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Environmental and social impact assessment with the specialist models behind it, carbon accounting from to product , the data systems that keep both reproducible, and the monitoring instruments that feed them. We take a study end to end, deliver one component of a larger , or review someone else's work before a lender does.

SV-100

Impact assessment (EIA and ESIA) and modelling

Environmental impact assessments (EIA and ESIA) and specialist studies for energy, heavy industry, infrastructure and carbon storage projects, written to and the .

What this means for you. If you are building a plant, pipeline, port or district that needs a loan or a permit, this is the study that shows what it will do to the air, water, noise and people nearby, and how you will manage it.

ESIA in detail · Modelling in detail

ESIA study area and baseline monitoring networkIllustrative plan of a site boundary with 500 m, 1 km and 2 km buffers, four air quality stations, five noise points, two surface water sampling points on a wadi, and three sensitive receptors.500 m1 km2 kmSiteWadiAQ1AQ2AQ3AQ4N1N2N3N4N5SW1SW2R-1 villageR-2 schoolR-3 clinicKeyAir quality stationNoise monitoring pointSurface water sampleSensitive receptorN012 kmIllustrative
Study area, site boundary, buffers and the baseline monitoring network for air, noise and surface water.Illustrative, not project data.
Scope
Scoping and terms of reference
Baseline design, supervision and QA
Air dispersion, noise and vibration
Hydrology, flood risk, hydrodynamics
Underwater noise
Mitigation sizing and management plans
What we need from you
Project description and layout
Emission and discharge inventory
Existing monitoring data
Target standard and lender list
What you receive
ESIA chapters or standalone reports
Model input and output files
Assumptions register
IFC Performance Standards gap table
Standards
IFC Performance Standards 1–8
IFC EHS General and sector guidelines
Equator Principles 4
WHO AQG 2021, national limits
Night-time noise contours around a combined-cycle plantIllustrative night-time LAeq contours at 65, 55, 50 and 45 dB(A) around a combined-cycle block, a 5 m barrier on the south edge, and one receptor 3 dB above the IFC residential night limit before mitigation.Barrier, 5 m4550556545 dB(A), IFC night limit, residentialR-2Δ 3 dB above limitbefore mitigationLAeq,nightdB(A)N01 kmIllustrative
Night-time LAeq contours around a combined-cycle block, with a barrier and the 45 dB(A) IFC residential night limit.Illustrative.
Outfall temperature-rise plume over bathymetryIllustrative coastal plan with depth contours at 2, 5, 10 and 20 m, italic soundings, an outfall pipeline to a diffuser at about 10 m depth, temperature-rise contours of 3, 2 and 1 degrees drifting with the ebb current, and a 100 m mixing zone.Land2 m5 m10 m20 m245582109153197229235582121164198228Outfall pipeline+1 °C+2 °C+3 °CMixing zone, 100 mEbb 0.3 m/sN0100 mIllustrative
Outfall temperature-rise plume over bathymetry, with soundings and the regulatory mixing zone.Illustrative.
Piling noise injury and TTS ranges by hearing groupIllustrative concentric ranges around a pile for auditory injury and temporary threshold shift onset for low-, high- and very-high-frequency cetaceans and phocid and otariid pinnipeds, with a table of ranges in kilometres.PileLFHFVHFPWOWRange, kmGroupInjuryTTSLF0.93.6HF0.20.9VHF1.66.4PW0.62.4OW0.10.5Auditory injury onsetTTS onsetWeighted SEL24h thresholds,NOAA Fisheries 2024 (v3.0)012 kmIllustrative
Piling noise: auditory injury and TTS onset ranges by marine mammal hearing group.Thresholds: NOAA Fisheries technical guidance v3.0 (2024). Ranges illustrative.
Wind rose for a coastal Gulf siteIllustrative 16-sector wind rose with four speed classes; the prevailing wind is from the north-west at 21 percent, with calms of 4.5 percent.5%10%15%20%NESW4.5%Wind speed, m/s0.5–22–44–6over 6Calm 4.5% shown at centre.Direction is wind from.Illustrative
Wind rose for a coastal Gulf site; direction is wind from.Illustrative climatology.

Receptor results, as we tabulate them

PM10, 24-hour, µg/m³, compared with WHO 2021 guideline (45). Illustrative results.
ReceptorPredictedBackgroundTotalCriterion% of criterionStatus
R-14.231.035.24578% ✓ Within
R-26.833.039.84588% ◐ Close
R-311.538.049.545110% Δ Exceeds
R-41.929.030.94569% ✓ Within

SV-200

Carbon and life-cycle accounting

Embedded emissions for CBAM goods, organisational inventories and product footprints that a verifier, auditor or customer can trace line by line.

What this means for you. If you export to the EU or sell to large companies, buyers now ask how much carbon went into what you make. We measure it and put it in the form they need.

CBAM in detail · Carbon accounting and LCA in detail

We are not a CBAM verifier. Verification is carried out by a verifier accredited by an EU national accreditation body; we prepare what the verifier checks.

Cradle-to-gate LCA system boundaryFour unit processes inside a system boundary. Materials, fuel, energy, water and packaging flow in from above; emissions and waste flow out below; the product leaves at the factory gate. Distribution, use and end of life are outside the boundary. Illustrative.System boundarycradle to gateMaterialsRaw materialsCO₂, CH₄FuelTransportCO₂Energy, waterProcessingCO₂, N₂O, wastewaterPackaging materialsPackagingSolid wasteProduct,1 kgat gateInputsOutputsDistributionUseEnd of lifeOutside the boundary
Cradle-to-gate system boundary for a product LCA, with elementary flows in and out.Illustrative.
Scope
CBAM embedded emissions per installation and good
Monitoring methodology and data for verification
Scope 1–3 inventories and boundaries
Product LCA and packaging
Supplier data programmes
Abatement ranked by cost and certainty
What we need from you
Production and energy records by installation
Bills of materials and process data
Supplier and EU importer contacts
Prior inventories and targets
What you receive
CBAM emissions report and data template for your EU importer
Inventory workbook with factor sources
LCA model files and report
Data-quality and uncertainty statement
Standards
EU CBAM Regulation 2023/956 and implementing rules
GHG Protocol Corporate and Scope 3
ISO 14040/44, ISO 14067
ESRS E1, CDP

SV-300

Data systems and tools

Automation for environmental teams that spend too much time copying numbers between files.

What this means for you. Software that takes the spreadsheets and logger files your team already has and turns them into checked results.

Hourly PM10 with rolling mean, guideline and QA flagsSeven days of illustrative hourly PM10 with a 24-hour rolling mean, the WHO 2021 24-hour guideline of 45 micrograms per cubic metre, and a QA strip marking two six-hour flatlines and a four-hour gap. Data capture 90.5 percent.020406080100Day 1Day 2Day 3Day 4Day 5Day 6Day 745 µg/m³, WHO 2021 24-hourµg/m³QAValidFlatlineMissingData capture 90.5% Illustrative24-hour rolling mean
Hourly PM10 over seven days with a 24-hour rolling mean, the WHO 2021 24-hour guideline, and QA flags for each hour.Illustrative series.
Scope
Monitoring data pipelines and QA rules
Activity-data and emission-factor pipelines
Permit obligation tracking
Reporting dashboards
Custom tools built on our own software
What we need from you
Sample files and the current workflow
Who reviews and who signs
Hosting and data-residency constraints
What you receive
Working tool with documentation
Tests on your sample data
Plain-language runbook
Standards
Your QA procedures
Encryption at rest, no training on client data

SV-400

Monitoring instruments

Instruments specified to the parameters and method the regulator requires and the conditions on site, configured, and shipped to project sites worldwide, then connected to the pipeline that checks and reports their data.

What this means for you. The equipment that measures air, noise, weather and water on site, chosen to meet the rules you are judged by and shipped wherever you need it.

Instruments in detail

Typical configurations. Each is adapted to the parameters and method your regulator requires.
StationTypical parametersTypical duration
Ambient air qualityPM10, PM2.5, NO2, SO2, CO, O3, with meteorologyBaseline campaign or continuous
Noise and vibrationLAeq, LA90, LAmax, ⅓-octave spectra, peak particle velocityWeeks to months
MeteorologicalWind speed and direction, temperature, humidity, pressure, solar radiation, rainfallOne year or more for modelling
Water qualitypH, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, conductivity, temperature, flowContinuous or campaign
Stack and processFlue gas concentrations, flow and temperaturePermanent installation
Scope
Instrument specification against the required method
Supply, configuration and pre-shipment testing, shipped worldwide subject to export and import rules
Enclosures, power and telemetry for remote or hot sites
Installation, commissioning and calibration
Data logging into our QA pipeline and dashboards
What we need from you
Parameters and averaging periods
The standard or regulator method
Site conditions: power, heat, dust, access
Campaign length or permanent duty
What you receive
Specification and method compliance statement
Configured, tested equipment
Calibration certificates and maintenance plan
Validated data, not raw files
Standards
Reference or equivalent methods set by the regulator
Type 1 or 2 sound level meters to IEC standards, as IFC EHS requires
Traceable calibration

SV-910

What we model, and what it is compared against

DomainMethodsOutputsCompared against
Air quality, CALPUFF, Gaussian screening1-hour, 24-hour and annual contours, cumulative with backgroundWHO global air quality guidelines (2021), IFC EHS General Guidelines, national standards
Noise and vibrationISO 9613-2 propagation, construction and operational scenariosDay and night LAeq contours, tables, barrier sizingIFC EHS General Guidelines (2007) Table 1.7.1, national limits
Hydrology and floodRainfall–runoff and 1D/2D hydraulic modelsFlood extents, design flows, drainage sizingReturn-period design criteria, local codes
Hydrodynamics2D and 3D and modelsThermal and brine plume extents, mixing-zone checksIFC EHS guidelines, national discharge limits
Underwater noisePropagation modelling for piling, dredging and vesselsInjury and ranges by hearing groupNOAA Fisheries technical guidance v3.0 (2024)
Carbon and LCAopenLCA, SimaPro, GaBi, GREET, PythonCBAM embedded emissions, footprints, hotspots, scenariosEU CBAM rules, GHG Protocol, ISO 14040/44, ISO 14067

SV-920

Standards we work to

IFC Performance Standards 1–8 (2012)
Lender-financed projects
IFC EHS General Guidelines (2007)
Air emissions, noise, effluent
Equator Principles 4 (2020)
Projects financed by the 126 signatory institutions (June 2026)
WHO global air quality guidelines (2021)
Ambient air benchmarks
India NAAQS (2009)
Ambient air, India
US EPA 40 CFR 51 Appendix W
Model selection and met data requirements
ISO 9613-2
Outdoor sound propagation
NOAA Fisheries acoustic guidance v3.0 (2024)
Marine mammal injury and TTS onset
EU CBAM Regulation 2023/956, as amended
Embedded emissions of goods imported to the EU
GHG Protocol Corporate and Scope 3
Organisational inventories
ISO 14040/14044, ISO 14067
LCA and product carbon footprints
ESRS E1
Climate disclosure under CSRD

SV-900

Engagement formats

FormatWhen it fitsTypical deliverable
Fixed-scope studyA defined deliverable with known inputsA full ESIA, one modelling chapter, a CBAM emissions report or a product LCA
Independent reviewBefore a lender, verifier or regulator sees the workComment log split into critical gaps and direct fixes
Technical retainerSeveral projects needing modelling, data or carbon supportMonthly allocation of specialist time

Tell us about the project. We reply shortly with the questions a lender, regulator or verifier is likely to raise.

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