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A Local/global environmental sustainability PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (GS-VER-PDD) Voluntary Offset Projects - Version 01 Annex 4 Sustainable Development Matrix Indicator Score Comment Water: Water quantity: This indicator is used to evaluate the project’s contribution to water availability and access locally and regionally. Number of people with access to water supply in comparison with the baseline. Water quality: This indicator is used to evaluate the contribution of the project to water quality locally and regionally in the project’s area in comparison with the baseline. Water quality will be measured using concentration of main pollutants (including BOD and others) in any effluents generated by the project activity and their contribution, if any, to local water quality. Dependent on the result of the EIA, both quantity and quality assessment should discuss seasonal variation of availability and quality in addition to mean annual data due to the fact that mean annual data might not be sufficient to provide full understanding of impacts of the project activity against the baseline. Air quality: This indicator is used to evaluate the contribution of the project to local air quality. Air quality will be measured by comparing the concentration of most relevant air pollutants (e.g.: SOx, NOx, particulate matters etc.) generated by the project activity with the baseline. Other pollutants: This indicator is used to evaluate the contribution of the project activity to reducing the flow of pollutants not already considered to the environment, including solid, liquid and gaseous wastes. Soil condition: This indicator is used to evaluate the contribution of the project activity to local soil condition. Soil condition will be measured by 0 The project has no impact on water availability. This template shall not be altered. It shall be completed without modifying/adding headings or logo, format or font. page 44 1 The water quality is affected in a positive way. Wood chips that are used for firing of the boilers originate from the processing of sawdust that currently accumulates on large heaps. According to local fishermen, effluent of these heaps through leaching has an adverse impact on the water quality. This can be considered a minor positive impact. 0 Several studies 8 . show that the Project Activity (biomass burning) emits similar if not less amounts of relevant air pollutants (e.g.: SOx, NOx, particulate matters etc.) than the baseline (coal burning). An indicator of 0 is therefore conservative. 1 At present the ash from the boilers at Letaba is landfilled on the property. In the Project Activity less waste will be produced (because the coal has a 14% ash content and the biomass only 3%) and it will be landfilled as before. If all peels are dried and none are landfilled, methane formation will be further avoided on the Letaba landfill (no VERs will be claimed for this). 0 Soil erosion and land use changes are not impacted, since the biomass in the form of Eucalyptus and Pine sawdust is renewable 8 e.g. IEA, 2002. Biomass Combustion and Co-firing. An Overview. Published by IEA Bionergy Task 32
comparing the concentration of most relevant soil pollutants, erosion and the extent of land use changes due to the project with the baseline. Contribution to biodiversity: This indicator is used to evaluate the contribution of the project to local biodiversity. The change in biodiversity is estimated on a qualitative basis considering any destruction or alteration of natural habitat compared to the without projects scenario. A positive change will be given by previously disappeared species re-colonising the area, a negative change will be given by species disappearing or by introduction of foreign species. In judging this, inputs from local communities should be considered a key resource. Total Score 2 PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (GS-VER-PDD) Voluntary Offset Projects - Version 01 This template shall not be altered. It shall be completed without modifying/adding headings or logo, format or font. page 45 as described in section A.2 above. However, for the same reasons as “water quality”, the local soil condition is improved slightly. An indicator of 0 is therefore conservative. 0 The project has no impact on biodiversity. B Social sustainability and development Indicator Score Comment Employment (quality): This indicator is used to 1 Some employment will be created both in evaluate the qualitative value of employment, such the construction and commissioning phases as whether the jobs resulting from the project (an estimated 10-15 contracting and 1-3 activity are highly or poorly qualified, temporary or permanent jobs. The permanent jobs are permanent in comparison with BAU. Take highly qualified, while the temporary jobs temporary and permanent as well as job-related (construction) are of average quality. It is Health and Safety (H&S) impacts as qualifications for job quality. ensured that all jobs are well paid. Poverty alleviation: This sub-indicator is used to 1 Most important social aspect of the project evaluate the project contribution to poverty are a) the jobs generated, since alleviation. Poverty alleviation will be evaluated by unemployment is a serious problem in the calculating the change in number of people living region, and b) the shareholding of a above income poverty line compared to baseline. Worker’s trust. In total, and considering the fact that each additional job usually feeds an entire family, a certain number of additional people will live above poverty line. Livelihoods of the poor: Contribution to equitable 2 On a social level the shareholding held by distribution and additional opportunity for the Worker’s Trust will see a this trust disadvantaged sectors. This sub-indicator is used earning a 10% share of dividends as per its to evaluate contribution of the project to equitable 10% shareholding, going towards the aims distribution of wealth and opportunity, in particular decided upon by the Trustees - which are gender and marginal or excluded social groups. likely to include study bursaries for workers The indicator combines quantitative - changes in and their children and the improvement of estimated earned income (normalised to the the housing of workers who live on the project’s starting year) compared with the baseline farm. The shareholding held by BEE (“Black – and qualitative assessment - improved Economic Empowerment”) persons will opportunities. contribute towards the eradication of
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