Overview

Rutherfoord has over 20 years of experience in environmental consulting, risk management and policy placement services. To better serve our clients, we have aligned the environmental management consulting expertise of Faulkner & Flynn, Inc. with the risk management and insurance policy placement of Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc. under one service delivery practice- the Environmental Risk Management Practice. Our goal is to eliminate or minimize our client's environmental risks through the application of an integrated environmental consulting, risk management and risk solutions strategy.

The Need

Now more than ever with the emergence of corporate governance and financial transparency, environmental issues are impacting business operations, community redevelopment activities, business transactions, company financial performance and shareholder value. Stakeholders are requiring an accurate accounting of present and potential environmental liabilities that could negatively affect the enterprise. Only with proper identification, understanding and quantification of environmental issues can an accurate risk profile be established; liabilities defined, quantified, and reported; and an effective risk management strategy employed. Rutherfoord is positioned uniquely to address these needs.

Our Capability

The Rutherfoord Environmental Risk Management Practice has the capability and expertise to address the full spectrum of business, legal, regulatory and scientific technical matters that our clients face regarding environmental issues. We augment our capability through a network of senior environmental professionals who work with the Practice on specific matters and projects.

Faulkner and Flynn, Inc. can quickly identify key environmental issues and recommend realistic cost-effective solutions. Capabilities include:

• Impaired property remediation management
• Environmental regulatory audits and management systems
• Acquisition/divestiture environmental liability due diligence
• Environmental regulatory permitting and negotiation
• Environmental litigation support
• Third party environmental assessment and cost estimating
• Environmental project design and implementation

Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc. can implement the necessary risk management programs, risk control and solutions, environmental insurance products and claims management for those remaining environmental risks that can not be eliminated. Capabilities include:

• First and third-party environmental insurance products- including pollution legal liability and cost cap coverage
• Professional and pollution coverage for design/build projects
• Financial responsibility alternatives to letters of credit
• Finite risk products
• Alternatives to environmental indemnities
• Surety bonding including performance and bid bonds and closure and post-closure bonds

Risk control, education and training

The Difference

Rutherfoord has recognized that sound environmental risk management strategies require technical expertise in the sciences, engineering, environmental law, regulations and insurance working together. We have assembled a uniquely qualified team within the Environmental Risk Management Practice to serve our clients’ needs.