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Who we are

SLR is an independent and employee controlled international environmental consultancy that has an unrivalled reputation for providing high quality tailored services. We are a dynamic, responsive and fast growing company with an expanding network of offices throughout the UK, Canada, Ireland and the USA.

SLR provides multidisciplinary advice from in-house experts on a wide range of strategic and site specific environmental and sustainability issues. In particular, we specialise in providing strategic advice to both public and private sector clients and have a broad base of blue chip customers in the energy, waste management, planning and development, manufacturing, mining and financial sectors.

Our strategy for the development of the company is based on organic growth, augmented by the selective acquisition of high calibre companies to strengthen and extend our technical and geographical coverage.

What we do

SLR is organised on both business sector and technical discipline lines so that we have both technical expertise and in-depth knowledge of the various business sectors which we advise.

We are able, therefore, to support our clients on major projects across the business sectors in which we specialise, with multi-disciplinary teams that work under the guidance of senior SLR professionals. Alternatively, we are able to provide expert advice on a single technical or professional issue.

We provide advice on a wide range of technical perspectives on sustainability issues relating to the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to the need to potentially adapt to the impacts of climate change.

How we do it

SLR listens and understands its clients’ needs and provides first class customer care and straightforward advice. SLR is also pro-active and not afraid to make suggestions that it considers will assist its clients attain their strategic objectives.

We are also organised so that clients can regard all of our employees as a single resource pool, which can be internationally deployed so as to ensure that clients’ get the right technical professionals for their projects. Our operations are not hindered by inter-office budgets or inter-company politics and this enables projects to be completed as efficiently and as timely as possible.

We are friendly and provide our clients with commitment, quality and good value. We also foster long term relationships with our clients and their employees.

Who does it

As an employee controlled company, in which many of our staff have a share, our interests are aligned clearly with those of our clients. We are also motivated by our professional pride in what we do.

We have attracted and retained staff with an unrivalled depth and breadth of expertise and experience that they have from working, not just in consultancy but also in commercial, industrial and regulatory environments.

SLR offers rewarding careers to all of its staff and values and rewards customer care and commitment as well as technical expertise.

SLR – At A Glance

• Established in 1994
• CEO: David Richards
• A global turnover of between £50 to £60M
• Over 700 Employees (as of November 2008): 
• Employee controlled with a minority stake held by 3i
• More that 45 offices in UK, Canada, Ireland and USA
• Operating Companies:
    o SLR Consulting Ltd (UK) – MD Neil Penhall
    o SLR Consulting (Canada) Ltd – President Faramarz Bogzaran
    o SLR Consulting (Ireland) Ltd - MD Tim Paul
    o SLR International Corporation (USA) – President Kevin Rattue