Expertise

Practical answers to complex environmental questions.

We help clients identify environmental and biodiversity risk early and move projects forward with fewer delays, combining scientific rigour with decades of project experience.

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Organised around what clients need.

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Risk & Permitting

Am I managing ecological risk in a way that will hold up to scrutiny?

Permitting delays and late ecological objections are two of the most common ways projects lose time and budget. We help you see risk early and structure decisions around the mitigation hierarchy (avoid, minimise, restore, offset), so permitting authorities and financiers see a defensible process, not an afterthought.

  • Environmental and biodiversity impact assessment, including Appropriate Assessment for Natura 2000
  • Due diligence, feasibility studies and sensitivity mapping
  • Permitting support aligned with international standards, including IFC Performance Standard 6
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Technology & Methods

What actually works in the field, not just on paper?

We work with the best available field and analytical methods, applied by specialists across the group: ornithologists, bat and marine biologists, entomologists, foresters and GIS experts, not a single generalist team.

  • 3D bird radar and tracking camera systems
  • Satellite and GPS telemetry
  • eDNA sampling and laboratory analysis
  • Bioacoustic and hydrophone surveys
  • Drones and ROVs
  • AI-assisted analysis of large ecological datasets
  • Collision-avoidance technology (shutdown on demand, SDOD)
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eDNA water sampling on a riverbank
Mist nets for bird ringing at dusk
Installing biodegradable restoration structures in a canal bank

Biodiversity Net Gain & Nature-Inclusive Design

How do I turn compliance into a measurable, positive outcome for nature?

Compliance is the floor, not the goal. Investors, regulators and the public increasingly expect projects to leave biodiversity better off. We design for that outcome from the start, rather than adding mitigation after the fact.

  • Nature-inclusive design, built into project planning
  • Mitigation and compensation measures
  • Ecosystem, wetland and habitat restoration, including biodegradable restoration materials
  • Biodiversity action plans and long-term monitoring
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Proof & People

Is this real, proven experience, or marketing language?

We'd rather let the projects speak. More than 550 experts across fifteen companies, and more than 50,000 completed projects in 88 countries and territories.

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550+ experts
50,000+ projects
88 countries & territories

Our services, in full.

Five service groups, delivered by specialists across the group.

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Assessment & Permitting
  • Environmental and biodiversity impact assessment
  • Appropriate Assessment
  • Due diligence
  • Feasibility studies
  • Sensitivity mapping
  • Permitting support
Monitoring & Field Research
  • Baseline studies
  • Post-construction monitoring
  • Species and habitat surveys
  • Forest inventories and monitoring
  • Aerial, ship-based and submarine monitoring
  • Wildlife tracking and telemetry
  • Fish migration and passage studies
  • Radar and camera ornithology
  • Bioacoustic and hydrophone surveys
Design, Mitigation & Restoration
  • Nature-inclusive design
  • Mitigation and compensation measures
  • Biodiversity net gain
  • Ecosystem, wetland and habitat restoration, including biodegradable materials
  • Landscape architecture
  • Forest ecology and management planning
Technology, Data & Modelling
  • eDNA sampling and laboratory analysis
  • GIS and remote sensing
  • Environmental modelling
  • AI-assisted species identification and monitoring
  • Collision-avoidance technology (SDOD)
  • Drones and ROVs
  • Data management
Advisory, Policy & Sustainability
  • Environmental compliance documentation required by development banks
  • Environmental law, policy and economics
  • Sustainability reporting (EU Taxonomy, CSRD)
  • Community engagement
  • Scientific advisory and training
  • Project management for funded programmes

Sectors

Wherever your project sits, we're likely already there.

How we work

A clear process, from first risk screening to measurable outcomes.

  1. 1

    Understand

    Early consultation, environmental due diligence and baseline studies, so risk is on the table before it becomes a delay.

  2. 2

    Design

    Environmental impact assessment, screening and scoping, and nature-inclusive mitigation planning, aligned with international standards including IFC Performance Standard 6.

  3. 3

    Deliver

    Technical assistance and ecological construction supervision, continued monitoring and training, throughout construction and operation.

  4. 4

    Prove

    Reporting and evaluation, ongoing monitoring and analysis of project effects, including additional compensation measures where needed.

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Every claim, backed by evidence.

Every method and service on this page is something our partner companies use on live projects. Our case studies show where, how and with what result.

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