Global Environmental Consulting Strategies and Competitor Analysis 2011

Environment Analyst is pleased to announce the launch of the first strategic assessment and competitor analysis of 12 of the world's top environmental consultancies. Packed with company data, competitor intelligence and strategic insight, this in-depth review of the top operators is the first report to assess the global operations and strategies of the firms with multi-region operations.

Aimed at global executives, advisors and investors in environmental consultancies, this 120-page report will help:

• Assess your global and regional competitive position - we provide comprehensive data and insight into the consultancies with international operations, including environmental revenues, geographical breakdown, service area revenues and client sector split. Through this data you'll be able to determine your competitive position alongside the key players.
• Review the global strategies of your competitors and companies in which you invest or plan to invest - following comprehensive interviews with key players in the sector, and a review of their global operations, challenges and opportunities, we have provided the only independent assessment of each firms' strategic approach to growing their global businesses. Through the report you'll be able to assess where competitors are strong/weak, what their strategies are, and where are the gaps and opportunities. This data can support your investment and operational decisions.
• Identify growth opportunities to aid strategic planning and operational reviews - through our deep, expert and independent analysis of these consultancies, you'll have information and insight available to support your corporate decision-making.
• Understand how others see your company - with Environment Analyst's independent review. Assess whether your internal view of your firm is reflected in the wider market, from a market intelligence provider who really knows and understands the sector.
• Support your financial assessment - financial analysis only tells part of the story. Our expert, independent assessment of historic record, service, regional & client sector performance, current strategies and future opportunities completes the picture.

Corporate profiles

The report includes comprehensive 4-page profiles of a dozen of the most globally active players in environmental consultancy: Aecom, Arcadis, CH2M Hill, Environ, Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Golder Associates, MWH Global, Parsons Brinckerhoff (Balfour Beatty), RPS Group, URS, WorleyParsons & WSP Energy & Environment. The extensive details about each consultancy includes:

• Data:
• Share of global environmental consulting market
• Global environmental consulting revenues over last 5 years
• Group turnover and operating profit
• Environmental staff (and change over the last year)
• Number of environmental contracts
• Turnover per head
• Average contract value
• Number of offices in each region
• Global split of environmental consultancy revenue across 6 key work areas
• Global split of environmental consultancy revenue across 6 key client sectors
• Global split of environmental consultancy revenue across 6 regions
• Insight & information:
• Detailed list of key corporate developments (including M&A financials) to demonstrate how the company has grown to become a key global player
• Geographic footprint - an assessment of the company's regional operations, case study projects and growth strategies across the world
• Overarching corporate insights - on business model and operational structure (how environmental consultancy practice is managed along side other business activities)
• Global strategy - succinct, independent description of the consultancy's current strategy to grow its environmental consulting and wider business; budget/target for 2011 and beyond
• Environment Analyst SWOT - our independent view of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for each consultancy

Front-end commentary reviews the various operations, histories and strategies of the key players and selected other firms, drawing independent, expert Environment Analyst conclusions on where we see the global sector heading over the next few years. The report also includes numerous ranking tables of the 12 key operators (eg by staff or revenue, in each region, within each sector, and by each service area). The report also includes an assessment of 2010 trends from the online survey conducted last year, including the growth expectations in different regions.

Purchasers of the report are entitled to further updates issued throughout 2011, ensuring you have the most up-to-date information available for your 2011 decision-making.

Contents

1. CONTENTS

2. LIST OF FIGURES

3. ABOUT

3.1 Environment Analyst
3.2 Research methodology
3.3 Acknowledgements
3.4 Explanatory notes

4. DEFINITION

5. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

6. MARKET DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW (DRIVERS AND CONSTRAINTS)

7. COMPETITOR QUANTIFICATION AND KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

7.1 Market size and characteristics
7.2 Financial overview of Global
7.3 Analysis of staff trends and revenue per head
7.4 Contracts analysis
7.5 Regional analysis and rankings
7.6 Service area analysis and rankings
7.7 Client sector analysis and rankings
7.8 Market forecasts by region
7.9 Market forecasts by service area
7.10 Market forecasts by client sector

8. COMPETITOR ANALYSIS

8.1 Business models, market positioning and global strategy
8.2 Mergers & acquisitions
8.3 Organic vs. acquisitive growth and evidence of market recovery in 2010/11
8.4 Global 12 – strengths & weaknesses overview
8.5 Strategic outlook – global environmental consultancy market SWOT analysis
8.6 Global 12 company profiles
  AECOM
  Arcadis
  CH2M Hill
  Environ
  Environmental Resources Management (ERM)
  Golder Associates
  MWH Global
  Parsons Brinckerhoff (Balfour Beatty)
  RPS Group
  URS Corporation
  WorleyParsons
  WSP Environment & Energy

9. MARKET TRENDS – RESULTS FROM 2010 SNAPSHOT SURVEY

9.1 Operational trends
9.2 Financial trends
9.3 Staff trends
9.4 Work area trends
9.5 Client sector trends
9.6 Other environmental services trends
9.7 International trends
9.8 Strategic trends
9.9 Forecasts

10. APPENDIX 1 – EC MARKET BOUNDARIES

11. APPENDIX 2 – EC SERVICE AREA DEFINITION

LIST OF FIGURES

Fig 1 Global 12 – financial summary
Fig 2 Global 12 – top 3 market leaders in each region
Fig 3 Global environmental consultancy market share by region,service area and client sector 2009/10
Fig 4 Global environmental consultancy market turnover by region, 2009/10
Fig 5 Global environmental consultancy market turnover by service area, 2009/10
Fig 6 Global environmental consultancy market turnover by client sector, 2009/10
Fig 7 Global 12 environmental consultancy market share
Fig 8 Global 12 (aggregated) - five-year EC revenue growth
Fig 9 Global 12 – headline turnover statistics overview*
Fig 10 Global 12 – headline turnover rankings
Fig 11 Global 12 – EC performance in context of group business (key revenue ratios)
Fig 12 Global 12 (aggregated) – five-year turnover trends (group vs. environmental)
Fig 13 Global 12 (aggregated) – five-year turnover growth (group vs. environmental)
Fig 14 Global 12 (aggregated) – trends in environmental share of group turnover
Fig 15 Global 12 – five-year EC turnover (US$m)
Fig 16 Global 12 – five-year EC turnover growth
Fig 17 Global 12 – group operating profitability trends
Fig 18 Global 12 – staff numbers (group vs. environmental)
Fig 19 Global 12 – turnover per head (environmental services)
Fig 20 Global 12 – trends in contract numbers and average value
Fig 21 Global 12 – EC turnover by region, 2009/10
Fig 22 Global 12 – EC turnover rankings by region
Fig 23 Global 12 – EC market share by region
Fig 24 Global 12 – no of offices by region
Fig 25 Global 12 – EC turnover proportional analysis by region, 2009/10
Fig 26 Global 12 – EC turnover by service area, 2009/10
Fig 27 Global 12 – EC service area rankings
Fig 28 Global 12 – EC service area market share
Fig 29 Global 12 – EC turnover proportional analysis by service area, 2009/10
Fig 30 Global 12 – EC turnover by client sector, 2009/10
Fig 31 Global 12 – EC client sector rankings
Fig 32 Global 12 – EC client sector market share
Fig 33 Global 12 - turnover proportional analysis by client sector, 2009/10
Fig 34 Global EC market forecasts and CAGR by region
Fig 35 Global EC market forecasts and CAGR by service area
Fig 36 Global EC market forecasts and CAGR by client sector
Fig 37 Global 12 – business models and market positioning
Fig 38 Proportion of work that is repeat business, by percent of respondents
Fig 39 Growth in repeat or new business, by percent of respondents
Fig 40 Key operational trends (compared with previous year), by percent of respondents
Fig 41 Uptake of various CSR initiatives, by percent of respondents
Fig 42 Average annual turnover growth 2009-11, by consultancy size (2010-11 forecast)
Fig 43 Range of annual turnover growth 2009 and 2010-11 (forecast), by percent of respondents
Fig 44 Average profitability in 2009 and 2010 (forecast), by consultancy size
Fig 45 Range of profitability in 2009 and 2010 (forecast), by percent of respondents
Fig 46 Q1 2010 performance in relation to budget, by consultancy size
Fig 47 2010 and 2011 prospects in relation to 2009, by percent of respondents
Fig 48 Staff recruitment trends, by consultancy size
Fig 49 Staff change (%) in last 12 months (2009/10), by consultancy size
Fig 50 Range of staff change in last 12 months, by percent of respondents
Fig 51 Average fee rates, by consultancy size
Fig 52 Fee rate trends by position, by percent of respondents
Fig 53 Average renumeration change in last 12 months (2009/10), by consultancy size
Fig 54 Range of renumeration change in last 12 months, by percent of respondents
Fig 55 Work area turnover current growth trends 2009/10, by percent of respondents
Fig 56 Mean work area turnover growth (last 12 months)
Fig 57 Work area turnover growth prospects, by percent of respondents
Fig 58 Mean work area turnover prospects (CAGR 2010-14)
Fig 59 Client sector turnover growth trends 2009/10, by percent of respondents
Fig 60 Mean client sector turnover growth (last 12 months)
Fig 61 Client sector turnover growth prospects, by percent of respondents
Fig 62 Client sector turnover growth prospects (5-yr CAGR)
Fig 63 Other environmental services turnover growth trends 2009/10, by percent of respondents
Fig 64 Other environmental services turnover growth prospects, by percent of respondents109
Fig 65 Mean other environmental services turnover growth, current and prospects (5-yr CAGR)
Fig 66 International turnover growth potential, by percent of respondents
Fig 67 Mean international turnover potential (CAGR next 2-3 years)
Fig 68 Driving forces for business growth in next 2-3 years, by percent of respondents
Fig 69 Constraints on environmental consultancy work in next 2-3 years, by percent of respondents
Fig 70 Strategies consultancies expect to adopt over next 2-3 years, by percent of respondents
Fig 71 Range of overall global prospects (5-year CAGR), by percent of respondents
Fig 72 Mean overall global growth prospects (5-year CAGR), by consultancy size Skip to top