EARTH FREE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANCY (Pty) Ltd (EFEC) is an environmental consulting firm that specializes in environmental management related work and is 100% black youth owned operating within the Eastern Cape Province although work might be undertaken in the other eight provinces upon request.
EFEC was founded in 2014 with an aim of ensuring that services are rendered according to the client’s specifications with the highest level of professionalism to make every project a success. EFEC is made up of specialist consultants from diversity of environmental fields and in conjunction with our range of local network partners who provide EFEC clients to an unprecedented body of knowledge and expertise and environmental management.
Our Vision
To continuously strive to deliver quality and professional services, provide innovative and appropriate service solution in a cost effective manner to our clients.
Be the best in the environmental and sustainability industry
Promote black entrepreneurship, employment equity, skills developments with the emphasis on trust, integrity, respect and accountability.
Our Mission
“TO BECOME A LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING COMPANY”
In true essence of our mission statement we will thrive on delivering first class service for new and existing clients. We are dedicated to building long term relationship with our clients through highly specialized solutions from our members; we envisage being the flaming torch on small companies in South Africa and later in the continent.
EARTH FREE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES is committed to establishing and maintaining high standard for our clients and the authorities.
Services
• Environmental Awareness and Training
• Environmental Impact Assessments (Scoping and EIR & Basic EIA
• Integrated Waste Management Plans (IWMP’s)
• Environmental Construction Monitoring Provide on-site qualified and competent personnel to fulfil roles including:
• Environmental Control Officers (ECO): Compliance monitoring and reporting
• Environmental Managers (EM): Strategic management of project environmental components
• Environmental Officers (EO): Implementation of project environmental specifications
• Senior Environmental Consultants: High-level consulting on strategic, logistical, interpretational, communications and reporting issues
• Site Officers and Liaison Officers
• Due Diligence and compliance audits
• Mining Permit applications (Borrow-pits and quarries)
• Waste Applications & Licensing
• Environmental Feasibility studies
• Strategic Environmental Assessments • Water Use License Applications
• Development, implementation and review of ISO 14001: Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
• ISO 14001: Performance auditing • Construction & Operational Environmental Management Plans (CEMP & OEMP)
• Identification and development of environmental legal registers.
• Heritage Services
• Heritage Impact Assessments (HIA)
• Grave identification and relocation
• Archaeological and paleontological studies, assessments and relocation
• Visual Impact Assessments
• Project Management Services • Training and awareness
Marketing summary
Providing a wide range of environmental services and construction solutions, drawing on our years of experience on a wide range of projects, we work with our clients to develop, implement and monitor environmental and construction strategies that generate real value to the project. Transparency is our main core and as such will ensure that our environmental policy and the programmes that flow from it are documented and communicated to our employees, clients, partners and stakeholders. We undertake further to continuous and effective review of our performance and to report through annual company sustainability and Real Growth report.
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