To effectively and equitably manage the environmental and social risks of all its investments the GCF has adopted an Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS), comprising the Environmental and Social Policy and a set of internationally recognized Environmental and Social Safeguards (ESS) standards.

This 2019 2-page introductory brief provides a pre-implementation summary of the IEU’s planned evaluation of the GCF’s assessment of the GCF’s ESMS. It describes the evaluation’s context, purpose, scope, output, timing, country missions and methods.