Regulatory compliance

EHS management

Protecting people and the environment is a critical aspect of responsible, successful business operations and is an expectation from regulators, stakeholders and the public.

We deliver tailored and comprehensive safety, health and environmental management consulting and compliance services to multi-sector clients world-wide.

We draw on our active network of regional regulatory specialists who have in-depth knowledge of safety, health and environmental legislation. From corporate level environmental policy development to facility-level safety, health and environment outsourcing initiatives.

Our team provides you with information to eliminate or reduce risks associated with safety, health and the environment. We work with you to proactively establish programmes that manage and maintain regulatory responsibilities in a cost-effective manner.

Assurance and audit

Assurance and auditing is important to ensure that your business has the planned, systematic methods and actions in place to deliver quality outputs, and fulfil specified requirements. Independent third party challenge is important to provide confidence to Boards, Investors and the public.

AECOM has long-standing roots in auditing excellence, setting up the International Audit Practice Consortium in 1996 with now over 80 multinational member companies participating in our initiatives to share best practice, lessons learned and emerging audit issues.

New and changing regulatory regimes are increasing compliance and disclosure obligations for businesses. The time and resources required to understand and comply with complex regulatory requirements have an ever-increasing impact on company financial performance. We provide independent audit and assessment to identify meaningful improvement recommendations for your business to ensure you meet, and where appropriate, exceed regulatory expectations.

We take a multi-disciplinary approach to our work in this area, whether it be reporting to Utilities Boards on identified risks during assurance of data, or working with your internal audit teams to drive localized changes in specific business areas. We take an active approach across stakeholders within your business to be your trusted Independent Technical Advisor and Assurance Lead across a range of project sizes. We deliver tangible recommendations that can be taken forward by your company and associated contractors to confidently achieve compliance.

Complex permitting and compliance

Permitting associated with operational delivery and new infrastructure development can be a complex landscape to navigate successfully. Our experts partner with clients to anticipate and address permit requirements early to develop and implement proactive strategies. This includes new permits such as in development or the negotiation of permit changes for ongoing operations.

Our experts deliver easy to understand regulatory reviews and impact analysis. We work with you to develop a road map that achieves regulatory compliance whilst satisfying diverse stakeholder needs.

When necessary we engage participants and stakeholders in negotiations associated with permitting and compliance concerns to bring about a rapid resolution of issues to maintain project delivery schedules.