ZELENA INFRASTRUKTURA DRUSTVO S OGRANICENOM ODGOVORNOSCU ZA ZASTITU OKOLISA I PROSTORNO UREDENJE

Their core work

Green Infrastructure is a Croatian SME whose registered scope covers environmental protection and spatial planning — the kind of firm that assesses, monitors, and manages environmental risks in the field. In ShaleSafe, they contributed to developing monitoring systems for soil and aquifer contamination from shale gas operations, work that sits squarely in their commercial core. In NEUROSOME, an MSCA Innovative Training Network, they brought environmental exposure measurement capabilities to a consortium studying how environmental factors drive neurodevelopmental disorders — extending their expertise from "what is in the environment" into "what that does to human health." Their participation in both projects suggests they operate as an environmental science bridge between industrial contamination monitoring and human exposure research, a combination rarely found in a company of this size.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their first H2020 project, ShaleSafe (2016-2019), was grounded in industrial environmental monitoring — detecting contamination from shale gas in soil and groundwater, a classic environmental protection task. Their second project, NEUROSOME (2017-2022), marks a deliberate move toward environmental health: the research question shifted from contamination detection to the neurological consequences of environmental exposure, bringing in biomonitoring methodologies, genomic association studies (GWAS/EWAS), and personal sensor technology. With only two projects in the record, the trajectory is limited but consistent — they appear to be repositioning from field monitoring toward the science of how environmental conditions affect human biology, which is a more fundable and higher-profile research niche.

They are moving from industrial contamination detection toward environmental health research — specifically the human neurological consequences of environmental exposure — which positions them well for One Health, exposome, and EU Mission Cancer/Climate funding streams.

How they like to work

Green Infrastructure has participated exclusively as a consortium partner, never as a coordinator — they bring defined expertise into larger-led projects rather than driving agendas themselves. With 18 unique partners across 9 countries generated from just 2 projects, they have experience operating in the large, international consortia typical of MSCA-ITN and IA funding schemes. This pattern makes them a predictable and low-friction addition to a consortium needing credible environmental monitoring or exposure assessment capacity, particularly from a Central/Eastern European perspective.

Their network of 18 partners across 9 countries — built through only 2 projects — confirms they have worked in substantial pan-European consortia rather than small bilateral teams. No geographic concentration is visible from available data, though their Croatian base gives them natural access to Western Balkans environmental and research networks.

What sets them apart

Green Infrastructure occupies a specific niche: a small Croatian environmental company with verified EU research experience in both industrial contamination monitoring and neurological exposome science — a combination that neither a standard environmental consultancy nor a university lab typically offers. Their value to a consortium is translating field-level environmental monitoring into research-grade exposure data, connecting the environmental source to the human health outcome. For coordinators building projects in environmental health, pollution impact assessment, or One Health frameworks who need a credible SME partner from the Western Balkans region with actual MSCA network experience, this profile is genuinely uncommon.

Highlights from their portfolio

• NEUROSOME
  An MSCA Innovative Training Network exploring how environmental exposures shape neurological development — placing this environmental SME inside a cutting-edge health research consortium and giving them access to genomic, biomonitoring, and personal sensor methodologies far beyond typical consultancy scope.
• ShaleSafe
  The only project with confirmed EC funding (EUR 264,670), addressing shale gas contamination of soil and aquifers — a high-stakes environmental monitoring challenge directly aligned with the company's registered expertise.