Carbon Action are delighted to announce a range of new consultancy services now available to all clients. We are now able to offer services in the following areas:
DGSA and ADR
Our DGSA experts can carry out the following duties for you in relation to the transport of dangerous goods:
- Provide expert and practical advice on Road, Rail, Sea and Air transportation safety legislation
- Prepare your annual report for you as required by legislation
- Monitor procedures and practices
- Investigate and prepare reports on any accidents or emergencies
Environmental Impact Assessments
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are required for certain developments as part of planning application. Carbon Action project manages the EIA process with a team of suitably qualified experts as required by the project.
Where a proposed development is found to create an adverse impact on the environment, mitigation measures will be needed to minimise this impact. Carbon Action project manages ecological survey techniques including:
- Mapping of habitats
- Identification of protected species or signs of their presence
- Providing a report of results and conclusions, with appropriate recommendations for any necessary further investigation or actions
Carbon Action provide Environmental Liability Risk Assessments (ELRAs) by following a systematic approach to the assessment and management of environmental liabilities for full compliance with your IPC / IED and Waste Licence conditions.
- Environmental Liability Risk Assessment (ELRAs)
- Residual Management Planning (CRAMP or RMP) and
- Financial Provision (FP)
We carry out risk assessments in the initial screening of the ELRA process, helping to reduce the requirement to carry out a full ELRA and RMP reports and make financial provision. We advise high-risk facilities on how to reduce their risk profile through risk management in order to reduce the costs of making financial provisions.
Carbon Action assist public and private sector clients in achieving the relevant ISO 14001 or EMAS standard. We assess the likely impact on your business of environmental and social issues, new regulations, consumer concerns, and supply chain issues. We then help you to develop appropriate policies and management systems to manage these business risks. Our Environmental Management Systems (EMS) team will prepare your submission and work through the management system accreditation process to help you achieve the standard.
IPC / IED Licensing
Carbon Action are experts in the preparation of Integrated Pollution Control / Industrial Emissions Directive (IPC / IED) Licences. Carbon Action can work in close collaboration with your managers to prepare your licence application submission and complete the process.
The aim of a licence is to prevent or reduce emissions to air, water and land, reduce waste and use energy and resources as efficiently as possible. An IPC / IED licence is a single integrated licence, and is issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. It covers all emissions from the facility, and controls the environmental management of the site and all related operations.
Waste Management
Our environmental consultancy waste management services include:
- Waste licence applications to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for waste handling facilities
- Waste permit applications to the local authorities
- Implementation of waste management systems
- Waste audits
- Advice on waste management and waste treatment options
Benchmarking Of Sustainable Supply Chain Performance
The following key attributes are critical to a robust framework for developing a system for sustainable supply chains:
1. It should segment the end-to-end supply chain into a series of well-defined operational categories so that an evaluation can be made of sustainable performance throughout the supply chain.
2. In addition to evaluating sustainable activities within each of the supply chain operational categories, supply chain executives may be able to combine these individual scores to determine an overall sustainable supply chain evaluation score.
3. There is little merit in replicating existing collations on corporate, facility, or supply chain energy and water consumption, and emissions and waste generation.
4. Given the highly contrasting nature of resource consumption, packaging, manufacturing processes and a whole host of other factors, a statistical transformation that allows for performance data to be standardised should be developed, enabling intersector and other comparisons.
