Managing Contractors’ Environmental
and Social Performance
This course is to help clients provide sound, consistent, and effective approaches for managing the Environmental and Social (E and S) performance of contractors to ensure compliance with IFC requirements. The course will also assist contractors in managing their subcontractors. Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability (PSs) require clients to identify E and S risks and impacts, typically through an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) process, which should ensure that the design and layout of the project are optimized and the mitigation hierarchy is applied to minimize negative impacts.
This course is aimed at helping clients implement sound, consistent, and effective approaches in compliance with requirements, to manage the E&S performance of their contractors,
subcontractors, and other third parties working for the project. This course provides practical guidance to clients and contractors on the process of prequalification, solicitation, evaluation, contracting, and procurement to ensure adequate E&S management during construction, operation,and demobilization activities.
“The clients are responsible for managing their contractors’ E&S performance: ‘Contractors retained by, or acting on behalf of the client(s), areconsidered to be under direct control of the client
and not considered third parties. . .’”
This coursehelps its clients how to manage project performance during the different phases of the services being provided by contractors (i.e., from mobilization to construction, operations, and maintenance) and how to monitor and report on contractor performance effectively
This is intended primarily for companies that hire contractors that take part in construction, and operations and maintenance (O and M) activities in projects that are financed for financial institutions that receive financing. It provides practical information for each step in the contractor management process, from preparing the request for proposal (RFP) to contract termination.