

uirem

ents

to p

rovid

e o

ngo

ing c

ert

ific

ation

in

accord

ance w

ith

IS

O1

400

1

and t

he

IF

C s

tandard

s a

s w

ell

as t

he o

ng

oin

g i

mple

menta

tion o

f th

e E

SM

S.

This

inclu

des a

regula

r in

tern

al

au

ditin

g (

see S

ection 9

.2)

to a

ssess a

dh

ere

nce

to t

he

req

uire

ments

of

the

ES

MS

;

En

viro

nm

enta

l,

Socia

l,

He

alth

a

nd

Safe

ty

perf

orm

ance

(base

d

on

monitori

ng

results)

–

inclu

din

g b

oth

positiv

e a

nd

nega

tive

results in

lin

e w

ith

the

ris

ks a

nd o

pp

ort

un

itie

s o

utlin

ed

in

the G

hana B

ridge E

SM

S D

OC

2 A

sp

ects

Reg

iste

r; a

nd

,

Mon

itori

ng o

f contr

acto

rs, th

eir w

ork

and a

ny c

ontr

act

oblig

atio

ns b

y th

e r

ele

vant

team

.

Mon

itori

ng P

lans (

incorp

ora

tin

g t

hre

sho

lds a

nd lim

its,

and m

onitorin

g r

equ

ired t

o b

e c

onducte

d b

y t

he

leg

al re

qu

irem

ents

and a

uth

orisations)

will

be d

eve

lop

ed f

or

the p

roje

ct.

Mon

itori

ng

of

the

E

SM

S

shall

be

carr

ied

out

by

specifie

d

pers

onne

l as

set

out

in

Section

5.3

Org

anis

atio

n R

ole

s, R

espo

nsib

ility

and

Auth

ori

ty.

All

monitori

ng r

equ

irem

ents

are

set

out

in a

nd r

evie

wed b

y t

he

ES

MS

te

am

and a

re d

ocum

ente

d i

n

the p

relim

inary

ES

MP

(th

ough c

urr

ently t

he E

SM

P d

oes n

ot

pre

sently c

aptu

re a

ll of

the m

onitori

ng

requirem

ents

an

d s

ha

ll re

quire u

pd

ating a

nd r

egu

lar

revie

w).

9.1

.2

Eva

lua

tio

n o

f C

om

pli

an

ce

The p

roje

ct

shall

monitor

and m

easure

the e

nviron

menta

l and s

ocia

l p

erf

orm

ance o

f its o

pera

tio

ns

and

activitie

s o

n a

regu

lar

basis

to a

ssess w

heth

er

the p

roje

ct

is c

om

ply

ing

with

le

ga

l re

quirem

ents

(as set

out

in th

e Le

ga

l a

nd O

ther

Req

uirem

ents

R

egis

ter)

, achie

vin

g esta

blis

hed obje

ctives a

nd

targ

ets

, is

meeting i

ts p

olic

y c

om

mitm

ents

, and c

onfo

rmin

g t

o t

he r

equ

irem

ents

of

the E

SM

S a

nd

associa

ted p

rocesses.

This

shall

be c

ond

ucte

d t

hro

ug

h t

he e

sta

blis

hm

ent

of

a m

onitorin

g p

rogra

mm

e,

inte

rnal au

dits a

nd a

pro

ce

ss t

o a

ddre

ss n

on

-confo

rmances r

ais

ed a

resu

lt o

f th

e a

ud

its o

r e

lse

where

in t

he m

anagem

ent syste

m.

To m

eet

the p

roje

ct’s c

om

plia

nce c

om

mitm

ents

, th

e p

roje

ct’s r

egu

lato

ry c

om

plia

nce s

tatu

s s

ha

ll be

subje

ct

to a

n inte

rnal au

dit (

see S

ection

9.2

) at

least

annua

lly in

accord

ance

with t

he L

eg

al and

Oth

er

Requ

irem

ents

Regis

ter

(Ghana

Bri

dg

e E

SM

S D

oc 3

). T

he E

SM

S t

eam

additio

nally

shall

regu

larl

y

monitor

and e

va

lua

te t

he c

om

plia

nce s

tatu

s o

f th

e a

pplic

able

en

vir

onm

enta

l le

gal

req

uirem

ents

an

d

oth

er

req

uirem

ents

that

the c

om

pan

y s

ubscribes t

o t

hro

ug

h m

onitorin

g r

eg

imes,

wh

ere

applic

ab

le.

Add

itio

nally

, th

e

Lega

l an

d

Oth

er

Re

quirem

ents

R

egis

ter

shall

be

revie

wed

6

month

ly

for

ne

w

leg

isla

tio

n a

s s

et

out

in S

ection 6

.1.

The r

ecord

s o

f th

e r

esults o

f th

e p

eri

od

ic e

va

luations s

ha

ll b

e

record

ed.

9.2

In

tern

al

Au

dit

9.2

.1

Ge

ne

ral

Aud

its s

hall

be u

ndert

aken

inte

rna

lly b

y t

he E

SM

S A

udit t

eam

to d

ete

rmin

e t

hat

the p

roje

ct

is b

ein

g

opera

ted

in

accord

ance

with

the

requir

em

ents

of

the

ES

MS

, IS

O1

400

1:2

015

and

the

IFC

Perf

orm

ance S

tand

ard

s.

Aud

its a

re s

et

to c

over

ea

ch a

rea o

f th

e E

SM

S i

nclu

din

g a

n e

valu

ation o

f

leg

al com

plia

nce a

ga

inst

the c

om

plia

nce o

blig

ations a

nd le

ga

l re

gis

ter.

Inte

rnal a

udits a

nd inspections

are

req

uired

thro

ugh

out

ea

ch p

roje

ct

ph

ase,

on a

reg

ula

r b

asis

, to

ensure

th

at

the

requ

irem

ents

of

the

9-2

4

ES

MS

and E

SM

P a

re b

ein

g m

et. T

he a

ud

its a

nd i

nsp

ections s

ho

uld

be u

nd

ert

aken t

o t

he s

tandard

s

of

this

ES

MS

. T

he f

reque

ncy o

f in

spections s

hall

vary

depen

din

g o

n the

na

ture

of

activitie

s. In

sp

ectio

n

record

s s

hould

be

main

tain

ed a

nd k

ept up

to d

ate

.

Exte

rna

l au

dits a

nd insp

ections b

y r

egu

lating a

uth

orities (

e.g

. th

e E

PA

) and p

roje

ct

lenders

sha

ll a

lso

be u

ndert

aken thro

ug

hou

t th

e lifetim

e o

f th

e p

roje

ct.

Section 9

.2.2

sets

out

the p

rocess f

or

undert

akin

g a

udits i

nclu

ded w

ith

in t

he a

udit p

lan.

Oth

er

aud

its

for

the e

ffective m

anagem

ent

of

the p

roje

ct an

d E

SM

S inclu

de

but

are

not lim

ited t

o;

Contr

acto

r/su

pplie

r aud

it;

Health a

nd s

afe

ty a

udits a

nd insp

ectio

ns; an

d,

Socia

l a

ud

its a

nd inspectio

ns.

9.2

.2

Inte

rnal

au

dit

pro

gra

mm

e

All

au

dits u

ndert

aken o

n b

eha

lf o

f th

e E

SM

S s

ha

ll be

undert

aken a

ccord

ing t

o t

he p

rocess s

ho

wn i

n

Fig

ure

9-1

.

9-2

5

Fig

ure

9-1

: A

ud

it P

roces

s

The p

rogra

mm

es o

f audits u

ndert

aken o

n t

he pro

ject

and m

anage

d b

y th

e E

SM

S a

ud

it t

eam

are

deta

iled in t

he G

hana B

ridg

e E

SM

S R

EC

11 A

ud

it P

lan.

Rela

ted d

ocum

ents

:

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

11 A

ud

it P

lan

;

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

12 In

tern

al A

ud

it S

um

mary

Report

; and

,

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

13 N

on

-Confo

rmance R

epo

rt.

9-2

6

9.2

.3

Ex

tern

al

Au

dit

Where

exte

rnal aud

its o

f th

e E

SM

S o

r th

e p

roje

ct

are

require

d t

hese s

ha

ll be m

anage

d o

n t

he G

hana

Brid

ge E

SM

S R

EC

11 A

ud

it P

lan

. C

ert

ific

ation a

udits s

hall

be r

equ

ired f

or

the E

SM

S t

o b

e c

ert

ifie

d in

accord

ance w

ith In

tern

atio

nal

Sta

ndard

s such as IS

O1400

1 (e

nvironm

ent)

or

oth

er

sta

nd

ard

s to

whic

h t

he p

roje

ct or

ES

MS

subscribes.

In a

ll in

sta

nces a m

em

ber

of

the E

SM

S te

am

shall

be pre

se

nt

on th

e aud

it a

nd accom

pan

y th

e

exte

rnal a

udit. It

is r

ecogn

ised t

hat

exte

rnal aud

its o

r in

spections m

ay a

lso

take p

lace w

hic

h c

annot

be

pla

nne

d.

In t

his

insta

nce a

mem

ber

of

the E

SM

S o

r E

PL M

anag

em

ent

Team

shall

be m

ade a

va

ilab

le

for

the a

ud

it in t

he e

vent

that an

ES

MS

te

am

mem

ber

cannot

be a

vaila

ble

.

9.3

M

an

ag

em

en

t R

evie

w

An a

nnua

l m

anagem

ent

revie

w o

f th

e E

SM

S s

hall

be

undert

aken b

y t

he s

en

ior

managem

ent

of

the

pro

ject and E

PL,

with s

upp

ort

fro

m the E

SM

S team

.

The m

anagem

ent re

vie

w s

hall

inclu

de c

onsid

era

tion o

f:

1.

The s

tatu

s o

f actions f

rom

pre

vio

us m

anagem

ent re

vie

ws,

where

ap

plic

ab

le;

2.

Chan

ges in:

Exte

rna

l a

nd inte

rnal is

sue

s that are

rele

vant to

th

e E

SM

S;

The n

eeds a

nd e

xpecta

tion

s o

f in

tere

ste

d p

art

ies,

inclu

din

g c

om

plia

nce o

blig

ation

s;

The P

roje

ct’s s

ign

ific

ant

en

viro

nm

enta

l a

nd s

ocia

l asp

ects

; and,

Ris

ks a

nd o

pport

un

itie

s.

3.

The e

xte

nt to

wh

ich e

nviron

men

tal and s

ocia

l obje

ctive

s h

ave b

een a

chie

ved;

4.

Info

rmation o

n th

e p

roje

ct’s e

nvironm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l p

erf

orm

ance, in

clu

din

g tre

nd

s in:

Nonconfo

rmitie

s a

nd c

orr

ective a

ctions;

Mon

itori

ng a

nd m

easure

ment re

sults;

Fulfilm

ent

of

its c

om

plia

nce

oblig

ations; a

nd,

Aud

it r

esu

lts.

5.

Ade

quacy o

f re

sourc

es;

6.

Rele

va

nt com

munic

atio

n f

rom

inte

reste

d p

art

ies, in

clu

din

g c

om

pla

ints

; and

,

7.

Opport

un

itie

s f

or

continua

l im

pro

vem

ent.

The o

utp

uts

of

the m

anage

ment re

vie

w s

hall

inclu

de:

Conclu

sio

ns o

n th

e c

on

tin

uin

g s

uitab

ility

, a

deq

uacy a

nd e

ffectiven

ess o

f th

e E

SM

S;

Decis

ions r

ela

ted t

o c

on

tin

ual im

pro

vem

ent opp

ort

un

itie

s;

Decis

ions r

ela

ted t

o a

ny n

eed f

or

chang

es to t

he E

SM

S, in

clu

din

g r

esourc

es;

Actio

ns, if n

ee

de

d,

wh

en e

nvironm

enta

l and s

ocia

l obje

ctives h

ave n

ot

bee

n a

ch

ieve

d;

and,

Opport

un

itie

s to im

pro

ve inte

gra

tion o

f th

e E

SM

S w

ith o

ther

busin

ess p

rocesses, if n

eeded

.

An

y i

mplic

ations f

or

the d

irection o

f th

e p

roje

ct

or

ES

MS

follo

win

g t

he m

anage

ment

revie

w s

ha

ll b

e

revie

we

d a

s p

art

of

the m

anagem

ent re

vie

w a

nd c

om

munic

ate

d to r

ele

va

nt p

ers

ons.

10-2

7

10. I

mp

rove

me

nt

of

Pro

jec

t P

erf

orm

an

ce

10

.1 G

en

era

l

Continu

al

impro

vem

ent

is t

he g

oal

of

the E

SM

S i

n a

dditio

n t

o e

nh

anced e

nviro

nm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l

perf

orm

ance,

thro

ug

h th

e im

ple

menta

tion of

the obje

ctives and ta

rge

ts re

leva

nt

to th

e sig

nific

an

t

environm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l a

spects

.

10

.2 N

on

co

nfo

rmit

y a

nd

Co

rre

cti

ve

Ac

tio

n

Nonconfo

rmitie

s shall

be ra

ised o

n th

e E

SM

S duri

ng an aud

it or

oth

erw

ise w

here

an occurr

ence

arises w

hic

h c

ontr

ave

nes t

he r

equ

irem

ents

of

the E

SM

S.

In a

ll in

sta

nces t

he A

udit P

rocess in S

ection

9.2

.2 w

ill be im

ple

mente

d so eff

ective no

nconfo

rmity an

d corr

ective actio

n is

undert

aken

on th

e

ES

MS

.

10

.3 C

on

tin

ual

Imp

rove

me

nt

Continu

al

impro

vem

ent

sh

all

be

assessed t

hro

ugh a

range

of

measure

s a

s o

utlin

ed

in

th

is E

SM

S

Manu

al. A

udits s

ha

ll assess t

he c

ontin

ued e

ffectivene

ss o

f th

e E

SM

S in c

ontr

olli

ng

and e

nha

ncin

g t

he

environm

enta

l an

d s

ocia

l a

spects

and im

pacts

associa

ted w

ith t

he p

roje

ct

as w

ell

as a

dhere

nce t

o t

he

goa

ls s

et

out

in t

he e

nviro

nm

enta

l and s

ocia

l p

olic

y.

Ris

ks a

nd o

pport

un

itie

s s

hall

be a

ssessed t

o

dete

rmin

e if

continu

al im

pro

vem

ent of

en

viro

nm

enta

l perf

orm

ance is takin

g p

lace

.

10-2

8

Ap

pen

dix

A –

Cu

rren

t In

dex o

f E

SM

S D

ocu

men

ts

Po

lic

y

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S P

olic

y

Labo

ur

an

d W

ork

ing C

onditio

ns P

olic

y

Code o

f B

eh

avio

ur

Po

licy

Do

cu

men

t

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S D

OC

1 M

anua

l

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S D

OC

2 A

spects

Reg

iste

r

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S D

OC

3 L

egal an

d O

ther

Req

uire

ments

Regis

ter

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S D

OC

4 A

bbre

via

ted R

esett

lem

ent A

ction P

lan

Pro

ject

risk r

eg

iste

r

Pro

cess

Ghana B

rid

ge E

SM

S P

RO

1

-

Esta

blis

hin

g th

e E

nvironm

enta

l R

equ

irem

ents

in

th

e D

esig

n and

Develo

pm

ent

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S P

RO

2 -

Pro

cure

ment E

nvironm

enta

l R

eq

uirem

ents

Reco

rd

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

01 E

nvironm

enta

l an

d S

ocia

l O

bje

ctives &

Targ

ets

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

02 T

rain

ing M

atr

ix

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

03 T

rain

ing P

rogra

mm

e

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

04 T

rain

ing A

tte

nda

nce T

em

pla

te

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

05 T

rain

ing

Atte

nda

nce R

ecord

s &

Cert

ific

ate

s

Ghana

Brid

ge

ES

MS

R

EC

06

En

vironm

enta

l a

nd

Socia

l P

lan

(incorp

ora

ting

health

an

d

safe

ty)

Tem

pla

te

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

07 In

tern

al C

om

munic

ation T

em

pla

te

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

08 E

xte

rna

l C

om

munic

atio

n T

em

pla

te

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

09 M

aste

r L

ist of

Record

s

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

10 T

em

pla

te

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

11 A

ud

it P

lan

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

12 In

tern

al A

ud

it S

um

mary

Report

Ghana B

ridge E

SM

S R

EC

13 N

on

-Confo

rmance R

epo

rt

10-2

9

Ap

pen

dix

B –

Co

nte

nt

of

Lab

ou

r an

d W

ork

ing

Co

nd

itio

ns P

olic

y

A Lab

our

an

d W

ork

ing C

ond

itio

ns P

olic

y sh

all

be develo

pe

d fo

r th

e pro

ject.

P

ers

onne

l shall

be

train

ed r

eg

ard

ing t

he c

onte

nts

of

the p

olic

y a

t th

e t

ime o

f hire

.

The p

olic

y w

ill inclu

de c

om

mitm

ents

to:

Pro

mote

the f

air t

reatm

ent, n

on-d

iscrim

ination,

and e

qua

l opp

ort

un

ity o

f w

ork

ers

as w

ell

as t

he

beha

vio

ur

of

sta

ff t

ow

ard

s t

he c

om

munity a

nd l

oca

l culture

s (

in-lin

e w

ith t

he C

ode o

f B

eh

avio

ur

Polic

y);

Esta

blis

h, m

ain

tain

, an

d im

pro

ve

the

work

er-

managem

ent re

lationsh

ip;

Pro

mote

com

plia

nce w

ith n

atio

na

l em

plo

ym

ent a

nd lab

our

law

s;

Pro

tect

work

ers

, in

clu

din

g v

uln

era

ble

cate

gori

es of

work

ers

such a

s child

ren m

igra

nt

work

ers

,

work

ers

engaged b

y th

ird p

art

ies, a

nd w

ork

ers

in the c

lient’s s

upp

ly c

ha

in;

Pro

mote

safe

and h

ea

lth

y w

ork

ing c

ond

itio

ns, a

nd t

he

hea

lth o

f w

ork

ers

; and,

Avoid

the

use o

f fo

rced lab

our.

To m

eet th

e o

bje

ctives, th

e p

roje

ct

shall:

Ado

pt

and im

ple

ment

hu

man re

sourc

es,

polic

ies a

nd pro

ce

dure

s a

ppro

priate

to

its siz

e a

nd

work

forc

e t

hat

set

out

its a

ppro

ach t

o m

anagin

g w

ork

ers

consis

tent

with t

he r

eq

uirem

ents

of

this

Perf

orm

ance S

tandard

2 (

PS

2)

from

the IF

C s

tandard

s a

nd n

ation

al la

w;

Pro

vid

e w

ork

ers

with d

ocu

mente

d i

nfo

rmation t

ha

t is

cle

ar

and u

nd

ers

tand

able

, re

gard

ing t

he

ir

rights

under

nation

al la

bour

and e

mplo

ym

ent

law

;

Identify

mig

rant

work

ers

and e

nsure

that

the

y a

re e

ng

aged o

n s

ubsta

ntia

lly e

quiv

ale

nt

term

s a

nd

conditio

ns to n

on

-mig

rant

work

ers

;

Imple

ment

the IF

C /

Euro

pean B

ank fo

r R

econstr

uction a

nd D

eve

lopm

ent

tem

pora

ry w

ork

ers

polic

ies o

n th

e q

ua

lity a

nd m

anagem

ent of

the a

ccom

modation o

ffere

d to w

ork

ers

, if a

pplic

ab

le;

Com

ply

w

ith nation

al

law

re

gard

ing w

ork

ers

’ rights

to

jo

in org

anis

atio

ns fo

r w

ork

ers

of

their

choosin

g a

nd to

allo

w w

ork

ers

to e

lect re

pre

se

nta

tives;

Make

em

plo

ym

en

t decis

ions

rela

ted

to

inhere

nt

job

chara

cte

ristics

and

not

on

the

basis

of

pers

ona

l chara

cte

ristics;

Com

ply

w

ith

natio

nal

law

on

no

n-d

iscrim

inatio

n

and

em

plo

y

requir

em

ents

of

PS

2

with

out

contr

aven

ing n

ation

al la

w;

Ensure

that

all

work

ers

receiv

e n

otice o

f d

ism

issal an

d t

imely

severa

nce

pa

ym

ents

mandate

d b

y

law

and a

ny o

uts

tan

din

g b

ack p

ay a

nd s

ocia

l securi

ty b

enefits

an

d p

ensio

n c

on

trib

utio

ns;

Carr

y o

ut a

n a

ltern

ative t

o r

etr

enchm

ent p

rior

to im

ple

menting a

ny d

ism

issals

;

Pro

vid

e a

grie

va

nce m

echanis

m for

work

ers

to r

ais

e w

ork

pla

ce c

oncern

s;

Not em

plo

y c

hild

ren in a

ny m

anner

that

is e

con

om

ically

exp

loitative,

or

is lik

ely

to

be h

azard

ous o

r

to i

nte

rfere

with t

he c

hild

’s e

ducation,

or

to b

e h

arm

ful

to t

he c

hild

’s h

ea

lth o

r ph

ysic

al, m

enta

l,

spiritu

al, m

ora

l, o

r socia

l d

eve

lopm

ent. I

dentify

th

e p

resence o

f all

pers

ons u

nd

er

the a

ge o

f 18.

Follo

w t

he a

pp

licab

le n

atio

nal

law

s i

n c

hild

labo

ur.

Ensure

child

ren u

nder

the a

ge o

f 18 a

re n

ot

10-3

0

em

plo

yed i

n h

azard

ous w

ork

. U

ndert

ake a

ppro

pria

te r

isk a

ssessm

ent

and r

egu

lar

monitori

ng o

f

hea

lth,

work

ing c

ond

itio

ns,

and h

ours

of

work

for

all

child

ren u

nder

the a

ge o

f 18

;

Ensure

there

is n

o f

orc

ed labour,

th

is inclu

des n

ot

withho

ldin

g t

he

passport

s /

id

entification

card

s

of m

igra

nt

work

ers

during

the term

of

their c

ontr

act;

Pro

vid

e a

safe

and h

ea

lth

y w

ork

ing e

nvironm

ent

takin

g into

accoun

t in

here

nt

risks.

This

inclu

des

the i

de

ntification o

f pote

ntial

ha

zard

s a

nd p

rovis

ion o

f pre

venta

tive a

nd p

rote

ctive m

easure

s a

nd

appro

priate

tra

inin

g f

or

em

plo

ye

es;

Ensure

co

ntr

acto

rs a

re leg

itim

ate

ente

rpri

ses w

ith a

ppro

priate

ES

MS

;

Esta

blis

h p

roced

ure

s f

or

manag

ing a

nd m

onitoring

th

e p

erf

orm

ance o

f such th

ird p

art

y e

mplo

yers

;

and

Ensure

co

ntr

acto

rs h

ave a

ccess to a

gri

eva

nce m

echanis

m.

All

of

the a

bove s

hall

be a

dopte

d t

hro

ug

hou

t th

e life o

f th

e p

roje

ct. W

here

these a

re n

ot

met

or

where

a w

ork

er

feels

these a

re n

ot m

et, the la

bour

grie

va

nce p

rocess s

hall

ap

ply

.

10-3

1

Ap

pen

dix

C –

Co

nte

nt

of

Lab

ou

r G

riev

an

ce P

roce

ss

A L

abour

Grie

va

nce P

roce

ss s

hall

be d

evelo

pe

d f

or

the p

roje

ct.

E

PL w

ill b

e r

esp

onsib

le f

or

info

rmin

g

every

em

plo

ye

e (i

nclu

din

g contr

acto

rs)

about

the la

bour

gri

evance pro

cess and m

akin

g it e

asily

accessib

le t

o th

em

. P

ers

on

nel sh

all

be tra

ine

d r

eg

ard

ing th

e p

olic

y a

t th

e tim

e o

f hire

.

The G

rieva

nce P

rocess s

hall

incorp

ora

te the

follo

win

g:

1. T

he m

eth

od in

wh

ich e

mplo

ye

es m

ay r

ais

e c

oncern

s o

r com

pla

ints

, in

clu

din

g:

Thro

ugh the

use o

f H

R (

all

issues);

Thro

ugh the

use o

f m

anag

ers

, superv

isors

or

sim

ilar;

and,

Thro

ugh the

use o

f th

e E

SM

S t

eam

for

Enviro

nm

enta

l, S

ocia

l (a

nd

Hea

lth a

nd S

afe

ty issues);

2. T

he g

rie

va

nce p

rocess s

hall

pro

tect th

e c

onfid

entially

of

the w

ork

er;

3.

The com

pan

y sha

ll co

mm

it to

re

solv

ing th

e grie

vance

in

a m

anner

that

is accepta

ble

to

th

e

em

plo

yees a

ffecte

d a

nd c

om

pan

y;

4. T

he c

om

pan

y s

ha

ll com

mit to r

esolv

ing

the

gri

evan

ce in a

fair a

nd p

roper

manner;

5.

The p

olic

y sh

all

ha

ve specific

tim

efr

am

es in

w

hic

h a grie

va

nce sh

all

be re

solv

ed

e.g

. to

b

e

addre

ssed

w

ithin

3 w

ork

ing d

ays f

rom

th

e in

itia

l su

bm

issio

n b

y th

e em

plo

ye

e.

If not

sa

tisfa

cto

rily

addre

ssed

within

th

e t

imefr

am

e t

he e

mplo

ye

e m

ay e

scala

te t

he issue

to

the

sup

erior

of

the p

ers

on t

o

whom

the g

rie

va

nce w

as m

ade,

whic

h s

hall

be a

ddre

ssed w

ithin

7 w

ork

ing d

ays;

6.

If n

o r

esolu

tion c

an b

e f

ound i

nte

rna

lly b

etw

ee

n t

he e

mplo

ye

e a

nd t

he c

om

pan

y,

the e

mplo

ye

e

shall

be a

fford

ed the u

se o

f an e

xte

rnal re

solu

tion m

echan

ism

as g

overn

ed b

y lab

our

regu

latio

n;

7. T

he p

rocess s

hall

allo

w f

or

repre

senta

tion w

here

a g

rievance

in

vo

lves a

gro

up o

f em

plo

ye

es;

8. F

ee

dback s

hall

be p

rovid

ed to

those

in

vo

lved;

an

d

9.

The pro

cess shall

pro

hib

it re

trib

utio

n fo

r filin

g co

mpla

ints

; an

d th

e pro

cess shall

be alig

ned to

lab

our

reg

ula

tion.

10-3

2

Ap

pen

dix

D –

Mo

nit

ori

ng

Req

uir

em

en

ts u

nd

er

the E

nv

iro

nm

en

tal

Perm

it

Constr

uction,

opera

tio

nal

and d

ecom

mis

sio

nin

g p

hase e

nviro

nm

enta

l, s

ocia

l an

d h

ea

lth

an

d s

afe

ty

requirem

ents

are

set

out

in t

he S

ched

ule

of

Environ

menta

l P

erm

it.

To e

nsure

com

plia

nce w

ith t

he

perm

it, th

e f

ollo

win

g r

equ

irem

ents

must be

im

ple

mente

d a

nd m

onitore

d;

Co

nstr

ucti

on

ph

as

e

Constr

uction b

arr

iers

Com

mitm

ent

to p

revention,

min

imis

ation a

nd

mitig

atio

n

Land

an

d w

ate

r qu

alit

y m

anage

me

nt

Tra

ffic

ma

nag

em

ent

Constr

uction/w

ork

s p

rogra

mm

e

Acquis

itio

n a

nd P

rote

ctio

n o

f R

ights

of W

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pe

nsatio

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nal he

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nd s

afe

ty

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lic h

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waste

man

agem

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uction a

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mis

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nd v

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t

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enta

l m

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ng

:

o

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uction tra

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o

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o

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e

o

Soil

ero

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n

o

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nal he

alth a

nd s

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ty

o

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waste

genera

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n a

nd m

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em

ent

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l im

pacts

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nal p

ha

se

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pro

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ns a

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nm

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;

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dness

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bie

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wate

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oil

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PE

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ms

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chem

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sp

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oil

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gem

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xp

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ls

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ge

ment

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waste

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ag

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nm

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ness

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