On a local to global level, business leaders and Senior Environmental Managers acknowledge the value of high quality environmental management and the significant part it plays in any modern industrial society, particularly in the context of sustainable and profitable business goals. Coupled with this outlook, these business leaders have to balance economic and environmental investment with ever-increasing and complex environmental regulatory compliance regimes, which is often deficient in good business acumen and enforces very stringent legislation and portrays best practice and good environmental performance as a role model.

Tailoring the exact and appropriate environmental needs and solutions, with enough flexibility to meet current and future needs, can be challenging enough for anyone who is not familiar with the intricate and complex relationships with proven and sustainable design and technology, economic and environmental benefits or disbenefits, including corporate governance and societal impacts. With this very complex depiction in mind, Patel Tonra Ltd. endeavors to work with our clients to satisfy environmental requirements and excels to reduce business and hence environmental risks. Often our 'sixth sense' is to identify new business opportunities, to reduce costs, increase efficiency and improve growth - which has to be a precursor to an environmental approach which is sustainable in any business or organisation.

Founded in 2001 in Balbriggan and based in North County Dublin, Patel Tonra Ltd. has become one of Ireland's most respected and experienced environmental solutions-driven consultancies, focusing on business strategy and environmental integration into daily activities. Patel Tonra Ltd. operates throughout Ireland and occasionally in Europe.

Vip Patel and Dr Conor Tonra
Founders of Patel Tonra Ltd.

Vip is a Chartered Waste Manager, Chartered Environmentalist and an Waste Management professional consultant with over 16 years of international experience in the Operational & Planning of facilities, Technical Design Evaluation, Management of Procurement Processes and training competency projects in Ireland, UK (NI, England, Wales, Scotland, IoW), Hong Kong, Europe (Malta, France, Finland, Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, Jersey), and North America (USA & Canada).

He graduated with a Masters degree from Cranfield University, UK, and was awarded the prestigious Churchill Fellowship and the TSB Bank Prize (Churchill Trust) early in his career to examine and investigate the Integrated Waste Management process and approach in North America.

He has extensive experience in all facets of work concerned with integrated waste management, including Government policy development, feasibility and strategic studies, restructuring of services, implementation plans, market intelligence and assessment.

He also has a first-rate appreciation of producer responsibility and extended producer responsibility issues, contract development and tender assessment, development of waste handling & collection /recovery & recycling/ treatment / processing systems, including technology assessments and reviews.

Vip has been instrumental in developing National Competency Training Programmes in Waste Management on behalf of Government Departments and Agencies in the following sectors: Waste Industry (private and public), Healthcare sector, Construction & Demolition sector and EMS for Local Government.

He is also a highly experienced environmental trainer/communicator and believes in strong links with government, regulators and industry to achieve sustainable business solutions.

Conor has a PhD in Physical Chemistry and 13 years experience in environmental management consultancy.

Conor was awarded one of the Dublin Millennium Scholarships to carry out his doctoral research in Dublin City University in the design and production of novel (and more efficient) chemical delivery systems for agriculture and horticulture.

He specialises in providing policy and practical advice to business, both SMEs and multinationals, in several sectors. He has many years auditing experience in regard of EMS, IPC Licences and Due-diligence/Pre-acquisition assessment. More recently, he has managed the preparation and publication of three award-winning corporate environmental and sustainability reports.

Conor has management and analytical skills that facilitate Patel Tonra's understanding of the environmental, economic and financial drivers of public and private sector organisations. He has led the organisation’s involvement in such high-profile projects as: the Irish Plastic Bags Tax study, the Irish Environmental Taxes (chewing gum, fast food packaging and ATM receipts) studies, the Northern Ireland Green Tourism Accreditation study and the EMAS in Local Government in Ireland training study.

Conor holds a Certificate in Training and Continuing Education, awarded by NUI Maynooth and is a member of IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management Assessment).