IHA Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum (HSAF)

The Hydropower Sustainability Assessment Forum aims to establish a broadly endorsed sustainability assessment tool to measure and guide performance in the hydropower sector. 

The Forum’s work centers around the International Hydropower Association’s (IHA) Sustainability Guidelines and Assessment Protocol.  The Forum will determine the relevant issues to be included in the assessment protocol and the measurement approach for each of these issues.  The work plan involves input from experts on key hydropower sustainability themes, on-ground assessments of schemes, workshop sessions focused on the Protocol, and input from key stakeholder reference groups.  The Forum seeks at all times to operate with transparency, good will and by consensus.

The governments of Norway, Iceland and Germany are the main sponsors of the Forum, with contributions also coming from The Nature Conservancy and the IHA.

Forum Membership

Forum Meetings

Forum Contact Information

Forum Work Plan

Forum Communications & Operating Procedures

IHA Sustainability Assessment Protocol Assessments and Analyses