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The philosophy of the professional staff of ESPECIALISTAS AMBIENTALES is to seek innovating solutions that increase the project cost-efficiency ratio. The first step of a project is to conduct an exhaustive assessment of the needs of our clients, in order to create a teamwork that, based on their experience and knowledge, allow us to offer the most adequate solution.


Following is a list of the main services offered by ESPECIALISTAS AMBIENTALES:

CONSULTING SERVICES ON INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATION STRATEGIES AND TRADE AFFAIRS RELATED TO THE ENVIRONMENT

  • Advising on negotiation of environmental issues involved in trade agreements.
  • Analysis of impacts from the environmental legislation on investments and trade.
  • Assessment of environmental agreements and their impacts at national, regional and sector level.
  • Assessment if impacts from trade agreements on the environment.
  • Identification of synergies in international negotiations related to economics, trade and environment topics.
  • Monitoring and design of agreement compliance strategies and their leveraging to promote cooperation.



CLIMATIC CHANGE AND CARBON MARKETS

  • Training on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
  • Prospective assessment of international legislation and its effects at national, regional and sector level.
  • Vulnerability, early alert and adaptation assessments.
  • Emissions reduction strategies and access to the international carbon market.
  • Identification of investment opportunities and project development, within the CDM framework of the Kyoto Protocol and other parallel emissions trade plans.
  • Association with international financial funds and design of financial strategies.


DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR COMPANIES AND PROJECTS

  • Application of sustainability models and indicators.
  • Diagnosis of the main components of sustainable development – social, economic and environmental – in public and private initiatives.
  • Design of sustainable regional development policies, and support for environmental decentralization.
  • Development of strategies to introduce the core principles of sustainable development in projects and operations of companies in different sectors.
  • Instrumentation and systematization of such strategies to enable early alert and monitoring procedures.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

 

  • Corporate consulting on environmental management.
  • Environmental impact assessments.
  • Risk assessments.
  • Cost-benefit and environmental economy studies.
  • Environmental legislation and enforcement.
  • Territory ecological management.
  • Environmental management plans and programs for air, water and waste.
  • Planning and coordination for control and monitoring of contaminant emissions.
  • Environmental surveys.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION PREVENTION, CONTROL AND MONITORING 

  • Atmospheric pollution
  • Water pollution

 

REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SITES

  • Characterization and remediation of contaminated sites.
  • Soil assessments.
  • Environmental damages assessments.
  • Environmental assessments (Phase I and II Environmental Site Assessment)
  • Hazardous waste management.

 

ENVIRONMENTAL VERIFICATION UNIT

  • Environmental audits.
  • Environmental Diagnosis for Clean Industry Recertification.
  • Follow-up and release report of Action Plans arising from Environmental Audits.

ESPECIALISTAS AMBIENTALES offer its services to a wide assortment of industries in the public and private sectors, among which are:

PUBLIC SECTOR

  • Government agencies
  • Electric industry
  • Oil industry
  • Mining industry
  • Services
  • Tourism
  • Urban planning
  • Transportation, etc.

PRIVATE SECTOR

  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • Chemical industry
  • Metal-mechanic industry
  • Food and beverages industry
  • Textile industry
  • Mining, etc.