What One-eighty Consulting Group does

One-eighty Consulting Group Inc. is a privately held Canadian consulting firm founded in 2018 and headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. The firm specializes in environmental assessment, permitting strategy, First Nations engagement, government relations, and public affairs for resource development projects — primarily in mining, but also in conventional and renewable energy, transportation, and infrastructure. Its core offering combines senior advisory consulting with two proprietary tools: the Risk Assessment Model, a predictive analytics platform built on 20 years of Canadian Environmental Assessment project data, and the Communication Tracker, a cloud-based SaaS platform for stakeholder consultation record-keeping and regulator-ready reporting.

The firm is led by President & Founder Jason Quigley, a former senior regulator who ran the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency for BC and the Yukon, alongside Vice President Carmen Holschuh (20+ years consulting experience) and a team of seven named regulatory affairs professionals combining former regulator, former proponent, and legal backgrounds. The team serves 20+ named enterprise and government clients including Barrick Gold, Teck Resources, Freeport-McMoRan, Western Copper & Gold, Fury Gold Mines, Hunter Dickinson, Polaris Materials, Gitanyow First Nation, Tsay Keh Dene Nation, and Cassels' Aboriginal Law Group, with multi-year, project-based engagements and a performance-guarantee compensation model under which the firm shares risk and reward with clients.

The go-to-market is direct enterprise consulting — relationship-driven engagement with project proponents, Indigenous governments, and federal/provincial agencies — supplemented by partnerships with Tier-1 engineering firms (Stantec, WSP/Golder, Jacobs). The firm operates across Canada and the United States (147 projects), is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, and runs as a founder-led, privately held corporation under British Columbia jurisdiction.

Name

One-eighty Consulting Group

Legal name

One-eighty Consulting Group Inc.

Website

https://one-eighty.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

One-eighty Consulting Group is a Vancouver-based Canadian firm providing environmental assessment, permitting strategy, First Nations engagement, and government relations advisory to mining, energy, and infrastructure developers across Canada and the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental and Regulatory Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Management Consulting Services (54161), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental Compliance & Permitting (BPAHAJAA), Risk, Compliance & Internal Controls Consulting (BPAHACAJ)

Keywords

• Environmental assessment consulting
• Regulatory permitting services
• First nations engagement
• Government relations consulting
• Stakeholder relations advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Regulatory and Permitting Consulting Services: Professional services revenue from environmental assessment, permitting strategy, government relations, and First Nations engagement consulting. Compensation is aligned with client goals, sharing risk and reward, with a guarantee that the company does not profit if results are not delivered.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

One-eighty Consulting Group provides regulatory permitting advisory, environmental assessment strategy, First Nations engagement and reconciliation, and government relations services to resource development clients across Canada and the US. The firm's delivery is augmented by two proprietary tools: a Risk Assessment Model that predicts the likelihood of regulatory approval for a given project, and a Communication Tracker SaaS platform that centralizes stakeholder and Indigenous consultation records into regulator-ready reports.

Product overview

One-eighty Consulting Group offers a portfolio of proprietary consulting services and tools for development project permitting and regulatory navigation. Their core offerings consist of the Risk Assessment Model (a predictive analytics tool for EA approval likelihood) and Communication Tracker (a cloud-based stakeholder engagement SaaS platform). These tools are complemented by four primary service lines: Environmental Assessment and Permitting Strategy, First Nations Engagement and Partnership Development, Public Affairs and Stakeholder Relations, and Government Relations. The company positions its proprietary tools as distinct from its consulting services, with the Risk Assessment Model and Communication Tracker available as standalone analytical tools alongside their advisory services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Risk Assessment Model Proprietary dynamic predictive model that quantifies a project's relative likelihood of receiving Environmental Assessment approval at any point in time and assesses the extent to which risk factors can be attenuated. Used as a due diligence tool for project financiers and acquirers, and as a strategic planning tool for proponents to focus investment on factors reducing risk.
• Communication Tracker Cloud-based database software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform purpose-built to support effective stakeholder engagement. Maintains consultation records in a central repository accessible from virtually any location or device, producing First Nations consultation and stakeholder engagement reports in a form regulators prefer and can readily adopt, and reports ideal for due diligence requests from financiers and prospective partners.
• Environmental Assessment and Permitting Strategy Development & Program Oversight Strategic development and oversight of environmental assessment and permitting processes to advance development projects through regulatory systems quickly and cost-effectively. Targets mining, energy, and infrastructure projects facing permitting complexity, EA delays, and multi-jurisdictional requirements.
• First Nations Engagement and Partnership Development Engagement and partnership development services with First Nations communities, including negotiations with government and proponents, reconciliation efforts, and collaborative project development grounded in Indigenous constitutional rights and jurisprudence.
• Public Affairs, Community and Stakeholder Relations Management of public affairs, community relations, and stakeholder engagement to build support for development projects and navigate regulatory processes across mining, energy, and infrastructure clients.
• Government Relations Government relations services including regulatory negotiations, advocating for permitting fairness, and aligning project advancement with federal, provincial, and Indigenous government policies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2 out of 3 development projects fail - one-eighty provides guaranteed results or no profit

Named customers22 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Jacobs Solutions: Jacobs is a global professional services firm listed as a One-eighty partner with environmental permitting, impact assessment, and stakeholder engagement practices supporting mining and infrastructure clients across North America — a comparable broad incumbent with similar regulatory advisory competencies.
• WSP: WSP is a global engineering and environmental consulting firm explicitly listed as a One-eighty partner, with comparable environmental assessment, permitting, and Indigenous engagement practices across North American resource projects — a direct overlap with One-eighty plus substantially broader service range.
• Stantec: Stantec is a global environmental, water, and infrastructure consultancy listed as a One-eighty consulting partner with overlapping mining permitting, environmental assessment, and Indigenous services across Canada — a broad incumbent whose scale and one-stop-shop model competes directly with boutique offerings.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a large engineering and environmental consulting firm with deep permitting, NEPA-equivalent impact assessment, and stakeholder engagement capabilities for resource projects across North America — a comparable broad incumbent in the same competitive set.
• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design and consultancy firm with a sizable environmental assessment, permitting, and stakeholder practice serving resource and infrastructure clients, making it a broad incumbent competitor for major project environmental mandates.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): ERM is the world's largest pure-play sustainability and environmental consulting firm, providing permitting, environmental impact assessment, and Indigenous engagement services to global mining and energy clients — a broad incumbent that competes for the same complex-project mandates as One-eighty.
• Wood Group (Wood Environment & Infrastructure): Wood is a global engineering and consulting firm with a sizable environment and infrastructure practice providing permitting, environmental impact assessment, and stakeholder services to mining and energy clients — a broad incumbent overlapping One-eighty on complex-resource mandates.

Direct peers

• GHD: GHD is a global employee-owned engineering, environmental, and advisory firm with comparable mining-sector environmental assessment, permitting, and community engagement practices in Canada and Australia — a similar mid-sized multi-region player.
• SLR Consulting: SLR Consulting is a mid-sized global environmental and advisory firm with a strong mining-sector environmental assessment, permitting, and stakeholder engagement practice in Canada — closely comparable in size, focus, and service mix to One-eighty.
• Ecofish Research: Ecofish Research is a boutique Canadian environmental consulting firm based in British Columbia providing environmental assessment, permitting, and aquatic/biological studies for mining and infrastructure projects — directly comparable in size, geography, and regulatory focus.

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

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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