ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION GUIDELINES

Most horticultural exporting and importing companies take the Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines prepared by the World Bank Group (which includes the World Bank itself and the International Finance Corporation, IFC) as the foundation for their environmental assessments. These set out minimum standards for environmental impact of activities through all stages of the production, processing and marketing chain, which should be satisfied as part of project assessment.

A link to the World Bank guidelines (Pollution Prevention and Abatement: towards cleaner production) can be found on the following website address: http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/
WDS_IBank_Servlet?pcont=details&eid=000094946_99040905052283

The IFC guidelines are contained in the Pollution Prevention and Abatement Handbook (PPAH) and in the General Health and Safety Guideline. These can be found on the following website:
www.ifc.org/enviro/enviro/pollution/guidelines.htm