Environmental Management

Deep Black (Pty ) Ltd has a specialist team of consultants capable of carrying out a wide range of environmental projects [as required in terms of relevant legislation such as the National Environmental Management Act, National Environmental Management: Waste Act, National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act and l or National Water Act (amongst others)], as well as independently commissioned (best practice), site specific or strategic environmental assessment processes, as follows:

• scoping I terms of reference for environmental impact assessment;
• specialist assessment of botanical, terrestrial and forest ecological, air quality, soil and groundwater contamination potential;
• environmental impact assessment studies for all development typologies and industry sectors;
• environmental management;
• environmental impact assessment (EIA) project management;
• strategic environmental assessment (SEA);
• and third party, independent, environmental impact assessment review;

Our Environmental Departments objectives are to:

• provide information for authorization decision-making in terms of the environmental consequences of proposed activities;
• promote environmentally sound and sustainable development through the identification of appropriate enhancement and mitigation measures;
• improve the environmental design of the proposal;
• ensure that resources are used appropriately and efficiently;

identify appropriate measures for mitigating the potential impacts of the proposal; and

• facilitate informed decision-making, including setting the environmental terms and conditions for implementing the proposal

Environmental Management

Deep Black provides a range of environmental services which can be applied at various levels of the business or project. We provide our environmental management services to government, industry and private agencies. These services include the following:

• Environmental Impact Assessments.
• Environmental Audits.
• Environmental Management Plans/Programmes.
• Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
• Environmental Process Engineering.

Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)

• Evaluation of the environmental impact of a project or proposed development.
• Consideration of socio-economic, social, cultural and environmental components.
• Applied to both positive and negative impacts.
• Rectification of unauthorised developments.
• Obtain environmental authorisations.

Environmental Audits

• Assess viability of infrastructure developments against environmental authorisations and management programmes.
• Auditing of construction activities to ensure environmental risk mitigation and compliance.
• Monitor and Evaluate compliance.
• Conduct legal audits of infrastructure developments and operational sites.