Egis Group

Egis Group is a French multinational company involved in the areas of infrastructure and transport systems, planning, water and environment. Egis is also involved in the business of setting up projects and operations for roads and airports.

Egis Group
IndustryEngineering and consulting services
Headquarters
Guyancourt
,
France
Revenue €1.22 billion (2019)
Number of employees
 15,800 (2019)
Websiteegis.fr

History

Egis was formed on 1 January 2011 as a result of the merger of the French companies “Caisse des Dépôts” and “Iosis Partenaires”, with the new shareholding structure split on a 75:25 basis.

The Egis Group, through Egis Projects Canada, operates the Golden Ears Bridge in British Columbia: an All Electronic Toll bridge in Metro Vancouver. In 2012, the Egis Group was selected, as part of a consortium with CS America named Secure Interagency Flow, to build and run a pilot interoperability hub for ATI: the Alliance for Toll Interoperability.[lower-alpha 1]

Criticism

Involvement in Israeli settlements
See also: List of companies operating in West Bank settlements

On 12 February 2020, the United Nations published a database of companies doing business related in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as in the occupied Golan Heights.[1] The Egis Group was listed on the database on account of the activities of its subsidy Egis Rail Israel in Israeli settlements in these occupied territories,[2] which are considered illegal under international law.[3]

Notes
  1. The consortium Secure Interagency Flow were one of four companies selected for the pilot phase of the project: the aim of which is to provide tolling ineteroperability between state-wide toll agencies. Further details and updates can be found on the ATI website Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine

References
  1. "Database of all business enterprises involved in certain activities relating to Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank (A/HRC/43/71)". UN OCHA. 12 Feb 2020. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  2. "UN rights office issues report on business activities related to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 12 February 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. "S/RES/2334(2016)". United Nations Security Council. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
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