FNADE

Name

FNADE

Legal name

FNADE, Fédération Nationale des Activités de la Dépollution et de l'Environnement

Website

https://fnade.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership subscriptions: FNADE generates revenue through membership fees from its 269 private member companies across 8 professional unions. The federation provides services to members including access to exclusive documents, regulatory updates, and collective bargaining representation.
2. Publication sales: The federation operates an online shop selling training materials, safety guides (ADR guides), DVDs, USB training kits, and the Convention Collective CCNAD. Products are priced differently for members versus non-members, with members receiving significant discounts.
3. Convention collective subscriptions: Sales of Convention Collective Nationale des Activités du Déchet (CCNAD) documents and annual update subscriptions for legal and HR compliance purposes in the waste management sector.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

FNADE is a professional federation that represents 269 private companies operating across all segments of the French waste management and environmental decontamination sector (collection, recycling, energy recovery, hazardous waste, storage, site decontamination). It unifies 8 specialized professional unions and 16 regional delegations to provide industry advocacy, collective bargaining through the CCNAD national agreement, technical and safety publications (ADR guide, training DVDs, USB kits), regulatory monitoring, and an annual congress for member companies.

Product overview

FNADE (Fédération Nationale des Activités de la Dépollution et de l'Environnement) is a professional federation representing France's waste management and environmental depollution industry. Rather than a unified software platform, FNADE offers a portfolio of publications, training materials, and services including: safety training DVDs and USB kits (covering collection, sorting, manual handling), the ADR Best Practices Guide published biennially, the National Collective Agreement for Waste Activities (CCNAD), waste classification methodology guides, and prevention booklets. Additionally, FNADE provides a member portal (Espace Adhérent) with exclusive documents, regulatory monitoring, and publishes the bimonthly FNADE Actualités newsletter, while maintaining industry indices (ICMO2/ICMO3) for labor costs. FNADE also organizes the annual FNADE Congress and various partner events.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Guide de bonnes pratiques ADR de la profession - Version 2025 (ADR Best Practices Guide) Biennial guide published by FNADE and Maiage to facilitate the application of ADR (European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road) regulations for dangerous waste transport and collection, targeted at waste management operators handling hazardous materials.
• La sécurité en collecte de conteneurs à proximité de réseaux aériens (USB Training Kit) Training kit on USB containing sequenced film chapters, video QCM with evaluation module, instructor manual, and regulatory annexes for overhead network container collection safety, used by waste collection employers to train workers.
• Les techniques de manutention manuelle (DVD) DVD covering general ergonomics rules and proper techniques for manual handling of household waste, including loading from bags, crates, bulk, and wheeled bin manipulation, used for worker safety training in waste collection operations.
• La sécurité en centre de tri et de transit (DVD) DVD for safety training in sorting and transit centers, addressing vehicle-pedestrian circulation risks, industrial equipment hazards, and storage of sorted waste, used by recycling facility operators.
• La sécurité Collecte en porte à porte des ordures ménagères (DVD) DVD for mandatory training of household waste collection agents covering best practices against risks and work situations per Recommendation R 437, used by waste collection employers to train collection workers.
• Convention Collective Nationale des Activités du Déchet (CCNAD) National collective agreement for waste activities covering 54,669+ workers; sold as a one-time purchase with an included 1-year update subscription, used by HR and legal departments of waste management companies for labor compliance.
• La classification des déchets - Guide méthodologique Methodological guide providing a practical tool for directing waste to appropriate storage centers, comprising methodology, waste list, and orientation to three storage center classes (ISDND), used by waste operators for compliance.
• La classification des déchets - CD ROM CD-ROM version of the waste classification methodological guide, providing a digital reference tool for waste operators to classify and route waste to appropriate storage centers.
• Safety Prevention Booklets (Collecte de conteneurs, Benne caissons, Déchèterie, Nettoiement) Prevention and safety booklets for training on new hires, job changes, or equipment in various waste collection and management activities (container collection, skip containers, waste drop-off centers, street cleaning), used by waste management employers for worker safety training.
• FNADE Actualités Newsletter Bimonthly newsletter covering recycling, recovery, and waste management news, distributed to industry professionals and member enterprises; provides regulatory updates, event announcements, and policy positions.
• FNADE Member Portal (Espace Adhèrent) Member-only access portal providing position papers, collective agreements (CCNAD), member publications, regulatory monitoring, and meeting documents to FNADE's 269 member companies.
• ICMO2 / ICMO3 Labor Cost Indices Quarterly labor cost index for household waste collection providing reference values for the waste management industry, used by member companies for cost indexing and contract pricing.

Quantifiable outcome

• 269 private companies represented across all waste management segments
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

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

• AROMATESmajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 8 July 2026FNADE partnered with AROMATES for the 9th edition of the national conference on household waste held at Maison de la Chimie in Paris. FNADE representatives participated in roundtables on energy sovereignty and public waste management services.
• France gazcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 September 2025Strategic partnership between FNADE and France gaz announced on September 25, 2025, aimed at promoting energy recovery from waste and producing renewable and low-carbon gases. The collaboration focuses on sharing technological developments, exchanging regulatory frameworks, engaging with territories and local authorities, and evaluating economic opportunities for waste valorization and biogas production. The partnership targets doubling renewable energy production from waste by 2030.
• FEAD (European Waste Management Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFNADE is a member of FEAD, the European Waste Management Association based in Brussels. This membership provides access to EU-level policy discussions and positions FNADE within the broader European waste management community.
• CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés)minorOthersPartnership with CNIL regarding GDPR compliance and data protection for waste management operators handling increasing amounts of personal data through digitalization of household waste collection.
• PollutecmajorGTM or Marketing PartnerFNADE is a partner and member of the organizing committee of Pollutec Lyon, the major environmental industry trade show. In 2025, FNADE maintained booth E071 in Hall 3 representing all 8 member unions and hosted multiple conferences on decarbonation and circular economy topics.
• FEDENEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFEDENE (French Federation of Energy and Environment Professionals) collaborates with FNADE on decarbonation policy positions, particularly regarding the potential inclusion of municipal waste incineration in the ETS (Emissions Trading System).
• AMORCEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAMORCE, the association of local authorities for energy, climate, and waste management, partners with FNADE on policy positions and events including the annual waste colloquium co-organized in Paris.
• SVDUcoreOthersSVDU (Syndicat national du traitement et de la valorisation des déchets urbains), one of FNADE's 8 member unions, collaborates with FNADE on energy recovery policy and has produced a report on nitrous oxide bottle explosions in incinerators.
• Akto (Opérateur de Compétences)minorOthersAkto, the skills operator for service sector professions, partnered with FNADE and branch social partners to commission a prospective study on skills and employment in the waste sector through 2030.
• RISPOminorOthersRISPO (Réseau Interprofessionnel des Sols et Pollutions) collaborates with FNADE on PFAS technical days and organic waste valorization conferences.
• MaiageminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFNADE and Maiage co-publish the biennial ADR good practices guide for dangerous goods transport in the waste sector. The 2025 edition is the 9th version of this guide.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ISWA (International Solid Waste Association): Global network of waste management professionals, companies and authorities. ISWA operates at a wider geographic and thematic scope than FNADE, but shares the same advocacy, knowledge dissemination and congress-organization role at the international level.
• MEDEF (Mouvement des Entreprises de France): France's principal employers' federation. MEDEF operates as a generalist business association at a national scale, with FNADE effectively serving as the sector-specific MEDEF analog for waste management — comparable governance and advocacy model at a different industry scope.
• CPME (Confédération des Petites et Moyennes Entreprises): French confederation representing SMEs. Many FNADE member companies (collection operators, small recyclers) are also CPME constituents, and CPME provides an alternative cross-sector representation layer that could substitute for some of FNADE's SME-focused services.

Direct peers

• FEDENE: French Federation of Energy and Environment Professionals. FEDENE collaborates with FNADE on decarbonation policy positions, including the ETS inclusion debate, and represents adjacent energy services companies — a parallel French federation model operating in the same policy and membership ecosystem.
• AMORCE: French association of local authorities for energy, climate and waste management. AMORCE co-organizes the annual waste colloquium with FNADE and partners on policy positions, giving it overlapping membership (municipalities vs. operators) on the same French waste agenda.
• France Nature Environnement: France's largest federation of environmental and nature protection associations. FNE engages on overlapping waste, circular economy and decarbonation policy issues, often as a counterparty to FNADE in policy debates, making it a structural peer representing the demand-side of the same policy conversation.
• FEAD (European Waste Management Association): Brussels-based European federation representing national waste management associations. FNADE is a member of FEAD, and the two share the same advocacy, policy representation and collective bargaining functions at the supranational level, making FEAD the closest structural peer.

Others

• UPDS (Union des Professionnels de la Dépollution des Sites): Site decontamination trade union that is actually one of FNADE's 8 member unions. UPDS is included as a peer reference because it operates as a semi-autonomous federation-like body on soil remediation — its narrower scope makes it a useful comparator for FNADE's sub-federation model.

Regional players

• WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme): UK-based charity working on circular economy and resource efficiency. WRAP engages with industry on recycling targets, waste reduction and producer responsibility — a similar cross-industry convener model in a neighboring European market, though more program-driven than advocacy-led.
• BDE (Bundesverband der Deutschen Entsorgungswirtschaft): Germany's federal association of the waste management industry. BDE performs the same national advocacy, collective representation and policy liaison function for German operators that FNADE performs in France, making it the most direct national peer in another major EU market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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