Verify, substantiate, prioritise
A useful audit does more than record findings: it ranks them by risk, links them to the applicable requirements and leads to a realistic action plan. That is how BECP Conseil designs its audits, whether commissioned by an operator, an authority or a lender.
Regulatory audits
We assess a facility’s compliance with national regulations and its permits: technical requirements, monitoring obligations, emergency plans, waste and discharge management. The audit covers documentation, installations and practices.
Compliance with lenders’ standards
Development banks and commercial banks make their financing conditional on compliance with environmental and social standards. We audit projects and facilities against:
- the IFC Performance Standards, in particular PS1 (assessment and management of risks), PS3 (resource efficiency and pollution prevention) and PS4 (community health, safety and security);
- the Equator Principles, adopted by commercial banks;
- the African Development Bank Integrated Safeguards System.
Our reports are written to be read by lenders and lead to an environmental and social action plan (ESAP) that is tracked over time.
Process safety audits
Beyond documentary compliance, we assess the actual condition of safety barriers: integrity of critical equipment, management of change, permit to work, emergency preparedness, safety culture.
Our approach
- Independence: we do not audit what we have designed.
- Proportionality: the depth of the audit matches the stakes of the site.
- Clarity: classified findings, prioritised actions, trackable follow-up.
