Environmental Management, Permitting & Compliance

Our Environmental Approvals, Closure & Management team supports clients in meeting environmental compliance obligations at local, regional, state, and federal levels.

Overview

We work with both private and public organisations across a range of sectors, delivering practical technical and business solutions to manage environmental risk and regulatory requirements.

Our team includes environmental management, permitting, and compliance specialists across Australia and New Zealand with detailed knowledge of regional legislative frameworks and approval processes.

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Environmental Management, Permitting & Compliance Services

  • Core services

    • Project management advice and services
    • Project pre-feasibility and environmental constraints analysis
    • Full range of Environmental Impact Assessment and approval documentation
    • Environmental approvals strategy, permitting, and regulatory liaison
    • Environmental and regulatory licensing and policy advice
    • Integrated statutory approval documentation
    • Statutory environmental reporting
    • Environmental management systems and environmental management plans
    • Site secondments and environmental staff placements
    • Mining Operation Plans and Plans of Operations
  • Auditing services

    • Due diligence, environmental and compliance auditing
    • Regulatory compliance audits
    • Systems audits
    • Rapid risk audits
    • Governance audits
    • Functional audits
    • Value-add reviews
  • Additional services

    • Risk assessments
    • Sub-consultant and contractor engagement and management
    • Government, stakeholder, and community consultation
    • Conceptual and detailed closure planning and costing
    • Decommissioning and rehabilitation strategies, monitoring, and costing

Environmental Management, Permitting & Compliance Projects

  • Project

    New South Wales, Australia

    RPS and Transport for NSW

    Government & Infrastructure

    Review of environmental factors for the New South Wales Transport Access Program


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  • Project

    Queensland, Australia

    BG&E HDR Joint Venture (BHJV) on behalf of Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR)

    Government & Infrastructure

    Lead environmental advisor for Coomera Connector Stage 1 South


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  • Project

    Queensland, Australia

    Etheridge Shire Council

    Government & Communities

    Local Government quarry strategy for essential construction materials


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  • Project

    Queensland, Australia

    MHE Property Co. Pty Ltd ATF Coral Cove Operator Trust

    Built Environment

    Lake Management Plan for Coral Cove Lifestyle Village


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  • Project

    New South Wales, Australia

    Telstra InfraCo

    Technology, Media & Telecoms

    Flora and fauna assessment for Woolgoola telecommunications


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  • Project

    Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

    Undisclosed

    Technology, Media & Telecoms

    Planning and environmental support for Bylong Valley Way telecommunications


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  • Project

    Victoria, Australia

    Undisclosed

    Technology, Media & Telecoms

    Planning due diligence for North Victorian telecommunications alignment


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  • Project

    Victoria, Australia

    Cleanaway

    Government & Infrastructure

    Tottenham resource recovery and container deposit scheme project


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  • Project

    Auckland, New Zealand

    Auckland Council Licensing & Regulatory

    Government & Communities

    Earthworks and Streamworks Monitoring


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  • Project

    New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland, Australia

    ProTen Pty Ltd

    Industry & Technology

    Lead consultant for ProTen Broiler Poultry Farms


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  • Project

    Takara, Vanuatu

    Geodynamics

    Energy

    Proposed Geothermal Project - Environmental & Social Impact Assessment


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  • Project

    Pyramid Hill, Victoria, Australia

    IQ Energy Australia

    Energy

    Pyramid Hill Gasification Facility Trial


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  • Project

    Victoria, Australia

    Verus Energy Limited

    Energy

    Waste to energy facility environmental and planning due diligence


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  • Project

    Queensland, Australia

    QLD Department of Environment and Heritage Protection

    Mining

    Financial Assurance Mine Closure Calculator


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  • Project

    Buller District, New Zealand

    Bathurst Resources (Buller Coal)

    Mining

    Buller Coal Escarpment Mine - Operations Management plans


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  • Project

    Tahmoor Picton, New South Wales, Australia

    Wollondilly Shire Council

    Government & Infrastructure

    Tahmoor to Picton Shareway


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  • Project

    Queensland, Australia

    Local Government Association of Queensland

    Built Environment

    QCoast 2100 Queensland Local Government Coastal Hazard Adaptation Program


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  • Project

    Central Western Queensland, Australia

    Santos Ltd

    Mining

    Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas Project - Environmental Services


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  • Project

    Central Queensland and New South Wales, Australia

    Peabody Energy Australia

    Mining

    Peabody Risk Assessments


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  • Project

    New South Wales, Australia

    Centennial Mandalong Pty Limited

    Mining

    Mandalong southern extension project environmental impact statement


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Our Team Includes

  • Felicity Jones

    Technical Director, Environmental Impact Assessment – Asia Pacific

  • Tim O’Grady

    Principal Consultant, Environmental Management and Compliance – Asia Pacific

  • Paul Tett

    Technical Director, Environmental Management, Permitting and Compliance – Asia Pacific

  • Craig Roberts

    Operations Manager, ESG Advisory – Asia Pacific

  • Helena Howell

    Principal Consultant, Asset Transformation and Closure – Asia Pacific

  • Bruce Colgan

    Principal Consultant, Environmental Management, Permitting and Compliance – Asia Pacific

  • Headshot of Sean Wilson

    Sean Wilson

    Principal Consultant, Environmental Approvals, Closure & Management – Asia Pacific

  • Headshot of Matthew Jones

    Matthew Jones

    Technical Director, Environmental Approvals, Closure & Management – Asia Pacific

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