Safeguards
Updated: 26 January 2010
Safeguard Policy Statement
In July 2009, ADB's Board of Directors approved the new Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) governing the environmental and social safeguards of ADB's operations. The SPS aims to avoid, minimize, or mitigate harmful environmental impacts, social costs, and to help borrowers/clients strengthen their safeguard systems. The SPS builds upon ADB's previous safeguard policies on the environment, involuntary resettlement, and Indigenous Peoples, and brings them into one single policy with enhanced consistency and coherence, and that more comprehensively addresses environmental and social impacts and risks. The SPS also provides a platform for participation by affected people and other stakeholders in project design and implementation.
The SPS applies to all ADB-financed and/or ADB-administered projects and their components, regardless of the source of financing, including investment projects funded by a loan; and/or a grant; and/or other means, such as equity and/or guarantees. ADB works with borrowers/clients to put into practice the requirements of SPS.
Safeguard Review Procedures
Operations Manual Section F1 (OM F1) specifies ADB's internal review procedures for due diligence and for supervision throughout the project cycle.
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Read the SPS in English,
 Russian,
 Lao,
 Khmer,
 Vietnamese
Read ADB's safeguard review procedures in OM Section F1
Project categorization forms are available for environment [PDF] [Doc], involuntary resettlement [PDF] [Doc], and Indigenous Peoples [PDF] [Doc]. Rapid Environment Assessment checklists for many different sectors are available here. |
| Contact us: Safeguards Help Desk +632-632-6673 or email safeguards@adb.org |
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