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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.
Areas of practice
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)
Social riskStandard setting, procedure development, risk assessment, communication and management — across projects and operationsIntegration into Shell Risk Framework · Operational and project risk assessments
Due diligenceInternal, partner, lender and regulatorWorld Bank / CAO audits (ports and power plants, India) · Shell audits and social performance reviews (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)
Something not listed here? If it sits in the E&S lifecycle,
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honestly if it is outside our range.
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
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 20 countries worked in.
Get in touch
Tell us about the project and where you are with it. An initial conversation is confidential, without obligation and free of charge — and we will tell you honestly if we are not the right people for the work.
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