Bio-Eco · conseil et stratégie

Name

Bio-Eco · conseil et stratégie

Legal name

Bio-Eco

Website

https://bio-eco.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Sustainability Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Nature & Biodiversity Reporting (TNFD, natural capital) (EUAHAJAM)

Keywords

• Sustainability consulting
• Climate planning services
• Participatory governance
• Energy transition advisory
• Public policy consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Vevey

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Consulting and advisory services: Bio-Éco generates revenue through fee-for-service consulting mandates with public sector clients (communes, cantons, associations). Mandates are structured as project-based engagements, annual delegated sustainability officer contracts, and short-term diagnostic or strategic assignments. Revenue is derived from professional services delivered to government clients across Romandie.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bio-Éco is a Swiss sustainability and ecological-transition consultancy founded in 1986 in Vevey that advises public authorities across Romandie on climate, energy, and territorial development. The firm delivers diagnostic studies, climate strategies, participatory processes, and delegated sustainability officer mandates for communes, cantons, associations, and federal agencies. It also develops proprietary methodologies such as the "La Balade du Futur" foresight tool, deployments of the Decidim participation platform, and a pedagogical toolkit for schools.

Product overview

Bio-Éco is a consulting firm founded in 1986 that accompanies territories in their ecological and social transition. The firm offers a portfolio of methodologies and tools centered on sustainability, energy transition, and climate change adaptation for public authorities. Core offerings include digital participation platforms (Decidim), the La Balade du Futur participatory walking methodology, educational toolkits for schools, the Bioscaphe mediation space, and delegated sustainability advisory services. Supporting service categories include diagnostic assessments, strategy development, implementation support, stakeholder mobilization, network facilitation, and applied research.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Le Bioscaphe: A collective and mediation/exploration space around energy transition, initiated by Bio-Éco. Named from Greek 'bio' (life) and 'scaphos' (boat), meaning 'boat of life'.

Products and services

• Territorial Sustainability Diagnostics

Quantifiable outcome

• La Balade du Futur in Aigle harvested nearly 500 ideas from the population for climate plan development
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• InfrascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBio-Éco collaborated with Infras on the Adapt+ climate adaptation program for the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (OFEV). Infras coordinated examples from other linguistic regions while Bio-Éco handled Romandie examples. Together they developed a list of climate adaptation measure types eligible for subsidies.
• Octree (including subsidiary Voca)coreTechnology or IntegrationBio-Éco partnered with Octree, a company specializing in Decidim platform development for public authorities, to offer digital participation platform deployment. Bio-Éco provides participatory process design and platform usage expertise while Octree handles technical development. The partnership enables hybrid participatory approaches combining digital and in-person formats.
• DemoscanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDemoscan was a partner in the La Balade du Futur project deployed in Yverdon-les-Bains, contributing to the participatory process with randomly selected residents.
• Tomas FryscakminorOthersIllustrator who created the visual panels for the La Balade du Futur participatory pathway, developed by Bio-Éco.
• CSD Ingegneri (Locarno)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCSD Ingegneri collaborated with Bio-Éco on the NCCS pilot program 'Ça chauffe dans les écoles' (schools defying heat), developing the pedagogical toolkit for climate adaptation in schools.
• Infomaniak Network SAminorOthersSwiss hosting provider used for website hosting, newsletter distribution, and email services. Data is hosted in Switzerland in compliance with Swiss data protection law.
• Sirup Communication (Vevey)minorOthersSirup Communication designed and maintains the Bio-Éco website, responsible for technical maintenance and web design. Hervé Henchoz and Cyril Gros are listed as content and photo contributors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Ernst Basler + Partner (EBP): Swiss consulting firm with strong environmental, energy, and climate practices serving public sector clients across Switzerland. Direct peer — comparable service portfolio (sustainability strategy, climate adaptation, energy transition) with similar clientele of cantons, communes, and federal agencies, though at larger scale.
• Infras: Swiss environmental and sustainability research/consulting firm headquartered in Zurich, with a Bern and Lausanne presence. Direct peer — Bio-Éco already partners with Infras on the OFEV Adapt+ program, indicating highly overlapping capabilities in federal climate/sustainability advisory for Swiss public authorities.
• Akina: Swiss sustainability and CSR consulting firm based in Fribourg and Lausanne, serving private and public sector clients on sustainability strategy, climate, and energy topics. Direct peer — comparable size, similar Romandie/Western Switzerland footprint, overlapping public sector climate advisory work.
• Sustainserv: Swiss (Zurich/Boston) sustainability strategy and climate consulting firm focused on corporate and public sector clients. Direct peer — comparable sustainability/climate advisory services with a similar consultative model, though slightly larger and with a transatlantic footprint.
• Carbotech AG: Swiss climate, energy, and environmental consulting firm based in Basel/Zurich, providing advisory services to public authorities and industry. Direct peer — comparable climate adaptation, energy transition, and sustainability strategy offerings for Swiss public sector clients.
• Ecoplan: Bern-based Swiss research and consulting firm specializing in economic, environmental, and sustainability policy for federal and cantonal clients. Direct peer — comparable scale, similar public sector focus, overlapping services in strategy development and policy advisory.
• CSD Ingegneri: Swiss engineering consultancy with environmental and climate adaptation practices, headquartered in Locarno with offices across Switzerland. Direct peer — co-developed the NCCS 'Ça chauffe dans les écoles' pilot with Bio-Éco; competing for the same climate adaptation and public sector sustainability mandates.

Broad incumbents

• South Pole Group: Zurich-headquartered global climate solutions provider offering carbon credit, climate strategy, and ESG advisory services. Broad incumbent — overlaps with Bio-Éco's climate and energy transition advisory but operates at much larger scale, primarily serving corporate/international clients rather than Swiss communes.
• Amstein + Walthert: Large Swiss engineering consultancy specializing in building services, energy, and sustainability. Broad incumbent — competing in the same energy label (Cité de l'énergie) and building/energy consulting space, but with much broader technical engineering capabilities and a national footprint beyond Romandie.
• Quantis: Global sustainability consulting firm (acquired by Bureau Veritas) with Swiss roots, specializing in sustainability strategy, climate, and ESG advisory. Broad incumbent — comparable sustainability and climate advisory work but at international scale serving primarily corporate clients, providing a much larger competitive benchmark.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bio-eco-s%C3%A0rl

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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