Update the Pillar Social Sustainability Assessment in Line with the Paris Agreement

AHI, with its partner Arup, was contracted by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to amend the Pillar Social Sustainability Assessment (PSSA) and incorporate green concepts into the assessment, in line with the Paris Agreement provisions and targets, particularly as they relate to physical and transition risks. The objective of the assignment was to further emphasize these elements in the Pillar Social Sustainability Assessment by adjusting questions, thresholds, and metrics to better reflect the Paris Agreement's details and embed its guidelines into the tool. The PSSA’s main objective is to assess housing developers’ project plans and designs from a social sustainability lens.

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This project is a continuation of prior engagements and projects with IFC, following AHI's contribution to the development of the Pillar Social Sustainability Assessment (PSSA) in 2020 and pilot test of the rapid and comprehensive PSSA tools with multiple private housing developers in South Africa, Mexico, and India.