Environmental and Social Management
Our team of environmental and social management experts have career experience that provides our clients with exceptional solutions across the mining, energy and infrastructure sectors. We manage projects from initiation to completion providing practical advice at the planning, construction, commissioning and operations phases to mitigate environmental issues before and as they arise.
We offer environmental and social management services in the areas of:
- Construction and operations management plans
- Decommissioning and closure plans
- Environmental offsets
- Compliance monitoring and auditing
- Environmental and social management systems (ESMS)
- Training and capacity building
- Monitoring and data collection
- Peer review
- Compliance reporting
- Site field environmental personnel
- Rehabilitation plan development and implementation
AGX Project
In 2019 ERIAS was engaged by Oil Search to undertake environmental and social baseline studies to support an internal impact assessment of early works activities associated with their Associated Gas in Expansion (AGX) Project in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
Fountain Head Gold Project Approvals
PNX Metals Limited (PNX) is proposing to develop the Fountain Head Gold Project located approximately 170 km south of Darwin. The project is located on pastoral land at a site that has previously been mined and has been under ‘care and maintenance’ since 2008.
McArthur River Mine Independent Monitor Report
ERIAS was appointed as the Independent Monitor (IM) for the McArthur River Mine for a five-year period until December 2019. The IM represents an essential commitment of the Northern Territory Government to the community for independent oversight of environmental management and monitoring by the operator and the Department of Industry, Tourism and Trade as the regulator.
Papua LNG Project
ERIAS was the lead environmental consultant on the Papua LNG Project, which incorporated social and environmental baseline surveys, impact assessment modelling and the development of a Level 3 EIS and ESHIA .
Pasca A Development Project
In 2019 ERIAS was engaged by Oil Search to undertake environmental and social baseline studies to support an internal impact assessment of early works activities associated with their Associated Gas in Expansion (AGX) Project in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
TOLL Berthing and Infrastructure Project
In 2017, ERIAS was engaged by TOLL to provide project support in planning and environmental approvals for the port upgrades.
TWM Integrated Waste Management Facility Expansion
In 2020 ERIAS was engaged by Total Waste Management (TWM) to undertake environmental and social baseline studies and an environmental impact statement (EIS) to support a Level 3 environment permit for the expansion of their integrated waste management facility in Roku, approximately 20 km from Port Moresby.