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Verde commences 5 year contract with Roche Ireland Limited to provide Environmental Consultancy services.
25 March 2020
Verde Environmental Consultants Limited recently commenced a five year contract with Roche Ireland Limited to provide Environmental Consultancy services at their Clarecastle Pharmaceutical Plant. The site is currently transitioning from an operating manufacturing site to a brownfield site through a phase of decommissioning, decontamination, strip-out, demolition and brownfield site reinstatement.
“We are delighted to become Roche’s strategic partner delivering site-wide Compliant Environmental Monitoring and Governance Services. It is a fantastic project and we look forward to working closely with the expert team that Roche have assembled to deliver the project to the highest of standards, “ commented Kevin Cleary, Verde Project Director.
Why you need to do Environmental Due Diligence before buying a property
29 July 2019 | Engineers Journal
When it comes to investing or expanding via property developments or acquisitions, environmental due diligence can save your client an unpleasant surprise (and a lot of expense), writes Kevin Cleary.
Minister Opens Verde’s new Facility in Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
12 January 2018 | Press Release
Minister for Health, Simon Harris T.D. officially opened the new offices and lab facility of environmental consultants Verde today in Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow. Pictured are Minister for Health, Simon Harris T.D., Paul Van den Bergh, founder and CEO, Verde and Krzysztof Puiewczuk.
Minister for Health, Simon Harris T.D. officially opened the new offices and lab facility of environmental consultants Verde today in Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow. Verde employ a total of 50 staff in four offices in Ireland. The new head office in Kilcoole features state of the art lab facilities for soil and water quality testing. Since Verde was established in 2002 the company has grown from a staff of five to a total of 50 and a turnover of €350,000 to almost €6 million.
Paul Van den Bergh, founder of Verde “We are very proud of our beautiful new facilities here in Kicoole and delighted to welcome Minister Simon Harris here today to perform the official opening. Our company has grown and developed into one of the leading environmental consultancies and service providers in the country and these new premises give us scope for the further growth planned in the coming years”.
Speaking at the opening Wicklow TD Minister Simon Harris said “As a Wicklow TD and Government Minister, it really is fantastic to see a local business growing so significantly. Now in its 15th year, Verde Environmental Group has really gone from strength to strength. The company has developed from a staff of 5 and one small office here in Kilcoole to a staff of 50 with 4 office locations around Ireland and an office in Lagos, Nigeria. This outstanding facility that we are opening here today really shows the commitment of the whole Verde team to its original roots and local community here in Kilcoole. Congratulations to the whole Verde team.”
Verde provides vital oil spill response, assessment and remediation services in the areas of soil and water pollution along with expert advisory, monitoring and assessment services for noise pollution, waste management, energy consultancy and ecology. They have four facilities in Ireland – Kilcoole, Cork, Galway and Mayo – as well as an office in Nigeria.
“Our environmental scientists, remediation experts and consultants in the new Kilcoole facility offer everything from contaminated land and water assessment and remediation, hydrogeology and ground water resource development to due diligence exercises, noise and air monitoring services, ecological services and a range of IPPC license advice and monitoring” added Paul.
Clients of Verde include Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Irish Distillers, Glaxo Smithkline, P&G, Glenpatrick, A&L Goodbody, PWC AXA and Zurich.
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Why you need to carry out environmental due diligence before you buy a property.
December 2017 | Sustainability Ireland Magazine
Nobody likes unpleasant surprises when buying commercial property. You – or your client – certainly don’t want to lose the profit on the deal. Yet a nasty shock – and the risk of having the profit on a purchase eaten up by environmental liabilities such as unforeseen clean-up costs – is exactly the kind of gamble property buyers make when they neglect or leave it too late to do an environmental due diligence (EDD).
Verde supports Focus Ireland at Christmas
13 December 2017 | Press Release
This year instead of sending out Christmas cards, we have sponsored a Star on the Focus Ireland Christmas Tree. The Sponsor a Star campaign has been running for 16 years and helps change the lives of families, children, young people and adults, who so desperately are in need of help in the run up to Christmas and into the New Year.
Focus Ireland announced today that it has supported over 14,000 people so far this year who are homeless or at risk of losing their home. This is already 500 more people than the charity helped in the whole of last year.
Founded in 1985, Focus Ireland works with people who are homeless or are at risk of losing their homes across Ireland. They offer individuals and families, advice, support, education and housing to help people to have and keep a home. Focus Ireland believes that everyone has a right to a place they can call home and continuously campaign to address the causes of homelessness.
We hope our donation goes some way towards supporting the vital work of Focus Ireland, a charity which works so hard at helping those at risk or affected by homelessness
From Focus Ireland:
On behalf of those who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes, I would like to thank you and all the staff of Verde Environmental Group for your support of our annual Focus Ireland Sponsor a Star Campaign. Your very generous donation will help us to change the lives of families, children, young people and adults, who so desperately need our help in the run up to Christmas and into the New Year. Demand on our services has never been so great. So far this year – more than 1200 children and their families have become homeless. Focus Ireland are there giving hope and support to those in crisis. Thank you on behalf of all the staff in Focus Ireland for supporting our work and enabling us to reach out to those in crisis by contributing to our Christmas tree at the top of Grafton Street.We depend upon this campaign to ensure that we can continue to provide hot food, comfort, advice and support to those who need it most this coming year.We truly could do little without the support of companies like Verde Environmental Group, who share our belief that homelessness is a problem that can be solved – together. From all of us at Focus Ireland, we wish you and the staff of Verde Environmental Group a very happy and peaceful Christmas. Thank you.
When it comes to investing in property developments or acquisitions, invest in environmental due diligence.
November 2017 | Law Society Gazette
When it comes to investing in property developments or acquisitions, environmental due diligence can save your client an unpleasant shock and much expense.
Verde Expands in Cork
13th September 2017 | Press Release
Irish company Verde Environmental Group today launched new offices at Airport East Business & Technology Park, Cork. Verde’s expansion in Cork brings their employment to a total of 50 staff across three offices in Ireland – Cork, Galway, Mayo and Wicklow – and a recently opened international office in Nigeria.
Verde is a full service environmental consultancy set up fifteen years ago by Wicklow man Paul Van den Bergh. “We are delighted to open these new offices in Cork. We had a smaller presence here since 2010 but business has grown by 30% over the past three years so we required larger premises. We have expanded our services significantly in Cork in recent years and we look forward to increasing this growth further into the Munster region” says Paul Van den Bergh.
Initially specialising in oil remediation, Verde has developed into a full service environmental company providing vital expert advisory, monitoring and assessment services in the areas of soil, water and noise pollution as well as waste management, energy consultancy and ecology. “Our environmental consultants in Cork offer everything from hydrogeology and ground water resource development to due diligence exercises, noise and air monitoring services, ecological services and a range of IPPC license advice and monitoring” added Paul.
Clients of Verde include Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Irish Distillers, Glaxo Smithkline, P&G, Glenpatrick and A&L Goodbody.
