Sustainable development of the world’s natural resources requires careful consideration of the potential environmental impacts of proposed projects. During the development and planning phase of a project, EEMS prepares and leads an analytical process to predict potential impacts on the environment and assesses their significance, in conjunction with a public consultation program. Contemporary principles of risk assessment and management and impact mitigation are applied to developments that have the potential to impact on the natural, health, social and economic environments. This system approach includes a review of the possible cumulative impacts of the proposed project in the context of other existing and planned developments.

EIA is the assessment of impacts of a project on the natural, health, social and economic environments. In Nigeria and most countries of the world, EIA is a statutory requirement for all new projects or major modifications or expansion projects that are likely to have significant impact on the environment.

The EIA process is a step-by-step procedure to determine the likely effect of a project on the surrounding environment as well as the health, social and economic wellbeing of communities in the project area.

In EIA study, the proposed project activities are superimposed on the environmental, social and health baseline conditions. The anticipated changes in the baseline are projected through the likely impacts identified, mitigation and amelioration measures are prescribed that will help to avoid or minimise the real and potential impacts. Finally, an Environmental Management Plan is developed to provide guidance for environmental protection and improved health and social life of the host communities, in order to promote sustainable development.

The EIA is an input into the project definition, basis for preliminary and detailed design, construction and installation, operation and maintenance and decommissioning and end-of-project phases.

There is a continuous flow of information to the Environmental Regulators and stakeholders at relevant stages of the process.

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