How does that involve you?
You, the public should be involved in decision-making. As people become more aware of their environmental rights they will increasingly know how to act when those rights become threatened. Fiona Ayerst attorneys Inc can help from both a public participation viewpoint and also a company viewpoint to neutralise confrontation and find constructive solutions. We prefer to incorporate public input into the planning process thereby establishing communication structures for all stakeholders.

Amongst others we can assist the following clients:

• Administrative officials who have to do with many challenges such as which principles to apply when issuing permits or keeping abreast of environmental law;
• The business sector in how their business can keep abreast of the changes in environmental law and how those changes can be addressed in day-to-day management. Most importantly we can advise on how the public's reaction to environmental issues be handled and how environmentally sensitive developments should be approached. For many companies we give advice on how to deal with historic pollution and what the financial risks are in non-compliance with environmental laws.
• Interested and affected parties the general public needs to be empowered to protect themselves against environmentally unacceptable impacts and need to be educated on what their environmental rights are and how to avoid new developments that could cause environmental degradation. We often give advice on how effective action can be taken against companies causing pollution and what damages are available to the affected parties. In addition we give advice on forcing the polluters to clean up the environmental degradation they have caused and to monitor their actions and take corrective steps.(see current cases for examples)
  In general we would like to present our clients with a “win – win” solution that allows all affected and interested parties and the environment to benefit.

ISO 14001 Accreditation for companies
This is an internationally accepted standard for an environmental management system (EMS). If your company is accredited by an appropriately qualified agency this is internationally accepted as confirmation of your ability to meet your stated environmental policy and aims. Fiona Ayerst Attorneys will help you establish a basic, relatively inexpensive EMS based on ISO 14001 principles. You will then be in compliance with current environmental legislation assisting you to prove the standard of your environmental management.