[ DOC.ARCHIVE.ESEC.001 ]
ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL
EXCLUSION CRITERIA
A mandatory screening gate applied before land acquisition, contract awarding, equipment procurement, or network energization. Uses a three-tier decision framework.
[ RED ]
REJECT
Immediate rejection of prohibited, illegal, or high-risk sites, counterparties, or practices.
[ AMBER ]
HOLD / REFER
Temporary hold pending specialist studies, additional data, regulatory permits, or formal DisCo/REA written clearances.
[ GREEN ]
PROCEED
Passed eligibility screening. Cleared for site-specific environmental and social risk management.
KEY EXCLUSIONS
group
LABOUR & HUMAN RIGHTS
- Forced labour
- Debt bondage
- Human trafficking
- Child labour (minimum age: 18)
- Worker discrimination
- Abuse of power
landscape
LAND & RELOCATION
- Illegal forced evictions
- Uncompensated physical/economic displacement
- Unresolved land boundary/tenure disputes
- Coercive Voluntary Land Donation (VLD)
park
PROTECTED HABITATS
- Legally protected conservation areas
- UNESCO heritage sites
- Ramsar wetlands
- Critical biodiversity habitats
- Designated high-risk flood zones
warning
WASTE & HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
- Unlicensed battery or e-waste disposal
- Open burning
- Informal dumping
- Uncontained chemical/oil spills
- Illegal cross-border waste transport
electrical_services
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
- Unauthorized live grid work
- Unapproved points of common coupling
- Systems lacking anti-islanding and back-feed protection
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