E&S advisory

Advisory services for a full range of clients across many sectors, covering the standard areas of environmental and social practice — from impact assessment and risk through to lender compliance, monitoring and reporting.

Discuss a requirement Areas of practice

Areas of practice

These are the areas we are asked for most. We work across the full E&S lifecycle — tell us what you need.

Corporate E&S strategyWhat the company commits to on E&S, how that is delivered through the business, and how performance is judgedAt corporate, business-unit and asset level, across multiple organisations

ESIATerms of reference, contractor selection and evaluation, contractor deliverables and performanceNigeria LNG · MS LNG (Venezuela) · Kashagan Oil & Gas (Kazakhstan) · BTC pipeline · Rhyl Flats Wind Farm (UK) · Three gas-fired power stations for Intergen (Turkey) · Export Processing Zone (Ghana) · Green Hydrogen Fertiliser Company (Uganda)

Social riskStandard setting, procedure development, risk assessment, communication and management — across projects and operationsIntegration into the enterprise risk framework of a global multinational · Operational and project risk assessments

Due diligenceInternal, partner, lender and regulatorWorld Bank / CAO audits (ports and power plants, India) · Audits and social performance reviews for a global multinational (Nigeria, Australia, Canada) · Tier 1 bank compliance review of dam project ESIAs

EngagementCommunity, stakeholders, regulators, partners and internalGas development landfall (Australia) · Proposed oil and gas facility (Suez, Egypt) · Operational facilities (Nigeria, Australia) · Power plant, itinerant waterside community (India)

LendersDue diligence, engagement, project management, reporting and compliance documentationWorld Bank (CAO) · IFC · Norfund · EBRD

E&S management systemsDesign, implementation and operationalisationMining (Guinea) · Oil and gas (Nigeria, Ghana, Turkey)

Monitoring and reportingFrameworks, data quality and disclosureAir quality (M25 widening, supermarket in Bath, Birmingham Northern Relief Road) · Nigeria LNG · Sakhalin LNG (Russia)

PhilanthropyStrategy, delivery, monitoring, reporting, capabilities, partnerships and engagementGlobal social investment strategy for a multinational corporate · US$175M annual portfolio across more than 40 countries

ESIA: Environmental and Social Impact Assessment.

Sectors and countries

Sectors

Renewables Financial institutions Supply chain Oil and gas LNG Pipelines Mining and metals Power generation Transport and infrastructure Ports Commercial and retail development Philanthropy

Countries

Australia Brazil Brunei Canada China Egypt Ghana Guinea India Kazakhstan Kenya Malaysia Netherlands Nigeria Oman Peru Russia Thailand Turkey Uganda United Kingdom United States Venezuela

Among more than 40 countries worked in.