How can renewable energy and grid projects move beyond avoiding negative social impacts to create lasting benefits for local communities?
The energy transition is accelerating, bringing new opportunities but also challenges for the communities hosting renewable energy and electricity grid infrastructure. Ensuring that projects respect people’s rights, respond to local needs and create shared benefits is essential for a just and sustainable energy transition.
To support this ambition, the Global Initiative for Nature, Grids and Renewables (GINGR) is pleased to introduce its new GINGR People-Positive Navigator: Enabling Good Project Practices and Community Outcomes for Renewables and Grids.
Turning ambition into practical action
Developed in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and informed by GINGR’s People-Positive Technical Working Group, the Navigator provides practical guidance for integrating social considerations throughout renewable energy and grid development.
Building on existing frameworks and good practices, it helps developers, grid operators and other stakeholders strengthen community engagement, promote fairness and inclusion, and identify opportunities to create meaningful local benefits.
Rather than introducing another set of standards, the Navigator supports practitioners in translating People-Positive principles into approaches that can be adapted to different projects and local contexts.
Towards a Nature- and People-Positive energy transition
The People-Positive Navigator complements GINGR’s Nature-Positive work, bringing social and environmental considerations together to support infrastructure development that benefits both communities and biodiversity.
Explore the new GINGR Nature-Positive Navigator and discover how we can work together to put people at the heart of the energy transition.