Increased significance of environmental management
The management, control and reporting of business-related environmental issues are increasingly gaining importance, also in the construction and property sector. A company’s environmental management should be based on an environmental system. The most commonly used model is the ISO 14001 standard. Environmental schemes, environmental indicator calculations and environmental risk analyses are important tools in management.
We offer the following consulting services:
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Environmental systems (ISO 14001)
- Environmental strategies and schemes
- Corporate responsibility reporting
- Calculation of environmental indicators (carbon footprint, energy, other emissions)
- Environmental risk analysis
surveys for land use planning
We have extensive expertise in conducting surveys
for land use planning and landscaping.
Our services include:
- storm water surveys
- groundwater surveys and modelling
- nature surveys
- fish stock surveys
- geotechnical feasibility studies
- contamination assessments
- ecological zoning
- LEED for Neighborhood Development
- flood assessments
- Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
floods risk assessment
Risk assessment in accordance with the Floods
Directive (2007/60/EC),
The Directive on the Assessment and Management of Flood Risks, requires
local municipalities to assess the flood risks caused by rainwater, water systems
and sea water in their area.
Based on this assessment, possible significant areas of flood risk will
be designated for which flood hazard- and flood risk maps and
management plans will be drawn up. The first round of the implementation
of the directive will be phased in between 2011 and 2015.
Our experienced staff will prepare the assessments, maps and plans
required by the directive with the aid of modelling tools. The
flood management plans will be used as a guide to investment in new
construction, and the aim is to minimise the harmful effects of floods in
the built environment. In addition to economic losses, floods can also
cause great damage to the society and the environment.
You can read the Floods Directive and find out more at the
Finnish Environmental Administration’s website (In
Finnish).