Planning & Assessment
We help public and private sector clients understand and mitigate the potential environmental and social impacts of their infrastructure projects and investment that require them to comply with policies and standards of both international financial institutions and the countries in which the projects are to be developed.
Our comprehensive understanding of the intricacies of local and international practices, combined with our clear perception of client objectives enable the straightforward negotiation of and compliance to often opaque and unfamiliar regulatory structures.
ESC provides Environmental, Social, Health and Economic Impact Assessments, permits and compliance services for country-specific and international requirements such as the Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards.
We have strong and successful professional relationships with regulatory authorities, extensive and up-to-date knowledge of each specific country’s legislative frameworks as well as their underpinning objectives.
Our expertise enables us to bring clarity to your projects and guide you to your desired goals so you can secure timely approvals, maximize the bankability and minimise the environmental and social risks of new projects and developments.
Our Approach
We integrate innovative technologies to understand and address potential environmental and social impacts.
Our experts deliver easy-to-understand impact analysis grounded in our decades of local knowledge and global expertise. We implement cost-effective environmental solutions that achieve compliance and satisfy diverse client and stakeholder goals.
We apply both best practice and innovation to the selection of our assessment tools that range from Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to dispersion models and visualization techniques.
Our Technical Capabilities
- Environmental Planning
- Environmental, Social and Health Impact Assessment (ESHIA)
- Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESDD)
- Integrated Urban Planning
- Geospatial Technology
- Equator Principles and IFC Performance Standards Reviews
- EHISA Management & Monitoring
- Country specific Regulatory planning studies: EIA, PCS, QRA, EBS, AMDAL
- Permitting Requirements Analyses and Support
Client Testimonials
ESC thinks out of the box. They can come up with conventional solutions. But they are better in providing a solution fit for the company - one that feeds your organization.
ESC is focused on helping us solve our problem. Even if it means sometimes going out of the scope of what was originally agreed upon. So as a client, I can focus all my efforts on solving the problem.
We had no experience at first in dealing with Safety Cases and dealing with authority. When we have an issue, we ask ESC. Just one look at it, ESC already knows what to do. They advise us accordingly and professionally and tell us what to do what to follow and to know. Our partnership with them produced good results.
I do appreciate the times when ESC was there to help with an open channel and service-oriented communication. Ease of communication is what separates ESC from other consultants.
We appointed ESC to review all historical data related to our site. They demonstrated a very high level of technical expertise and understanding of the JTC EBS Guidelines which proved invaluable in our response to JTC. ESC was extremely responsive and we are very satisfied with the outcome.