Equality impact assessment

An equality impact assessment (EqIA) is a process designed to ensure that a policy, project or scheme does not unlawfully discriminate against any protected characteristic.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Definition
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading
* 5 External links

## Definition

The EqIA process aims to prevent discrimination against people who are members of a protected category.[1] The Equality Act 2010 defines 9 protected characteristics:

* Race
* Religion or Belief
* Disability
* Sex
* Gender Reassignment
* Sexual Orientation
* Age
* Marriage or Civil Partnership
* Pregnancy and Maternity

Within the UK, EqIAs is a means of ensuring that the public sector equality duty is met.[2] On 19 November 2012, then Prime Minister David Cameron announced that EqIAs would no longer be undertaken for government decisions.[3]

## See also

* Social Impact Assessment
* Environmental Impact Assessment
* Health Impact Assessment
* Sustainability Appraisal
* Equality Act 2006
* Equality Act 2010
* Equal Opportunity

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ready: What is an equality impact assessment?" (PDF document). Equality impact assessment quick-start guide: A step-by-step guide to integrating equality impact assessment into policymaking and review. Equality and Human Rights Commission. March 2010. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-84206-269-2. http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/documents/PSD/equality_impact_assessment_guidance_quick-start_guide.pdf. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
2. ↑ "Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA)" (in en). 2015-11-03. https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=17533.
3. ↑ BBC News. URL accessed 19 November 2012.

## Further reading

Bainard, J., Jones, A., Bateman, I., Lovett, A. & Fallon, P. (2001) Modelling environmental equity: access to air quality in Birmingham, England Environment and Planning A 2002, volume 34, pages 695 – 716

Burningham, K. & Thrush, D. (2001) Local environmental concerns in disadvantaged neighbourhoods [1]

Capacity Global (2004) BME Communities Tackling Environmental and Social Inequalities [2]

Davies, A. and Binsted, A. (2007) Environmental Equity and Equality Impact Assessment in the United Kingdom (07-1568) - TRB Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, TRB 86th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 2007 [3]

Friends of the Earth (2000) Pollution injustice [4]

Friends of the Earth (2001) Pollution and Poverty – Breaking the Link [5]

Gay, R., Jeffery, B., and Saunders, P. (2005) Burden of disease: environmental inequalities [6]

Greater London Authority (2003) Equality Impact Assessments - How to do them [7]

Transport for London (2004) Equality Impact Assessments - How to do them [8]

Walker, G. Fairburn, J. Smith, G. and Mitchell, G. (2003) Environmental Quality and Social Deprivation [9][yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]

## External links

* UK Equality Act 2006
* UK Equality Bill 2009
* IDEA EqIA guidance
* TfL EqIA guidance

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* t
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Social and environmental accountability

Ethics and
principles|

* Aarhus Convention
* Corporate accountability / behaviour / social responsibility
* Ethical banking
* Ethical code
* Extended producer responsibility
* Organizational ethics
* Organizational justice
* Principles for Responsible Investment
* Social responsibility
* Stakeholder theory
* Sullivan principles
* Transparency (behavioral
* social)
* UN Global Compact

Social
accounting|

* Double bottom line
* Ethical positioning index
* Higg Index
* Impact assessment (environmental
* equality
* social)
* ISO 26000
* ISO 45001
* Genuine progress indicator
* Performance indicator
* SA8000
* Social return on investment
* Whole-life cost

Environmental
accounting|

* Carbon accounting
* Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
* Emission inventory
* Environmental full-cost accounting / impact assessment / management system / profit-and-loss account
* ISO 14000
* ISO 14031
* Life-cycle assessment
* Pollutant release and transfer register
* Sustainability accounting / measurement / metrics and indices / standards and certification / supply chain
* Toxics Release Inventory
* Triple bottom line

Reporting|

* Global Reporting Initiative
* GxP guidelines
* Sustainability reporting

Auditing|

* Community-based monitoring
* Environmental (certification)
* Fair trade (certification)
* ISO 19011

Related|

* Bangladesh Accord
* Benefit corporation
* Child labour
* Community interest company
* Conflict of interest
* Disasters
* Disinvestment
* Eco-labeling
* Environmental pricing reform
* Environmental, social and corporate governance
* Ethical consumerism
* Euthenics
* Health impact assessment
* Market governance mechanism
* Product certification
* Public participation
* Social enterprise
* Socially responsible investing
* Stakeholder (engagement)
* Supply chain management

* Environment portal
* Category
* Commons
* Organizations

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