Environmental & Social Management

Excellent environmental outcomes are central to our day-to-day operations. BOIS particularly develop and deliver sustainable, innovative, timely and cost-effective environmental solutions aiming to promote excellent and quality services that exceed client’s expectations and provide value for money.

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Environmental & Social Impact Services

Around the world, companies are changing the way they operate due to increasing environmental and social awareness, investor and public interest in sustainable development and rigorous environmental protection and social safeguard laws and regulations. Our priority is to provide effective and cost-efficient sustainability solutions that are practicable and compliant to relevant local and international donor agency requirements.
Our full range of environmental and social management solutions include:

• Environmental Impact & Social Assessments
• Social Assessments
• Air & Water Quality Monitoring
• Sustainability Advisory
• Environmental Audits
• Training

Environmental Impact & Social Assessments

The level of biophysical and socio-economic impact scrutiny for projects and investments are becoming more stringent with commensurate legislations that require rigorous assessment and holistic impact mitigation strategies. Funding agencies such as the World Bank Group (IFC, IDA, IBRD) and the Millennium Challenge Corporation are also becoming insistent on the need to meet beneficiary country requirements, and in many cases their international standards to facilitate timely approvals, disbursement of funds and community acceptance.
Complying with these requirements and standards requires a strategic and objective approach to environmental assessments that are systematic, internationally acceptable, documented and defensible. These requires intricate levels of field study, data acquisition, analyses and engagements that will ensure objective identification and context specific management of local and regional based impacts. By leveraging on new technologies, such as geospatial analysis, geo statistics and remote sensing, we are able to optimize the environmental assessment process and provide more objective, holistic and context relevant analyses. Our full range of environmental assessment services include:

• Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA)
• Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
• Preliminary Environmental Assessments (PER)
• Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMP)
• Environmental and Social Management Frameworks (ESMF)
• Environmental Management Plans (EMP)
• Waste Management Plans

Air & Water Quality Monitoring

Regional, national and international requirements for process impacts on surface and ground water sources, air shed and the human environment are becoming more crucial to the overall reputation, sustainability and profitability of business operators.
Whether you want to measure and evaluate the impacts of your aerial and dust emissions, process effluent and machinations, you need well-trained specialists and equipment that are tested, accurate and efficient with minimal operational and financial implications.
Our range of equipment managed by experienced specialists using efficient processes will provide you with the following quality services:
1. Ambient air quality (TSP, PM2.5, PM10, NO, NO2, NOx, O3, CO, SO2, Pressure, Temperature and Humidity)
2. Ambient noise levels (dB)
3. Surface and ground water quality (All chemical, biological and physical parameters including metals)
4. Process effluent quality (All chemical, biological and physical parameters including metals)

Social Assessments

Global advocacy for social considerations and cultural sensitivities from new projects and investments are increasing. Social assessments therefore present an opportunity to draw cross-cultural encounters arising from project-based development efforts into wider procedures of engagement and negotiation that might address the imbalance in relationships between local communities, project proponents and the nation.
Based on our understanding of local socio-economic and cultural dynamics, our experts use methods such as infographics and digital presentations that are cultural appropriate to engage with the grassroots, local community stakeholders and regulators to manage potential project bottlenecks. By ensuring effective communication at every stage – from public exhibitions and meetings to informal interviews and workshops – we help to safeguard and strengthen stakeholder relations and pave way for peaceful implementation of your project. Our full range of social assessment services include:

• Stakeholder Engagement Plans (SEP)
• Stakeholder Engagement Frameworks (SEF)
• Resettlement Action Plans (RAP)
• Resettlement Action Frameworks (RAF)
• Community Development Plans
• Abbreviated Resettlement Action Plans (ARAP)
• Land Acquisition and Livelihood Restoration Plans (LALRP)
• Socio-Economic Impact Assessments
• Socio-Economic Impact Studies

Sustainability Advisory

We focus on ensuring that our clients achieve their strategic and project objectives quickly and effectively. Our approach emphasizes on the identification and reduction of project life cycle risks that will inform our clients on sustainable, compliant, safe, socially-acceptable, cost-effective and operationally efficient project options. This enables investors to maximize their return from new projects and developments while maintaining and enhancing their environmental and social performance, which in turn benefits reputations, revenues, and competitive advantage.

• We help companies identify and manage their environmental, health, safety, social, and cultural impacts and risks throughout the project lifecycle under the following services:
• Environmental and Social Due Diligence
• Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA)
• Strategic Environmental Framework (SEF)
• Environmental and Social Pre-Feasibility Studies/ Assessment
• Environmental and Social Feasibility Studies/ Assessment

Environmental Audits

We provide due diligence and audit expertise on international standards such as ISO 14001, World Bank Operational Policies, IFC Performance Standards and Equator Principles as well as local regulatory systems and cultural sensitivities. Our service offerings inform and enhance mergers, acquisitions, and other business transactions by ensuring that environmental, health, safety and social safeguard (EHSSS) issues and opportunities are accurately disclosed and anticipated in a transparent and objective manner. It helps investors determine their level of exposure while ensuring that sellers benefit from a more competitive and accelerated sale process that maximizes their return and protects their interests by building EHS into the terms of the transaction. Our environmental audit services include:

• Environmental and Social Due Diligence Audit
• Environmental Auditing in accordance with ISO 14001:2015 Standard

Environmental Trainings

We support your workforce empowerment objectives through the following:

• Environmental Sensitization Training
• Environmental Management System Awareness Workshop