Better environmental and social performance -
for every organisation

2005

Founded in Nantes by Jean-Baptiste Puyou after 10 years of experience in eco-design. In the early years, the team expanded to incorporate expertise in environmental assessment, product design, and software development.

2008

Opening of the Lyon office to get even closer to our clients, from the West to the South-East, and to give our teams the choice between the Atlantic, the Alps, or the Mediterranean.

2010

Opening of the Troyes office, in the Technopole de l'Aube, to develop our software in start-up mode.

2011

The era of major projects, with a reorganization by practice areas, a collective agreement on working hours, and team members becoming partners. These elements in the company's life confirm the autonomy and involvement of each individual.

2011-2013

• TOOVALU, a software solution for climate strategy management and CSR reporting for companies
• EVEA Tourism, independent in 2015, which will become Butterly Tourism

2015

EVEA celebrates its 10th anniversary! An opportunity to take stock of the evolution of our profession: we increasingly propose to integrate social and societal issues into the assessment and improvement of products, using methods and tools from our R&D.

2016

Our sector expertise is confirmed with new accreditations in the team: a "PEP Verifier" for environmental declarations of electrical and electronic products and a designated Carbon Energy and LBB (low-carbon building) specialist for building LCA labels . For several years, EVEA has also had 2 EPD verifiers (environmental-health declarations of construction materials).

2017

Affirmation of our cooperative spirit: EVEA becomes a cooperative society, with shared value creation and governance involving the entire team, in line with our desire for a more sustainable world. Cooperate, share, involve, as we do with our clients.

2019 to now

EVEA expands: dedicated teams are created for eco-innovation, sustainable digital technology, green chemistry, sustainable fashion, etc. They complement existing teams for agri-food and construction.

2022

A dedicated social footprint department is established. Creation of ASKOR, a SaaS platform designed to facilitate LCA and eco-design of products.

2023

EVEA adopts the legal form of a public limited company while retaining its cooperative model (Scop), strengthening its governance through the establishment of a Board of Directors. At the time, the company had 120 employee shareholders.

2024

A strategic consolidation of R&D capabilities: the development teams from the Agro-Resources & Green Chemistry pole and the Goods & Services pole, together with EVEA's cross-cutting R&D work, merge into a single unified R&D pole. Its identity is built around thematic and methodological pillars — climate, biodiversity, resources, plastic footprints, innovative methods, CSR, and emerging regulations — anchored in key sectors including energy, water, waste, materials, and agri-food.

2025

EVEA turns 20. Two anniversary evenings — Nantes on 12 June, Lyon on 26 June — bring together clients, partners, alumni, and current team members to mark two decades of impact. Highlights include the unveiling of EVEA's new raison d'être, staged by the improvisational theatre company La Faille; a curiosity cabinet titled EVEAH!, displaying objects — earnest and irreverent alike — that tell the company's story since 2005; a showroom featuring client products; and an art exhibition entitled Le vivant en mouvement (Life in Motion), showcasing works by four artists from within the EVEA Nantes team.

2026

A new chapter for evDEC: EVEA's suite of configurators for generating, automating, and quality-assuring EPDs — including FDES and PEP declarations — gets a full rebrand. The move marks a milestone in evDEC's consolidation as a sector reference for environmental product declarations in construction, fully aligned with the latest methodological requirements.