Desarrollo Sustentable Franco Group

What Desarrollo Sustentable Franco Group does

Desarrollo Sustentable Franco Group is a privately held socio-environmental consulting firm headquartered in Colonia Educación, Alcaldía de Coyoacán, Mexico City. The firm delivers specialized advisory services to industrial, energy, and infrastructure project sponsors in Mexico, helping clients navigate environmental and social regulatory requirements, secure permits, manage community and indigenous-stakeholder relations, and integrate sustainability into project execution. Its service portfolio is organized into three categories: Environmental Planning and Development (including environmental pre-feasibility, site characterization, Phase I ESA, forest opinions, MIA, ETJ, ERA/ARP, and ARSH); Construction, Testing, Operation and Maintenance (environmental auditing, EMS implementation, IFC and Ecuador Principles reporting, reforestation, ecosystem monitoring, and hazardous waste registration); and Social Impact Specialty Services (MIS/MISSE, social management plans, community diagnostics, social risk studies, ethnic community identification, indigenous consultation processes, and human rights/ESG due diligence).

The firm's underlying technology is its codified consulting methodology and regulatory expertise rather than a software platform; it does not offer an API, SDK, or digital product, and instead delivers customized project-based engagements executed by specialized multi-disciplinary teams. Strategic alliances with GI Cebras (environmental sampling) and Umbrella (ecosystem monitoring) extend delivery capacity into hyper-specialized fieldwork. Business model is professional services: B2B project-based consulting with quote-based, non-publicly-disclosed pricing. Go-to-market is sales-led, sourced through the company website, phone, WhatsApp, email, and a multi-channel social media presence (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok). Revenue is generated from individual consulting engagements across three primary use-case segments — Industrial, Energy, and Infrastructure projects — with horizontal segmentation across sectors and no disclosed named customers, headcount, or revenue figures.

Name

Desarrollo Sustentable Franco Group

Legal name

Desarrollo Sustentable Franco Group

Website

https://desarrollo-sustentable.com.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Desarrollo Sustentable Franco Group is a Mexico City-based socio-environmental consulting firm delivering environmental permitting, social impact assessment, and compliance services to industrial, energy, and infrastructure project sponsors in Mexico.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental & Social Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability, ESG & Climate Risk Advisory (BPAHAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK), ESG Governance, Sustainability Reporting & Assurance Advisory (BPAHAFAJ)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting services
• Social impact assessment
• Environmental permitting Mexico
• ESG due diligence
• Socio-environmental compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Mexico City

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

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. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for environmental planning, assessments, permits, and compliance for industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects. Revenue generated through project-based consulting engagements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Desarrollo Sustentable Franco Group is a Mexican socio-environmental consulting firm that delivers integrated environmental, social, regulatory, and management advisory services for industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects. Its work spans environmental pre-feasibility and site characterization, environmental impact manifests (MIA), environmental risk studies (ERA, ARP), social impact assessments (MIS/MISSE), indigenous consultation processes, environmental auditing, ecosystem monitoring, and ESG/human rights due diligence. Services are customized per project and priced by quote.

Product overview

Desarrollo Sustentable Franco Group is a socio-environmental consulting firm offering an integrated portfolio of advisory services for industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects. The firm does not offer a software product; rather, it provides specialized consulting services organized into three main service categories: Environmental Planning and Development, Construction/Operation/Monitoring Services, and Social Impact Specialty Services. These services are designed to help clients achieve environmental and social compliance, secure permits, manage risks, and integrate sustainability as a competitive advantage.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Planning and Development Services Comprehensive environmental assessment and planning services for industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects, including Prefactibilidad ambiental y social, Caracterización ambiental regional y de sitio, Evaluación Ambiental del Sitio (ESA Phase 1), Dictamen Forestal, Estudio Técnico Justificativo (ETJ), Manifestación de Impacto Ambiental (MIA), Estudios de Riesgo Ambiental (ERA y ARP), and Análisis de Riesgo del Sector Hidrocarburos (ARSH). Designed to help project operators secure environmental permits and approvals.
• Construction, Testing, Operation and Maintenance Services Ongoing environmental auditing, supervision, and ecosystem monitoring services for operating industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects. Includes Auditoría y Supervisión Ambiental, Sistema de Gestión Ambiental implementation, reforestation programs, monitoring of fauna, flora, water quality, air quality, and noise, hazardous waste registration, accident prevention programs, IFC and Ecuador Principles reporting, and annual operational permits.
• Social Impact Specialty Services Specialized social impact and community relations services for industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects. Includes Manifestaciones de Impacto Social (MIS y MISSE), Plan de Gestión Social, Diagnóstico Comunitario, Plan de Comunicación, social project supervision, Estudio de Riesgo Social (ERS), ethnic community identification and characterization, indigenous consultation processes, and human rights/ESG/social due diligence.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• GI CebrascoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliance partner specializing in environmental sampling and monitoring services. GI Cebras provides hyper-specialized technical expertise in ecosystem sampling as part of the company's comprehensive environmental service offerings.
• UmbrellacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliance partner specializing in ecosystem monitoring services. Umbrella provides specialized capabilities in monitoring fauna, flora, water quality, air quality, and noise measurements as part of comprehensive environmental monitoring programs.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: International consulting and engineering firm specializing in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure, providing environmental impact assessments and monitoring services for industrial and energy clients. Comparable in core environmental consulting offerings, with greater international footprint.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure and environmental services firm providing environmental planning, permitting, and social impact consulting for large industrial, energy, and infrastructure developments in Mexico and Latin America. Comparable service mix with significantly larger bench and international project finance credentials.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm providing environmental impact assessment, permitting, and sustainability services for infrastructure, energy, and industrial clients across Latin America. Directly comparable on environmental and social consulting for major projects but with significantly broader service portfolio.
• WSP Global: Global engineering and environmental consultancy offering environmental impact assessments, permitting support, and social impact services for infrastructure and energy projects, with established operations across Latin America. Competes for the same Mexican industrial and infrastructure mandates as Desarrollo Sustentable but with broader multidisciplinary capability and multi-office footprint.
• Bureau Veritas: Global testing, inspection, and certification company providing environmental compliance, monitoring, and ESG assurance services with operations across Latin America. Overlaps with Desarrollo Sustentable's environmental auditing and compliance monitoring services, though Bureau Veritas is a TIC-led giant rather than a project-focused consultancy.
• SGS: Global testing, inspection, and certification company with strong presence in environmental monitoring, sampling, and compliance services in Mexico. Comparable on the environmental monitoring and ecosystem sampling component of Desarrollo Sustentable's offering, though primarily operating as a TIC firm rather than a socio-environmental consultancy.
• Ramboll: Global engineering, environment, and sustainability consultancy offering environmental and social impact assessments, permitting, and ESG advisory for industrial and infrastructure projects. Comparable in ESG and sustainability consulting focus, with broader geographic and technical reach.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Global environmental, social, and governance consulting leader with deep experience in environmental impact assessments, permitting, and ESG due diligence for industrial and infrastructure projects worldwide, including operations in Mexico. Directly comparable to Desarrollo Sustentable on service scope but operates at vastly larger scale and brand recognition.

Direct peers

• SLR Consulting: International environmental and advisory consultancy offering environmental and social impact assessments, permitting, and ESG due diligence for industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects with operations in Latin America. Most directly comparable as a specialist environmental and social consulting firm competing for similar project mandates.

Regional players

• Gaia Servicios Ambientales: Mexico-based environmental consulting firm offering environmental impact studies, permitting, and social impact assessments for industrial and infrastructure projects. Most comparable as a fellow Mexican SME socio-environmental consultancy competing for similar domestic mandates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@sdfrancogroup.9805
• Facebookfacebook.com/desarrollo.sustentable.franco.group
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/desarrollosustentablefrancogroup
• Instagraminstagram.com/consultoria.sd/?hl=es
• TikToktiktok.com/@desarrollo_sustentable_

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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