Giraffe

What Giraffe does

Giraffe Ltd. (ג'ירף חברה ליעוץ וניהול סביבתי) is an Israeli environmental management and consulting firm founded in 2015 and headquartered in Petah Tikva. The company provides integrated environmental management across the full project lifecycle — from planning, licensing, and tendering through construction execution and ongoing operations — for contractors, industrial companies, and government authorities. Its core capabilities cover contaminated land and soils, waste management, air quality monitoring, acoustics, hazardous materials, and wastewater, with environmental managers embedded as integral members of client project management teams.

Giraffe offers five service lines: Environmental Project Management during execution, Environmental Tender Support, Innovative Environmental Technology (Clean Tech) accompaniment, Environmental Consulting and Planning (including licensing), and Environmental Due Diligence for developers and financial institutions. Named engagements include environmental quality management for Moriah Company projects in Jerusalem, agricultural waste management for the Ashkelon Cities Association through Israel Railway, environmental oversight of the Tel Aviv Light Rail Red and Green Lines (including the underground Green Line segment), and solar panel planning along Highway 6 interchanges. The team is led by co-founders Efrat Katz and Itai Ferri, both Porter School alumni, with backgrounds at Royal Haskoning DHV and Israeli municipal and regulatory bodies.

The business operates as a private, founder-owned professional services firm with no disclosed external funding. Revenue is generated through project-based consulting engagements sold via direct B2B relationships, primarily to large Israeli infrastructure programs. Marketing channels are limited to a Wix-based corporate website and a LinkedIn page. The firm competes on regulatory expertise, deep relationships with Israeli permitting authorities (Ministry of Environmental Protection, Nature and Parks Authority, district and National Infrastructure committees), and senior practitioner experience rather than proprietary technology.

Name

Giraffe

Legal name

Giraffe Ltd. (ג'ירף חברה ליעוץ וניהול סביבתי)

Website

https://giraffe-ems.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Giraffe is a Petah Tikva-based Israeli environmental management consulting firm providing integrated environmental services — from planning and licensing through construction oversight — to construction contractors, industrial companies, and government authorities on infrastructure projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Management Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

EIA/ESIA Documentation & Technical Studies (Air/Water/Noise/Traffic) (EUAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Environmental management consulting
• Environmental regulatory compliance
• Contaminated soil remediation
• Waste management services
• Environmental impact assessment

Headquarters

HQ city

Petah Tiqva

HQ country

Israel

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Management Consulting: Professional consulting services for environmental project management from planning through execution and operation. Revenue generated through project-based consulting engagements for contractors, industry, and government authorities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Giraffe is an environmental management and consulting firm providing integrated environmental oversight of projects from planning through licensing, construction, and operation. Its offering covers five core services: Environmental Project Management during execution, Environmental Tender Support, Clean Tech Accompaniment for technology entrepreneurs, Environmental Consulting and Planning (licensing), and Environmental Due Diligence. Services span environmental disciplines including contaminated soils, waste management, air quality, acoustics, hazardous materials, and wastewater, delivered by practitioners embedded within client project teams.

Product overview

Giraffe is an environmental management consulting company offering integrated environmental management services for infrastructure, industry, and authorities. The company provides five core services: Environmental Project Management (during execution), Environmental Tender Support, Innovative Clean Tech Technology Accompaniment, Environmental Consulting and Planning (licensing), and Environmental Due Diligence. The services are delivered through a team of project managers with extensive experience in integrative environmental management, environmental regulation knowledge, and management capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Management (ניהול סביבתי) Provides integrative environmental management for mega projects during execution phases, including writing environmental management programs, ongoing management of environmental aspects such as acoustics, air quality, waste, contaminated soils, and site supervision. Designed for contractors and project owners running infrastructure and construction projects.
• Environmental Tender Support (ליווי סביבתי מכרזים) Accompanies developers, contractors, and companies during bidding stages, assisting with environmental quantity documentation, environmental risk assessment, and writing environmental methodology for construction and operation phases. Targeted at bidders on infrastructure and construction tenders.
• Clean Tech Accompaniment (ליווי טכנולוגיות סביבה חדשניות – CLEAN TECH) Accompanies technology entrepreneurs developing innovative environmental technologies, conducting regulatory reviews locally and abroad, and writing and implementing environmental monitoring programs. Designed for clean tech startups and innovators.
• Environmental Consulting and Planning (ייעוץ ותכנון סביבתי) Provides environmental licensing services from preparation of environmental documents through presentation to authorities for approval. The firm has experience working with district planning committees, the National Infrastructure Committee, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, and the Nature and Parks Authority. Targeted at developers and project owners seeking regulatory approvals.
• Environmental Due Diligence (בדיקת נאותות) Performs environmental due diligence for developers and financial institutions, providing professional opinions and position papers grounded in deep knowledge of existing and future environmental regulations. Targeted at developers and lenders/financial institutions.

Named customers5 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

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Royal Haskoning DHVminorOthersPrior employment connection. Co-CEO Efrat Katz worked as an environmental consultant at Royal Haskoning DHV before founding Giraffe. Co-CEO Itai Fri served as Vice President of the Israel branch of Royal Haskoning DHV before co-founding Giraffe.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design and consultancy firm with a dedicated Resilience / Environment line covering EIA, permitting, contaminated land and climate resilience. Its end-to-end infrastructure-environmental service model is comparable to Giraffe's lifecycle engagement approach.
• Jacobs: Jacobs is a major global professional services firm providing environmental planning, impact assessment, permitting and construction-phase environmental services to infrastructure and government clients. It competes with Giraffe on larger public infrastructure bids.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with a substantial Environment practice covering EIA, permitting, remediation and construction-phase environmental management. It competes with Giraffe for environmental advisory and supervision roles on large public infrastructure programs.
• WSP: WSP is a global professional services firm with a large Environment practice offering EIA, permitting, contaminated land and environmental management for transport, energy and built-environment clients. It overlaps materially with Giraffe on infrastructure environmental advisory and supervision services.
• Ramboll: Ramboll is a global engineering, architecture and environmental consultancy with deep infrastructure environmental practices (EIA, environmental management during construction, sustainability advisory). Competes with Giraffe for permitting and supervision scopes on large public infrastructure projects across Europe and increasingly MENA.

Direct peers

• SLR Consulting: SLR is a mid-size global environmental and advisory consultancy providing EIA, permitting, contaminated land and waste management services to infrastructure clients. Its project-based lifecycle engagement model closely mirrors Giraffe's, making it a strong comparability peer at similar organizational scale.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: Royal HaskoningDHV is a global engineering & environmental consultancy where Giraffe's founders previously worked (Co-CEO Itai Fri was Senior VP of its Israel branch). It offers directly comparable environmental management, EIA and permitting services, particularly for infrastructure and water, and represents Giraffe's closest heritage peer.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): ERM is a pure-play global environmental, health, safety, risk and sustainability consultancy operating in the same environmental impact assessment, permitting, contaminated site and compliance space Giraffe serves. Its broad service mix and lifecycle engagement model are directly comparable to Giraffe's Israeli infrastructure-focused offering.

Regional players

• Geotech Engineering & Environmental Services: Geotech is an Israeli environmental and engineering consultancy providing site assessment, contamination and EIA services; one of Giraffe's project managers (Uri Segel) previously worked there. It is a direct regional peer competing for the same Israeli infrastructure EIA and supervision scopes.
• Tahal Group: Tahal Group is an Israeli-headquartered international engineering and consulting firm with environmental, water and infrastructure advisory practices serving Israel and emerging markets. It is one of the closest Israeli regional comparables to Giraffe in terms of infrastructure environmental management scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/giraffe-ems

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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