The competencies that set ERC apart from others and create the required competitive advantage are as follows:

Sustainable Environmental Design and Development: Our people seek out-of-the-ordinary solutions, use creativity to find practical ways to resolve environmental problems for sustainable development. We employ our experience, expertise and leading technology to deliver environmental designs and solutions of value.

Cutting Edge Knowledge of Environmental Regulation and Compliance: Our people have the desire and motivation to deploy appropriate competencies in understanding environmental regulatory and compliance matters. We deploy this in project design and implementation on large-scale environmental assurance projects involving multidisciplinary teams.

Enhanced Capability for Environmental Impact Assessment: We have experienced and capable hands that lead the EIA process; negotiate the interface with the planning regime and with other professional disciplines. We act as Expert Witness and produce guidance on EIA including the training of others.

Expertise in Regulatory Aspects of Environmental Management: Our people are professionals with deep and profound insight into how better management of the environment enhance the quality of life that we all enjoy. They regularly apply this to the benefit of the Centre. Our people regularly review regulatory and statutory environmental requirements on behalf of competent authority or decision making body.