What Evea does

EVEA (legal name: EVEA Evaluation et Accompagnement) is an independent French consulting firm founded in 2005 in Nantes by Jean-Baptiste Puyou, specializing in eco-socio-design of products, services, and activities. Headquartered at 11 rue Arthur III, Nantes, with additional offices in Lyon and Troyes and satellite teams across roughly ten French cities, the company operates as a Scop SA (cooperative public limited company) with 120 member-employees as of 2023. EVEA serves clients across agriculture and food, textiles and fashion, construction materials, plastics and composites, digital and electronics, healthcare, energy, cosmetics, and furniture, providing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA/ACV), Social Life Cycle Assessment (ASCV), greenhouse gas inventories (BEGES/Bilan Carbone), FDES/PEP environmental declarations, double materiality analysis (CSRD), and eco-socio-design consulting, complemented by Qualiopi-certified training and awareness workshops.

EVEA's technology stack centers on three proprietary software platforms: ASK OR, a SaaS platform for LCA and eco-socio-design compliant with ISO 14040/44 and 14067, built on the Ecoinvent 3.11 database and European PEF methodology; evDEC, a configurator for editing, automating, and securing FDES, PEP, and EPD declarations in the construction sector; and C3R'IMPACT, an LCA tool co-developed with IPC and integrating a dedicated plastics and composites database. The company is also the authorized French reseller of the Social Hotspots Database (SHDB) and develops sector-specific Life Cycle Inventory datasets published in the ADEME library. Internal credentials include Qualiopi training certification, CIR/CII R&D accreditation, PEP and FDES verification habilitation, and BBCA Energy/Carbon referent status. Co-authored contributions to UNEP's 2020 social LCA guidelines and ISO 14075 provide thought-leadership positioning.

EVEA's revenue model combines professional services (project-based consulting, Qualiopi-certified training, CIR/CII-accredited R&D), recurring SaaS subscriptions and software licensing through ASK OR and evDEC, and licensing/resale income from SHDB distribution. Go-to-market is sales-led with community-led overlays: direct enterprise engagement across industry verticals, supported by content marketing, LinkedIn thought leadership, white papers, and events/workshops. Distribution occurs through direct sales, self-serve SaaS, and channel partnerships (notably FESPA France for visual communication SMEs, and academic collaborations with Université Toulouse III, INSA/LMDC, and LGP2/Grenoble INP).

Name

Evea

Legal name

EVEA Evaluation et Accompagnement

Website

https://evea-conseil.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

EVEA is a French independent consulting firm and Scop SA cooperative (120 associates, founded 2005) that delivers Life Cycle Assessment, Social LCA, environmental declarations, and CSRD services, combined with proprietary SaaS platforms (ASKOR, evDEC) and Qualiopi-certified training across multiple industrial sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Product Sustainability & LCA/EPD (Eco-design, PCF) (EUAHAJAF)

Keywords

• Life cycle assessment consulting
• Eco-socio-design services
• Environmental product declarations
• Sustainability consulting
• Carbon footprint analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Advisory engagements covering environmental and social strategy, LCA, eco-socio-design, CSRD reporting, double materiality analysis, due diligence, and biodiversity assessments.
2. Training Services: Intra and inter-company training programs certified Qualiopi, covering LCA methodologies (including OpenLCA), eco-design, social LCA, and sector-specific sustainability topics.
3. Software Platforms (ASKOR, evDEC): SaaS platforms for LCA modeling, eco-socio-design, and EPD/PEP declaration management, offered as subscription or license.
4. Software Distribution: EVEA is the French reseller and trainer for the Social Hotspots Database (SHDB), providing access to social risk mapping tools integrated with LCA software (SimaPro, OpenLCA).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Evea provides eco-socio-design consulting and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) services that help organizations measure, reduce and communicate the environmental and social impacts of their products and services across sectors such as construction, plastics, textiles, agriculture and packaging. The firm complements its consulting practice with proprietary SaaS platforms (ASKOR for LCA, evDEC for FDES/PEP configuration), an impact-reduction platform (C3R'IMPACT), and exclusive French distribution of the SHDB environmental database.

Product overview

EVEA is an independent consulting firm specializing in eco-socio-design of products, services and activities since 2005. The company operates as a cooperative (Scop SA) and offers a portfolio of consulting services (LCA, Social LCA, carbon footprint, environmental declarations, CSRD reporting) combined with proprietary software tools. The software portfolio includes ASK OR (SaaS platform for LCA and eco-design), evDEC (configurator for FDES/PEP/EPD declarations), LCA Tools (software development), SHDB integration (social hotspots), and C3R'IMPACT (sector-specific LCA tool for plastics). Services are complemented by Qualiopi-certified training programs and R&D support under CIR/CII tax incentives. The company serves diverse sectors including agriculture, food, digital, textiles, construction, biotechnology, detergents, packaging, energy, mechanics, cosmetics, plastics, healthcare, and transport/logistics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ASKOR: Plateforme SaaS destinée à faciliter l'ACV et l'éco-conception des produits
• evDEC
• LCA Tools
• Empreintes sociales
• C3R'IMPACT

Products and services

• ASKOR ASKOR is a proprietary SaaS platform that enables organizations to perform Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies, modeling environmental impacts across the product lifecycle. It is used by Evea's consultants and clients in sectors such as construction, plastics, textiles, agriculture and packaging.
• evDEC evDEC is a configurator designed to produce Environmental and Health Product Declarations (FDES/PEP) for construction and building-product manufacturers. It was co-developed with Saint-Gobain Isover and Siniat and is used by manufacturers to build and publish FDES/PEP documents.
• C3R'IMPACT C3R'IMPACT is an impact-reduction platform offered by Evea to help organizations identify levers and reduce environmental impacts across their products and services.
• LCA Tools LCA Tools is Evea's suite of proprietary Life Cycle Assessment tools that support consulting engagements across multiple sectors (plastics, textiles, construction, packaging, agriculture, furniture).
• SHDB database (French distribution) SHDB is an environmental database distributed by Evea as the exclusive French partner, providing Life Cycle Inventory data for use in LCA studies by French organizations.
• Eco-socio-design and LCA consulting services Core consulting services covering eco-socio-design, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), eco-design, and substantiation of environmental claims for manufacturers across construction, plastics, textile, agriculture, packaging and furniture sectors.
• Regulatory environmental reporting (BEGES, FDES/PEP) Regulatory environmental reporting services including BEGES greenhouse-gas emissions reports for SMEs and signatories of the SME climate/energy charter, and FDES/PEP construction product declarations.
• Qualiopi-certified training programs Qualiopi-certified training programs delivered by Evea for professionals and organizations on Life Cycle Assessment, eco-design and sustainability topics.

Quantifiable outcome

• Gender equality index score of 98/100 in 2025 (38/40 on pay gap, 35/35 on individual raise gaps, 10/10 on gender representation in top earners)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• LGP2 (Grenoble INP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026EVEA partnered with the LGP2 laboratory (one of France's leading research centers in cellulose and paper science) to conduct a comparative LCA between plastic and cellulose-based food packaging. This collaboration is part of the Chaire Cellulose Valley, supported by Fondation Grenoble INP. EVEA's Packaging and R&D teams worked on-site at LGP2 in March 2026 to launch the study, expected to conclude in mid-2026.
• Toovalu, Aguaro, Easyvirt, GreenspectorminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2025Five organizations including EVEA collaborated to publish a joint summary note on the environmental, social, and societal impacts of artificial intelligence. The document synthesizes research findings and outlines practical approaches for integrating AI within a responsible digital strategy, available as a downloadable resource.
• FESPA FrancecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2023FESPA France, the French federation of visual communication professionals (~500 member companies), partnered with EVEA to deploy the ASKOR platform to its network. EVEA developed a customized module with sector-specific adaptations and ten generic product models covering ephemeral communication (roll-ups, window dressing) and permanent signage. FESPA France promotes the tool to its members as part of its environmental support strategy.
• TOOVALUminorOthers · 1 January 2011TOOVALU was created as an EVEA subsidiary in 2011 as a software solution for corporate climate strategy and ESG reporting. It operates as an independent entity.
• Butterly Tourism (formerly EVEA Tourisme)minorOthers · 1 January 2011EVEA created EVEA Tourisme as a subsidiary in 2011, which became independent in 2015 under the name Butterly Tourism (now Betterfly Tourism), focused on sustainable tourism assessment.
• IPC (Centre Technique Industriel de la Plasturgie et des Composites)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEVEA collaborated with IPC to develop reference Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data for French plastics processing operations, published in the ADEME library. EVEA provided methodological support for data collection and report writing compliant with ISO 14040/14044. The two organizations also co-developed C3R'IMPACT, an LCA tool specifically designed for the plasturgic and composites industry, integrating EVEA's ASKOR platform with IPC's sector expertise.
• ADEME (Agence de la Transition Écologique)minorOthersEVEA works with ADEME through publication of sector-specific Life Cycle Inventory datasets in the ADEME library (e.g., French plastics processing ICVs). ADEME serves as the primary reference library for environmental data in France.
• SHDB (Social Hotspots Database) / NewEarth BcoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerEVEA is the authorized French reseller of the Social Hotspots Database (SHDB), created by NewEarth B in alignment with UN guidelines for social LCA. EVEA offers SHDB licenses and provides training on SHDB tools (risk mapping tool, LCA software integration) in France.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection and certification firm offering sustainability, LCA and environmental declaration services as part of a much broader portfolio. Overlaps with EVEA in PEP/FDES verification and construction materials certification.
• EcoAct (an ERM company): European sustainability consultancy now part of ERM Group, offering carbon accounting, CSRD advisory and climate strategy. Competes with EVEA in French enterprise sustainability consulting at a much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Cycleco: French LCA and eco-design consulting firm with comparable service offerings (LCA, carbon footprint, eco-design, CSR) across industrial and consumer sectors. Cycleco is the closest direct competitor to EVEA in the French market.
• Sphera: Provider of LCA software (formerly GaBi) and sustainability consulting services. Competes with ASKOR/evDEC in the LCA software market and offers adjacent regulatory compliance services overlapping EVEA's scope.
• PRé Sustainability: Developer of SimaPro, the most widely used commercial LCA software globally. PRé is a direct peer in LCA software and methodology consulting, including social LCA via SHDB (whose French distribution EVEA handles).
• Carbone 4: French sustainability and climate strategy consultancy with overlapping services in carbon footprinting, climate strategy and CSRD advisory. A leading French peer in climate and environmental consulting.
• Quantis: Global sustainability consultancy specializing in LCA, eco-design and environmental footprinting for major brands. Competes with EVEA in multi-national enterprise LCA engagements across food, fashion and consumer goods verticals.
• RDC Environment: French environmental consulting firm specializing in LCA, eco-design, environmental product declarations and FDES/PEP. Directly comparable to EVEA in both service scope and target clients (construction, packaging, consumer goods).

Emerging players

• GreenDelta: Developer of openLCA, the leading open-source LCA software used widely in research and increasingly in industry. Indirectly competitive with ASKOR via lower-cost LCA tooling and open data philosophy.
• Toovalu: Originally spun off from EVEA in 2011, now an independent ESG/climate reporting software provider. Shares EVEA's DNA but competes in adjacent ESG software territory (climate strategy and CSRD reporting tooling).

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance7 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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