Publications

Framework for Environmental and Social Management

10/02/2022

The Framework for Environmental and Social Management (FESM) establishes environmental and social performance requirements for FAO programming. The...

Brochure

Safeguards for people and the planet

01/12/2023

This flyer gives an overview of FAO’s environmental and social safeguards system. Safeguards are policies that seek to prevent and mitigate unintended...

Methodologies and Guidelines

ESOP 1: Screening, assessment and management of environmental and social risks

01/11/2023

This guidance note supports the implementation of the Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) that sit at the heart of FAO's Framework for Environmental...

Methodologies and Guidelines

ESOP 2: Stakeholder engagement

01/11/2023

This guidance note supports the implementation of the Environmental and Social Standards (ESS) that sit at the heart of the Framework for Environmental...

Free Prior and Informed Consent. An indigenous peoples’ right and a good practice for local communities. Manual for project practitioners.

26/11/2022

This Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) Manual is designed as a tool for project practitioners (herein referred as project managers) for a broad...

FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples

26/11/2022

Consistent with its mandate to pursue a world free from hunger and malnutrition, the following “FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples” has been...

FAO Policy on Gender Equality 2020–2030

26/11/2022

Gender equality is essential to achieve FAO’s mandate of a world free from hunger, malnutrition and poverty. The Organization recognizes that persisting...

Publications

Compliance Reviews Following Complaints concerning the Organization's Environmental and Social Standards Guidelines

26/11/2022

FAO is committed to ensuring that its programmes are implemented in accordance...