Sustainability

The Mozambique LNG Project is committed to being a good neighbor on the Afungi Peninsula, in the Palma District and in the wider Cabo Delgado Province. This means we want to play our part in delivering positive environmental and social outcomes for these communities and for Mozambique as a whole.

To meet our commitment, and in line with both Mozambican regulations and international standards, we have created environmental and social management and monitoring plans that assess and manage project impacts and risks. In particular, our focus is to ensure the project’s environmental and social management plans align with the International Finance Corporation’s Performance Standards (IFC’s Performance Standards) and the Equator Principles.

The project’s Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was submitted to and approved by the relevant Mozambican Authority in 2014. Since then, we have diligently continued to conduct work on additional environmental, social, and health-related matters to determine the impacts and risks associated with the construction and operation of the Mozambique LNG Project and have taken the necessary measures to mitigate such impacts and risks.

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To align the project’s EIA with the IFC’s Performance Standards, we have conducted support studies and assessments, and designed appropriate management plans. Some studies built on those carried out during the original EIA, such as the biodiversity studies. Others focused on broader social issues, including community health and project-induced in-migration.

The Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA) executive summary provides a comprehensive overview of these completed studies and their respective findings.

Taken together these studies enabled us to create our Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP).

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The Mozambique LNG Project’s Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) sets the framework for managing environmental, social and health impacts and risks during the project’s construction-phase. The ESMP includes programs and procedures which aim to avoid, minimize, offset or compensate for specific construction-phase impacts and risks across three categories: environmental, social, and monitoring.

As part of the ESMP, we conduct periodic monitoring and evaluations of the implementation of E&S management plans including:

Biodiversity and ecosystem services
Community stakeholder engagement
CSO/NGO engagement
Project-induced in-migration
Social Investment Strategy
Workforce and Industrial Relations
Community health management
Community-based security
Resettlement
Cultural heritage

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Read more about our initiatives, plans and programs:

Environment

As part of our commitment to mitigating environmental issues related to the project, we’ve conducted environmental impact assessments and mitigation plans.

Stakeholder engagement

To actively engage in and strengthen relationships with project stakeholders, we have created a comprehensive stakeholder engagement plan and integration strategies.

Resettlement

To secure land access, manage displacement, and re-establish and develop livelihoods within local areas, we have developed a holistic resettlement plan.

Social investment

The project’s social investment strategy guides our social investment efforts focused on developing community health, education, and income generation.

Project-induced in-migration

To identify and manage the project’s potential to catalyze an influx of migrants to the area, we’ve conducted assessments and created management plans.

Community health management

To support healthy community development, we conducted a regional health impact assessment and developed health management plans and programs.

Human rights and VPSHR

The respect of human rights is a commitment and continuous focal area for TotalEnergies E&P Mozambique Area 1 and the Mozambique LNG Project.

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Social investment

500 bicycles distributed in Palma district

The Mozambique LNG project and ExxonMobil Moçambique have distributed 500 bicycles in 25 localities, trained mechanics and installed three bicycle repair shops in Quitunda, Mute and Quionga.

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