Bureau Veritas, a France-based provider of testing, inspection, and certification services, has announced the acquisition of two UK sustainability consulting firms, Verte and Sustainable Construction Services (SCS). This strategic move aims to enhance Bureau Veritas’s capabilities in sustainable buildings and infrastructure services within the UK market.
Founded in 2013 and headquartered in London, Verte offers advisory services to investors, developers, and building owners. The firm focuses on supporting the environmental sustainability of real estate portfolios, assisting clients in aligning their assets with net-zero and ESG objectives. Meanwhile, Sustainable Construction Services, established in 2008, collaborates with developers, architects, engineers, and contractors to improve the environmental performance of buildings and infrastructure projects. SCS’s expertise includes enhancing energy efficiency, sustainability outcomes, and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations.
Both firms provide specialised services such as BREEAM green building certifications, energy performance assessments, embodied carbon analysis, net-zero carbon strategies, and energy modeling.
According to Bureau Veritas, these acquisitions are in line with its LEAP | 28 Strategy, which is designed to accelerate growth in high-value sustainability services and strengthen the company’s position in the Buildings & Infrastructure sector in the UK.
Antoine Giros, Vice President for the UK and Ireland at Bureau Veritas, stated, “This double acquisition demonstrates our disciplined execution of the LEAP-28 strategy and reinforces our ambition to lead the sustainable transformation of the Buildings & Infrastructure sector in the UK.”
