Carrying out an analysis of a US-based renewable energy generator’s newly developed Environmental and Social Management System
The Situation
Apex Clean Energy recognizes the importance of ensuring that environmental and social factors are suitably managed when delivering projects to supply renewable power across the United States.
To improve the coordination of their efforts across the business, Apex’s Sustainability Team began to put in place the processes and documentation required to comply with the International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standard 1 (IFC PS1) – an Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS). Being new to the standard, Apex reached out to Anthesis for guidance on how best to implement the requirements.
Apex Clean Energy’s new ESMS is now being developed in line with the guidance received by Anthesis, and their Sustainability Team have a clearer path to meeting the IFC PS1 requirements.
Company: Apex Clean Energy
Sector: Power & Utilities
Our Solutions
Anthesis interviewed core personnel responsible for business areas integral to the new ESMS to gauge the alignment level of their current processes against the standard.
After reviewing this information, as well as a series of shared documents, Anthesis provided a succinct report to the Apex team with guidance on how to interpret each of the 9 areas of IFC PS1 – including topics such as policy, stakeholder engagement, and organizational capacity and competency.
We appreciated Anthesis’s open and friendly approach. We felt comfortable sharing our ambitions and in turn received really helpful advice and support.
Carol Guy-Stapleton, Sustainability Lead
Impacts of the Project
Clear Next Steps
Addressing the prioritized actions listed in the gap analysis report has helped Apex Clean Energy continue to build and refine their ESMS, and they now have a clear plan for how they can develop their system to be applied to both the company as a whole and individual projects.
Standard Alignment
Aligning the company’s operations with IFC PS1 should ultimately lead to a positive impact on Apex’s success rate with funding applications.
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