Pressure is growing on all organisations to manage the environmental impact of their operations effectively. Environmental responsibility is now recognised as an essential part of good and sustainable business. DNV assists companies in environmental issues and helps deliver experience-based solutions to solve the challenges facing all environmental stakeholders.

Purpose

Environmental models & management is a collection of services and tools aimed at the oil and gas industry that support best current practices in managing environmental performance and support emergency response in the event of an incident.

Benefits

DNV has a global presence and a reputation for integrity, independence and client satisfaction. We provide a multi-disciplinary approach to environmental management that integrates our environmental and business focus to deliver sustainable, effective and practical solutions.

DNV offers an unparalleled understanding of environmental issues, both at a local and global level. We focus on providing risk-based decision support that targets the major risk drivers. We can not only deliver ‘best practice’ assessment-based results, but also convey and communicate them to specific audiences.

Environmental issues generate strong emotions and managing risk perceptions is an integral and important part of our service. Our recognised ndependence and competence in the area of environmental management equate to credibility and integrity, thereby adding to our clients’ reputations and environmental performance.

Our approach

DNV provides an integrated risk management service to all environmental stakeholders, whether they be businesses, governmental bodies or the public. By understanding the issues from all perspectives and leveraging our considerable industry experience, we help develop effective and sustainable solutions.

Our independent position ensures that our guidance and recommendations accurately reflect the true status of an activity or operation.

We provide many interrelated services in the area of environmental risk management including:

Environmental assessment

• Environmental impact assessment
• Environmental risk analysis
• Dispersion and fate modelling
• Impact and risk management planning
• Environmental status, impact and monitoring
• Sediment and soil remediation.

Biodiversity management

• Ecological impact assessments
• Biodiversity and community studies
• Resource and sensitivity mapping
• General advisory support.

Emergency preparedness and response

• Oil spill contingency analysis
• Spill preparedness and response planning
• Oil spill incident decision support systems.

Corporate solutions

• Integrated environmental management systems development and implementation
• Corporate reporting and independent third-party review/verification
• Environmental due diligence (pre-sale, acquisition or lease)
• Risk-based decision support
• Public consultation, risk communication and conflict resolution.

Life-cycle assessment

• An interdisciplinary approach to providing quality decision support from concept selection and operations to decommissioning and recycling.