ICATALIST

What ICATALIST does

ICATALIST (legal name I-CATALIST S.L.) is a Spanish private limited company headquartered in Las Rozas (Madrid), founded in June 2013. The firm is a climate change adaptation and sustainability consultancy whose stated mission is to accelerate adaptation by coordinating actors across urban and rural environments and converting data and knowledge into tangible adaptation actions. Its proprietary "Adaptation Acceleration Framework" connects data networks and models to traceable actions, and the firm applies multidisciplinary expertise spanning ecology, geography, geology, biology, architecture, technology, environmental engineering and public policy. Services span sustainability analysis (territory and built environment), participatory processes and governance design, education and training (including Drone School STEM workshops), and project-based research under EU Mission on Adaptation deliverables such as the MIP4Adapt DIY Manual and the SOTERIA Replication Manual.

The business operates on two intertwined revenue streams: (1) fee-for-service consulting contracts with public administrations (e.g., Spanish ministries of Agriculture and Science, Basque Government/IHOBE, Confederación Hidrográfica del Duero, Valladolid City Council), foundations (MAVA, Daniel and Nina Carasso, Fundación Biodiversidad) and private clients, and (2) participation as a consortium partner in EU-funded research projects under Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe and Horizon-Miss-2022-CLIMA, including NAIAD, BRIGAID, ARSINOE, REXUS, RECONMATIC, MERLIN, UP2030, SoTERIA, NATALIE, MAIA and the MIP4Adapt Mission Implementation Platform. Pricing is project-by-project, quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market combines enterprise field sales to public sector and foundation clients with consortium-led delivery through large multinational EU partnerships (typically 15-40 partners per project), supported by an event- and community-led motion across EU and Spanish sustainability forums. The company has been awarded the Spanish Ministry of Science "Pyme Innovadora" seal and has been a C40 Reinventing Cities finalist (2018).

Name

ICATALIST

Legal name

ICATALIST S.L.

Website

https://icatalist.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ICATALIST is a Spanish climate change adaptation and sustainability consultancy (founded 2013, Las Rozas/Madrid) that delivers research and consulting services to EU institutions, Spanish public administrations and foundations, combining a proprietary Adaptation Acceleration Framework with consortium participation in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate change adaptation and sustainability consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (BPAGAGAF), Climate Adaptation & Resilience Programs (BPADALAD), Environmental Education, Capacity Building & Community Engagement (BPADALAO)

Keywords

• Climate adaptation consulting
• Sustainability advisory services
• Nature-based solutions
• Participatory stakeholder engagement
• EU research consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Las Rozas

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consulting and research services for climate change adaptation: Fee-for-service consulting and research engagements with public and private sector clients (e.g., Valladolid City Council, CHDuero, IHOBE/Basque Government, Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, MAVA Foundation, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Science). Project-based contracts, typically national or EU-level.
2. EU-funded research project participation (Horizon 2020 / Horizon Europe): Consortium-based research grants from the European Commission (Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, Horizon-Miss-2022-CLIMA) covering multiple climate, environment and sustainability projects (e.g., NAIAD grant 730497, RECONMATIC 101058580, NAIAD-related, NATALIE 101112859, MIP4Adapt, SoTERIA 101112867, Maia 101056935, Merlin 101036337, UP2030 101096405).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

ICATALIST is a climate change adaptation and sustainability consultancy that analyses the sustainability of systems, products, services and processes across territory (water, soil, air, biodiversity) and the built environment (cities and buildings), then designs and facilitates the execution of concrete adaptation actions through its proprietary Adaptation Acceleration Framework. The firm delivers fee-for-service consulting to public administrations and private companies, coordinates stakeholders through participatory processes, and contributes scientific and methodological work packages to EU Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe research consortia (NAIAD, MIP4Adapt, NATALIE, SOTERIA, RECONMATIC, UP2030, MERLIN, ARSINOE, BRIGAID, MAIA).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sustainability Analysis (Territory and Built Environment) ICATALIST's core consultancy offering that analyses systems, products, services and processes for sustainability across two domains: Territory (water, soil, air, biodiversity) and Built Environment (cities and buildings), aligned with the EU Taxonomy. Sold to public administrations, foundations and private companies as bespoke consulting engagements.
• Education and Training Services (including Drone School) Environmental awareness, capacity building and professional training services, including STEM-education drone workshops (Drone School) for pupils and methodologies that combine technology and play to promote learning. Sold to schools, public administrations and foundations as a service line.
• Participatory Processes and Stakeholder Engagement Design and facilitation of participatory and governance workshops, citizen engagement processes and multi-stakeholder coordination for public administrations, foundations and EU institutions. Deployed through projects such as the CHDuero Flood Risk Management Plan and the MIP4Adapt Citizen & Stakeholder Engagement package.
• MIP4Adapt Mission Implementation Platform Mission Implementation Platform for the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change, contracted by CINEA via prime contractor Ricardo. ICATALIST leads the Citizen and Stakeholder Participation package, providing technical assistance to Mission Charter signatories across all EU Member States. First contract finished December 2025; current contract runs to June 2028.
• MIP4Adapt Do-it-Yourself (DiY) Manual and Training Programme Reference methodology and Do-it-Yourself Manual for effectively involving citizens and stakeholders in climate adaptation planning, hosted on the Mission Adaptation Portal and supported by a training programme for local authorities across Europe. Developed by ICATALIST within the MIP4Adapt project.
• SOTERIA Replication Manual Consolidated knowledge product and final report from the SOTERIA project: a step-by-step methodology, tools, templates and case-study examples for regions and local authorities to implement insurance-based climate adaptation solutions.
• Natural Assurance Business Canvas (NABC) Economic analysis and business modelling tool developed and tested under the H2020 NAIAD project to support decision-making related to investments that reduce climate-related risks, later applied within NATALIE.
• Climate Innovation Window Platform originally created under the Horizon 2020 BRIGAID project as a showcase for innovations to increase resilience to climate events. Continued development is carried out within the ARSINOE Horizon 2020 project (grant 101037424), using a System Innovation Approach combined with the Climate Innovation Window to generate climate-resilient solutions across 9 European case studies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 8 demonstration sites + 5 replication regions for nature-based solutions across diverse European bioclimatic regions (NATALIE).
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability7 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered flagship client/funder, core consortium partner, flagship competition partner, core client/partner, core client, foundational consortium partner and core programme partner.

• European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)flagship client/funderStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST is contracted by CINEA (via prime contractor Ricardo) for the MIP4Adapt Mission Implementation Platform, supporting the EU Mission on Adaptation to Climate Change. First contract CINEA/2022/OP/0013/SI2.884597 finished December 2025; current contract runs to June 2028.
• Ricardocore consortium partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerRicardo is the prime contractor for the MIP4Adapt platform; ICATALIST leads the Citizen and Stakeholder Participation package and coordinates technical assistance to Mission Charter signatories, particularly in Spain.
• C40 Climate Leadership Groupflagship competition partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST participated as a finalist in the C40 Reinventing Cities competition (Madrid, March 2018), supported by Climate KIC and ofo, with proposals for the Orcasur Market and UPM South Campus.
• Basque Government / IHOBE (Basque Public Company for Environmental Management)core client/partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST provides technical assistance to IHOBE for the roadmap and monitoring of two transformative projects (Sustainable Procurement Centre; Sustainable Cohesion of the Territory) within the Basque Country 2030 Environmental Framework Programme (finishes 31 December 2024).
• Confederación Hidrográfica del Duero (CHDuero)core clientStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST (with HGM Ingeniería) delivered technical assistance for the 2nd planning cycle of the Flood Risk Plan (PGRI) in the Duero river basin, organising participatory and governance workshops (finished July 2023).
• WWF Hungary / The James Hutton Institutecore consortium partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST is a consortium partner in the Horizon 2020 MERLIN project (101036337) on large-scale freshwater ecosystem restoration, with WWF Hungary and The James Hutton Institute leading work on insurance-sector engagement.
• RECONMATIC consortium (CVUT, USAL, Tec, EITRI, UMAN, ENVI, UTH, AUTH, AEICE, ERGO, SKYDE, JAIP, ITC-AICE, LECYC, RECSO, BIMBox, MS, CACE, etc.)core consortium partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST leads the sustainability and circularity analysis work package in the Horizon Europe RECONMATIC project (grant 101058580) on automated solutions for construction & demolition waste management (finishes July 2026).
• NATALIE consortium (CSIC, VUB, De Watergroep, WE&B, WWF Greece, IISD, UiT, and 30+ other partners)core consortium partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST acts as 'catalyst' in the Horizon Europe NATALIE project (grant 101112859) deploying Nature-based Solutions across 8 European demonstration sites plus 4 replication regions (ends September 2028).
• SoTERIA consortium (BC3, ASDA, SINTEF, UFZ, AQUA, EI and others)core consortium partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST pioneers innovative insurance solutions and facilitates a Community of Practice within the Horizon Europe SoTERIA project (grant 101112867), focused on closing the climate protection gap through insurance-based adaptation (finishes February 2026).
• ARSINOE consortium (UTH, KWR, DTU, CSIC, CIRCE and 40+ other partners)core consortium partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST is a partner in the Horizon 2020 ARSINOE project (grant 101037424) developing a methodological framework that combines a System Innovation Approach with the Climate Innovation Window to generate climate-resilient solutions across 9 European case studies.
• BRIGAID consortium (DUT, HKV, UCL, UNIBO, ISA and others)foundational consortium partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST is a co-founding member of BRIGAID Connect and a partner in the Horizon 2020 BRIGAID project (grant 700699) on disaster resilience innovation; the work continued into ARSINOE.
• Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Spain) / OCT (Observatory for a Culture of Territory)core programme partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST partnered in the supra-autonomous Operational Group 'Sustainable Public Food 4.0' (finished July 2021), led by OCT together with University of La Laguna, UPM, Cerai, ICCA and Buscándome las Habichuelas.
• Fundación Biodiversidad / Spanish Innovation Agency (AEI)core programme partnerStrategic or Co-development PartnerICATALIST supports Fundación Biodiversidad in its participation in the Biodiversa+ partnership: monitoring calls for proposals, participating in general assemblies and analysing documents (finished December 2022).

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm with a large climate adaptation, water and resilience practice serving EU institutions and Spanish public-sector clients. Competes for the same EU Horizon tenders and national/regional consulting engagements but at substantially larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• WSP Environment: Major global consultancy with a dedicated climate adaptation, resilience and sustainability practice serving European governments, river basin authorities and the European Commission. Competes on the same Horizon Europe project landscape and public-sector advisory work but at enterprise scale.
• Ramboll: Global engineering, architecture and sustainability consultancy with strong climate adaptation, water and built environment practices serving EU institutions, national governments and cities. Competes with ICATALIST on adaptation and sustainability tenders but operates at very different scale with a much broader service portfolio.
• COWI: Large Danish engineering consultancy with a substantial climate adaptation and water management practice, frequently leading EU Horizon consortia (including MERLIN). Competes with ICATALIST on EU tenders and serves similar public-sector clients but at materially larger scale and with broader engineering capabilities.

Emerging players

• Climate-KIC: EIT-funded EU knowledge and innovation community focused on climate innovation, adaptation and mitigation, frequently co-funding and supporting consortia that include ICATALIST (e.g., C40 Reinventing Cities). Functions partly as an enabler and ecosystem partner rather than a pure consulting competitor, but increasingly commissions and runs adaptation programmes.

Direct peers

• Trinomics: Dutch climate and sustainability policy consultancy that participates in EU Horizon projects (often as prime or work-package lead) and provides advisory services to European Commission, national governments and foundations on climate adaptation, energy and circular economy. Closely comparable in size, business model and EU grant dependency.
• Ricardo Energy & Environment: UK-based sustainability consultancy and prime contractor for the MIP4Adapt platform (same project ICATALIST leads a work package in). Operates the same EU Mission Implementation Platform and delivers air quality, climate adaptation and circular economy services to public-sector clients across Europe.
• EcoAct: Paris-based climate consultancy (now an Atlante-owned subsidiary) providing carbon strategy, climate adaptation and net-zero advisory to corporates and public-sector clients across Europe. Comparable size and EU-focused delivery model with similar emphasis on climate adaptation and sustainability analytics.
• South Pole Group: Swiss-based climate consultancy offering sustainability strategy, climate adaptation and carbon market services to corporates, governments and NGOs globally. Comparable in delivering project-based climate consulting engagements to public and foundation clients across Europe.
• Carbone 4: Paris-based climate strategy consultancy applying economic and scientific analysis to climate risk, adaptation and decarbonisation for corporates and public institutions. Closely comparable in profile (multidisciplinary scientific team, EU project participation, public/private/NGO client base) and slightly larger in scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

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