Approach in Action
Environmental and Social Risk Management
ESF and safeguards that protect people and do not stop the works.
Your role on this kind of work?
The problem we solve
Environmental and social requirements are often handled late: instruments are prepared after contracts start, compensation is delayed and grievances go unanswered, which stops works and harms people.
Our method, phase by phase
Phase 1 of 5
Gap review
- Review commitments, instruments and staffing
- Site visits and stakeholder interviews
- Check contractor documents
Deliverable: Gap review and action list
Phase 2 of 5
Instruments and plans
- Site-specific management plans
- Labour management and health and safety plans
- 利益相关方参与与申诉机制
Deliverable: Instruments ready before works
Phase 3 of 5
Land and livelihoods
- Resettlement planning and compensation tracking
- Livelihood restoration measures
- Monitoring of affected households
Deliverable: Resettlement and livelihood records
Phase 4 of 5
Supervision and monitoring
- Inspection schedules and non-compliance logs
- 事件报告
- Reports to the financier
Deliverable: Monitoring system and reports
Phase 5 of 5
Capability
- Training for project staff, contractors and supervisors
- Coaching specialists
- Templates and checklists
Deliverable: Trained teams and toolkit
Tick what your organisation already has: we show you where to start.
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The same instruments we use with clients. Try them with your own organisation; your answers stay in your browser until you ask for the result.
What you receive
- A gap review against the standards
- Instruments ready before works
- Working grievance mechanisms
- Monitoring and reporting routines
- Trained staff and contractors
How we keep quality
- Methods and tools agreed with you at inception, then applied openly
- Every finding linked to its evidence
- Senior review of every deliverable before it reaches you
- Knowledge transfer: your team keeps the tools and routines
Reference frameworks: World Bank Environmental and Social Framework
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What does Risalat's Environmental and Social Risk Management approach involve?
ESF and safeguards that protect people and do not stop the works. It runs in 5 phases: Gap review, Instruments and plans, Land and livelihoods, Supervision and monitoring, Capability. Each phase ends with an agreed deliverable.
What problem does it solve?
Environmental and social requirements are often handled late: instruments are prepared after contracts start, compensation is delayed and grievances go unanswered, which stops works and harms people.
What does the client receive?
A gap review against the standards; Instruments ready before works; Working grievance mechanisms; Monitoring and reporting routines; Trained staff and contractors.
Can we try the method before engaging Risalat?
Yes. The instruments on this page are free and online: Environmental and Social Risk Management Blueprint, Environmental and Social Standards Readiness Assessment (WB, ADB, EBRD, AfDB, EIB), E&S Compliance Tracker (ESF and IFC PS). Your answers stay in your browser until you ask for a result. Evaluation committees can also ask for a live walkthrough.
How do we know where to start?
Tick what your organisation already has in the method above: the page shows the first phase that needs work and what the assignment would cover. The diagnostic gives a scored baseline in about ten minutes.
Can it be delivered as training, advisory support or both?
Both. The same method can be delivered as an advisory assignment, as an in-house or open training programme for the team, or as a combination with coaching while the team applies it to its own work.