Performance Standards
Eight standards on environmental and social risk (2012). We centre on PS1 (risk management), PS4 (community safety), PS6 (biodiversity), PS7 (Indigenous peoples) and PS8 (cultural heritage).
Research & standards
Science is our engine
Research decides what we do, where, and how we know it worked.
How we do research
Open, rigorous and locally led
- Open by default: methods and non-sensitive data shared publicly
- Peer-reviewed and independently reviewed
- Co-produced with communities
- Locally led: African early-career researchers as lead authors
- Science-to-Village Briefs: two-page plain-language summaries (French, Swahili, Lingala)
Frameworks
Standards we work with
Environmental & Social Framework
Ten standards (ESS1–10). We use it to align advice with public-sector and development-bank requirements.
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Environmental management, greenhouse-gas accounting and social responsibility: credible systems and carbon numbers.
Global Biodiversity Framework
23 targets for 2030, including 30x30 and the participation of Indigenous peoples, local communities and women.
We “apply” or “align with” these frameworks; we claim certification only where OCS holds it.
Need biodiversity and social expertise for a project?
Credible, locally grounded support aligned with IFC and World Bank requirements.