i. Per ESS10, Borrowers will engage with stakeholders and provide them with “sufficient information...throughout the life cycle of the project.”55 ii. For projects that are High or Substantial Risk, “Borrowers will provide the Bank and disclose documentation” on project risks and impacts “prior to project appraisal.” The documentation should be detailed enough to inform stakeholder engagement and decision making by the Bank.56 iii. Borrowers will provide information on any significant changes to the project that might result in additional risks and impacts and “consult with projectaffected parties as to how these risks and impacts will be mitigated.”57 c. Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) i. The ESCP includes the “material measures and actions that are required for the project to achieve compliance with the ESSs over a specified timeframe in a manner that is satisfactory to the Bank.”58 5. Environmental Standard 7 (ESS7): Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities The objectives and requirements of ESS7 apply broadly, and in conjunction with ESS10, whenever Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historical Underserved Traditional Local Communities are “present in or have collective attachment to a proposed project area” as determined by the Bank during the environmental and social assessment.63 The purpose of ESS7 is to make sure that Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historical Underserved Traditional Local Communities are fully consulted as stakeholders about project design and implementation. To carry out this purpose, the Bank is responsible for assisting Borrowers fulfil various requirements aimed at engaging Indigenous Peoples/SubSaharan African Historical Underserved Traditional Local Communities and avoiding and mitigating any adverse impacts to these communities. These requirements include: a. Borrowers must “prepare a consultation strategy and identify” the ways in which Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historical Underserved Traditional Local Communities in affected areas “will participate in project design and implementation.”64 ii. The requirements in the ESCP “will be set out clearly, so that there is no ambiguity around compliance.”59 iii. In cases when other plans besides the ESCP are required to capture all of the obligations of Borrowers, “the ESCP will set out timeframes for the completion of such plans.”60 b. In cases “when Indigenous Peoples/ SubSaharan African Historical Underserved Traditional Local Communities are not the only beneficiaries of projects,” Borrowers must make project benefits accessible to these communities in an equitable manner.65 iv. Borrowers will “implement diligently” the actions described in the ESCP “in accordance with the timeframe specified.”61 c. Borrowers will conduct an engagement process that includes “stakeholder analysis and engagement planning, information disclosure, and meaningful consultation, in a culturally appropriate and gender and intergenerationally inclusive manner.”66 These requirements apply to all projects supported by the Bank through Investment Project Financing, but the Guidance Note on ESS1 explains that the way and time in which Borrowers meet the requirements will be different for each project.62 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 “Environmental and Social Framework,” 22, par. 51. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 22, par. 52. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 22, par. 53. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 28, par. 1. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 28, par. 3. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 29, par. 8. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 29, par. 10. “Guidance Note: ESS1,” 5, GN14.4. BANK INFORMATION CENTER | MAR 2021 d. Borrowers will conduct an engagement process with affected Indigenous Peoples/ Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities, and meaningful consultations will involve their “representative bodies and organizations 63 64 65 66 “Environmental and Social Framework,” 76, par. 7. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 77, par. 12. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 78, par. 16. “Environmental and Social Framework,” 79, par. 23. 26