This Toolkit is intended to assist World Bank Energy and Safeguards teams with analyzing E&S risks in the off-grid solar sector and adopting appropriate safeguards. This Toolkit will help project teams and counterpart governments align with the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) and meet the mandatory Environmental and Social Standards (ESS), especially ESS3 (Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management). The Toolkit is divided into four chapters followed by Annexes: chapter 1 introduces off-grid solar products, describes how World Bank projects typically promote energy access through off-grid solar (OGS), and outlines the main E&S risks associated with each market segment.
- Chapter 2 provides an overview of the OGS e-waste challenge before sharing examples of good practice in e-waste management from the private sector, donors, agencies, and governments.
- Chapter 3 outlines a step-by-step process project teams and government counterparts can use to assess risk, before developing and implementing appropriate safeguards.
- Chapter 4 sketches out an inspiring long-term vision for how the OGS sector can achieve circularity and outlines the roles of key stakeholders in achieving this vision. Annexes include a set of practical tools that can assist World Bank teams in their work, allowing them to directly implement some of the Toolkit's key concepts and to align with the Environmental and Social Framework.