The specific tasks Perspectives carried out were:● Prepare a report covering current and emerging market and regulatory trends in the assessment and management of E&S risks and impacts related to carbon credit-generating activities, including: (1) an overview of key guidance and standards for E&S risk and impact assessment and management, (2) E&S risks and impacts typical to specific activity types (such as renewable energy, nature-based solutions, and carbon capture and storage) and case studies to illustrate the types of E&S concerns that have been raised with regard to carbon credit-generating activities (3) synthesis of good practice elements for E&S safeguarding, including, but not necessarily limited to: ex-ante assessment of E&S risks and impacts, development and implementation of a plan to mitigate, manage, monitor, and report relevant E&S risks and impacts, third-party validation and verification, stakeholder engagement, and grievance mechanisms.● Develop a multi-criteria tool for E&S screening based on the E&S safeguarding report prepared. The tool is designed in a user-friendly Excel format, for use in screening the existing portfolio of carbon credit-generating activities, as well as potential new activities.● Prepare and deliver an interactive (remote) training event to familiarize the staff (i.e., the future users of the tool) on the features and use of the multicriteria tool.