Defender
Environmental Decision Support Software
Defender is a proprietary software product which can be used to efficiently and accurately price environmental liabilities. Defender can be used for probabilistic cost estimating, reserve forecasting, decision analysis, and peer review. Defender is the nucleus of ERCI's consulting expertise.
The Defender software suite is comprised of three applications:
| RemedyDefender | Single site analysis |
| PortfolioDefender | Multi-site roll-up/analysis |
| Due Diligence Defender | Multi-site forecasting for M&A |
Due Diligence Defender
Due Diligence Defender provides cost ranges for environmental liabilities based on the quantity and quality of data. This application focuses on mitigating environmental mitigation risk.
Features- Wealth impact calculation, based on types of funding used
- Cash flow forecast
- Ready conversion to purchase accounting calculations
- Generate confidential liability estimates without triggering disclosure
- Price the environmental uncertainties
- Explore options in timing, cost, source of funds (reserves, OPEX, CAPEX, DD&A), land use, and remediation scenarios consistently across a portfolio of sites
Benefits of Due Diligence Defender
- Negotiating leverage
- Flexibility in pricing liability over time

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