ECI specializes in providing strategic EH&S compliance planning, development and implementation of least-cost compliance alternatives, government agency negotiations, and loan development and execution for the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.

In The People's Republic of China (Mainland China) ECI provides United States Trade Development Agency and United States Department of Commerce interaction and assistance (selling US equipment and products to China and products/equipment manufacture in China), and assistance to multinational companies for entry into China, specifically:

• Strategic planning:
• Investigations & Negotiations;
• Supply Chain Food Safety & Security;
• Merger & Acquisitions;
• Permits, Certifications, Licenses;
• Attorney Confidential Documents;
• Marketing & Sales;
• Engineering & Construction;
• Accounting;
• Financial;
• Human Resources; and
• Translation.

Worldwide ECI employs international personnel that perform activities such as developing and implementing programs/documents that include the following:

1. Definition of the environmental, safety, & security operating requirements (i.e., Country Specific Regulations) for the facility including:
   
   • Wastewater sampling and analysis;
   • Air Emissions sampling and analysis;
   • Noise monitoring requirements;
   • Food Safety & Security;
   • Reporting requirements;
   • Record keeping requirements; and
   • Other miscellaneous environmental requirements.
     
     
2. Identification and use of laboratories that employ US EPA, US FDA or Country Specific standards.
   
   
3. Identification of appropriate disposal or recycling alternatives for process waste streams.
• Locate industrial facilities that may use the waste streams in their processes; and
• Identify costs associated with the disposal/resale of the waste stream.
• Support negotiations for the reuse/disposal of the waste streams.
  
  
4. Identification of environmental “Best Management Practices” for the facility.
   
   
5. Development of an environmental compliance plan for the facility.

Specific to supply chain food/beverage safety & security, ECI provides food/beverage safety & security services that incorporate all of the US FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Operational Risk Management (ORM) Systems approach. ECI provides the following services:

Task #1:          Identification of Potential Hazards

• ECI provides on-site evaluation of potential food/beverage safety hazards for the supply chain leading to the United States. Many potential safety hazards are unique to China and US based companies are unaware of these potential safety threats. ECI personnel in China are very experienced in on-site evaluations that include but are not limited to potential cross contamination, tampering, cleanliness, product re-use (China’s no waste policies), chemical (i.e., pesticide/herbicide) use, and supply chain participants (not always obvious to the US purchaser).

Task #2:          Risk Assessment

• ECI provides risk assessment for on-going operations, corporate purchases (raw material supplies or entire operating facilities), mergers & acquisitions, supply chains (including growing, storage, transportation, and processing operations), and end supplier operations.
• ECI assesses the hazard probability (i.e., frequent, likely, occasional, seldom, and unlikely as defined by the ORM System approach). ECI personnel have extensive experience and understand this approach designed to identify frequency to compare against costs to prevent the risk.
• ECI assesses the hazard severity to determine the potential impact on people, animals, and the mission for food/beverage safety and security. ECI personnel understand that severity needs to be identified for comparison to other risks.
• ECI personnel assess hazard exposure by determining the level of exposure to the hazard and document it in the report provided to the US based company being supplied. Repeat exposure to a hazard increases the probability of a mishap occurring and these are identified in the report.

Task #3:          Analysis of Risk Control Measures

• ECI personnel are very experienced in food/beverage safety and security risk control measures and developing least-cost alternatives for implementation. Risk control options such as rejecting the risk altogether, means to avoid risk or delay risk, risk transference, spreading risk over time or distances, risk compensation, and overall risk reduction should be included as risk control measures and least-cost alternative.
• ECI incorporates proven order of precedence for addressing hazards and reducing the resultant risk. ECI provides plan/design for risk minimization, identifies and incorporates safety devices/systems, designs warning system devices, and develops procedures and training to support and promote food safety and security efforts.

Task #4:          Make Control Decisions

• ECI in conjunction with the client will identify the decision makers that will implement the control measures identified in Task 3 above. ECI uses multi-disciplinary personnel, departments, and companies (stakeholders) all working as a team to accomplish this task. Decision makers may include ECI personnel that are on-site at various times/stages of the implementation and monitoring process to oversee the corrective measures, safety and security measures that are required to be implemented.

Task #5:          Implementation of Risk Controls

• ECI works closely with all stakeholders including the client to implement the controls. ECI will work closely to execute the implementation of the protective measures: define the responsible parties, identify responsibilities, assign accountability and involvement. ECI and the client will identify different personnel to implement controls based on severity of safety and security risks

Task #6:          Supervise, Monitor, and Review

• ECI works closely with the client and stakeholders to effectively supervise the risk controls that were implemented in Task 5. ECI will provide on-site examination of the effectiveness of the risk controls and re-evaluation as the monitoring process continues. Monitoring may include food testing, on-site control measure implementation oversight, on-site re-evaluations, and reporting back to the client and stakeholders to confirm the effectiveness of control measures.