address these impacts. 1.2.3 Address Government Government No regulatory 1 regulations regulations requirement to impacts on require that require that identify and biodiversity and impacts on impacts on address impacts other biodiversity and biodiversity and on biodiversity ecosystem other ecosystem other ecosystem and other service values service values service values ecosystem must be are identified but service values. identified and there is no specific specific measures requirement for developed and measures to implemented to address these address these impacts. impacts. 1.2.4 Subject to Opportunities Government No regulatory 1 are consistently regulations public comment public provided for require that requirement on consultation public comments there are draft reports. on draft reports. opportunities for The comments public comments received are on draft reports, published and but there is no clearly addressed requirement in final versions. and/or evidence of consistent publication of comments received. 1.2.5 Publicly All reports are Some reports are Reports are not 1 consistently publicly available publicly accessible publicly available online. available. on government website. 1.2.6 Screening for Screening for Screening for 2 Guidance (please delete): Explain thresholds used to assess the level of impacts level of impacts level of impacts rating (e.g. nearly all is more than 90% of and rarely is less Conducted in and subsequent and subsequent and subsequent than 10% of cases. practice for all social and social and social and environmental environmental environmental impact impact impact
address these impacts. 1.2.3 Address impacts on biodiversity and other ecosystem service values Government regulations require that impacts on biodiversity and other ecosystem service values must be identified and specific measures developed and implemented to address these impacts. Government regulations require that impacts on biodiversity and other ecosystem service values are identified but there is no specific requirement for measures to address these impacts. No regulatory requirement to identify and address impacts on biodiversity and other ecosystem service values. 1 1.2.4 Subject to public consultation Opportunities are consistently provided for public comments on draft reports. The comments received are published and clearly addressed in final versions. Government regulations require that there are opportunities for public comments on draft reports, but there is no requirement and/or evidence of consistent publication of comments received. No regulatory public comment requirement on draft reports. 1 1.2.5 Publicly accessible All reports are consistently publicly available on government website. Some reports are publicly available online. Reports are not publicly available. 1 1.2.6 Conducted in practice for all Screening for level of impacts and subsequent social and environmental impact Screening for level of impacts and subsequent social and environmental impact Screening for level of impacts and subsequent social and environmental impact 2 Guidance (please delete): Explain thresholds used to assess the rating (e.g. nearly all is more than 90% of and rarely is less than 10% of cases.