Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol
27 marzo 2013
International Hydropower Association
ISBN 978-0-9566228-1-5
2011
The IHA in close collaboration with a range of partners launched the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment
Forum (the “Forum”) in March 2008. The Forum’s aim was to develop an enhanced sustainability assessment
tool to measure and guide performance in the hydropower sector, to provide more consistency in the
approach to assessment of hydropower project sustainability, based on the IHA Sustainability Assessment
Protocol 2006. The Forum comprised representatives of organisations from a diversity of sectors, with
differing views and policies on sustainability issues related to hydropower development and operation.
The 14 Forum members included representatives of governments of developed and developing countries,
commercial and development banks, social and environmental NGOs, and the hydropower sector.
