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Screened B/1. Key environmental issues associated with this project include compliance with water quality and waste water discharge standards, generation and disposal of the construction waste; issues associated with the maintenance of facilities and related to cleaning of pipes and wastewater collection and treatment facilities and disposal of sludge, monitoring of the structural integrity of water pipes and wastewater collection systems. Other environmental issues are related to the capacity of the Company to manage environmental issues at the corporate level.
The environmental due diligence showed that the proposed investment programmes provide for considerable modernisation of the existing water and waste water facilities. The due diligence also indicated that RVK at this stage delegates environmental and social management to its subsidiaries and there is no consistent approach and very limited co-ordination at a corporate level. As a result of the due diligence, an Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) has been agreed with the Company.
The key elements of the ESAP include the following:
(i) Establishment of an effective corporate organisation for an Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS);
(ii) Development and Implementation of a corporate ESMS;
(iii) Development and implementation of an emergency preparedness and response programme;
(iv) Development and implementation of a community engagement and communication programme;
(v) Addressing through the investment programme key areas of current non-compliance with national environmental, health and safety standards.
The adoption and implementation of the ESAP which will be covenanted in the Loan Agreement will allow for significant improvement of environmental and social management practices and compliance with national EHS standards.
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