Arcadis N.V.
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Arcadis NV
Ticker: ARCAD NA
ISIN: NL0006237562
Market Cap: EUR 3.72 billion
GICS Sector: Industrials
SICS Industry: Engineering & Construction Services
Country: Netherlands
SMS theme: Achieving the Energy Transition/Protecting Natural Capital
SMS sub-theme: Sustainable Infrastructure/Nature-Based Solutions
Contribution to theme: Positive
Company Description
Arcadis is a global design and consultancy firm that focuses on sustainable solutions for urban development, infrastructure, and environmental challenges such as climate resilience, renewable energy, and social impact projects.
Revenue exposure by country/region: EMEA (44%), Americas (43%), APAC (13%) / 28% from EM and frontier markets.
Contribution to the sub-theme objectives:
For Preserving Natural Capital, they offer services related to environmental conservation, biodiversity, and ecosystem management such as ecological assessments, habitat restoration, and sustainable land use planning.
For Energy Transition, their work include sustainable energy infrastructure, optimize energy efficiency, and reduce carbon emissions.
Operational Performance
(Laggard, Aligned or Leader)
Material Topics for Engineering & Construction Services: Ecological impacts, Product quality & safety, Employee health & safety, Product design & Lifecycle management, Business ethics.
Assessment: Leader
Strongest points: Arcadis’ operations are very strong from an ESG standpoint. They have among the most efficient operations among their peers. They tend to receive the highest marks from pretty much all ESG scoring providers.
Areas for improvement: N/A
Controversies: Nil
Product/Service Impact
(Negative, Neutral or Positive)
Assessment: Positive
Arcadis recently renamed their business segments to reflect their new priorities: RESILIENCE, PLACES, MOBILITY. Resilience (41% of net revenues) caters to the Natural Capital theme, and is focused on providing solutions around climate resilience, energy transition, water optimization, environmental restoration and sustainable operations.
Their expertise in water infrastructure management is sought after worldwide. The company is active in more than 70 countries and derives close to a third of its revenues from EM and Frontier countries.
The company has acquired companies to expand its offering in nature-based solutions.
SDG Alignment:
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