Screen a New Site Before the Layout Freezes
Sequence early site-screening decisions so biodiversity risk can influence project design before lock-in.
Site screen A logistics site is close to approval. The question is not whether biodiversity exists somewhere nearby; it is whether the project still has choices that can avoid or reduce impact. If screening lands after layout freeze, the team mostly buys mitigation. If it lands before freeze, the team can still avoid. TNFD + IFC PS6 Place -> design -> residual risk Screen the location first, test design alternatives second, and only then define residual mitigation and monitoring. Late permit memo Finds issues after choices are locked. The project can show how biodiversity changed the decision, not just the…
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