Episode 28 of the WHySE Creatures Stories
This post first appeared on LinkedIn on 3 September 2026.
‘‘S-E-I-A.”
Four letters from Brussels.
And Pig forgets his apple.
“Pardon?”
Snake holds up a piece of paper.
“Pronounced SEIA. Social and Environmental Impact Assessment.”
Dog looks up from his map and out across the Hydrogen Valley. Below, he can see hydrogen generators, storage facilities, pipelines, factory buildings, buses and a port.
Rooster pulls out his clipboard.
“And how do we demonstrate the impact?”
Tiger looks at the facilities.
“And how do we leave enough room for innovation?”
That is what SEIA is about:
A Hydrogen Valley is about more than technology. It connects people, the environment, businesses, jobs, supply chains and an entire region.
SEIA looks at these connections:
→ Which social and environmental impacts arise?
→ Who benefits, and who is affected?
→ What happens directly within the project, along the supply chains and across the region?
→ Which data and evidence make the impact verifiable?
In short:
SEIA shows what a Hydrogen Valley achieves for the environment, people, jobs and the region.
In the latest landmark of the WHySE Compass, Dog, Snake, Pig, Rooster and Tiger explain what lies behind the acronym – clearly, with technical substance, and an apple.
You can find the full article directly below this post.
The milestone is also permanently available on the WHySE website, ready to read and download.
And if those four letters from Brussels are currently sitting on your project table, just as they are for Pig: feel free to give me a call.
We’ll put the map on the table and look together at what SEIA means for your Hydrogen Valley.