OUR GOVERNANCE AND TEAM
COUNCIL
The Hydropower Sustainability Standard is governed by a multi-stakeholder body, the Hydropower Sustainability Council (HS Council).
This governing body includes representatives from governments, industry, civil society and financiers. This inclusive approach to governance ensures that all stakeholder voices are heard in the shaping of the use of the HS Standard.
SOME OF OUR MEMBERS
Dr Ashok Khosla is one of the world’s leading experts on the environment and sustainable development. He chairs the Boards of the thirty-five-year-old Development Alternatives Group. Headquartered in New Delhi, the DA Group was among the first civil society organizations set up in 1983 to address the issues of sustainable development as a whole. It also pioneered the concept of social enterprise, creating business-like approaches for eradicating poverty and conserving the natural resource base.
Concurrently, he was Co-Chair of the UN’s International Resource Panel from 2008 to 2016, and a member of the China Council for International Environment and Development from 2011 to 2016. He was President of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2008-12, and President of the Club of Rome in 2005-12. Before his present position, Ashok served as Director of Infoterra, the first global environmental information system, in UNEP, Nairobi (1976-82), and as the founding Director of the Office of Environmental Planning and Coordination in the Government of India, New Delhi (1971-76).
He has been a Board Member of numerous global environmental organisations, including the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Stockholm Environment Institute, and served as an adviser to, among others, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the Indian government. Dr. Khosla was made an OBE by the UK Government, and awarded the 2002 Sasakawa Environment Prize and WWF’s Duke of Edinburgh Medal in 2011.
He has a BA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University (1962) and a PhD in Experimental Physics from Harvard University (1970).
governance committee
The Hydropower Sustainability Governance Committee (HSGC) represents the Hydropower Sustainability Council in promoting the use and integrity of the Hydropower Sustainability Standard.
civil society chamber
financiers chamber
Industry chamber
Governments chamber
supervisory committee
Supervisory Committee members are appointed to bring relevant expertise, such as strategic partnerships, financial oversight, fundraising or global marketing; as well as relevant profile to lift the credibility of the Alliance or unlock its access to specific users and stakeholders.
SECRETARIAT
The Hydropower Sustainability (HS Secretariat) is delegated to act on behalf of the Council and its Governance Committee to manage the implementation and day-to-day operations of the HS Standard.
As part of its management role, the Secretariat designs and delivers training and accreditation courses to practitioners in the use of the Hydropower Sustainability Standard.
The Secretariat also assists hydropower developers and operators to identify accredited assessors for independent project sustainability assessments and certifications.
