Environmental Due Diligence (EDD)
Understanding environmental liability before a transaction completes — not after.
What’s included
- Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment (desktop review and site walkover).
- Phase 2 intrusive investigation scoping and management.
- Historical land use review and contamination risk assessment.
- Regulatory compliance status review.
- EDD reporting to lender and transactional standards.
- Environmental warranty and indemnity insurance support.
For clients acquiring land or existing assets, environmental due diligence assesses historical land use, contamination risk, and regulatory compliance status before a transaction completes — often commissioned well before any remediation need has been confirmed, and forming a critical part of the investment or acquisition risk assessment. This service is a natural complement to the Remediation, Restoration and Redevelopment capability, but sits earlier in the project lifecycle.
We conduct Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessments — desktop review and site walkover — and, where Phase 1 findings warrant it, Phase 2 intrusive investigation to characterise contamination. EDD reports are prepared to a standard that supports transaction decision-making, lender requirements, and where relevant, environmental warranty and indemnity insurance — documenting not just what is known about a site but what the data supports concluding about its environmental risk profile.
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