Environmental & Social Management Planning

Successful environmental and social management planning can lead to improvements in a company’s community, environmental and financial performance. SRK offers comprehensive approaches to managing these issues to meet corporate, host country, lender and stakeholder requirements.

Services

• Development of framework and detailed management systems and plans based on outcomes of environmental and social impact assessments
• Review and audit of existing management plans/systems to evaluate performance and facilitate compliance reporting
• Develop and assist with implementation of plans and systems
• Integration of plans into existing quality systems and procedures
• Identify performance objectives, pollution reduction measures and resource optimisation
• Provide training to staff and management
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure a company’s ‘social licence to operate’ is not affected

Approach

• A systematic approach to environmental and social management is provided by SRK for both new projects (as part of an environmental and social impact assessment process) and existing operations
• Successful management is achieved through a process of planning, implementing, evaluating and improving
• Combining in-depth technical knowledge of mining operations and project development processes with a sound understanding of environmental and social management issues enables SRK to develop cost effective management plans and systems that minimise risk and maximise on opportunities

Experience

• Over 20 years of experience in the mining industry provides insight into management practices that work
• SRK’s team comprises skilled environmental scientists and engineers and social specialists with operational, regulatory and impact assessment experience
• By combining this experience, SRK assists companies to develop site specific management plans and/or systems with the aim of meeting agreed objectives
• SRK has worked in countries across Africa, Asia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Middle East, South America, Europe and Greenland