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Gold Standard Local Stakeholder Consultation Report
the blind exercise with stakeholders. Explain how both were consolidated.
The stakeholders’ blind exercise expressed the same or more positive scoring as the one given by own
sustainable development matrix. The stakeholders’ take on the same were generally positive and they
proceeded further to provide measures to improve the outcomes or benefits of the project. The stakeholders
identified no negative scores.
Stakeholders’ comments on the different indicators are assessed under section C.3. iii Assessment of all
Comments.
Difference in scores
Stakeholders scored 5 sustainable indicators positive, which were scored neutral in the project developer’s
sustainable development matrix. This is true for indicators, which certainly will be positively influenced by the
project activity, however more in an indirect way (e.g. water quantity/quality, biodiversity, etc.) through the
reduction of tree cutting and of firewood consumption. Since it will be difficult to attribute and monitor the
project’s contribution to the improvement of these indicators, the scores are kept neutral. The indicator “quality
of employment” was scored neutral in the own sustainability matrix, but was scored positive in the blind
sustainable development matrix. Stakeholders pointed out that the opportunity for trainings would definitely
have a positive influence on the quality of employment. This indicator was therefore changed to positive in the
consolidated matrix.
Indicator Stakeholder Own Consolidated Reasons
score score score
Air quality + + + Same view
+ 0 0 It was afterward agreed that monitoring
Water quality and
water quality and quantity may be hard,
quantity
equally hard to identify what caused the
outcome.
+ 0 0 It was agreed that it may be hard to
Soil condition
measure and attribute changes in this
indicator to this project
0 0 0 It was agreed that it may be hard to
Other pollutants
measure and attribute changes in this
indicator to this project
+ 0 0 It was agreed that it may be hard to
Biodiversity
measure and attribute changes in this
indicator to this project
Quality
employment
of
+ 0 + Stakeholder’s view was considered and
score was changed in the consolidated
matrix
Livelihood of the
poor
+ + + Same view
Access to + + + Same view
Gold Standard Passport version 2.1 July 2009
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