Areas of Expertise
ENVIRONMENTAL
Application of the "mitigation" hierarchy (avoid/reduce/remedy)
Biodiversity and ecosystem services; protection of rare/threatened/endangered species
Biodiversity offsetting
Waste management
Waste classification and inventorying
Waste generation avoidance and reuse/recycling
Hazardous and non-hazardous waste incineration and landfilling
Biotreatment of hydrocarbon-containing wastes
Groundwater protection and monitoring
Management of discharges to surface water bodies
Consumption/use of water resources
Air emissions, including greenhouse gases (GHGs)
Reduction/control
Upstream flaring
Social
Stakeholder engagement
Capacity building (business and employment opportunities, technical support)
Individual (damages) and community compensation
Indigenous peoples
Human rights
other
Environmental and social safeguard policies and requirements of multi-lateral (e.g., World Bank Group [including the International Finance Corporation], European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and private sector (e.g., Equator Principles) financing institutions
Malaria and Sexually Transmitted Infections prevention and education
Not-for-profit biodiversity/conservation foundations/trust funds
Due diligence assessments of properties and service providers (e.g., waste management facilities)