Environmental, Social & Governance
At BG&E Resources, we recognise the need to accelerate transformation to ensure we live, work and play within our planetary boundaries. We also recognise the compelling need to reimagine value creation, foster long-term resilience and apply a regenerative approach. We are optimistic about the future and the role we are playing in the global energy transition and the associated critical minerals boom – as they are key parts of this transformation.
We partner with clients and communities to pursue pathways to net zero.
Our collective advisory and engineering capabilities include:
- Stakeholder Consultation and Engagement
- First Nations Engagement and Cultural Heritage Management
- Sustainability
- Climate Change and Resilience
- Decarbonisation
- Energy Transition and Renewables
- Governance, Reporting and Disclosures.
Key Capabilities
Environment
- Licensing and Approvals
- Compliance Audits of Statutory
- Approvals, Obligations and Environment Management Plans (in accordance with ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS))
- Statutory Environmental Reporting for regulators
- Environmental Planning and Management
- Environmental Training and Awareness
- Tailings Management
Planning
- Urban, Master and Precinct Planning Land Use Development and Approvals
- Circular Economy (i.e. materials reuse/repurposing and durability assessments)
Climate and Resilience
- Climate Change Frameworks
- Climate Risk Mitigation and Adaption
- Climate Transition Action Plans
- Safeguard Mechanism Baseline Analysis
- Scenario Analysis
- Climate Studies
Energy
- Energy Efficiency and Carbon Savings for Scope 1, 2 and 3 (including audits)
- Emissions Forecasting
- GHG Management Plans
- Carbon Pricing and Offsets
- Lifecycle Assessments (LCAs)
- Decarbonisation Roadmaps
- Energy Studies (including financial modelling and reviews, net present value (NPV) calculations, energy intensity reviews, risk assessments, etc.)
- Energy Connection Agreements (i.e. Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and grid connections)
- Compliance Reporting for Reserve
- Capacity Mechanism (in accordance with the Wholesale Electricity Market obligations for Market Participants, including Certified Reserve Capacity, Expressions of Interest, Progress Reports, etc.)
Community and Social Impact
- Stakeholder Consultation and Engagement (including with Traditional Owners and Custodians, and First Nations communities)
- Indigenous Land Use Agreements (IULAs) and Native Title
- First Nations Compensation, Mediation and Dispute Resolution
- Heritage Site Surveys
- Water Stewardship
- Cultural Heritage Management Plans
- Reconciliation Action Plans
- Indigenous Business Contracting (including teaming with Aboriginal-owned and Supply Nation-certified businesses to develop Indigenous workforces)
- Capacity Building (including coaching, mentoring and career pathway development for First Nations peoples)
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE)
- IDE Strategy
- Unconscious Bias Training
- Gender Equity Strategies
HSEQ
- Training
- Management Systems
- ISO Certification
Strategy and Governance
- Materiality Assessments
- ESG Committees
- ESG Frameworks, Strategy and Plans
- ESG Training (including bespoke programs for Boards, Executive Leadership Teams (ELTs), Senior Management and Project Managers)
- Sustainability Reporting (leveraging the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework and including Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) setting)
- Disclosures (including Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFDs), Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFDs), etc.)
- Board and ELT Reviews
- Corporate Governance (including development and/or reviews of the Board Committee’s charters and policies)
- Risk Mitigation and Management Plans
- Project-Specific ESG Peer Reviews
Government Affairs
- Public Policy
- Climate Policy Analysis
- Energy Policy Analysis
- Government Relations
Economics and Markets
- Business Cases
- Economic Impact Studies
- Market Demand Studies
