James Hartley

Environmental assessments often culminate in a series of commitments intended to avoid, mitigate, or manage potential environmental effects. While significant effort is devoted to developing these commitments during the assessment process, considerably less attention is given to what happens after project approval and during implementation of the project; It is during detailed design and construction that these commitments are put to the test. The success of an EA is ultimately measured not by the commitments documented in approval reports, but by how effectively they are implemented and whether they achieve the intended outcomes.

The session will highlight common challenges associated with commitment management, including maintaining accountability across long project timelines, ensuring commitments remain visible through project transitions, and balancing environmental requirements with evolving project needs.

Session Facilitator: Faiza Waheed, Intrinsik, Alexia Miljus, GFT