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
Functions
  • 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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