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Welcome to the UNDP Social and Environmental Standards Toolkit!

UNDP's revised Social and Environmental Standards came into effect on 1 January 2021. This toolkit hosts the latest information on the standards and provides a way for UNDP staff, partners, and stakeholders to navigate through relevant guidance, resources and tools.

UNDP's Social and Environmental Standards (SES) underpin our commitment to mainstream social and environmental sustainability in our Programmes and Projects to support sustainable development. The SES objectives are to:

Strengthen the quality of programming by ensuring a principled approach
Maximize social and environmental opportunities and benefits
Avoid adverse impacts to people and the environment
Minimize, mitigate, and manage adverse impacts where avoidance is not possible
Strengthen UNDP and partner capacities for managing social and environmental risks
Ensure full and effective stakeholder engagement, including through a mechanism to respond to complaints from project-affected people.

The SES are an integral component of UNDP's quality assurance and risk management approach to programming. This includes the project-level Social and Environmental Screening Procedure (SESP).

The standards are underpinned by an Accountability Mechanism with two key components: (i) A Stakeholder Response Mechanism (SRM) that ensures individuals, peoples, and communities affected by UNDP projects have access to appropriate grievance resolution procedures for hearing and jointly addressing project-related disputes; and (ii) A Compliance Review process to investigate and respond to claims that UNDP is not in compliance with the Social and Environmental Standards.

Key Elements of UNDP’s Social and Environmental Standards (SES)

Programming Principles	Project-Level Standards	Procedures and Accountability
Principle 1: Leave No One Behind Principle 2: Human Rights Principle 3: Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Principle 4: Sustainability and Resilience Principle 5: Accountability	Standard 1: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Natural Resource Management Standard 2: Climate Change and Disaster Risks Standard 3: Community Health, Safety and Security Standard 4: Cultural Heritage Standard 5: Displacement and Resettlement Standard 6: Indigenous Peoples Standard 7: Labour and Working Conditions Standard 8: Pollution Prevention and Resource Efficiency	Quality Assurance & Risk Management Screening, Assessment and Management of SES Risks and Impacts Stakeholder Engagement and Response Mechanism Access to Information Monitoring, Reporting and Compliance

For feedback and additional information, please contact:

Social and Environmental Standards (SES) team: info.ses@undp.org

Social and Environmental Compliance Unit (SECU): SECUhotline@undp.org

Stakeholder Response Mechanism (SRM): stakeholder.response@undp.org

	Key Resources:
	Guidance and Templates
	SES Policy 2021 Update Things to Know
	SES Implementation Plan & Roles and Responsibilities
	Social and Environmental Standards [English][Spanish][French]
	Social and Environmental Screening Procedure [English][Spanish][French]
	Social and Environmental Screening Template [English][Spanish][French]
	Stakeholder Response Mechanism (SRM)
	Roster of Experts
	Get Involved!
	Social and Environmental Standards Website
	SES Yammer Group [Credentials Required]

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