Adivet

What Adivet does

Adivet (legal name: ADIVET – Association française des toitures et façades végétales) is a French non-profit professional association founded in 2002 to promote green roofs, vegetated terraces, green facades, and broader vegetated infrastructure across France. Headquartered at 84 rue de Grenelle in Paris, Adivet operates as the sole interprofessional body bringing together the full value chain of building greening: component and system manufacturers, waterproofing and landscape contractors, architects and design firms, research and training institutions, building owners, and public authorities. Its membership stands at over 1,000 companies, and its core outputs are technical and informational rather than commercial products.

The association's principal assets are technical standards and frameworks. It has co-authored and published the Règles Professionnelles pour la conception et la réalisation des terrasses et toitures végétalisées (third edition) — the industry reference for design and construction of vegetated roofs in France — alongside Technical Recommendations for Urban Rooftop Agriculture and Professional Recommendations for Attached Facade Systems. In 2023 it published the GreenRoofScore framework for evaluating ecosystem performance of green roofs, with a planned digital version. Beyond standards, Adivet operates a portfolio of services including training programs delivered through partner organizations, expert interventions and consulting, organized construction site visits across France, and regular colloquia such as the October 2026 event at ESTP Cachan on urban heat island mitigation. It represents the sector to public authorities, notably through a dedicated workstream on integrating vegetation requirements into local urban planning regulations (PLU/PLUi), and is a member of the European Federation of green infrastructure associations (EFB) and the World Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN).

Commercially, Adivet is funded through recurring membership dues from its 1,000+ corporate members, supplemented by training and event revenue, expert interventions, and site visit fees. Industry-level scale data — 1.6 million m² vegetated annually and 15 million m² cumulative since 2002 across the French market, generating roughly €200 million in cumulative sector revenue — positions Adivet's member ecosystem as a meaningful but specialized niche within France's construction sector. In 2024 the association formally expanded its perimeter to encompass 'vegetalisation de l'îlot bâti et des infrastructures' (vegetation of built blocks and urban infrastructure), rebranding its signature to reflect the broader mandate beyond building greening to include adjacent infrastructure categories such as biosolar rooftops and urban rooftop agriculture.

Name

Adivet

Legal name

ADIVET - Association française des toitures et façades végétales

Website

https://adivet.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Adivet is a French non-profit professional association founded in 2002 that promotes green roofs, facades, and urban vegetated infrastructure to manufacturers, contractors, architects, building owners, and public authorities through technical standards, training, publications, and advocacy, representing 1,000+ member companies across France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: Adivet generates revenue through annual membership fees from its 1000+ member companies across the green building vegetation value chain, including manufacturers, contractors, researchers, and building owners.
2. Training services: The association conducts training programs in partnership with training organizations, providing expertise through designed courses made available to members.
3. Expert interventions and consulting: Adivet provides expert responses to inquiries from various publics and occasional expert interventions at events and projects.
4. Organized site visits: The association organizes construction site visits throughout France as complements to training or information actions.
5. Events and colloquia: Adivet organizes regular colloquia on topics such as building vegetation and urban heat island mitigation, with events like the October 2026 Colloquium at ESTP Cachan.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Adivet is a French non-profit professional association that promotes green roofs, vegetated facades, and urban infrastructure greening by uniting manufacturers, contractors, architects, researchers, building owners, and public authorities. It provides members and the broader industry with technical standards (Professional Rules, GreenRoofScore, technical recommendations), professional training, expert consultations, organized construction site visits, colloquia, and industry representation before public authorities.

Product overview

Adivet is a professional association (Association française des toitures et façades végétales) that serves as an interprofessional organization for the green roof and living wall industry in France. Rather than offering a product portfolio, Adivet provides services to its members including professional training, expert consultations, organized site visits, and technical guidance. The association publishes professional rules and technical recommendations for green roof and terrace design and implementation, and maintains an observatory of market activities. Adivet connects building owners, designers, research institutions, professional organizations, system suppliers, waterproofing companies, and landscaping firms across the vegetation of built environment sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adivet Membership
• Professional Training Programs
• Expert Interventions and Consulting
• Organized Construction Site Visits
• Colloquia and Industry Events
• Règles Professionnelles pour la conception et la réalisation des terrasses et toitures végétalisées (Professional Rules for Vegetated Roofs and Terraces)
• GreenRoofScore Framework
• Recommandations techniques pour l'agriculture urbaine en toiture (Technical Recommendations for Urban Rooftop Agriculture)

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.6 million m² vegetated per year across France
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

API detail

Has API

No

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Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• EFB (Fédération Européenne des associations œuvrant en faveur des infrastructures végétalisées)coreOthersAdivet is a member of EFB, the European Federation of green infrastructure associations, representing the French perspective at the European level and collaborating on international initiatives.
• WGIN (World Green Infrastructure Network)coreOthersAdivet is a member of WGIN, the World Green Infrastructure Network, participating in global knowledge sharing and best practice exchange for green infrastructure development.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• International Green Roof Association (IGRA): International organization dedicated to the promotion of green roofs and green roofs as part of urban green infrastructure. Comparable advocacy and research agenda, with a more international and less national-association orientation than Adivet.

Regional players

• Livingroofs.org: UK-based organization supporting the development of living roofs and walls through advocacy, training, and technical resources. Comparable educational and advocacy mission to Adivet, but operating in the United Kingdom rather than France.
• Green Roofs for Healthy Cities: North American industry association for green roofs and walls, offering training, conferences, and advocacy. Directly comparable business model (membership + training + conferences) and mission, focused on the U.S./Canada rather than France.
• Schweizerische Fachvereinigung Gebäudebegrünung (SFG): Swiss industry association for building greening, promoting green roofs and façades in Switzerland. Sister-association model comparable to Adivet, including technical guidelines, membership services, and policy advocacy, but serving the Swiss market.
• Fachvereinigung Bauwerksbegrünung (FFL): German national association for building greening (Dach- und Fassadenbegrünung), structurally a sister organization to Adivet operating in Germany. Highly comparable membership-driven model, technical guidelines, and advocacy mission, just in a different geography.

Direct peers

• World Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN): Global network of green infrastructure organizations in which Adivet participates, co-organizer of the 2026 World Green Infrastructures Congress. Directly comparable as a coordinating trade body advancing the same green roof/façade agenda at worldwide scope.
• European Federation of Green Infrastructure Associations (EFB): Pan-European federation of national green infrastructure associations of which Adivet is a member. Comparable as a coordinating industry body promoting green roofs and walls, sharing technical knowledge, and engaging EU institutions — a direct tier-1 peer.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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