AIVP new member : Alkïos

ALKÏOS is a business ecosystem designed to support the living. It helps public and private sector organisations, companies, local and regional authorities to incorporate environmental issues, and particularly biodiversity, into the design and deployment of their development projects and strategies. It does this by providing expertise in the fields of biodiversity (wildlife, habitats, etc.), environmental DNA-based monitoring, polluted sites and soils (terrestrial and marine environments), nature-based solutions, and territorial resilience amongst other topics. ALKÏOS is able to provide its clients with a range of services: R&D, environmental engineering support, training, strategic consulting and corporate social responsibility (CSR). ALKÏOS has been a member of AIVP since 2022. Interview with Renaud Reynès, Prospective and Partnerships Director. "In a few words" Renaud Reynès, Directeur Prospective et Partenariats, ALKIOS. AIVP - You recently joined the AIVP. Can you briefly tell us about your organisation, for the benefit of the other members of our international network. Created in 2016, ALKÏOS is an ecosystem made up of eight companies with complementary expertise and capabilities, but all of which share the same core business - the living world and biodiversity. Our ecosystem includes France’s two oldest design consultancies and market leaders, specialising in the animal and plant wildlife aspects of environmental impact studies: Naturalia Environnement and Office du Génie Ecologique (OGE). Research and development is part of our DNA. Building on their initial know-how, our teams have developed cutting-edge expertise with the aim of making biodiversity an asset instead of a constraint, and helping our clients and partners to radically change their whole approach to these issues. We have, for example, built rewilding, territorial resilience, and nature-based solutions into the range of services we provide to clients. EKOS, a consultancy specialising in polluted sites and soils engineering, brings its own specialist capabilities to the table where projects involve identifying soil or sediment pollution, or recommending and implementing a suitable action plan for depolluting sites and preparing them for alternative uses. For clients keen to go further, EKORES and ALKÏOS FORMATION both assist with the process of adapting their corporate social responsibility strategy and building their own competencies through training, in all our areas of expertise. SPYGEN, our pioneering international environmental DNA (eDNA) partner, offers revolutionary technology to inventory biodiversity by detecting the DNA of species present in the environment. Less invasive and more exhaustive, this technology is also faster and more economical for inventories in aquatic inventories. Last but not least, Antilles-Guyane-Environnement (AGE) offers our full range of services in the Caribbean, a region which is the cornerstone of our overseas development. © SPYGEN Reconciling cities and ports through environmental issues AIVP - What made you decide to join the AIVP, and what can you bring to the organisation? Marine natural environments, especially in ports, are still relatively little known. Yet the sea, the oceans, and waterways in the broad sense are an immense reservoir of biodiversity. They are of major importance, whether for carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, or climate change adaptation. Ports are on the front line, particularly when it comes to climate change and rising sea levels, two issues which they are going to have to address. They are essential to the development of our…