At Aureus, we realize that each client has specific problems that require unique solutions, not boilerplate products. We actively encourage your participation from project conception to successful completion, helping us understand your problems and develop and implement the solution that best suits your needs. We will account for the driving social and economic factors, and help you make a positive contribution to the environment.

For each project, Aureus’ objectives are to:

• Engage your organization from top to bottom to develop solutions that are practical, understood, and accepted;
• Empower you so that solutions are implemented and sustained; and
• Ensure sustainable environmental protection.

Aureus conducts business in a manner that protects the Earth and its people, conserving resources without compromising the sustainability of future generations. Our commitment is supported by actions and behaviours that guide our efforts to minimize waste and maximize efficiencies through expanded recycling, re-use initiatives, energy conservation, green procurement, and carbon offsets.

Services

Aureus Solutions supports clients with the management of their operational environmental impacts. We help facility staff assess, understand, and track their environmental compliance, corporate greening and sustainable performance, providing a framework for identifying and carrying out improvements that may be desirable for financial, sustainable development, or regulatory reasons. We have extensive knowledge of provincial and federal environmental regulations as well as best practices from across Canada. We empower those involved to ensure all solutions are properly understood, implemented and maintained.

Planning

Our corporate planning services include:

Sustainability and Greening
Green assessment: a snapshot of where you stand.
Footprint audits: waste, energy, carbon, water.
Strategic planning: incorporating sustainability into your planning process.
Compliance and Environmental Management
Compliance assessment and gap analysis.
Environmental management system development (ISO 14000).
Performance assessments (operations, maintenance, design, management).
Inventory and registry development
Compliance inspections and performance assessments identifying non compliance and due diligence issues;
Facility baseline studies and gap analysis;
Environmental management system (EMS) reviews;
Risk appraisals
Aspect/hazard identification;
Implementation

Your business may have strategies, policies and goals in place. There might be posters on the walls charting performance or advertising the next initiative, but you are struggling to consistently hit your targets. We can help you overcome the challenges preventing your success without expensive solutions. Our approach to helping you manage your environmental impact begins with optimizing your current resources, including your people, infrastructure, and systems

Environmental management system (EMS) implementation, monitoring and measurement
Compliance and EMP training
SOP development and troubleshooting
Environmental Compliance Audits

An environmental audit provides an opportunity to gather data to assess the current performance of the organization and to determine where there are gaps in performance. We have extensive knowledge of provincial and federal environmental regulations as well as best practices from across Canada.

Toxic Reduction Planning

As a Certified Toxic Reduction Planner (MOE), we can

Make recommendations to improve a toxic substance reduction plan;
Verify that your plan meets the legislated requirements;
Certify your toxic substance reduction plan;
Identify additional viable toxic substance reduction opportunities; and
Improve the business rationale for plan implementation.
Marketing and Communication

Clear communication is often required across multiple stakeholders, encompassing community members, owners, and employees. In addition, reporting needs to fulfill the specific requirements of regulators, buyers, or investors. Our industry expertise can help you engage customers, fulfill compliance requirements and build trust among stakeholders.

Our Communication and Engagement services include:

Stakeholder engagement process management;
Stakeholder Liaison;
Community Consultations;
Compliance reporting;
Marketing: Working with your marketing team to help you tell your organization's green story;
Eco-labeling: Supporting third party verifications and certifications;
Sustainability Reporting: Disclosing your organization's key social, environmental, and governance impacts.