A leader in development consultancy, GOPA Worldwide Consultants implements projects in developing and transition economies on behalf of national and international development partners, national authorities, industry representatives and civil society organisations. To ensure that the programmes we implement have a lasting impact in terms of economic growth, sustainability and poverty reduction, we target structural reforms and capacity building in six core sectors. 

These six sectors represent our commitment to improve the social and economic situation of people through Education and Employment Promotion, Governance and Economic Development, Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change, Health and Social Development; and measuring the long-term impact of interventions through Statistics and Monitoring and Evaluation.

We are a member of GOPA Consulting Group, which consists of 6 large consulting companies, with additional complementary branch organisations, whose expertise and location respond to specific market demands. 

Since 2020, we compensate for the greenhouse gas emissions derived from our business activities to become a carbon-neutral company. We are further committed to avoiding and reducing our carbon footprint, as well as identifying new measures together with our staff members.

Our social, environmental and health standards

• We are determined to offer our employees possibilities to commute sustainably: we provide a job-ticket for public transport, we support the job-bike concept and we have our own charging station for electric cars.
• We are DIN EN ISO 14001 + 9001:2015 certified and ECOPROFIT certified.
• We are a certified carbon-neutral company since 2020. Amongst other measures, we use energy from renewable sources mainly, e.g. through the 63kWp PV system on our Headquarter's roof.
• We invest in social activities in developing countries through our so-called Co-creation Initiative.
• We join forces with other members of the GOPA Group for climate change mitigation and adaptation projects through our Competence Unit for Green Economy. 
• We are a member of Transparency International and the German humanitarian foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future.

Context and Objectives

Realising that the world’s natural resources are limited and fragile, GOPA Worldwide Consultants GmbH considers environmental protection to be an  important component of its corporate responsibility and consistent with its overall goals and values. We are committed to providing quality services in a manner that ensures a safe and healthy workplace for our employees while minimizing potential harmful environmental impacts. As a consultancy company, we also use natural resources and thus have an impact on the environment and the climate: whether through our energy use and paper consumption or our business trips to clients and commuting. We see it as our duty to continuously improve our environmental performance, to sustainably use resources and increase energy efficiency in all business areas.

Implementation and Coordination

Every employee of GOPA Worldwide Consultants GmbH is required to comply with or implement the quality and environmental policy. Employees at all levels of the company are actively invited to participate and shaping our environmental efforts and thus to continuously enhance our environmental performance. The quality and environmental policy and the status of implementation are reviewed regularly (at least annually) as part of the management review and its continuous improvement is communicated regularly to employees and interested parties.

Here you can access our quality and environmental policy.