What EcoPartners (Pty) Ltd. does

EcoPartners (Pty) Ltd. is a South African, privately-held environmental consultancy founded in 2005 and headquartered in Johannesburg. The firm delivers Environmental Impact Assessments, Environmental Management Programmes, Basic Assessment Reports, mining right and prospecting right applications, waste management licensing, and ongoing compliance auditing under South African NEMA, NEMWA, and MPRDA frameworks. Its core technology is senior practitioner expertise — registered Professional Scientists with 20-25 years of individual sector experience across mining, waste, construction, bulk infrastructure, manufacturing, and oil & lubrication — rather than a software platform; service delivery is quote-based, project-driven, and performed directly by named partners and consultants.

The firm's customer base spans both blue-chip enterprises and smaller companies, with named reference clients including Lonmin Platinum, Averda, and SANEDI. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements complemented by a recurring monthly Legislation Updates subscription product that repackages internal regulatory monitoring. The go-to-market is sales-led and enterprise-oriented, with senior staff leading both sales conversations and project delivery, and the firm maintains a content/thought-leadership presence via blog articles, LinkedIn, webinars, and the Bigger Circle Community circular-economy initiative. EcoPartners also holds Level 2 BBBEE contributor status, a meaningful credential for enterprise and government procurement in South Africa.

As of August 2025, EcoPartners announced a strategic reinvention and the spin-off of a new startup focused on waste prevention (rather than waste management), positioning the firm to extend beyond compliance consulting into circular-economy and upstream waste-design advisory. The new entity represents a deliberate shift in business model and addressable market, though the legacy compliance practice continues to anchor the firm.

Name

EcoPartners (Pty) Ltd.

Legal name

EcoPartners (Pty) Ltd.

Website

https://ecopartners.co.za

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

South African privately-held environmental consultancy delivering EIAs, mining right applications, waste management licensing, and ongoing compliance services to mining, waste, construction, manufacturing, and infrastructure clients across Africa and select international markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Johannesburg

HQ country

South Africa

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting services for environmental assessments, authorisations, and compliance management. Revenue generated through project-based engagements for EIA, mining rights, waste licenses, and compliance auditing. The company positions itself as a trusted advisor retained until problems are solved.
2. Legislation Updates Subscription: Monthly subscription service providing clients with a list and brief summary of changes to mining, health & safety, and environmental legislation. Subscription model providing recurring revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

EcoPartners is an independent South African environmental consultancy that delivers Environmental Impact Assessments, prospecting and mining right applications, waste management licensing, and ongoing compliance auditing. The firm supports project proponents across mining, construction, manufacturing, and infrastructure sectors through the full lifecycle of environmental authorisations, from pre-application planning through competent-authority liaison and post-authorisation compliance. It also offers a monthly subscription service that summarises changes to mining, health and safety, and environmental legislation.

Product overview

EcoPartners is an environmental consultancy offering a unified suite of advisory and compliance services rather than a modular software platform. The core offering comprises Environmental Management & Compliance Services (encompassing Environmental Authorisations and Environmental Compliance Solutions), Prospecting & Mining Services, and a Legislation Updates Subscription. All services are delivered through expert consultancy engagements, with the Public Participation Process forming an integral part of environmental authorisation applications. The company focuses on evidence-driven assessment, regulatory compliance management, and supporting clients through the full lifecycle of environmental authorisations and mineral rights.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Authorisations End-to-end environmental authorisation services covering Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), Environmental Risk Assessments, Environmental Management Programmes (EMPr), Basic Assessment Reports (BAR), Electricity Transmission Lines Environmental Authorisations, Waste Management License Applications, Waste Renewal and Variation Applications, Waste Classification, Prospecting Right Applications, Mining Permit Applications, Mining Right Applications, NEMA Section 24G rectification applications, specialist assessments, and Public Participation Process management. Delivered to project proponents in mining, construction, infrastructure and industrial sectors requiring regulatory approvals in South Africa.
• Environmental Compliance Solutions Post-authorisation compliance services including project management, monitoring committee meetings, Environmental Authorisation Compliance Audits, Waste Management Licence Compliance Audits, Environmental Management Performance Assessments, External Environmental Management Audits, Legal Registers, appeal responses, and non-compliance responses (including S31L). Targeted at clients who already hold environmental authorisations or waste management licences and need ongoing compliance support.
• Prospecting & Mining Services Specialist prospecting and mining right associated services including pre-application assessments, SAMRAD scans, Section 11 and Section 102 applications, MTPO execution, environmental audits, RMDEC meetings, appeal responses, and financial provision assessments. Designed for mining companies and applicants navigating South African MPRDA processes.
• Legislation Updates Subscription Monthly subscription service that provides subscribers with a list and brief summary of changes to mining, health and safety, and environmental legislation based on gazettes published. Targeted at operational clients who need to keep their legal registers and compliance programmes current.
• Public Participation Process Independent Environmental Assessment Practitioner services that conduct EIA processes according to EIA Regulations 2014, manage public participation, register interested and affected parties, and submit reports to Competent Authorities. Used by project proponents who must meet statutory public participation obligations as part of an EIA or BAR.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 1,000 projects completed on time, within budget and according to agreed scope
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Aurecon: Africa-anchored engineering and infrastructure advisory firm with an environmental practice covering EIA, permitting and compliance. South African origin gives it a comparable regional base while operating at much larger scale than EcoPartners.
• Arcadis: Global design and consultancy firm offering environmental assessment, permitting and compliance services across mining, infrastructure and industrial sectors. A broader incumbent with more international reach than EcoPartners.
• WSP Environment & Energy: Global professional services firm with a substantial environmental consulting practice including a South African footprint. Provides EIA, permitting and compliance work across mining, infrastructure and industrial sectors at significantly larger scale.
• SLR Consulting: Global environmental and advisory consultancy with mining-sector practices across Africa. Overlaps with EcoPartners on environmental impact assessment, permitting and compliance services but at materially greater scale and geographic reach.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a sizeable environmental practice covering EIA, permitting and remediation. Operates in South Africa and competes for large infrastructure and mining environmental mandates alongside EcoPartners.
• Royal HaskoningDHV: Dutch-headquartered engineering and environmental consultancy with operations across Africa. Provides similar EIA, permitting and compliance services to industrial and mining clients, including in the South African market.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): World's largest pure-play sustainability and environmental consultancy with deep mining-sector coverage. Provides similar EIA, permitting and compliance services but offers broader advisory, due diligence and ESG capabilities.

Direct peers

• SRK Consulting: Global mining-focused consultancy with a substantial South African office network. While its core competence is geology and mine engineering, SRK also delivers environmental and permitting services to mining clients, putting it in direct competition for mining authorisation work.
• JG Afrika (formerly Jeffares & Green): South African engineering and environmental consultancy providing EIA, permitting and infrastructure services. Direct competitor for South African mining, construction and bulk-infrastructure environmental authorisations.
• Digby Wells Environmental: South African environmental consultancy headquartered near Johannesburg with a mining-sector focus on EIA, water-use licensing and mineral rights. Closest comparable to EcoPartners in customer base, geography and service scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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