Climate Change Business Journal Recognizes Firms for Growth and Innovation

San Diego, Calif. (January 2015) — Climate Change Business Journal® (CCBJ), a business research publication which provides high value strategic business intelligence to the environmental industry, has honored 50 companies for revenue growth, acquisitions, innovative project designs, technology applications, new practice areas, social contributions and industry leadership in 2014.

Anthesis Group is pleased to announce that it was chosen to receive the CCBJ award for Consulting & Engineering: Energy & Carbon Management.

“In what is widely regarded as a stable market, a number of companies exceeded the norms of low single-digit growth with double-digit growth or ambitious ventures into new practice areas or technology development,” said Grant Ferrier, president of Environmental Business International Inc. (EBI, San Diego), publisher of Climate Change Business Journal.

Anthesis Group was recognized for building its specialty sustainability consulting business to $11 million in revenues and a staff over more than 110 in the United States, UK, Germany, Philippines, China and UAE in just 16 months. The firm positions itself as a global business offering more specialized value than large multi-disciplinary organizations and greater depth and geographical reach than small boutique firms. Anthesis Group has realized 50% of its growth organically and 50% from acquisitions, including Best Foot Forward, UMR, Caleb, SecondNature and M4C. Anthesis publicly lists more than 75 clients across industries ranging from energy and financial services to food and beverage, healthcare, forestry, oil and gas, retail and sporting events. Tesco, the UK’s largest retailer, has appointed Anthesis to develop and manage a single online sustainability community spanning the retailer’s supply base. For the Cool Farm Institute, a global NGO helping famers reduce their environmental impacts, Anthesis developed an online tool where farmers calculate their on-site carbon emissions, learn where their hotspots are and explore scenarios for reducing emissions and improving resource efficiency.

Find more information on the award on the Climate Change Business Journal website at http://ebionline.org/business-achievement-awards .

The 2014 CCBJ awards will be presented at a special ceremony at the Environmental Industry Summit XIII in San Diego, Calif. on March 11-13, 2015. The Environmental Industry Summit is an annual three-day executive retreat hosted by EBI Inc.

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About Anthesis Group: Anthesis is a global specialist sustainability consultancy and trusted delivery partner implementing integrated environmental, social and financial solutions. Our focus is on practical and commercially relevant outcomes for our clients.

 About the CCBJ Business Achievement Awards: In October-December 2013, Climate Change Business Journal solicited nominations for the CCBJ Business Achievement Awards. Nominations were accepted in 200-word essays in either specific or unspecified categories. Final awards were determined by a committee of CCBJ staff and CCBJ editorial advisory board members. (Disclaimer: company audits were not conducted to verify information or claims submitted with nominations.)

About CCBJ: Climate Change Business Journal provides strategic information and market forecasts for executives involved in nine segments of the Climate Change Industry, including climate change consulting, renewable energy, smart-grid & energy storage, transportation, energy efficiency & demand response, green building and climate change adaptation.

About EBI: Founded in 1988, Environmental Business International Inc. (EBI, San Diego, Calif.) is a research, publishing and consulting company that specializes in defining emerging markets and generating strategic market intelligence for companies, investors and policymakers. EBI publishes Environmental Business Journal®, the leading provider of strategic information for the environmental industry, and Climate Change Business Journal®, which covers nine segments of the Climate Change Industry. EBI also performs contract research for the government and private sector and founded the Environmental Industry Summit, an annual three-day event for executives in the environmental industry.