At Niche, we do work that matters and has a lasting and profound impact on our clients, communities and our environment. We want to leave a positive legacy on the world and create a sustainable future.
Niche provides natural capital services for organisations and landowners seeking to address their impacts on nature, biodiversity and climate—all built on our deep environmental science knowledge.
We are delivering tangible positive impacts for people and nature every day. Here are some of the numbers we are incredibly proud to have achieved through our work so far.
Enabling nation-building projects to progress within regulatory frameworks.
Energy and utilities projects delivered in support of Australia’s clean energy transition.
Aboriginal Parties and Traditional Owner groups consulted with to respectfully manage their cultural heritage.
Land under active management, restored or protected and thriving for a nature positive future.
Number of trees planted to restore and improve ecosystems.
A team with dedication, passion and a commitment to doing things differently.
This number represents the combined financial value of the projects that Niche has contributed our expertise to, enabling these projects to progress within regulatory frameworks at state and federal level.
Niche provides selective and deeply specialised services for a wide range of sectors, including energy generation and transition, energy and utilities infrastructure, transport infrastructure, land development and management, and resources (mining and quarrying).
With thousands of projects delivered since 2009, we empower our clients to think strategically from design to execution while ensuring they achieve the best possible outcomes for the project, people and nature.
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This number represents the projects that Niche has contributed biodiversity, ecology and heritage expertise to. Typical projects where our specialist capability has been applied are in wind, solar, pumped hydro, battery energy storage system (BESS), alternative energy, high-medium-low voltage transmission, critical minerals and related infrastructure projects.
Confirming our position as a key supporter of the energy transition, Niche has joined the Clean Energy Council, the peak body for the clean energy industry in Australia.
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Niche acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and are honoured to partner with communities to help respectfully manage their heritage. This number represents the Aboriginal Parties and Traditional Owner groups we have engaged with or consulted as part of delivering our cultural heritage management work across Eastern Australia.
This number combines Aboriginal Parties in Victoria, Representative Bodies and Traditional Owner groups in Queensland, and Registered Aboriginal Parties in NSW.
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This number represents the hectares of land we have enabled to be legally conserved in perpetuity and land we have under active management. The land protected includes stewardship sites established under the NSW Biodiversity Offset Scheme or protected through other conservation mechanisms.
The land restored and improved includes sites where we conduct activities such as restoration and active land management activities under Commonwealth legislation and guidelines. Our efforts on these properties are helping to improve the land to allow native vegetation and biodiversity to recover and thrive.
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This number represents trees planted by the Ausecology team as part of their delivery of large-scale land restoration services for conservation, offset and carbon projects – critical for restoring Australia’s nature and biodiversity.
Tree planting is a specialist capability which involves sourcing and propagating local provenance native species, installing tubestock and then, crucially, maintaining and monitoring establishment success to ensure outcomes are achieved.
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Niche and Ausecology permanent and casual staff – experts with dedication, passion and a commitment to doing things differently. Our experienced and diverse team of consultants includes technical experts such as ecologists, archaeologists, spatial analysts and project managers. Including our regular sub-contractors, we have a team of over 260 people delivering for our clients.
Our consultants are supported by experienced Commercial, Finance, People & Culture, Business Support and Marketing teams. We are proud to provide an inclusive, flexible and purpose-driven workplace that enables our team to create a sustainable future for people and nature.
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Find out more about our community of technical experts and leaders, and the work we do to create a sustainable future for our communities and environment.
