Projects listed in Schedule 2 of the Environmental Assessment Act, 2011 must obtain an EIA authorisation from the Department of Environmental Affairs before works commence. We deliver a lender-ready assessment built on the same international frameworks that project-finance banks and DFIs actually audit against.

What’s included

• Schedule-2 screening and scoping report
• Stakeholder engagement plan and public-consultation record
• Baseline desktop review (biophysical, biodiversity, socio-economic)
• Impact significance analysis using the mitigation hierarchy
• Cumulative-impact and climate-risk screening (TCFD-aligned)
• Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)
• Grievance-redress mechanism design
• DEA submission, public-review handling and authorisation receipt

Who it’s for

• Developers progressing mining, tourism, infrastructure or energy projects
• Project-finance sponsors needing EP4-compatible documentation
• Investors preparing IFC PS1–PS8 disclosure packs
• Government agencies running Schedule-2 projects

Why The Secretary

• Team blends environmental scientists, lawyers and DFI-trained E&S specialists
• Documentation designed to pass both DEA review and lender E&S due diligence
• Equator Principles EP4, IFC PS1–PS8, World Bank ESF and AfDB ISS applied as standard
• Optional monitoring and reporting retainer post-authorisation

How we work

1. Screening and ToR preparation (weeks 1–2)
2. Stakeholder engagement and baseline desktop review (weeks 3–6)
3. Impact analysis and ESMP drafting (weeks 7–10)
4. DEA filing, public review and authorisation (weeks 11–16)
5. Optional follow-on: specialist studies, resettlement plans, monitoring programmes

Related services

Complementary services include DEA Environmental Management Plan Approval, MITI Trade Licence for operating premises, and applicable sector licences such as BERA, DWNP or Tourism enterprise licences.

Scope

From price covers: screening, scoping, ToR preparation, one round of public consultation, one filing with DEA, baseline-desktop review. Quoted separately: specialist baseline studies (ecology, hydrology, archaeology, air dispersion, noise modelling), PS5-compliant resettlement action plans, lender due-diligence reports, monitoring programmes, closure planning.