What ENCEM does

ENCEM is a French environmental engineering and consulting firm (bureau d'études) headquartered in Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France, founded in 1979 by UNICEM, the National Union of Quarry Operators. The firm provides multidisciplinary environmental services — engineering and regulatory consulting, ecology, metrology (noise and dust), landscape integration studies, GIS-based cartography and 3D quarry modeling, professional training, and stakeholder communication tools — primarily to the extractive industries (aggregate quarries and underground/open-pit mines), construction and demolition waste recycling operators, and renewable-energy developers building photovoltaic installations on rehabilitated sites. Service delivery relies on in-house domain expertise combined with proprietary geospatial workflows and third-party acoustic and atmospheric modeling tools (CadnaA; EVADIES partnership), with regulatory ICPE dossier preparation and ecological surveys as the core technical offerings.

Operationally, ENCEM runs six regional agencies across France (Nancy HQ, Paris, Orléans, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon) and employs approximately 25 collaborators, organized into cross-regional expertise poles covering geology, acoustics, ecology, landscape, and geomatics. The firm operates as a fee-for-service professional services business with custom-quoted engagements; pricing is not publicly disclosed. In January 2024 the firm transitioned from association status to a SCOP (Société Coopérative Participative), making employees co-owners and establishing governance independent from the founding union. The firm carries LUCIE 26000 RSE labeling (since 2018), Qualiopi training certification (2025-2028), and Ecoindex B / Website Carbon A+ website eco-design ratings. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the customer base spans international industrial groups and SMEs within the French extractive value chain.

Name

ENCEM

Legal name

ENCEM

Website

https://encem.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ENCEM is a 45-year-old French environmental consulting firm (SCOP cooperative) providing multidisciplinary engineering, ecology, metrology, landscape, GIS, training, and communication services to extractive industries, construction-waste recyclers, and renewable-energy developers across six regional agencies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Engineering Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Compliance & Permitting (BPAHAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

EIA/ESIA Documentation & Technical Studies (Air/Water/Noise/Traffic) (EUAHAAAC), Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Environmental engineering consulting
• Quarry regulatory compliance
• Ecological impact assessment
• Environmental metrology services
• GIS site modeling

Headquarters

HQ city

Clichy

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Engineering & Consulting Services: ENCEM generates revenue through fee-for-service consulting engagements, delivering multidisciplinary environmental studies and regulatory dossiers (ICPE filings, impact studies, danger studies, authorization requests) for the extractive and materials recycling industries. Projects range from initial feasibility studies through to ongoing site environmental monitoring.
2. Professional Training: ENCEM delivers training programs on environmental topics (water, biodiversity, noise, dust) to industrial clients, institutional bodies, and students. Over 500 trainings have been delivered since the company's founding. Revenue is generated through training fees for themed sessions, matinales, and custom-designed modules.
3. Environmental Communication Tools: ENCEM creates communication tools including illustrated project booklets, graphical layout of authorization dossiers, stakeholder consultation workshops, pedagogical summaries, and educational panels/plaquettes for clients, adding value through integrated environmental expertise and communication design.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ENCEM is a French environmental engineering and consulting bureau d'études that delivers multidisciplinary environmental studies, regulatory dossiers, and technical assistance to the extractive industry (quarries and mines), construction and demolition waste recycling operators, and renewable energy developers on former extractive sites. Core offerings span engineering and consulting, ecology, metrology (noise and dust), landscape studies, GIS and 3D modeling, professional training, and stakeholder communication tools, delivered through six regional agencies under a SCOP cooperative structure.

Product overview

ENCEM is an environmental engineering and consulting firm (bureau d'études) providing integrated multidisciplinary services to the extractive and materials recycling industries. The company operates seven interconnected service lines: Engineering & Consulting (core advisory), Ecology, Metrology (noise and dust measurement), Landscape Architecture, GIS & 3D Modeling, Training, and Communication tools. These services are delivered through multidisciplinary teams organized in expertise poles, covering geology, acoustics, ecology, landscape design, cartography, and regulatory training, deployed across six regional agencies throughout France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ingénierie et conseil (Engineering and Consulting) Environmental engineering and consulting services covering project feasibility assessment, technical and environmental studies, administrative and regulatory compliance support, and voluntary site audits for mines, quarries, waste recycling, and renewable energy sectors.
• Écologie (Ecology) Ecological expertise including floristic and faunistic inventories, ecological impact assessments, wetland delineation, NATURA 2000 assessments, protected species derogation applications, and ecological monitoring during operations.
• Métrologie (Metrology) Measurement and monitoring services for dust emissions and noise control, including dust fallout measurements, acoustic modeling via CadnaA software, air quality assessments, and water sampling and analysis in partnership with EVADIES.
• Paysage (Landscape) Landscape integration studies including diagnostic analysis, impact assessment, 3D photo-simulations, landscape insertion measurements, rehabilitation phasing, and professional guidelines development for industry bodies.
• SIG et modélisation (GIS and Modeling) Geographic Information System and 3D modeling services including cartography, 3D phasing design and volume estimation, filling scenario modeling, site evolution visualization, and spatial analysis for market prospecting.
• Formation (Training) Environmental training programs covering water, biodiversity, noise, and dust topics, offered as themed essentials for industry clients, morning sessions (matinales) for institutional bodies, and custom-designed modules for students. Over 500 training sessions have been delivered since the company's founding.
• Communication (Stakeholder Communication Tools) Stakeholder communication and engagement tools including project books, graphic layout for authorization dossiers, participatory workshops, non-technical summaries with infographics, and educational panels and plaquettes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 500 training sessions delivered to clients and students since founding
• +1 more outcomes

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

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered supporting, core and minor.

• EVADIESsupportingTechnology or IntegrationEVADIES is a specialized partner providing advanced air quality and atmospheric dispersion modeling services, including measurement of fine dust (PM10, PM2.5), crystalline silica, and pollutant transfer studies in air, water, soils, and vegetation. ENCEM refers clients to EVADIES for specialized atmospheric studies complementing its own metrology and environmental assessment services.
• UNICEM (Union Nationale des Industries de Carrières et Matériaux de Construction)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUNICEM (National Union of Quarry and Construction Materials Industries) is both the founding entity and a key strategic partner of ENCEM. ENCEM was created by UNICEM in 1979 to provide environmental technical assistance to its member quarries. ENCEM participates in national studies and guidelines for UNICEM and maintains a historic cooperative relationship with the profession, now independent under the SCOP structure.
• UNPG (Union Nationale des Producteurs de Granulats)supportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerENCEM contributes to the development of professional guides and studies for UNPG, similar to its work for UNICEM, participating in the creation of landscape and ecology guidelines adopted by French aggregates industry bodies.
• InfomaniakminorOthersInfomaniak is the web hosting provider for ENCEM's website. Located at rue Eugène Marziano 25, 1227 Les Acacias, Geneva, Switzerland. Infomaniak powers its data centers with renewable energies.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• EGIS: Egis is a major French engineering group providing environmental impact studies, permitting and ecological expertise across infrastructure, energy and industrial projects. It overlaps significantly with ENCEM's environmental consulting scope at larger scale.
• WSP Environment (France): WSP, through its acquisition of Golder Associates and other firms, operates a global environmental services practice with strong French presence. It offers impact assessments, permitting support and ecological services competing with ENCEM's offerings for extractive and infrastructure clients.
• SAFEGE (Suez): SAFEGE is a French engineering consultancy within the SUEZ group offering environmental studies, water management, ICPE support and infrastructure advisory. Larger and broader than ENCEM, but its environmental practice competes directly in the industrial permitting space.
• Apave: Apave is a French risk-management and technical consultancy offering environmental, ICPE and HSE services to industrial clients. Its environmental assessment practice overlaps with ENCEM's core competency, albeit within a much broader TIC portfolio.
• Bureau Veritas Environment: Bureau Veritas is a global TIC group with a French environment practice covering ICPE support, environmental due diligence and ESG services for industrial operators, providing comparable consulting services to ENCEM at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• ERG Environnement: ERG Environnement is a French environment consultancy (part of GéoPlus group) delivering impact studies, ecological inventories, water studies and ICPE dossiers for quarry and mining operators — a small French peer with a very similar niche.
• ENVEO: ENVEO is a French environmental consulting firm providing environmental studies, natural-habitat inventories, permitting and project management for infrastructure and extractive clients — a directly comparable niche peer to ENCEM.
• Burgeap: Burgeap is a French environmental engineering consultancy (formerly independent, now under ENGIE/SUEZ ecosystem) providing environmental impact studies, ICPE support and site assessments for industrial clients, directly comparable to ENCEM's engineering and consulting offering.
• Ginger CEBTP: Ginger CEBTP is a French engineering and environmental consultancy group offering environmental studies, hydrogeology, ICPE support and waste-related assessments. Its services and client base (industrial operators, public bodies) closely overlap with ENCEM's core practice.
• Antea Group: Antea Group is a major French environmental and engineering consultancy offering impact studies, permitting, water and ecological services. It serves extractive and industrial clients across France, making it the closest scale-comparable peer to ENCEM, although with broader sectoral reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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