AETS was created in 1996 by a small group of experts, which know-how and experience, allowed the company’s activities to develop rather quickly in France and abroad, particularly, in Eastern European countries, who, at the time, were applying for European Union membership (obtained in 2004).
AETS provided support to the said countries by helping them converge with the requirements of the acquis communautaire, in order for them to ultimately adopt the body of laws shared by the European Union Member States. The support provided by AETS addressed the technical, financial, economic and legal requirements of convergence, specifically in the areas of the environment, safety and quality, risk management, advanced technologies and innovation.
Quality and safety, largely in the agri-foodstuff industries, were the first of the company’s intervention areas, swiftly followed by energy, environment (water and climate in particular), health and food safety, industrial safety and management.
In addition to technical and economic approaches, sustainable development also requires the establishment of strong institutions and the pillars of a democratic society, bringing together government, civil society and the private sector. As such, governance and human development were subsequently incorporated into the company’s service offer, complementing its historic practice areas.
Today, AETS is one of the leading European consulting organisations in its fields of expertise, employing over 70 people in its headquarters and overseas offices. In addition, the company employs the full-time equivalent of 120 experts worldwide to implement its projects, some of which are directly managed by its affiliates and representative offices located in over 40 different countries.
