Environmental Services, Water & Circular Economy

Regulated revenue, long assets

Environmental businesses combine regulated revenue, long asset lives, permitting and offtake risk.

Our role in the sector

We assess tariffs and contracts, capital expenditure, regulatory exposure and operating capability, and support financing and investment structures.

Permitting, operation and compliance remain with the operator.

A circular clarifier tank at a wastewater treatment works, with digester tanks and open country beyond

What we examine

Areas of interest: water services, recycling, waste management and resource recovery.

  • Water services — tariffs, concession terms, non-revenue water and capital programmes
  • Recycling — feedstock security, offtake prices and processing economics
  • Waste management — contract duration, permitting and collection-network efficiency
  • Resource recovery — technology risk, product markets and regulatory drivers

Options we assess

Senior debt from banks and institutions — subject to each lender’s own decision.

Private credit and structured credit where banks step back.

Mezzanine and quasi-equity bridging the funding gap.

Institutional, strategic or co-investment equity, case by case.

ERAM Invest structures, finances and executes bankable investment opportunities.

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