OUR CAPABILITIES
Environmental management and approvals
Environmental & planning approvals
Ardent Group provides strategic advice to our clients at all project stages to understand their planning and approval requirements. This includes developing strategies to streamline processes to achieve the approvals required to meet operational needs; as well as supporting clients with complex historical compliance issues.
Environmental impact statements
Ardent Group has prepared Environmental Impact Statements for a number of coal and critical minerals projects, work that has included management of sub-contractors, technical review of specialist reports, and extensive liaison with government and community stakeholders.
Environmental assessment & site monitoring
We have assisted multiple clients to scope, design and implement environmental assessments. We regularly assist clients with their site environmental monitoring requirements and deliver comprehensive training to site personnel.
Environmental authority amendments
Ardent Group frequently assists clients to amend their existing Environmental Authorities for both Resource and Environmentally Relevant Activity (ERA) projects, capturing expansions or other changes to site conditions, and ensuring that approvals are tailored to site operations.
Estimated Rehabilitation Cost (ERC) & Progressive Rehabilitation and Closure (PRC) Plans
We have completed numerous estimated rehabilitation cost calculations for resource projects, across multiple States ranging from small operations to large complex operating sites, finding cost effective solutions that meet licensing requirements and community standards. We are assisting our clients prepare PRC Plans to support their current operations.
Environmental management
Our team has extensive experience assisting clients develop, improve and implement the full range of Environmental Management Plans for construction and operation, to ensure objectives and compliance are achieved. We regularly assist clients by seconding Ardent Group staff on to site to provide relevant technical expertise and fill any resourcing gaps.
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Our Capabilities
Tenement Management and Approvals
Ardent Group has provided tenement and environmental services and complex strategic advice to hundreds of coal and mineral exploration and mining companies, from exploration applications through to production.
Environmental Management and Approvals
We provide strategic advice on all aspects of environmental approvals, manage specialist assessments and studies, undertake site monitoring and negotiate approval conditions to suit your project.
Audits and Compliance
Our certified auditors deliver third-party statutory and environmental management compliance audits across all jurisdictions within Australia. We undertake due diligence assessments, develop environmental risk management systems and assist clients to achieve ESG targets and compliance objectives.