EHS Consultancy Limited

Environment, health and safety for complex, high-risk industries

Independent EHS consultancy built on more than 20 years' experience across energy from waste, major construction, waste management, maritime, defence, and scientific environments – from interim leadership to the systems, audits, and investigations that keep operations safe and compliant.

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Services

Practical support that fits how organisations and projects actually run – as a defined piece of work, or as interim cover for as long as you need it.

  • EHS strategy, governance and assurance

    Setting EHS strategy and governance arrangements, building assurance programmes that test whether controls work in practice, and reporting performance clearly to boards and senior leadership teams.

  • Interim EHS and SHEQ leadership

    Director and manager-level cover for single sites, projects, and multi-site, multi-country organisations – through a vacancy, a growth phase, or a period of change.

  • Construction and CDM 2015

    HSE leadership on EPC and major construction projects: Principal Contractor arrangements, the Principal Designer interface, construction phase plans, and site assurance through construction, commissioning, and handover.

  • Management systems and certification

    Designing, integrating, and auditing management systems to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 – including transitions between standards, internal audit programmes, and liaison with certification bodies.

  • Regulatory compliance and liaison

    Managing relationships with the HSE, the Environment Agency, SEPA, and other authorities, and advising on environmental permitting, waste regulation, and discharge consents – informed by front-line regulatory experience.

  • Incident investigation and lessons learned

    Structured investigations that establish root causes rather than stopping at the obvious one, with findings turned into actions, lessons learned, and KPI reporting that tracks whether they stick.

  • Safety culture and competence

    Leadership coaching, awareness training programmes, and competence frameworks that help managers and teams own EHS performance rather than leaving it to the EHS function.

  • Contractor and supply chain assurance

    Contractor approval and PQQ reviews in line with CDM 2015 norms, and ongoing assurance of the supply chain on shared and multi-contractor sites.

  • Specialist compliance projects

    Focused pieces of work such as PUWER assessments for bespoke equipment, Construction Logistics Plans for planning conditions, and standalone health and safety manuals.

Industries

Experience in environments where the hazards are significant, the regulation is demanding, and several organisations often share responsibility for getting it right.

  • Energy from waste

    EPC construction of major EfW facilities across England, Wales, and Scotland.

  • Waste and resources

    Transfer stations, MRFs, RDF and SRF facilities, landfill, and logistics.

  • Construction and infrastructure

    Major projects, including water and wastewater treatment.

  • Maritime

    Shipboard environmental compliance and cruise-sector risk management.

  • Defence and manufacturing

    Global management systems across multi-country operations.

  • Scientific and laboratory

    Controlled environments, including microbiology settings.

About

EHS Consultancy Limited is led by Emma Gale, an environmental, health and safety professional with 23 years in the field and more than ten years in leadership roles.

Emma began her career as an Environment Officer with the Environment Agency, regulating and investigating activities that could harm the environment. Since then she has led environmental compliance across a national waste management network, built a global integrated management system for a defence and marine manufacturer, managed enterprise risk for a major cruise operator, and served as SHEQ Director for a multi-country waste business. She currently provides HSE leadership across a portfolio of Energy-from-Waste EPC projects.

Emma has recently completed training for the IAPP Artificial Intelligence Governance Professional (AIGP) certification and is preparing for the exam. Governing AI draws on the same disciplines as managing EHS – assessing risk, assigning clear accountability, putting controls in place that work in practice, and auditing them independently. That makes it a natural extension of her management systems and audit work, helping clients put sensible governance around the AI tools their organisations are starting to use.

The part of the job she enjoys most is helping people fix compliance problems properly – working with engineers, project managers, and site teams to find solutions that last beyond the next audit.

Experience
23 years in EHS, including more than ten in leadership roles
Qualifications
NEBOSH Diploma; LLM Environmental Law; BSc (Hons) Environmental Sciences
Memberships
CertIOSH, SIIRSM, PISEP, AssocMCIWM
Insurance
Professional Indemnity £1m; Public Liability £5m
Engagements
Day rate or fixed scope; outside IR35
Location
Based in Hampshire; working across the UK

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