Vaughan International Consultants Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia

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Vaughan International Consultants Ltd., a member of the MacDonnell Group, is part of a team of three Canadian companies at the forefront of India's efforts to deal with pressing environmental concerns. The consortium is wrapping up a six-year project for CIDA aimed at helping Indian companies and policy makers address a broad range of issues that affect the environmental behaviour of Indian industry.

Since beginning this massive project in 1996, the Canadian team has delivered about 50 separate training, policy, business information and technology transfer activities to Indian industry managers, policy makers and the Indian environmental consulting community. Subjects have included environmental risk, site and impact assessments, health and safety management systems, the development of environmentally safe and affordable hazardous waste treatment facilities, and policy changes to encourage environmentally compliant waste management and recycling operations. These courses have documented environmental improvements in more than 200 Indian industrial operations. For its work on the project, the consortium was a finalist for a Canadian Award for International Cooperation.

During the 2002 Canada trade mission to India, Vaughan signed a contract for a feasibility study for a facility to safely treat industrial hazardous wastes generated by local industry. The company has worked extensively in India, Pakistan, Indonesia and South America, and throughout the Caribbean.

08/2002