Atos Acquires EcoAct: Seller Background
Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Paris, EcoAct provides carbon reduction strategies to over 400 clients. It has more than 150 employees in offices across France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, the United States, and Kenya.EcoAct offers what Atos calls a “unique” portfolio – one that supports organizations as they move toward low-carbon operations, and one which Atos believes will couple well with its own digital offerings.EcoAct President Thierry Fornas and CEO Gerald Maradan will join Atos as decarbonization business leads, Atos said. EcoAct’s employees will join the Atos network of global specialists to focus on NetZero operations consulting.
“The acquisition of EcoAct is a major step towards our decarbonization ambition. Combining the leading position of EcoAct in climate strategy consultancy and offset project development with our decarbonization portfolio of solutions and services and our go-to-market will step-change our customers’ journeys to Net Zero.”
“The acquisition of EcoAct by Atos creates an opportunity to combine digital and technological expertise with deep climate change knowledge, offering organizations the opportunity to accelerate their journey to Net Zero. The complementary nature of EcoAct and Atos creates a new market leading approach for decarbonization. With our aligned vision, EcoAct and Atos together offer our clients a partnership to rapidly implement comprehensive decarbonation strategies and reach ambitions on net zero emissions.”
