What Integrated Planning does

Intep – Integrale Planung GmbH is a privately held sustainability consulting firm headquartered operationally in Zurich and registered in Berlin, with approximately 80 employees distributed across five DACH offices (Zurich, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Vienna). Founded over 40 years ago, the firm provides applied research and advisory services across climate strategy, greenhouse gas accounting, building certification (LEED, DGNB, SNBS, Minergie, WELL), life cycle assessment, biodiversity strategy, ESG/CSRD reporting, mobility, and circular economy. Customers span large enterprises (Zurich Insurance, Swiss Post, Geberit), real estate developers (Tegel Projekt, Allreal, Aug.Prien), and public-sector bodies (BBSR, KBOB, municipalities).

The company's product portfolio centers on professional services, augmented by the Emission Tracker — a web-based CO2 accounting tool aligned with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, launched in August 2025 and offered as both a standard package and a licensed partnership product for banks and associations serving SME networks. Revenue is generated through fee-for-service consulting engagements on a project basis, supplemented by long-term client relationships, government research commissions, and international development projects (notably the Sino-Swiss Zero-Emission Building Project with SDC and MOHURD). Go-to-market is sales-led, targeting enterprises, municipalities, and federal agencies across the DACH region through direct engagement, referrals, and thought-leadership content (newsletter, publications, conference participation). Distribution relies on regional offices rather than product-led or self-serve channels.

Name

Integrated Planning

Legal name

Intep – Integrale Beratung und Planung GmbH

Website

https://intep.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Intep is a DACH-focused sustainability consulting and applied research firm offering climate strategy, building certification, biodiversity, LCA, and ESG advisory services to enterprises, real estate developers, and public-sector clients across Zurich, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Vienna.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability, ESG & Climate Risk Advisory (BPAHAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

ESG/Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure Platforms (EUABAEAB), Regulatory & Disclosure Strategy (CSRD/ESRS, ISSB/IFRS S2, SEC, TCFD) (EUABAKAH), Nature & Biodiversity Reporting (TNFD, natural capital) (EUAHAJAM)

Keywords

• Sustainability consulting
• Building certification advisory
• Carbon accounting software
• ESG reporting services
• Biodiversity consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Munich

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Sustainability Consulting Services: Fee-for-service consulting engagements covering climate strategy, building certification, biodiversity advisory, life cycle assessment, ESG reporting, and regulatory compliance advisory. Revenue is project-based and recurring through long-term client relationships.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Intep provides sustainability consulting and applied research services across climate strategy, building certification (DGNB, LEED, SNBS, Minergie, WELL), biodiversity advisory, life cycle assessment, ESG reporting, and regulatory compliance for enterprises, municipalities, and government agencies in the DACH region. The firm also sells the Emission Tracker, a web-based CO2 accounting tool for SMEs that covers all three emission scopes aligned with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, offered as a partnership or license to banks and large corporations for their SME networks.

Product overview

Intep – Integrale Planung GmbH is a sustainability consultancy offering a portfolio of advisory services rather than a unified software platform. Core offerings include the Emission Tracker web-based CO₂ accounting tool for SMEs, along with specialized consulting services spanning biodiversity consulting, climate & energy strategy, building & real estate certification (DGNB, LEED, SNBS, Minergie), mobility consulting, life cycle assessment, and circular economy solutions. The company operates across Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and international markets with approximately 80 employees at five locations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Emission Tracker: A web-based CO2 accounting tool for SMEs to track and report greenhouse gas emissions across all three scopes, aligned with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.

Products and services

• Emission Tracker A web-based CO2 accounting tool for small and medium-sized enterprises that enables greenhouse gas emissions calculation across all three scopes aligned with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, featuring sector-specific emission factors, visual dashboards, multi-year comparisons, and PDF reporting. Offered as standard package and Plus package with consulting hours.
• Biodiversity Consulting Advisory services helping organizations assess biodiversity status quo, identify risks and potentials, develop biodiversity strategies with goals and KPIs, and create location-specific biodiversity concepts for real estate, corporate sites, quarters, and municipal spaces.
• Climate & Energy Consulting Strategic consulting for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to climate change consequences, and transitioning to future-safe energy supply for organizations.
• Building & Real Estate Consulting Advisory services for building renovation and climate adaptation, optimizing real estate lifecycle costs, and achieving sustainable property portfolios with certification support including DGNB, LEED, SNBS, and Minergie.
• Mobility & Transportation Consulting Sufficiency-based mobility concepts and energy-efficient, decarbonized transport mix advisory for enterprise or municipal-level sustainable mobility planning.
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Consulting Environmental lifecycle assessment consulting for buildings and products, including carbon footprint calculation, LCA methodology, and integration with building certification systems.
• BNB Vario Consulting Expert contribution to the further development of Germany's Sustainable Building Assessment System (BNB), including new criteria profiles for biodiversity, life cycle costs, water, mobility, land-use efficiency, and external climate costs.
• LEED Certification Consulting Building certification advisory supporting clients through the LEED certification process, with Intep holding LEED Proven Provider status for achieving LEED Platinum and other certification levels.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by ~27% to 107.9 tCO₂eq in 2025 reporting year
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• ETH Zurich (Chair of Ecological System Design)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026Academic research partner in a Re-Use research project with the city of Baden, involving modeling of component flows, environmental impact analysis, and framework conditions for broad application of building component re-use.
• Koordinationskonferenz der Bau- und Liegenschaftsorgane der öffentlichen Bauherren (KBOB)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2026KBOB commissioned intep to develop and manage the methodology fact sheet for life cycle cost calculations in federal construction projects. The methodology is based on ISO 15686-5 and DIN ISO 20400:2021 and becomes mandatory for federal projects exceeding CHF 10 million.
• City of BadenminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Case study partner in the Re-Use research project with ETH Zurich, modeling building component flows and analyzing environmental impact for circular economy in construction at municipal level.
• Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2023Lead of the 'New Work, Mobility and Energy' work package in the national SWICE research project within the SWEET program (Swiss Federal Office of Energy). Intep contributes expertise on mobility management, sustainable construction, and behavioral economics.
• Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022German federal research institute commissioned intep to develop new criteria profiles for BNB 2.0/Vario, including biodiversity, life cycle costs, water, and external climate costs. Intep also prepared the data basis for the updated BBSR service life table for building components.
• Skat ConsultingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2020Swiss implementation partner in the Sino-Swiss Zero-Emission Building (ZEB) Project, co-led with intep. The project (2020–2025), funded by SDC and Chinese MOHURD, developed national standards, implemented 10 demonstration projects, and delivered training programs for climate-neutral construction in China.
• China Academy of Building Research (CABR)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2020Lead Chinese implementing partner in the Sino-Swiss ZEB Project. Contributed to development of national and local standards for net-zero-emission buildings and districts in China, and participated in demonstration projects across four climate zones.
• China Association of Building Energy Efficiency (CABEE)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2020Chinese implementing partner in the Sino-Swiss ZEB Project, contributing to standards development and knowledge transfer for energy-efficient and zero-carbon buildings in China.
• Swiss Green Building Association (SGB)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2020Swiss implementing partner in the Sino-Swiss ZEB Project, supporting knowledge transfer and collaboration between Swiss and Chinese sustainability standards.
• Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China (MOHURD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2020Chinese government counterpart that signed the MoU with Swiss Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs for cooperation in building energy efficiency. MOHURD partnered with SDC to launch the Sino-Swiss ZEB Project.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Plan A: Berlin-based ESG and carbon management SaaS platform. Comparable to Emission Tracker's SME/mid-market carbon accounting focus and broader ESG reporting software direction, with greater VC backing and pan-European scale.
• Carbmee: Berlin-based carbon accounting SaaS platform for SMEs and corporates. Most directly comparable to Intep's Emission Tracker product as a software-first CO2 accounting tool targeting the same German-speaking SME market.

Broad incumbents

• Sphera: Enterprise ESG and sustainability software provider (LCA, carbon accounting, supply chain). Broader incumbent comparable in part to Intep's Emission Tracker product offering and LCA service line, with much larger software scale.
• Ramboll: Global engineering, design, and sustainability consultancy with strong DACH presence. Overlaps with Intep on sustainable buildings, decarbonization, and ESG advisory but operates at much larger scale with broader services.

Direct peers

• Carbon Trust: International climate and sustainability consultancy advising businesses and governments on decarbonization, carbon accounting, and ESG strategy. Directly comparable to Intep's climate consulting and standards-influencing mission.
• Quantis: Sustainability and carbon accounting consultancy operating across Europe and globally. Comparable in delivering LCA, Scope 3 emissions strategy, and corporate sustainability advisory to large enterprises.
• South Pole: Global climate solutions and sustainability consulting firm. Comparable to Intep's climate strategy, carbon accounting, and corporate ESG advisory offerings, though at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Wuppertal Institut: German research institute for climate, environment, and resource strategy. Comparable to Intep in combining applied sustainability research with advisory services for public-sector and corporate clients in Germany.
• Öko-Institut: German applied research and consulting institute covering sustainability, climate, and environmental policy. Comparable in DACH region as a research-driven sustainability advisor serving public bodies and corporations on ESG strategy and standards development.
• Drees & Sommer (incl. EPEA): Major European engineering and sustainability consultancy (with EPEA cradle-to-cradle LCA arm) operating across DACH. Directly competes with Intep on building certification, LCA, ESG advisory, and climate strategy for real estate and corporate clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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