Community-led Research Report on the Salima Solar Power Project in Malawi

● Ensure that the dust generated from the Project site is minimized and does not adversely impact the surrounding communities through the measures indicated in the Project’s Environmental and Social Action Plan and as agreed with the affected communities, and should ensure proper disposal of sewage that would not cause a nuisance and health hazard to surrounding communities. [...] The community asks the Project implementing company to include them in the planning and implementation processes of the CSR and LRP activities, which would also help the community to have a sense of ownership of the services. [...] To the Government of Malawi: ● Ensure that the Project complies with Malawi law, in addition to the environmental and safeguard policies of the FMO and MIGA. [...] The financiers should ensure that the Project does not continue to pollute the air and the environment, does not continue to expose the community to health hazards and does not continue to adversely impact the health of the surrounding communities. [...] The communities are at the center of the Project and their involvement in the process is of the utmost importance.