Environmental-Social-Health Risk and Impact Management Process

Project phase Identify & appraise B2

e-shrimp activity Risks, opportunities & assessment

Description
At this stage a key component is the feasibility report. This would typically be an internal document produced to feed into the business
case decision-making process. The report would include the major environmental, social and health issues that may affect a project’s
feasibility.

Purpose
To ensure that stakeholders views are taken into account in the decision-making process at an early stage and to identify all ESH Risks and
Opportunities.

Deliverable Key Task

1 Decision support package (DSP) (or
equivalent)
2 Updated Stakeholder Participation
Report
3 Update ESH Feasibility Report
4 Staff Competence Checklist
Update ESH information into DSP for inclusion in design, engineering and
planning process.
Update the Stakeholder Participation Report.
Based on existing ESIAs, preliminary site evaluation and desk top studies (if
needed) produce a feasibility report.
Update Checklist.

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Checklists
1 Update decision support package
a Attend internal meetings and provide ESH input into the design and planning stage. [   ]
b Provide written update of ESH information based on review of updated project design, engineering and
planning. [   ]
c Review best practice guidance documentation. [   ]
2 Create a communication strategy.
This might include:
a Describe regulatory requirements for consultation and disclosure. [    ]
b Provide a strategy and timetable for sharing information and consulting with each of these groups. [   ]
c Detailed reporting and/or documentation of consultation and disclosure activities. [   ]
d Written and oral communications in local languages and readily understandable formats. [   ]
e Easy accessibility by relevant stakeholders to both written information and to the participation process. [   ]
f Use of oral or visual methods to explain information to non-literate people. [   ]
g Respect for local traditions in discussion, reflection, and decision-making. [   ]
h Care in assuring that groups being consulted are representative, with adequate representation of women,
vulnerable groups, and ethnic or religious minorities, and separate meetings for various groups, where
necessary. [   ]
i Clear mechanisms to respond to people’s concerns, suggestions and grievance. [   ]

3 Update ESH feasibility report

Refer to the following from the identify & appraise stage:

a ESH profile report. [   ]
b Risks and Opportunities Register. [   ]
c Communications Plan. [   ]
d Stakeholder Identification Plan. [   ]
e DSPs. [   ]
Typically an ESH feasibility report should include:
a Executive summary. [   ]
b Public safety and security, transportation safety (to be included in the operations section of the feasibility
study). [   ]
c Policy, legal and administrative framework. [   ]
d Baseline information. [   ]
e Environmental, social and health impacts/gaps in the environmental, social and health baseline information. [   ]
f Environmental, social and health information required for proposed impact mitigation measures. [   ]
g Analysis of alternatives for the project (site location). [   ]
h Conclusions. [   ]
i List any emerging environmental, social and health issues. [   ]
j List any potentially significant issues in relation to the project proposal. [   ]
k Assess the viability of the project based on the available environmental, social and health baseline and identify
potential ‘show-stoppers’. [   ]

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4 Staff competence checklist

HSE Practitioners – Central Company Resources:
a Experience in country/continent. [   ]
b Familiarity and sensitivity to cultural issues. [   ]
c Familiarity with major E&P project delivery. [   ]
d Knowledge of company and international expectations. [   ]
e Broad knowledge of stakeholder engagement process and consultation. [   ]
f Experience in impact assessment, HSE issues identification and risk assessment. [   ]
g Experience in managing environmental and social impact assessments in diverse regulatory environments. [   ]
h Access to company expertise in key issues – sensitive areas, energy efficiency, external interactions/public
affairs, drilling, seismic surveys. [   ]
Project Management:
a Have HSE Managers briefed the Project Manager on the potential benefits/contribution of the E-SHRIMP tool
to managing the project? [   ]
Consultants:
a Experience of the regulatory requirements for impact assessment in country/continent. [   ]
b Network of contacts/associates in that country. [   ]
c Direct experience of delivering impact assessments for major E&P projects. [   ]
d Technical portfolio covering the key environmental and social issues. [   ]
e Internal review and assessment processes for data and report preparation. [   ]
f An HSE management system and philosophy which aligns with that of the Client. [   ]
g Capacity vs. projected industry demand. [   ]
Regulators:
a Is the regulatory agency familiar with oil and gas activities? [   ]
b Has the agency been involved in permitting for some time? [   ]
c What is the education/training level of regulators? [   ]

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