GOUIN TODD

Their core work

TG Environmental Research is a UK-based private environmental science consultancy — almost certainly a specialist expert operation built around Todd Gouin, an environmental fate modeller. Their core work involves modelling how plastics (micro and nano scale) and persistent mobile chemicals move through freshwater and marine systems, from land-based sources to open sea. They also contribute to chemical risk and alternatives assessment, helping translate scientific findings into regulatory and market-transition policy. Within EU research consortia, they function as a precision technical resource: brought in to deliver specific modelling expertise rather than to manage projects.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both H2020 projects started in 2021, so the keyword split here reflects parallel work streams rather than a true temporal evolution: LABPLAS anchors their physical science work (plastic transport, dispersion, aquatic fate), while ZeroPM simultaneously pulled them into chemical assessment and policy territory. What this pattern does suggest is a deliberate broadening of scope — from modelling physical pollutants to evaluating chemical hazard and advising on market-level solutions. The direction of travel is from environmental scientist toward regulatory science advisor, which is a meaningful career and business shift for a consultancy of this type.

TG Environmental Research is moving from pure environmental fate modelling toward the science-policy interface — making them increasingly relevant for EU chemicals regulation, REACH advisory work, and sustainable chemistry consortia.

How they like to work

TG Environmental Research has never led an H2020 project — always a participant, consistent with a specialist consultancy that is invited into consortia for targeted expertise. Despite only two projects, they have accumulated 33 unique partners across 14 countries, which indicates they are embedded in large, multi-institutional consortia rather than small focused teams. This is a partner who brings specific technical depth and expects to work alongside academic and industry leads, not to coordinate logistics.

With 33 unique consortium partners across 14 countries from just two projects, TG Environmental Research operates within large international research networks — averaging roughly 16 partners per project. Their geographic footprint spans European research hubs, consistent with large RIA consortia on EU environmental priorities.

What sets them apart

TG Environmental Research occupies a rare niche: a private (non-academic) expert consultancy specialising in the environmental fate of emerging contaminants — plastics and persistent mobile chemicals — with a foot in both modelling science and regulatory policy. For consortium builders, this means access to publishable technical expertise without the overhead of a university partner. Their private company status also makes them more flexible on IP and commercial deliverables than academic institutions.

Highlights from their portfolio

• ZeroPM
  The largest grant received (EUR 211,250) and the broadest scope — zero pollution of persistent mobile substances — positioning TG Environmental Research at the centre of EU chemicals policy debate through 2026.
• LABPLAS
  Directly matches their core modelling identity, tracing land-based plastic pollution pathways to the sea, with specific focus on micro and nanoplastic dispersion — a high-visibility environmental priority.