APESA

Name

APESA

Legal name

APESA

Website

https://apesa.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Pau

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Core revenue from consulting services in SSE regulation, waste valorization, eco-innovation, and societal value creation. Services include legal watch, prevention, QSE management systems, carbon footprint assessment, and eco-design.
2. Training Programs: Training catalog offering over 20 formations covering environmental transition, carbon, circular economy, methanization, and RSE topics. Certified Qualiopi training provider.
3. Research and Development: 25% of APESA's activity is dedicated to research, including collaborative research projects funded by ADEME, ANR, European programs (Interreg), and regional funding.
4. Analytical Testing Services: Technical platform services including BMP measurements, laboratory analysis, and technical testing for industrial clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

APESA is a non-profit technology center providing environmental and societal transition services to industrial companies, agricultural and agri-food firms, and public territories. Its core offerings span SSE (Health, Safety, Environment) regulatory consulting, waste/biomass/effluent valorization (methanization, composting, BMP testing), eco-innovation methodology, Life Cycle Assessment and carbon footprint (Bilan Carbone) assessment, RSE (CSR) advisory and responsible procurement, and applied research. The organization also delivers a Qualiopi-certified training catalog of more than 20 courses and the CHEDD certification program, with research representing 25% of activity.

Product overview

APESA offers a comprehensive portfolio of environmental and sustainability services organized into four main offerings: (1) Regulatory & Prevention SSE covering legal monitoring, risk prevention, and QSE management systems including NADCAP certification; (2) Valorization of Waste, Biomass and Effluents including methanization, composting, and technical BMP testing; (3) Eco-innovation & Environmental Assessment including Life Cycle Assessment (ACV), carbon footprint (Bilan Carbone), eco-design, and the proprietary TERVAL monetary impact evaluation tool; and (4) Social Value Creation including RSE support, responsible procurement, and impact monetization. The company also provides professional training through 20+ courses and the CHEDD certification program. APESA conducts applied research projects including ORHI+ on circular economy and BIOPLAST on biodegradable plastics.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Réglementation & prévention SSE Regulatory and prevention services for Health, Safety, and Environment (SSE) covering legal monitoring, SSE prevention, QSE management systems, and NADCAP certification support for industrial enterprises.
• Valorisation déchets, Biomasses et Effluents Waste, biomass, and effluent valorization services covering methanization, composting, waste management, effluent treatment, agronomic valorization, and socio-environmental studies for agricultural, agri-food, and industrial clients.
• Eco-innovation & évaluation environnementale Eco-innovation and environmental assessment services including environmental impact measurement, eco-innovation methodology, creativity tools, and eco-design for industrial and SME clients.
• Création de valeur sociétale Social value creation services covering RSE (CSR) support, responsible procurement, and impact evaluation and monetization for companies and territories.
• Formation APESA Professional training services offering more than 20 courses across carbon/environmental impacts, circular economy, eco-design, methanization, and sustainable business models, delivered by a Qualiopi-certified training organization since 2007.
• TERVAL Monetary evaluation tool developed by APESA in partnership with the Université de Bordeaux for assessing economic, social, and environmental impacts of companies on their territory using Euro-denominated indicators.
• CHEDD - Collège des Hautes Etudes du Développement Durable 15-day certification program delivered over 8 months for 15-20 participants, providing comprehensive understanding of environmental and societal transitions across Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Quantifiable outcome

• 88% client satisfaction rate
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• CompliSSEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2018Association created by SAFRAN and THALES for aerospace companies to develop common SSE tools. APESA has developed SSE legal watch services through this partnership, serving nearly 250 industrial sites.
• ORHI Consortium (Interreg POCTEFA)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 February 2018European project consortium of 9 organizations from French (Occitanie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques) and Spanish (Navarre, La Rioja, Euskadi) territories, co-financed by Interreg V-A. Focus on circular economy for agri-food sector, transforming organic matter and plastics into resources.
• MASE Sud-OuestcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation bringing together 26 industrialists and nearly 500 subcontractors to promote Safety Environment certification. APESA works alongside MASE Sud-Ouest since its creation in 2008.
• 3ARcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of public purchasers progressing towards responsible purchasing practices. APESA contributes expertise in sustainable procurement.
• BIOPLAST Project PartnersflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerR&D project with 6 French and Spanish partners co-financed by FEDER through Interreg V-A Spain-France-Andorre (POCTEFA 2014-2020). Develops biodegradable plastics from renewable agricultural resources for agricultural end-of-life solutions.
• E6ConsultingminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with E6Consulting, recognized for energy transition and climate change engineering. First joint project for Bordeaux Métropôle Operations to deploy innovative high technical value offers.
• ADEMEcoreOthersFrench Environment and Energy Management Agency. Key funding partner for research projects including RECYLUSE, SPIRALE, BOUQUET, FERTILWASTES, and tasked APESA with national Carbon Balance database management.
• INDUSLACQcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustrial platform association in Lacq basin. APESA provides nuisance and odor management support, deploying action plans and network coordination for industrial members.
• University of BordeauxcoreTechnology or IntegrationAcademic partnership for research. Collaborated on TERVAL tool development and hosts researchers associated with IMS (CNRS UMR 5295) and PACTE (CNRS UMR 5194).
• ANR (Agence Nationale de la Recherche)flagshipOthersFrench National Research Agency. Funding source for ALIENNOR project (2016-2019) developing systemic eco-innovation methodology.
• ACTENAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of 25 technology transfer centers in Nouvelle-Aquitaine with over 1,200 collaborators and 120M€ combined revenue. APESA is founding member and administrator.
• INDUSLACQcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation of industries on the Lacq platform. APESA supports nuisance and odor action plans for industrial members around the platform.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• South Pole: Global climate-solutions and carbon consultancy with strong European presence. Comparable to APESA on carbon strategy, climate advisory, and impact quantification, but operates internationally and at much larger scale.
• EcoAct: Carbon and climate consultancy (now part of AXA Climate) with deep expertise in carbon footprint, LCA, and ESG. Comparable to APESA on carbon-assessment services and serves a similar enterprise base across Europe.
• INERIS: French public institute for industrial and environmental risk (Institut national de l'environnement industriel et des risques). Directly comparable as a French technical reference body providing SSE, risk, and environmental expertise to industrial clients — the closest analog to APESA's regulatory and risk-management remit, with a broader national footprint.
• Carbone 4: Paris-based climate strategy and carbon consultancy. Closely comparable to APESA's carbon-footprint, Bilan Carbone, and LCA/transition-strategy offerings, serving similar enterprise and territorial clients with proprietary methodologies.
• CETIM: Centre Technique des Industries Mécaniques — a French non-profit technical center for mechanical industries. Comparable institutional model (statut associatif technology center funded by industry and grants) delivering SSE, testing, and R&D to industrial members, albeit in mechanics rather than environmental transition.
• Quantis (ERM): International sustainability consultancy specializing in life-cycle assessment, carbon, and eco-design (now part of ERM). Closely comparable to APESA's LCA, eco-design, and impact-measurement practice, serving multinational clients.
• BEE (ex-Pôle Éco-conception): French eco-design resource and competence center. Directly comparable to APESA's eco-conception, eco-innovation, and material-substitution services, serving similar French industrial clients.

Others

• ADEME: French Environment and Energy Management Agency — APESA's key institutional funder and the body that tasked it with the national Carbon Balance database. Not a direct competitor but a mission-aligned ecosystem anchor whose priorities shape APESA's research pipeline and credibility.

Broad incumbents

• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) major with a substantial environmental and HSE practice. Comparable to APESA on ISO 9001/14001 and QSE management systems, but operates globally and across all TIC segments rather than specializing in transition consulting.
• SUEZ Consulting (Suez Smart & Environmental Solutions): Environmental services arm of SUEZ group offering water, waste, and circular-economy consulting. Overlaps with APESA's waste/biomass valorization and eco-design services, but operates at much larger scale with infrastructure ownership rather than pure consulting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/apesa-transition
• Xx.com/apesa64

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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