Environment
Impact Assessments · ESMP Management · Environmental Audits · Social Safeguards · Funder Compliance
AGC supports project owners, governments and international funders in assessing and managing the environmental and social risks associated with energy and infrastructure projects in Central Africa.
From the impact assessment to ESMP closure, our multidisciplinary teams apply World Bank, AfDB, IFC (ESS) and KfW standards to ensure the social and ecological viability of every intervention.
Energy, water, road and mining projects
Development, implementation, monitoring & evaluation
Due diligence, audits and funder reporting
in Central Africa
across all sectors
in Sub-Saharan Africa
actively supported
Six disciplines serving environmental and social outcomes.
Full delivery of ESIAs for energy projects (hydropower, solar, thermal), road infrastructure, water and sanitation. Baseline characterisation, impact identification, mitigation measures and stakeholder consultation.
Development, implementation and supervision of Environmental and Social Management Plans. Indicator monitoring, funder compliance reporting, non-conformance management and project-team capacity building.
Involuntary resettlement action plans (RAP), social assessments, mapping of affected communities, grievance management mechanisms (GMM) and support for vulnerable populations under ESS5 and OP 4.12 standards.
Environmental compliance audits for existing or acquired projects, E&S due diligence for financial transactions, environmental liability diagnostics and development of compliance action plans.
Flora and fauna inventories, mapping of sensitive habitats (wetlands, primary forests), biodiversity impact assessment and design of compensatory measures in line with the mitigation hierarchy.
Carbon footprint assessment, GHG accounting for energy and infrastructure projects, climate vulnerability and adaptation analysis. Support for resilience plans and carbon certification processes (REDD+, VCS).
Compliance with international standards.
What we have already delivered.
Participation in the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for the Grand Inga 3 hydroelectric project. Biodiversity inventories, mapping of Congo River wetlands, consultation with riparian communities and development of the involuntary resettlement framework.
See the project →Implementation and monitoring of the Environmental and Social Management Plan for the rehabilitation of the Inga–Kinshasa high-voltage line. ESS compliance control, grievance management and quarterly funder reports.
See the project →Environmental and social due diligence of the Moukoukoulou hydroelectric dam on behalf of SNE. E&S liability diagnostic, IFC compliance action plan and support for AfDB file preparation.
See the project →Development of the involuntary Resettlement Action Plan for the extension of the Kinshasa-East drinking water network: census of affected households, asset valuation, grievance management mechanism and social support for the resettlement of 420 households.
See the project →We're involved at every stage of the E&S cycle.
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