One partner, from permit to performance.
Operating across the GCC means navigating a patchwork of federal and regional regulators — MOCCAE and the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi in the UAE, the National Center for Environmental Compliance (and the Royal Commission for industrial cities such as Jubail and Yanbu) in Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Environment & Climate Change in Qatar, the Environment Public Authority in Kuwait, the Supreme Council for Environment in Bahrain and the Environment Authority in Oman. We translate those requirements into a clear, defensible route to approval, then keep you compliant through construction and operation.
Our work aligns local statutes with the benchmarks international lenders recognise — ISO 14001, the IFC Performance Standards, the Equator Principles and the World Bank EHS Guidelines — so a project is financeable as well as permitted.
Aligned with ISO 14001 · IFC Performance Standards · Equator Principles · World Bank EHS Guidelines · MARPOL 73/78
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
The regulator-facing study that turns a project concept into an approvable plan.
We scope, predict and mitigate a project's environmental effects before ground is broken — covering air, water, marine ecology, noise, soil, waste and socio-economic factors. Assessments follow each jurisdiction's project categorisation (such as the NCEC's Category 1–3 system in Saudi Arabia, or the EAD process in Abu Dhabi) and deliver the scoping report, baseline studies and full EIA report regulators require.
KEY DELIVERABLES
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Screening & scoping report
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Environmental baseline studies
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Impact prediction & modelling
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Mitigation hierarchy & draft EMP
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Regulator submission & query response
Environmental Monitoring Program (EMP)
Evidence that your mitigation commitments are working — on site and on the record.
We design and operate monitoring programmes that track air, water, noise, soil and ecological indicators against permit limits through construction and operation. Programmes pair accredited laboratory sampling with continuous and real-time instrumentation, and produce the periodic compliance reports regulators expect.
KEY DELIVERABLES
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Monitoring plan & parameter selection
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Accredited sampling & laboratory analysis
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Real-time / IoT sensor integration
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Exceedance investigation & corrective action
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Periodic regulator compliance reports
Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)
For projects financed to international standards, not just local ones.
When lenders, export-credit agencies or international partners are involved, a standard EIA is rarely enough. Our ESIAs extend the assessment to social, health and community impacts and align with the IFC Performance Standards and the Equator Principles — protecting both your licence to operate and your access to finance.
KEY DELIVERABLES
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Social & stakeholder baseline
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IFC / Equator Principles gap analysis
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Stakeholder engagement plan
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Environmental & social management system (ESMS)
Lender-ready ESIA report
Environmental Compliance, Permitting & Auditing
Keeping assets permitted, audited and inspection-ready across their life.
Beyond the headline assessment sits a constant stream of permits, renewals, audits and regulator engagement. We secure permits to construct and operate, run ISO 14001-aligned compliance audits, prepare sites for inspection, and close out non-conformities before they become enforcement actions.
KEY DELIVERABLES
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Permit-to-construct / permit-to-operate
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Regulatory gap & compliance audits
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ISO 14001 EMS development
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Inspection readiness & support
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Non-conformity close-out
How an environmental engagement works
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Screening & scoping — Confirm the regulatory pathway, project category and study boundary.
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Baseline studies — Measure the existing environment: air, water, marine, ecology, noise and soil.
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Impact assessment & mitigation — Predict effects and design the mitigation hierarchy and EMP.
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Submission & approval — Compile, submit and defend the report with the regulator.
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Monitoring & compliance — Implement the EMP and report against permit conditions.
Why work with us
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Regional regulatory fluency — across all six GCC states and their federal, emirate and industrial-city authorities.
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Energy and heavy-industry focus — specialist context, not generic consultancy.
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Financeable as well as permitted — local statutes aligned with international lender standards.
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One team, end to end — from assessment through monitoring to compliance.
6
jurisdictions covered
100%
ISO 14001-aligned
20+
environmental disciplines
1
integrated team