Environmental Policy

Environmental Policy

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF) recognizes environmental protection as one of our guiding principles and a key component of sound business practices. The JSIF commits to exercising sound management of the environmental impacts of its projects, and will ensure compliance with applicable Jamaican law and regulations. Specifically, the JSIF commits to:

  • Advance environmental stewardship by contributing to environmental protection, pollution prevention and efficient use of resources.
  • Comply with all applicable laws and honour all commitments, where consistent with our business objectives/procedures.
  • Continually improve our processes, such that our environmental performance and that of our contractors and community partners is enhanced.
  • Strive to ensure that environmental considerations and stakeholders concerns are an integral part of decision making.
  • Enhance the environmental wellbeing of communities in which we operate (either by the nature of the project or the means by which the project is completed).
  • Take all reasonable care to ensure that the disruption of the environment, resulting from our projects is minimized.
  • Promote environmental awareness among our employees, suppliers and stakeholders, through communication.
  • Specify project specific mitigation measures and corresponding monitoring requirements for projects. 
  • Partner with communities and agencies to ensure the integrity of our environmental practices is maintained. 
  • Engage employees, thereby tapping into a larger pool of human knowledge, energy and creativity.
  • Maintain an awareness of emerging technologies that may lead to improved environmental performance and implement those that are economically feasible.
  • Where practicable, contractually bind contractors to JSIF environmental standards.