Environment Analyst collaborates with environmental and sustainability consultancies worldwide to produce unique profiles, reports, datasets and insights highlighting the leading players and regional, service and client sector dynamics influencing the sector. Our independent research has been trusted by our members for over 15 years.
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Upcoming reports include:
- UK Environmental & Sustainability (E&S) Consulting Market Assessment 2022/23
To understand how the sector can recruit and retain the next generation of talent, our Early Career Advisory Board launched our second Early Career Survey. The survey asked early career professionals how they entered their profession, why they chose their career, if they were satisfied with their role and more. The findings are available for free here, to help business leaders improve recruitment and retention initiatives.
Published: May 2024
Our UK competitor profiles present our unique and proprietary dataset collected over a decade on the 25 leading players in the UK's environment and sustainability consulting sector. The dashboard provides detailed breakdowns of revenue by business activity, region, service area and client verticals, as well as metrics on employee headcount, contract numbers, average contract values, operating margin and five-year compound annual growth rates.
Published: January 2024
This report provides a unique assessment of how the world’s major environmental & sustainability consultants are responding to the rapidly evolving climate and ESG disclosure landscape, gauging their progress using Environment Analyst's unique sector-specific ratings criteria and industry carbon intensity benchmarks developed by our analyst team. Watch the report presentation here.
Published: April 2023
The next five-year asset management programme (AMP8) could see £96bn spent repairing, renewing and developing ageing water infrastructure and a tripling of environmental protection investment. As consultants prepare for unprecedented levels of demand and revenue stream, Environment Analyst explores how the next five years could change the course of the water sector, and impact environmental and sustainability (E&S) consultancies.
Published: April 2024
Post-Brexit independence for environmental impact assessment (EIA) regulation – and the widely acknowledged need for streamlining – has led the UK government towards replacing it with an outcomes-based approach. Environment Analyst explores the impending rule changes and how they will impact the development planning process, projects and practitioners.
Published: November 2023
Environment Analyst hosted a panel of international regulators and other speakers at an online event to discuss PFAS policy and practical solutions, in light of proposed new regulations and standards. The presentations and discussions revealed that uncertainties regarding evolving rules and standards are making clients anxious — with major implications for environmental consultants.
Published: May 2023
Generative AI has transformational potential for the industry, but firms will need to get serious on investment, business strategy and risk mitigation in order to reap the benefits. Here, we explore the impact of AI on the industry, including how AI could accelerate employee training and help to solve the climate crisis. Featuring expert insights from ERM, GHD, EcoAct and Anthesis.
Published: May 2023
Traditionally the environmental & sustainability consulting sector has had a poor record on diversity, equity and inclusion (ED&I). To discuss the problem and potential solutions a group of senior consultancy executives took part in Environment Analyst’s latest Business Leaders Forum.
Published: June 2024
In this Sustainability Delivery Group roundtable, Guy Thompson, group sustainability director and Matt Greenfield, director of strategy and regulation at Wessex Water, outlined their work calling for regulatory reform under the ‘Sustainable Solutions for Water and Nature’ project. E&S consulting leaders then discussed the project and how the relationship between consultants and water utilities can be improved.
Published: March 2024
This UK Business' Leaders Forum brought together senior E&S consulting leaders to explore the current political and economic headwinds and how they will affect future work prospects in 2024. Participants also discussed the turbulence in asset management, particularly concerning upcoming infrastructure programme cycles.
Published: February 2024
In this UK Business' Leaders Forum, senior E&S consulting leaders came together to discuss how to effectively shift the message within an engineering structure to integrate ESG into business strategy and project delivery, and ensure that nature, climate and social sustainability considerations are truly embedded into infrastructure design and delivery.
Published: November 2023
This Sustainability Delivery Group roundtable discussed the opportunities and challenges of the ‘Guiding Compass Strategy’ for sustainability in the implementation of TRU, and the relationship between consultants and coordinators for large-scale projects. With insights from Anna Humphries, Head of Sustainability & Social Value at Network Rail, and Nicola Martin, Head of Sustainability at TransPennine Express.
Published: November 2023
A group of senior executives from leading environmental & sustainability consulting firms took part in this Sustainability Delivery Group roundtable, to discuss digital transitions as disruptors and opportunities within the sector. Featuring an opening presentation from Dr David Pugh, head of sustainability at Digital Catapult, – a UK authority on advanced digital technology with a remit to support its adoption across many industries.
Published: October 2023