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Helping to assess critical water risks within the brewery sector through a comparative review of the various water management and water risk assessment tools currently available, and the compilation of an online reference library.
Background
Water ...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
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Conducting sustainability audits to drive performance improvement and ensure data accuracy for reporting
Background
Unilever has been the Food & Beverage super-sector sustainability leader on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for 12 st...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- United States
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Assessing and managing the environmental and social impacts associated with developing Ghana’s first major offshore oil field to meet the requirements of regulators, joint venture partners and the International Finance Corporation.
Background
When ...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- South Africa
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Providing due diligence advisory services for sustainability and Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) related issues of a proposed US$12 billion biofuels joint venture
Background
Shell International Petroleum Company Limited (Shell) and Brazilian c...
- Service:
- Transaction Services
- Country:
- Brazil
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Helping to assess and mitigate potential environmental risks at over 250 sites across the UK through soil and groundwater site investigations, regulatory liaison and development of sustainable remediation solutions
Background
Scotia Gas Networks’ (...
- Service:
- Contaminated Site Management
- Country:
- United Kingdom
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Preparing Regional Ecological Management and Bio-restoration Plans for the first natural gas liquefaction plant in South America
Background
Following the construction of a 408km gas pipeline across the Andes Mountains and South America’s first LNG ...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Peru
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Independent Assurance of the 2010 Sustainability Report
Background
ERM was engaged by Newcrest Mining Limited (Newcrest) to provide independent assurance of its 2010 Sustainability Report. Our scope of assurance (which was Type 2, moderate assuranc...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- Australia
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Developing and implementing a Practical Safety Training Program for company employees in Asia, Europe, North America and South America incorporating on-site, hands-on field exercises
Background
In 2007, Nalco, the world’s largest sustainability ser...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
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Preparing a Sustainability Impact Assessment to consider the contribution a coal fired power plant could make to the local area.
Background
E.ON Kraftwerke AG (E.ON) planned to develop a coal fired power plant at the Port of Antwerp in Belgium. Alt...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Belgium
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Assessing the environmental, heritage, social and potential risk aspects of a proposed Technical Ammonium Nitrate Production Facility in the Burrup Peninsula of Western Australia
Background
Burrup Nitrates Pty Ltd (BNPL) has planned to construct a...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Australia
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Facilitating the cost-effective and safe decontamination, decommissioning and demolition of a former smelting and refining plant in El Paso, Texas, ready for redevelopment.
Background
After a 100 year history of smelting and refining in El Paso, Te...
- Service:
- Contaminated Site Management
- Country:
- United States
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Quantifying the safety and sustainable development components of vendor due diligence to support the client’s multiple divestment processes
Background
Anglo American is one of the world’s largest diversified mining companies. In October 2009, the c...
- Service:
- Transaction Services
- Country:
- South Africa
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Integrating safety and sustainable development into operational reviews to improve business performance
Background
Anglo American asked ERM to:
help define key value driver trees for Safety and Sustainable Development (S&SD) in order to int...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- South Africa
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Providing environmental documentation for spatial planning and final approval procedure for a 160km long 380kV transmission line
Background
Amprion GmbH operates a transmission system with voltage levels of 380.000 and 220.000 volts. The key task o...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Germany
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Risk Assessment on the new grassroots Export Refinery, for SATORP with Technip Italy in Al Jubail, Saudi-Arabia
Background
In 2008, ERM was approached by Technip Italy to work on the TOTAL/ARAMCO Project that comprises
building a new grassroot...
- Service:
- Risk Management
- Country:
- France
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Environmental due diligence of 185 operating sites in 37 countries for planned divestiture
Background
Completing the environmental due diligence assessment of 185 operating sites in 37 countries in just eight weeks to help Ford Motor Company in the...
- Service:
- Transaction Services
- Country:
- United States
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Partnering a Client successfully in a first and significant investment in China by adopting a business focused approach to guiding them through the maze of China’s environmental, health, safety and social regulations and advising them of effective wa...
- Service:
- Transaction Services
- Country:
- China
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Identifying opportunity for Chongqing to become a low carbon, high growth economy.
Background
In light of the urgency to combat climate change, the UK Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) is delivering a series of research and capacit...
- Service:
- Air Quality and Climate Change
- Country:
- China
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Identifying opportunities to implement programs supporting the global challenges of climate change.
Background
In light of the urgency to combat climate change, the British Government has implemented a Strategic Program Fund (SPF) focusing on assis...
- Service:
- Air Quality and Climate Change
- Country:
- China
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Delivering a “world class” ESIA that met the challenges of developing the most advanced coking coal operation in Mongolia
Background
Energy Resources (ER) needed an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) to be completed to develop Mongol...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
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Advising on oil spill litigation in China.
Background
ERM was commissioned by an international insurance company to help its legal and technical team respond to the grounding of an oil tanker and an alleged oil spill in China. The oil tanker was ca...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- China
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Providing assistance with China’s complex chemical regulatory process to help companies save time and money through lost production
Background
As China’s chemical related regulations are continuously evolving and being updated, what is officially p...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- China
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Helping to preserve cultural heritage and stimulate economic development
Background
The World Bank continues to investigate ways in which areas can develop to generate their own income while at the same time preventing any threat to cultural herita...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- China
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Undertaking Equator Principle environmental and social assessment of Tangguh LNG Project
Background
The Tangguh project is centered on the Bintuni Bay area of Papua - 3,200 kilometers from Jakarta - an area that is biologically rich, physically dyn...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Indonesia
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An international team from the UK, US and Brazil worked with Devon Energy to develop a best practice social investment project in Brazil, using International Guidelines that ERM developed in 2005.
Background
Devon Energy wanted to develop a best pr...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Brazil
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Background
Assessing the life cycle environmental impacts of newspaper wrapping options for The Guardian, one of Britain’s leading newspapers thereby enabling Guardian News & Media (GNM) to reduce the environmental footprint of its newspapers.
...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- United Kingdom
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Identifying energy consumption sources, and efficiency and process improvement opportunities
Background
Modine is a US-based company that designs, engineers, tests, and manufactures heat transfer products for a wide range of applications and marke...
- Service:
- Air Quality and Climate Change
- Country:
- South Korea
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Background
Managing remediation activities at Sacramento Locomotive Works in California to significantly reduce costs and maximize development opportunities for Thomas Enterprises
Our Approach
The historic Sacramento Locomotive Works was for many ...
- Service:
- Contaminated Site Management
- Country:
- United States
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Background
Implementing a company-wide rollout of an enterprise management system across Tesoro Petroleum’s operations in the US.
Our Approach
Headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, Tesoro is a Fortune 500 petroleum refining and marketing company wi...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- United States
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Background
Create a system to capture and record life cycle footprint data on a range of products for Britain’s largest retailer, Tesco, and in turn communicate this information to consumers.
Our Approach
Tesco is a British-based international gro...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- United Kingdom
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Background
Develop and implement a standardized compliance audit approach across Syngenta’s global operations.
Our Approach
Syngenta was formed in 2001 and is a world leading Agribusiness. The Company is now a leader in Crop Protection and ranks t...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- United Kingdom
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Background
Improve the integrity and implementation of an Environmental, Health and Safety Management Information System at Syncrude.
Our Approach
Canada’s proven oil reserves are second only to those of Saudi Arabia. Syncrude Canada Ltd is one of...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- Canada
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Background
Develop a web-based early phase risk assessment tool for Norway’s Statoil
Our Approach
Statoil is the world's third-largest net seller of crude oil and one of its largest gas suppliers. With headquarters in Norway and 29,000 staff in 40...
- Service:
- Risk Management
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Background
Create a Sustainable Development Report against requirements of the United Nations Global Compact for China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation.
Our Approach
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) is an integrated Fortune 5...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- China
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Background
Review Environmental, Health and Safety assurance and environmental performance across Thailand’s Siam Cement Group’s operations to give a clear picture of performance, and identify opportunities for improvement
Our Approach
Siam Cement...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- Thailand
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Background
Support Scottish Water as they undertake one of the country’s largest construction ventures; from site selection through planning, to construction and operation.
Our Approach
Scottish Water is Scotland’s publicly owned drinking water an...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- United Kingdom
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Background
Undertake a comprehensive environmental impact assessment to meet regulatory requirements and protect archaeological areas of significance across four exploratory concessions in Algeria for Repsol Exploration Algeria S.A.
Our Approach
R...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Spain
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Background
Undertake an environmental impact assessment to ensure PT Agincourt Resources attained local AMDAL approval and could commence construction on a mine in Indonesia.
Our Approach
PT Agincourt Resources acquired the Martabe gold and silver...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Indonesia
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Background
Complete an environmental impact assessment to attain AMDAL approval for PT. International Nickel Indonesia Tbk.’s proposed nickel mine in Indonesia.
Our Appraoch
PT. International Nickel Indonesia Tbk. (PT Inco) began mining and produc...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Indonesia
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Background
Review a resettlement process against the Equator Principles as part of Northern Peru Copper Corp’s development plan for a mine in Peru.
Our Approach
Northern Peru Copper Corp (NPC) is a Canadian-based mining firm with a subsidiary in P...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Peru
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Background
Design and supervise remediation to remove traces of benzene and ensure CO2 and methane levels were controlled at a housing estate in England for the Muir Group Housing Association.
Our Approach
In 2005, the unusual deaths of two toddl...
- Service:
- Contaminated Site Management
- Country:
- United Kingdom
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Background
Investigate potential liabilities arising from operations and compliance with local regulations at a Kodak De Mexico SA de CV manufacturing facility in Mexico.
Our Approach
Kodak De México SA de CV is the Mexican subsidiary of US multin...
- Service:
- Contaminated Site Management
- Country:
- Mexico
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Background
Engaged by Kelson Transmission Company LLC to complete environmental assessments and manage cross-agency permit applications for a new transmission line in Texas, US.
Our Approach
Kelson Transmission Company LLC, an affiliate of Kelson ...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- United States
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Background
Conduct a comprehensive environmental impact assessment for three proposed LPG trains at a complex in Algeria for IHI Corporation.
Our Approach
IHI Corporation Ltd is a Japanese based company that produces a wide range of products for h...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Japan
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Background
Investigate the nature and extent of contamination at a site prior to redevelopment in rural Australia for Horizon Power
Our Approach
In 1998 ERM was commissioned to undertake an investigation and install a product recovery system at a ...
- Service:
- Contaminated Site Management
- Country:
- Australia
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Background
Conduct Environmental, Health and Safety reviews of mining operations in Peru, Mexico and Argentina for Hochschild Mining plc to identify opportunities for improvement.
Our Approach
Hochschild Mining plc (Hochschild) is a leading underg...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- Argentina
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Background
Provide independent assurance for Eurostar around the processes it has put in place to deliver carbon neutral journeys.
Our Approach
As part of Eurostar’s wider green initiative, “Tread Lightly”, launched in April 2007, Eurostar committ...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- United Kingdom
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Background
Conducting a green buildings review of renovation designs for the United Nations complex in New York.
Our Approach
The United Nations (UN) headquarters complex in New York City has changed little since it was designed in the 1940’s. In ...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- United States
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Background
Performing Environmental, Health and Safety due diligence across UC RUSAL’s metals portfolio.
Our Approach
United Company RUSAL (www.rusal.com) is the global leader in the aluminum industry, accounting for approximately 12% and 15% of g...
- Service:
- Transaction Services
- Country:
- Russia
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Background
Assess the impacts of one of the UK’s largest offshore wind farm proposals for E.ON
Our Approach
E.ON Climate and Renewables was awarded a site license to build the Humber Gateway Offshore Wind Farm off the Holderness Coast (East Riding...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- United Kingdom
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Background
Conducting a high-level management system review for DIC Corporation in China to determine compliancy with the chemical industry’s global voluntary initiative, Responsible Care®
Our Approach
With 25,000 staff, sales of US$8.5 billion...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- China
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Background
Update an environmental management plan as Compañía Eléctrica El Platanal S.A. plans to expand a reservoir in Peru.
Our Approach
El Platanal, fed by the Cañete River in southern Peru’s Andean foothills, will be the country’s second la...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Peru
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Background
Work with Queensland Government and Bovis Lend Lease to monitor noise levels and develop specialized acoustics and vibration designs for one of Australia’s largest cultural infrastructure developments.
Our Approach
The Queensland Gover...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Australia
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Background
Manage the environmental and community aspects of the Bega Valley Shire Council’s program to build five new village sewerage systems and five treatment plant upgrades
Our Approach
Bega Valley is a rural shire 311 miles south of Sydney, ...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- Australia
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Background
Create a company-wide Contractor Management System to minimize risks across mining operations in Thailand, Indonesia, China and Laos for Banpu Public Company Limited.
Our Approach
Banpu Public Company Limited is a Thai-based power corpo...
- Service:
- Performance and Assurance
- Country:
- Thailand
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Background
Undertake a voluntary health impact assessment as part of plans to build a second runway at Stansted in the UK.
Our Approach
BAA Ltd owns and operates seven UK airports, including Stansted. BAA is involved in nearly every area of airpor...
- Service:
- Impact Assessment and Planning
- Country:
- United Kingdom
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Background
ERM was retained by Anglo American to assess permitting processes and associated financial and schedule implications for an iron ore acquisition in Brazil
Our Approach
With 162,000 staff and US$35.67 billion in revenue, Anglo American i...
- Service:
- Transaction Services
- Country:
- Brazil
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Background
Implement a turn-key project for Procter & Gamble to remediate a site under challenging circumstances ahead of sale in France.
Our Approach
Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) Pharmaceutical Division had one French synthesis and manuf...
- Service:
- Contaminated Site Management
- Country:
- France
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Background
Manage soil and ground water environmental issues at an oil refinery in Australia for Shell
Our Approach
Further to the recently-won Global Environmental Services Strategy (GESS) contract with Shell, ERM has secured a two-year contract ...
- Service:
- Contaminated Site Management
- Country:
- Australia