Sanasa is a Water and Sanitation company whose major shareholder is the Municipality of Campinas with 99.9% of shares, created by municipal law to provide water and sanitation services to the city of Campinas. Sanasa’s area of operation has 1.3 million people and is in the State of São Paulo.                                                

  The total Project Cost is BRL260 million. The program includes (i) retrofit sewage treatment to introduce reused water system, (ii) expanding sewage treatment capacity, (iii) expanding the sewage transport system, (iv) increasing water reservoir capacity, and (v) expanding water supply systems.                                                 

  Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil                                                 

This is a Category B project according to IFC’s Policy on Environmental and Social Sustainability, as the construction and operation of the subprojects to be financed by the proposed investment are expected to have limited adverse E&S risks and/or impacts that are few in number, generally site-specific, largely reversible, and readily addressed through mitigation measures, by adhering to good international industry practice (GIIP) procedures, guidelines and design criteria, as described in the following sections. 

Key E&S issues reviewed at appraisal included: (i) company’s ESMS, including environmental licensing and contractor management; (ii) labor conditions and occupational health and safety (OHS) management, including contractor / third party management; (iii) community health and safety; (iv) security management; (v) land access and acquisition and potential risks associated with permanent or temporary displacement; and (vi) community grievance mechanism and stakeholder engagement.