SUSTAINABLE ARCTIC DEVELOPMENT WWW.RAMBOLL.COM/RESOURCE-SCARCITY 2 3 We define the Arctic according to the Arctic Council definition of Arctic administrative areas: www.arctic-council.org AMAP About us 4 Arctic Circle Our approach 6 Services 8 Source: Arctic Council Monitoring How we work 10 CANADA/ALASKA and Assessment Programme Projects 12 (Project based partnerships) (AMAP) RUSSIA Serviced by Moscow office (Co-operation with DIEM and NEC) ARCTIC The Arctic is experiencing unprecedented interest THE Arctic’s from international companies looking to extract minerals, gems GREENLAND FINLAND and oil, which is fuelling (Nuuk, Sisimuit) (Oulo, Tornio, Rovaniemi, Raahe, Staff: 20 Ylivieska, Kajaani) Staff: 150 the economic and social LEADING development of countries NORWAY straddling the region. Norway (Bodø, Narvik, Setermoen, Working with customers Tromsø, Alta, Vadsø, Kirkenes, Longyearbyen) Staff: 70 on mining, oil & gas, CONSULTANCY transport, buildings, energy, water, waste, ICELAND and society-building (Project based partnerships) initiatives, Ramboll combines an integrated multi-disciplinary SWEDEN (Luleå, Kiruna, Piteå, engineering and Boden, Umeå) Staff: 150 management service with a strong commitment to delivering environmentally and socially responsible outcomes. THE RAMBOLL GROUP BUILDINGS TRANSPORT ENVIRONMENT ENERGY OIL AND GAS MANAGEMENT CONSULTING Ramboll is a leading end-users and society as a Ramboll’s design philosophy Ramboll has been working As the leading environmental Ramboll is the global market Ramboll works with Oil & Ramboll acts as a engineering, design and whole. Ramboll works across is to always make room on some of the world’s consultancy in Northern leader in offshore wind, waste- Gas customers to deliver trusted partner to public consultancy company the markets: Buildings, for the human experience. largest, most innovative Europe and one of the to-energy and district heating advanced technical administrations to create founded in Denmark in 1945. Transport, Environment, As one of Europe’s top 3 infrastructure projects and top-20 globally, Ramboll’s consulting and the leader in solutions that combine the insights needed to make We employ close to 10,000 Energy, Oil & Gas and buildings designers with is the leading consultancy environment experts advise Scandinavia for large-scale economic efficiency with informed strategic decisions experts and have a significant Management Consulting. decades’ of experience in in the Nordic market. We customers across the water, thermal power consulting. stringent health, safety and that promote stronger presence in Northern Europe, www.ramboll.com the global market, we create create value for transport buildings, transport, energy, We also have a specialist environmental safeguards societies. We also empower India and the Middle East. visionary, sustainable, and authorities, contractors and oil & gas, and mining markets. competence in designing during the production and private sector customers With close to 200 offices in award-winning buildings that local authorities by providing We take a comprehensive power transmission masts and distribution processes. with expertise and powerful 21 countries we emphasise improve life for users and multidisciplinary technical view of each project to deliver offshore wind met masts. Working across the entire management tools. local experience combined enhance the surrounding excellence and minimising solutions that are technically www.ramboll.com/energy project cycle, we excel www.ramboll.com/ with a global knowledge- landscape. resource usage. resilient, environmentally in offshore engineering management-consulting base. We constantly strive to www.ramboll.com/buildings www.ramboll.com/transport sustainable, and valuable to and have designed achieve inspiring and exacting society. structures for industry solutions that make a genuine www.ramboll.com/ giants since the 1970s. difference to our customers, environment www.ramboll.com/oil-gas 4 5 ARCTIC ABOUT US REVENUE IN 2012 With a 30 year proven track record operating in the EUR 44 million NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES Artic, Ramboll is the region’s leading consultancy More than 400 Ramboll with unparalleled knowledge of the area’s sensitive engineers and technical and social scientists work natural environment, societal considerations, and permanently in the Arctic. special working conditions. GEOGRAPHICAL SPREAD We have 21 offices across the Arctic region Ramboll offers customers impartial advice and of Finland, Sweden, an integrated multidisciplinary service that brings Norway and Greenland. together engineering, design and management OUR CUSTOMERS We serve customers in the oil consulting expertise. This enables us to provide & gas, mining and transport qualified guidance and support at every stage of sectors, various industries, private enterprises, the value chain – from strategy development to the developers, governments execution phase. and civil societies. Our customers include Statoil, 01 Shell, LKAB, Vattenfall, We have a comprehensive understanding of the Fennovoima Oy, SalMar, The Finnish Transport unique set up for authority handling at a local and Agency, The Swedish regional level and we have forged strong links with Transport Administration, The Greenlandic Ministry bodies representing indigenous people in the Arctic of Industry and Mineral region as well as Non-Governmental Organisations. resources and major regional ports in Arctic Using our established stakeholder network across all Finland, Sweden, Norway European Arctic sub-regions, we guide customers and Greenland. through relevant approval processes and thereby minimise project risk. 01. WORKING IN EXTREMES The insights gained from living and working in the The latitudes above the Arctic Circle embody Arctic region ensures that our specialists deliver the ultimate in extremes, optimised as well as environmentally and socially and exceptionally innovative solutions are responsible solutions. needed to work there. 02. INCREASING COMPETITIVENESS, GREENLAND Ramboll engineering and management experts are helping Greenlandic companies become competitive subcontractors for large natural resources development projects in Greenland. 02 6 7 OUR APPROACH 30 years’ proVEN ARCTIC EXPERIENCE 400 LOCAL EXPERTS 21 REGIONAL OFFICES Meeting Arctic challenges Ramboll helps customers address challenges in three main areas: Climate – We develop solutions for the transport, buildings, industry, mining and energy sectors that are resilient to Arctic’s extreme climatic conditions. Environment – Ramboll helps minimise human interference with the Arctic’s sensitive natural environment by leveraging world Customer focus class competences in environmental We act as a strategic partner impact assessments and water and to cater for the specific needs waste management. 01. FAKKEN WIND FARM, of two main customer groups: Society – To navigate stringent legal NORWAY international companies that are requirements and ensure the rights Ramboll is supporting new to the Arctic and seeking to and customs of indigenous people Troms Kraft Produksjon establish themselves in the region, are protected, Ramboll’s extensive AS in the procurement and customers with operating Arctic network enables effective of turbines for the 54MW Fakken onshore wind farm experience in the Arctic that are stakeholder management and in northern Norway. looking to expand. authority handling. 02 8 INTEGRATED MULTI- DISCIPLINARY SERVICE RUBY MINE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, GREENLAND Drawing on local knowledge from our Greenlandic operations – ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS and environmental expertise from specialists in Denmark, OFFSHORE AND ONSHORE Ramboll is undertaking a comprehensive environmental study and impact assessment as part of the permitting process for a – DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETIES proposed ruby mine in western Greenland. Image: Danclimb – WATER AND WASTE MANAGEMENT – SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT – AUTHORITY AND STAKEHOLDER MANAGEMENT – PUBLIC-PRIVATE PROJECT COOPERATION – ADVANCED ARCTIC TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS 10 11 HOW WE WORK LOCAL PARTNER GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE 01 01. AIR+PORT, GREENLAND Ramboll was the technical consultant for proposals to Specialists in the Arctic support future development Drawing on our longstanding in Greenland including a presence in the Arctic, we build a combined ‘super harbour’ bridge between projects, society, and international airport outside Nuuk. Image: BIG and regulators. – Bjarke Ingels Group and Tegnestuen Nuuk. We appoint Arctic-based project 02. UMEÅ WASTEWATER managers that understand the PLANT, SWEDEN local market and are specifically Ramboll is performing trained in effective project handling the process design, Minimising project risks environmental impact in an Arctic context. Our project Our “Front Loading” project assessment and permit managers are also adept at management tool is particularly applications for an overseeing cross-border projects valuable in the Arctic since it extension to Umeå waste and drawing on competencies water treatment plant in enables us to assess political, Sweden, which will nearly from across the Ramboll Group to environmental, process and double capacity to serve provide customers with the very technical risk at the very earliest 200,000 households. best specialist expertise. stages of a project. 02 12 13 WORLD CLASS PROJECTS 01. HARPA CONCERT AND CONFERENCE CENTRE, ICELAND The spectacular shape of Reykjavik’s unique new attraction was made possible using one 02. HANNUKAINEN MINE,