The Situation: Many established environmental services firms want to differentiate themselves in an increasingly competitive service market and want to identify entrepreneurial opportunities to grow their business. Through their clients, industry networks, and environmental expertise, these firms have unique knowledge of and access to environmental business opportunities; however, they often lack the investment, finance, and risk management skills necessary to realize them.
- ECAP acts as an intermediary between environmental services firms and entrepreneurs, helping them work together to bring promising environmental technologies to the marketplace.
- ECAP also advises environmental services firms on participating in environmental development projects, such as the remediation and redevelopment of a brownfield site or the construction of a waste management facility, as a full partner in the deal instead of a fee-for-service contractor.