Digby Wells Environmental

provides environmental and

social services to the resources

industry.

Focusing on the Mineral Resources and Energy

sectors in Africa, Digby Wells Environmental clients

include the largest multi-national, mid-tier, and

junior mining companies.

Projects are undertaken to both in-country legal

requirements and international standards such as

the Equator Principles, International Finance

Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards and

World Bank Group Guidelines.

Digby Wells services are provided over the entire life

cycle of an operation from early engagement prior

to exploration, securing of exploration rights,

services during the exploration phase,

pre-feasibility studies, definitive feasibility studies,

construction, operational phase, closure planning

and implementation, as well as post closure

monitoring.

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The all-encompassing Environmental and Legal Services (ELS) offered by Digby Wells Environmental ensures that all critical environmental and legal issues on a project are identified and adequately addressed.

From Pre-Feasibility to Closure, the ELS specialists within Digby Wells ensures that clients fully understand all environmental, legal and social risks involved, thereby assisting in effective decision making and overall cost and reputational management. Environmental Specialists conduct environmental impact assessments across the mining, energy and oil and gas sector, to meet both local and international standards.

In-house legal advisers and specialists in the field of Environmental and Mining Law operate pro-actively and in collaboration with the Environmental specialists, to ensure that all projects take legal considerations into account throughout the project’s life cycle. This ensures that the project proceeds as planned within the applicable local and international laws.

Regulatory EIAs and EMPs Environmental Management Performance Assessments Environmental Control Officer Environmental Project Co-Ordination and ManagementProspecting and Mining ApplicationsDue Diligence and Fatal Flaw Analyses, Pre-Feasibility and Bankable (Definitive) Feasibility StudiesEnvironmental Management System Development (ISO ) Closure & Liability Assessments Strategic Environmental Assessments Greenhouse Gas Emission's Inventories Carbon Footprinting Sustainability Reporting Sustainable Development Project ManagementMining Law Advice and Assistance Legal Compliance Audits Environmental Compliance Services Environmental Legal Registers Legal Updates Risk Assessments Appeal Submissions

Environmental and Legal Services 

Biophysical Services  Proactively assessing and addressing all biophysical components such as landscapes, communities, species, populations and individual organisms, Digby Wells Biophysical specialists identify the ecological processes taking place within a certain environment.

Essential for all projects, the specialists consider several standards; including IFC, national and local requirements. Findings and conclusions from the specialist studies are incorporated into a management strategy, which provides mitigation and action plans for biodiversity management.

Fauna and Flora Assessments Aquatic and Wetland Assessments Biodiversity Assessments Biodiversity Management PlansSoil SurveysLand CapabilityLand Use Assessments Rehabilitation PlansNoise Assessments Air Quality Assessments Monitoring Plans

Social Services  Digby Wells recognises that the viability and sustainability of a project often depends on the extent to which the needs and concerns of local communities are taken into account, and on whether the impacts of the project on these communities are understood and adequately mitigated.  For this reason, Digby Wells offers a range of social consulting services that caters for the needs of the public and private sectors across the African Continent. 

Digby Wells staff ensures that clients comply with relevant legislation and assist in enhancing their social licence to operate.

Socio-Economic Impact Assessments (SIAs)Resettlement Action Plans (RAPs) Social and Labour Plans (SLPs)Social Auditing Sustainability AssessmentsHuman Rights Impact Assessments (HRIA)Stakeholder EngagementsGrievance Mechanisms Heritage Resource ManagementCompany & Stakeholder relationship assessmentCommunity Health Impact Assessments (cHIA)

Geographic InformationSystems  

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a digital mapping tool capable of creating, integrating, storing, editing, analysing, sharing, and displaying geographically referenced information. It allows users to create queries, analyse spatial information as well as editing and managing data with a final product being the creation of maps to aid in visual interpretation.

GIS is also used extensively in the development of closure plan and closure liability calculations through infrastructure mapping and land use planning.

Digby Wells is at the forefront of the industry with an expert in-house GIS team with fully functional GIS capabilities.

Topography and Visual Impact AssessmentsSite Selection Studies/ Weighted Analyses Sensitivity Analyses Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs) / Land Management Plans (LMPs) Biodiversity Offsets Using GIS Remote Sensing 3D Modelling Subsidence MonitoringClosure Liability Calculations

Our integrated Hydrology and Hydrogeology Specialist team offers sustainable solutions for water quality and quantity management ensuring overall compliance to international best practice and local legislative standards.

Given our extensive experience and expertise, Digby Wells offers practical, cost effective solutions in ground and surface water management from the operational to post closure phases for numerous industries.

Hydrological Assessments Hydrogeological AssessmentsWater Provision StudiesMine Ingression Studies and Management Programmes Monitoring and Compliance Auditing Hydrogeological Field Investigations Water and Salt Balances Geochemical Studies Numerical Modelling

Water Geosciences  

Email: info@digbywells.com • www.digbywells.comJohannesburg • Pretoria • Lephalale • Bamako • London • Jersey • Accra • Dakar • Perth • Lubumbashi

Inspired by the mission: To be the premier environmental and social services provider to the resources industry in Africa.

Driven by the vision: To move us from the world we live in to the world we seek.