Best Practice: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Compliance and Enforcement
Requirements, Commitments, and Related Permits
June 2023
“Best Practice: EsIA Compliance and Enforcement” outlines best practices for ensuring compliance and enforcement in Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (EsIA). It emphasizes that EsIA should not just be a one-time approval process but should include ongoing monitoring and accountability to ensure projects meet their commitments. Key principles include integrating compliance into legal frameworks, enforcing commitments with clear consequences, empowering the public in oversight, and modernizing administrative systems for transparency. By following these guidelines, EsIA can lead to more effective environmental protection, stronger public trust, and better long-term project outcomes.
These international best practice principles on EsIA Compliance and Enforcement are intended to guide development and capacity building among practitioners for improving IA processes, practices, and outcomes.
About Best Practice Principles Series
IAIA’s International Best Practice Principles series covers a variety of impact assessment topical areas, sharing best practices for practitioners.
