ESSA International is an innovative environmental and social consulting company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For over 30 years, ESSA has been committed to resolving complex natural resource and environmental management problems around the world. ESSA has been working collaboratively with international financial institutions, UN and donor agencies, governments, communities and private sector clients around the world to combine technical expertise and advanced decision support tools, with participatory methods, training and capacity building approaches to sustain healthy ecosystems and human communities in over 40 countries.
ESSA’s work with partners at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) on the World Bank-funded Participatory Scenario Development for Climate Change Adaptation project was recently published as part of the World Bank’s Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC) Social Component – Synthesis Report . It is also published as a stand alone World Bank Discussion Paper and Capacity Development Manual.
ESSA is currently developing a Good Practice Note on Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management for the Private Sector in Emerging Markets for the International Finance Corporation (IFC). This work is to support the current integrated policy review and update of the IFC Performance Standards.
ABOUT ESSA TECHNOLOGIES
ESSA Technologies is a Canadian-based environmental and social sustainability consulting firm that operates globally. It provides high quality consulting servives related to environmental and natural resources management, impact assessment, cumulative effects, climate change, institutional support and capacity development, and environmental information systems/GIS. Core clients include Multi-lateral Development Banks (e.g. World Bank, IFC, IDB, ADB), Equator Principles Financial Institutions, Export Credit Agencies and private sector clients committed to applying international standards to their global projects.
SERVICES
Over the past thirty years, ESSA has successfully completed over 1500 projects world-wide. With a strong network of in-house consultants and external associates, ESSA International is dedicated largely to providing high quality environmental management and assessment services, working with others to build capacity and strengthen institutions (particularly as they relate to environmental and natural resource management issues), and incorporating socio-economic considerations and livelihood improvement into environmental and natural resources management.
Our primary service areas include:
-Climate Change
-Environmental Information Systems
-Environmental Management, Assessment and Review
-Institutional Support and Capacity Development
Countries of work experience include:
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Antigua |
Argentina |
Australia |
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Brazil |
Cambodia |
Colombia |
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Fiji |
Gambia |
Ghana |
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Jamaica |
Jordan |
Kenya |
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Kuwait |
Lao PDR |
Malawi |
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Mongolia |
Montserrat |
Mozambique |
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PR China |
Peru |
Philippines |
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Thailand |
Tonga |
Trinidad & Tobago |
Our extensive client list includes the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the Canadian International Development Agency, GTZ, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Mekong River Commission, the Japanese International Cooperation Agency, the International Association for Impact Assessment, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the Asian Institute of Technology, the Stockholm Environment Institute, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Nippon Koei Consulting Engineers, Electricity of Vietnam, and numerous national government ministries and agencies.