Greenwashing Dams: A Critique of the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP)

TitleGreenwashing Dams: A Critique of the Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP)
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Year of Publication2013
AuthorsIR
Secondary TitleInternational Rivers (IR)
IssueMay
Pagination4p.
Place PublishedBerkeley
Key themesHydropower, Impact Assessment, Safeguards
Abstract

A dam industry effort threatens to greenwash dams and undermine the recommendations of the World Commission on Dams (WCD). The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Protocol (HSAP) is a voluntary, non-binding auditing tool that allows dam builders to score the sustainability of their own dam projects. This civil society fact sheet examines how the HSAP works, its shortcomings, and why it could end up legitimizing destructive dams.
URLhttps://www.internationalrivers.org/sites/default/files/attached-files/hsapfactsheet2013.pdf
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