Renewable Power
As global demand for sustainable and affordable energy grows, industries and organizations are shifting to renewable or low-carbon energy sources and evaluating their existing energy systems.
Mitigation and Reduction of Carbon Emissions
Reducing carbon emissions and implementing effective mitigation plans requires an understanding of complex site-specific technologies, offset opportunities, and innovative strategies for compliance and risk management.
Renewable Fuels
Organizations face significant operational challenges when they transition to renewable fuels. State and national regulations add regulatory complexity to operational challenges by introducing compliance requirements requiring thoughtful navigation.
Carbon and Water Assessments
Without accurate carbon and water footprint assessments, organizations lack critical tools to monitor and mitigate climate change risks, make informed decisions using operational data, and establish a science-based approach for regulatory and stakeholder engagements.
Carbon Management and Reduction Strategy and Policy Support
Clients, investors, regulators, and communities expect organizations to demonstrate their commitment to carbon management and reduction strategy by disclosing transition plans and climate-related risks.
Lynn McGuire and Andrea Siefers to Present on Carbon Reduction and Permitting in the ACE 2020 Gateway to Innovation Virtual Conference
Lynn McGuire, PE (California) and Andrea Siefers, PE (North Carolina) will present in the ACE 2020 Gateway to Innovation Virtual Conference, Air & Waste Management Association's (A&WMA) 113th Annual Conference and Exhibition on June 30, 2020.
Geosyntec Launches Regulatory Compliance Camp Technical Webinar Series
Geosyntec is hosting a free five-part webinar series to provide a thorough synthesis of key technical, regulatory, and legal issues associated with compliance in several market sectors. The "Compliance Camp" webinars will take place on Thursdays from 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET, with the first webinar presented on June 25, 2020. Professional Development Hours (PDHs) are available upon request.
Overview of Environmental Planning and Management
Our clients understand environmental and occupational safety and health risk management is a vital component of maintaining overall operational excellence. Geosyntec's environmental management team builds compliance solutions, distinguishes between potential and actual environmental risks, and develops strategies to decrease energy and water utilization. Environmental and health & safety (EH&S) management system support services benefit our private and public sector clients who are committed to achieving high standards of EH&S performance and compliance. We develop documented management systems that allow our clients to identify, prioritize, and manage more efficiently the potential EH&S risks associated with their operations using a plan, do, check, act framework to ensure continuous program improvement. With a diverse portfolio of services, Geosyntec improves public and private sector clients' environmental and health and safety performance; manage risk; and reduce environmental liabilities consistent with their financial and stewardship goals. Our compliance, permitting, and auditing specialists have technical expertise across a broad range of disciplines. Accordingly, we are able to help our clients by proactively identifying compliance obligations and opportunities to improve their compliance record. Geosyntec practitioners specialize in solving complex challenges of occupational safety and industrial hygiene that affect workplace operations, staff comfort and productivity, or occupant health. Addressing such challenges involves the anticipation, recognition, evaluation, and control of known risks and emerging hazards in the workplace. Our practitioners conduct assessments using the sound scientific principles and practices of industrial hygiene, public health, and toxicology. We provide comprehensive Process Safety Management (PSM) and Risk Management Program (RMP) services to meet our clients' needs as they relate to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) 29 CFR 1910.119 PSM Standard and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 40 CFR Part 68 RMP. The standards require the development and implementation of a system of procedures aimed at preventing accidental releases of hazardous chemicals from subject processes. All levels of an organization can benefit from our assistance in managing the daily aspects of its operations through development of environmental management systems, compliance programs and procedures, and regulatory research and applicability assessments. We accomplish this by implementing tools in a plan-do-check-act framework to ensure continuous program improvement.
Infrastructure Planning, Engineering, and Design
Across industries and project types, delivery is increasingly shaped by regulatory complexity, environmental constraints, stakeholder expectations, and the need to accelerate schedules while managing costs.
Due Diligence
The role of environmental due diligence during merger, divestiture, and acquisition (MD&A) activities has evolved significantly since the early years of conducting straightforward Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) for the purpose of identifying potential environmental concerns. Today, transactional due diligence can encompass far beyond just the routine Phase I ESA, advancing to higher level deal optimization through evaluation of sustainable practices and environmental, social and governance (ESG) to not just mitigate, but optimize the environmental foot print of the transaction. What once may have required only a small team of environmental professionals, has now developed into a requirement to assemble a myriad of inter-disciplinary professionals; skilled not just in environmental matters, but in financial and business matters as well with an aim of seeking value creation in addition to risk mitigation. Our clients look to Geosyntec to become a strategic and sustainable business partner looking beyond just a response to regulatory requirements. We understand that our clients may be driven by varying degrees of capitalization and risk tolerance. Certain investments may be time-limited while other investments such as mergers may present a need for a longer term vision of risk mitigation. We specialize in translating environmental risk into financial terms used for sound business decisions, requiring sophisticated integration of technical, regulatory, practical, and financial drivers.
