Description
The 2018 Environmental Industry Outlook provides interim data on 2017 growth rates in environmental service segments and a forecast for 2018-2020, based on two comprehensive surveys of close two 100 environmental industry executives each.
At the end of the first two quarters of 2018, the outlook for the U.S. and the global economies is relatively optimistic, but has some concerns relating to tariffs and trade wars, uncertainties relating to environmental policy and volatility in stock markets, currencies and interest rates pose concern for industry and for environmental firms.
This special edition of EBJ presents comprehensive results of two EBJ surveys in tables in the EBJ issue PDF file and in the accompanying excel files. (see list of exhibits below). Opinions from respondents and how the Trump Administration has impacted their company, the industry, the economy and society are also included. Expert perspective on the trajectory of environmental regulation is presented from multiple angles and client sector outlooks are summarized in key segments.
Table of Contents of the 2018 Environmental Industry Outlook:
- 2018 Outlook: Environmental industry growth holds in the 3-4% range through 2020 in spite of economic uncertainties and an unpredictable Trump Administration: 18 months in, companies still are taking a wait-and-see attitude about the Trump effect and staying close to their healthiest clients. EBJ survey results point to sectors and services generating more business in 2018-2020, and a range of opinions 1-16
- Expert Q&As with regulatory and Washington insiders provide a seasoned perspective on the current leadership and challenges for the next two years 17-25
- Environmental Client Sector Outlooks focus on short-term industry fundamentals, statistics, policy drivers and long-term disruptive potential in renewable energy, power, energy, manufacturing, chemicals and construction 25-30
- Environmental Industry Summit keynote Storm Cunningham returns 15 years later to revitalize his message of urban renewal from The Restoration Economy into a contemporary context of resilient economic growth from his Revitalization News, but this time with a lot less planning 31-33
- Risk & Resilience and Low-Carbon Development are the themes of features on how consultants and collaborative partnerships are addressing global challenges 34-37
- Advanced Geophysical Classification or AGC joins FUDS and UXO and many other acronyms Army Corps of Engineers’ contractors must be well versed in 38
- Cultural Resources Management redefined as Heritage Compliance 39-40
- Profile Q&As of 2018 EBJ Award winners Golder and W&M Environmental 41-43
Exhibits of the 2018 Environmental Industry Outlook:
- Environmental Industry: Ratings of Key Growth Factors 2004-2020
- Impact of Trump and Congress on Infrastructure Markets in 2018-2020
- Impact of Trump and Congress on Environmental Markets in 2018
- Impact of Trump and Congress on Key Environmental Markets in 2018-2020
- Average Operating Margin: 2013 to 2018e
- Change in Operating Margin From 2016 to 2017
- Reasons for Increased Margins
- EBJ 2018 Survey: Ranking of Environmental Markets by Client Growth Prospects 2018-2020
- Historical Data and EBJ Survey: Coal as a Percentage of US Electricity Generation 1950-2050
- Ranking of Environmental Markets by Client : 2017 vs. 2018
- Ranking of Environmental Markets for Growth in 2018-2020 by Geographic Region
- Ranking of Environmental Markets by Media
- Ranking of Environmental Markets by Service
- Renewable Energy of US Electricity (Non-hydro; power generated)
- Percent of U.S. personal transportation units or ‘cars’
- EBJ Survey: Breakthrough Technology or Disruptive Service That Will Impact the Environmental Industry
- Key Environmental Industry Market Drivers & Forecast Elements: 2014-2020 Annual Data
- Impact of the Trump Administration on Social/Economic/Environmental Issues in 2017-2018
- Annual Percentage of U.S. Electricity Generation by Source: 1949-2018
- 2017 Construction Spending Put-In-Place and 2018-19 Forecast
Companies mentioned in the 2018 Environmental Industry Outlook:
- Ameren Missouri 23
- American Chemistry Council 30
- American Institute of Architects 27
- American Wind Wildlife Institute 25
- Arnold & Porter 17
- Behling & Wheeler 41
- Bloomberg New Energy Finance 40
- Cal/EPA 20
- Cal Environmental Protection Agency 18
- Cal Foundation on Env. & the Econ. 23
- ConstructConnect 28
- Consumers Energy 23
- Consumer Product Safety Commission 17
- DOD 13, 38
- Dodge Data and Analytics 28
- DOE 13
- Economist Intelligence Unit 27
- EIA 26
- Electric Power Research Institute 23
- Env. and Public Works Committee 18
- EPA 13, 17, 18, 21, 23, 35
- Farr Associates 35
- Fitch Ratings’ 25
- FMI 28
- Golder 41
- Heritage Business International 39
- HUD Choice Neighborhoods Initiative 37
- Intern’l Inst. for Sust. Development 36
- Lazard 24
- LLC 41
- LLC (W&M) 42
- Manuf Alliance for Prod & Innov 29
- MAPI Foundation 29
- MWH 25
- MidAmerican Energy 23
- Mintz Levin 21
- ML Strategies 21
- NAFTA 29
- National Association of Manufacturers 29
- Natural Res. Defense Council (NRDC) 23
- New Energy Outlook (NEO) 40
- OPEC 26
- Paris Climate Accord 21, 22
- Pastor 41
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