Environmental Due Diligence involves assessment and management of environmental liabilities and risks. The main objective is to establish that your organisation is compliant with environmental regulation and safeguarded against environmental accidents such as soil and/or groundwater contamination.
Our consultants review potential environmental and social risks associated with the proposed transaction in accordance with national as well as international regulations and guidelines. We thereafter provide mitigation measures necessary to reduce the potential risks identified.
Environmental Site Assessments (ESA): The process involves assessment of risks or vulnerabilities related to location. We undertake all the 3 phases for ESA depending on results from each phase. Phase I involves the past or present uses of a site to determine whether it’s impacted by a "recognized environmental condition". If a Phase I identifies potential contamination of the site by hazardous materials, a Phase II may be conducted. Phase II includes sampling and laboratory analysis to confirm the presence of hazardous materials. Phase III may be performed if additional investigations is required based on Phase II recommendations.
Emerging contaminants assessment: Emerging contaminants may include synthetic or naturally occurring compounds or microorganisms that are suspected to potentially have adverse effects on human or environmental health. Emerging contaminants can include previously known, newly discovered, or unknown compounds. Our consultant research the fate and effects of new chemicals on public health and the environment and provide recommendations.
Integrated aquatic health assessments: The degradation of river ecosystem health is largely associated with chemical pollution and physical habitat alterations due to rapid industrialization and urbanization. Maintenance of aquatic ecological integrity requires that we understand the biological, chemical, physical condition of water bodies, but also critical watershed attributes such as hydrology and geomorphology. Our consultants use a holistic systems approach to identify and protect aquatic systems based on integrated assessments of habitat, biotic communities, water chemistry, and watershed processes.