Risk Management and Due Diligence
Controlling this risk is an essential part of any major private or public project, affecting finance, planning clearance, social impact assessment and operational procedures, and in cases where international finance is concerned, additional pressures come from human rights guarantees and trans-national regulatory compliance.
With decades of experience in controlling environmental risk, AEA has a range of solutions that address this problem. We offer solutions for global, regional and individual problems, for example, we currently act as main Climate Change Adaptation Advisor to the European Commission and as independent environmental consultant on one of the world’s largest project finance deals, Sakhalin II, while also carrying out due diligence, EIA and IPPC assessment on individual projects.
In addition, we offer a complete environmental advisory outsourcing and consolidation programme, ecopath, which allows major businesses to support their environmental initiatives and provides environmental managers with advice from a world leading environmental consultancy. ecopath gives businesses access to best practice on resource efficiency, carbon management, supply chain efficiency as well as strategic environmental issues like corporate sustainability. ecopath is based on the decades of experience we have advising thousands of businesses, which have been audited to show that we typically save our clients £200 million a year, £10 for every £1 spent on our advice.
Understanding The Market Context
Social and environmental risks play an increasing role in investment decisions for finance institutions. The need for lending institutions to understand and manage these challenges is heightened by growing reputation pressures for sustainable investment and the advent of voluntary codes of practices, such as the Equator Principles that over 60 major finance institutions have now signed up to.
In addition to meeting demands from lending institutions in order to maintain their commercial reputation, companies will increasingly have to manage the changing risks posed by climate change and regulatory responses from governments aimed at reducing emissions.
Our Principal Services
AEA has a wealth of experience in providing environmental due diligence support to investors in structured project finance deals. Our role includes, not only assessing projects for compliance with relevant standards, but adding value by ensuring legal protection in the form of environmental loan conditions, assisting lenders in their decision making processes, and by seeking solutions to any identified compliance issues. Our philosophy is to manage lender risks, while facilitating solutions. We also have a significant track record in offering strategic advice on managing climate risks and adapting to future climate change and through ecopath, our clients can access an even greater pool of consultancy services.
Best in Class Resource Capabilities
AEA has undertaken due diligence assessment for projects in a range of industry sectors, including oil & gas, aviation and nuclear. Our experience includes work across five continents. We draw together bespoke teams of international experts in order to ensure that we provide the best available advice to our clients.
No other consultancy has the depth of expertise in climate change impacts and adaptation, given our long track record in advising Government on these issues, our leading international work and a detailed multi-sectoral knowledge of climate risks and opportunity management.
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