COVID-19 and the altered energy sector took a toll last year on how construction industry firms worked and how much revenue they produced. But 2020 also pushed the market for environmental services—with its dimension, growth and sustainability on a new path as global political, economic and social forces finally align in the reality that the earth is fragile and climate change is here.
The Top 200 Environmental Firms have never been more bullish about their prospects, as decarbonization of economies and attention to legacy pollution and other problems create new mandates for global government and business environmental, social and governance (ESG) agendas, with more pressure from courts, investors and grass-roots advocates.