International
Environmental consulting and engineering since 1984
Since 1984, ambiente has been one of Italy’s leading environmental consulting and engineering firms. With more than 200 professionals and 5 offices across Italy, we support companies, public authorities and institutions, in Italy and abroad, on projects in infrastructure, energy and renewables, industry and oil & gas, and utilities. Our expertise ranges from the remediation and redevelopment of contaminated sites to sustainability and the circular economy, climate change adaptation and environmental management.
Key Facts
- Founded in 1984 in Tuscany, Italy
- 200+ environmental engineers, scientists and specialists
- 5 offices in Italy: Carrara (headquarters), Florence, Rome, Milan and Laterza
- More than 200 client companies
- Certified quality, environmental and health & safety management systems
Our story
ambiente was founded in 1984 as a cooperative by a group of young technicians who wanted to build an independent company around environmental protection, at a time when Italy’s environmental regulations were still taking shape, largely driven by European legislation.
Over four decades we have grown from a local consultancy into a multidisciplinary firm. Milestones include contributing to Tuscany’s first Regional Remediation Plan (1993), environmental support for the Florence–Bologna high-speed railway (2003), the remediation design for the former Falck industrial site in Sesto San Giovanni, one of Europe’s largest brownfield sites (2013), and framework agreements with Eni Rewind, the environmental company of the Eni group (from 2014). In recent years we have expanded into sustainability, ESG and renewable energy.
Our international experience
Our international journey began in 2011 with projects in Malta, followed in 2012 by our first World Bank–funded assignment: environmental monitoring along the Croatian coast. Several World Bank contracts have followed since. Today, ambiente has worked in more than 20 countries across Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, as shown on the map below, bringing to international clients and institutions the same expertise and standards we apply in Italy.
What we do
We combine regulatory expertise, field experience and engineering skills across twelve service areas:
- Environmental Impact Assessment & Permitting – EIA, SEA, integrated environmental permits (IPPC/IED), Habitats Directive appropriate assessments, health impact assessments
- Soil & Groundwater Remediation – site characterization, human health risk assessment, remediation design, groundwater treatment, decommissioning, environmental due diligence
- Environmental Monitoring – air, water, soil, noise, vibration, EMF, flora and fauna, GIS
- Infrastructure Construction Sites – environmental site management, excavated soil management, mitigation measures, DNSH reporting
- Renewable Energy – permitting and design of solar, agrivoltaic, wind and battery storage (BESS) projects, landscape and visual studies, drone surveys
- Environmental Design – climate adaptation, nature-based engineering, air dispersion modelling, BIM, Envision-compliant design
- Biodiversity & Ecosystems – ecological due diligence, habitat and species surveys, mitigation and compensation design
- Acoustics & Environmental Physics – noise and vibration impact assessment, 3D acoustic modelling, underwater noise, electromagnetic and light impact studies
- Waste Management – waste planning, by-products and End-of-Waste, permitting for treatment plants
- Sustainability & ESG – sustainability reporting, double materiality, carbon footprint (ISO 14064/14067, GHG Protocol), LCA and EPD, climate risk, B Corp support
- Management Systems – ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, 50001, 27001, 37001, SA8000
- Health & Safety – risk assessment, emergency planning, accident consequence modelling, Seveso III compliance
Sectors we have
- Infrastructure & Construction – railways, roads, ports and major public works
- Energy & Renewables – conventional and renewable energy generation and transmission
- Industry, Oil & Gas – industrial plants, refineries, upstream and downstream assets
- Utilities & Services – water, waste and multi-utility operators