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title: Mitigation Hierarchy
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## Definition

**Mitigation Hierarchy** means the strategy developed by \[the Company\] to reduce its [Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/scope-1-2-and-3-emissions/) by doing all of the following:

(a) using \[all \[OR reasonable efforts\] to prevent, avoid and reduce emissions \[from within its value chain OR the Development OR the Project\];

(b) offsetting emissions only after making all \[achievable OR reasonable\] reductions in (a) above; and

(c) revising its strategy over time as more emissions are capable of being reduced.

**Mitigation Hierarchy** means the strategy developed by \[the Company\] to reduce its environmental and social impact by doing all of the following:

(a) identifying all the \[environmental and social\] risks and impacts of \[a Project OR the Development OR the business of the Company\];

(b) avoiding preventable risks and impacts;

(c) where avoidance is not \[commercially OR practically\] possible, minimising risks and impacts as much as \[commercially or practically\] possible;

(d) where risks and impacts have been minimised, taking steps to mitigate their effect;

(e) where significant risks and impacts remain, offsetting them if feasible; and

(f) revising its approach over time as more risks and impacts are capable of being avoided, minimised, mitigated and offset.

**Mitigation Hierarchy** means the framework implemented by the \[Company\] to limit \[as far as possible\] the negative impacts on \[the environment OR biodiversity\] \[from the Project OR Development\] by doing all of the following:

(a) \[making all OR reasonable efforts OR taking measures\] to prevent, avoid and reduce harmful impacts \[from the Project OR Development\] from the outset to avoid disturbance;

(b) \[making all OR reasonable efforts OR taking measures\] to reduce the duration, intensity and/or extent of impacts that cannot be completely avoided;

(c) improve degraded or removed \[ecosystems OR environments\] following exposure to impacts that cannot be completely avoided or minimised, including rehabilitation and restoration efforts; and

(d) where adverse impacts remain, Offsetting them in accordance with an appropriate Offsetting Strategy.