Material issues in Ethiopia and ESG due diligence

Module 02 / 5 · 65 min

Identify the E&S and governance issues that decide Ethiopian deals and run a due diligence that ends in a costed, enforceable action plan.

In this module you will learn to

Identify the material E&S issues for Ethiopian sectors: land and resettlement, water, industrial park labour, community security, gender and climate
Scope an ESDD by category, sector and the lenders' standards, and read its findings critically
Assess governance risks in family-controlled and related-party structures, using SBB/91/2024 as a benchmark
Turn findings into a costed Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) with owners and deadlines

Built on

Erudite Africa course specification 3.k: ESG Integration in Investment Banking, Levels 1 and 2 (October 2026)
Erudite Africa Training Module: Ethiopian Context, programme overview and regulatory register (October 2026)
NBE Directive No. SBB/91/2024 (Bank Corporate Governance); ECMA Directive No. 1030/2024 (reported); Environmental Impact Assessment Proclamation No. 299/2002, Environmental Pollution Control Proclamation No. 300/2002 and Labour Proclamation No. 1156/2019, as cited in the course specification
World Bank Group: Ethiopia Country Climate and Development Report (2024); A Review of Industrial Parks in Ethiopia (2022); Making Ethiopia's Financial Sector Work for Women (2024)
IFC Performance Standards, Equator Principles (EP4), ICMA Green, Social and Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles, loan market sustainability-linked loan principles, SASB, ISSB IFRS S1 and S2, TCFD and UN PRI (general market practice)

Examples and companies are fictional. Bank practices are shown as typical Ethiopian practice, not as any one bank's policy. Always apply your own institution's approved policy and the current NBE directives.