Savannah Environmental provides environmental management, assessment and advisory services on a variety of development projects throughout Southern Africa. The company has a dynamic team of consultants with multi-disciplinary skills.
The company is actively involved in providing specialist consulting services for infrastructure development throughout southern Africa. We have become a leader in providing environmental services to the infrastructure development market since our inception in 2006.
We are well placed to provide a range of environmental services at all stages of the project life-cycle. Our broad range of services provides developers with the opportunity to obtain consulting services from one company for all stages of project development, thereby enabling a seamless continuity in the project development process. Services are continuously developed and new services offered as the client and industry requirements evolve.
Environmental Management & Consulting
Pre-feasibility
- Pre-feasibility site assessment and risk evaluation
- Pre-application consultation with Environmental authorities
- Fatal Flaw Reporting
- Strategic Environmental Assessment
Project Planning
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and reporting
- Environmental sensitivity analysis and mapping
- Public consultation and facilitation
- Environmental Management Programmes, including environmental management solutions and mitigation/risk minimising measures
Project Development
- Plan and action tasks required to be completed to ensure compliance with conditions and specifications of the Environmental Authorisation (EA) and approved project EMPr
- Final design environmental compliance review
- Facilitate handover of compliance monitoring role to the appointed Environmental Control Officer (ECO) for the construction phase
- Public consultation and community liaison
- Construction permit applications (DOL)
- Health and Safety Agent and management services including ad hoc advise on construction projects
Project Implementation
- Transaction advisor for Financial Close
- Development of site-specific Environmental Management Programmes for construction and operation following the finalisation of the design for the facility
- Facilitate specialist services and monitoring, including bird and bat monitoring, heritage mitigation etc.
- Public consultation and community liaison
Project Operation
- Plan and action tasks required to be completed to ensure compliance with conditions and specifications of the Environmental Authorisation (EA) and approved project EMPr
- Facilitate specialist services and monitoring
- Update/amendment of project-specific EMPr
- Public consultation and community liaison
Environmental Permitting & Regulatory Requirements
Project Development
- Advice on meeting regulatory obligations and permitting requirements
- Compliance advice and input for Financial Close
Project Implementation
- Water use licensing
- Waste licensing
- Biodiversity permits
- Heritage permits
- Air Emission Licencing
Compliance &
Assurance
Project Development
- Environmental and Social Action Plan (ESAP) development
- Compliance advice/auditing in terms of Equator Principles, IFC Standards and relevant Standards
- Transaction advisor for environmental compliance
- Due diligence assessments
- Environmental and Social Due Diligence (ESG) Reporting
- Health and Safety Management Plans;
- Approval of Health and Safety Files;
- Health and Safety Risk Assessments.
- Design and implementation of Environmental, Health and Safety management systems based on ISO standards.
Project Implementation
- Compliance advice/auditing in terms of Equator Principles, IFC Standards and relevant Standards
- Full-time and ad hoc Environmental Control Officer (ECO) Services from pre-construction through to rehabilitation
- Full time and ad hoc Environmental Officer (EO) Services to Contractors from pre-construction through to rehabilitation
- Construction permit applications (DOL)
- Health and Safety Agent and management services including ad hoc advise on construction projects
Project Operation
- Auditing throughout operation as required in terms of the OHS Act, the NWA and the EIA Regulations as well as authority requirements.
- Maintenance of management systems in line with ISO requirements.
- Provision of Environmental Control Officer (ECO) for operation
Contact Savannah Environmental
If you would like further details, please do not hesitate to contact any member of
our Environmental team at +27 (0)11 656 3237 / +27 (0)11 656 3256