Take a look at how WSP is delivering against our sustainability objectives across the UK
WELCOME TO THE WSP ANNUAL SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019
Chief Executive, WSP UK
Ensuring positive societal change for our clients and the people and places we serve is our clearest opportunity to demonstrate and live our firm’s values.
Over the last year, we have driven a transition towards a net-zero future, helped clients and communities thrive, empowered our people, and championed skills and innovation."
Mark Naysmith
Claire Gott
UK Head of Corporate Social Responsibility
David Symons
UK Director of Sustainability
£200
Flight levy introduced on all staff flights
OUR JOURNEY TO NET ZERO
At WSP, there is no greater challenge than mitigating climate change. Whether by cutting carbon, protecting nature or advocating for a fair transition, achieving a net-zero future will increase resilience, attract new talent and build back better from COVID-19.
We're leading our industry by:
convened the
'pledge to Net Zero'
Founding the APPG on Net Zero
winning Global Good ‘Company of the Year 2019’
We must also tread our own journey to net zero:
2025
target for the WSP UK business to be Net Zero
17%
reduction in GHG emissions in 2019
EMPLOYEES AND COMMUNITIES
Our team of technical specialists and strategic advisers actively support local communities. We’re also striving to be an inclusive employer that attracts extraordinary and diverse talent.
2019 highlights:
CLIENTS AND PROJECTS
The biggest impact on sustainability we have comes from the Future Ready advice and support we provide our clients across the natural and built environment. Click the thumbnails or read the report for full case studies:
MEET OUR SUSTAINABILITY LEADERS
Vision Zero: Life-Saving Design
Road traffic deaths and serious injuries have decreased in high-performing countries such as Sweden with Vision Zero, despite increased mobility and urban density. The challenge ahead is to replicate these statistics globally.
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We are heading towards an era of automation, where cars drive themselves, drones make deliveries, and intelligent systems collect vast amounts of data to make decisions about utilities, healthcare and other services.
Smart Cities
Micromobility: Solutions for the Last Kilometre
Transit in cities is shifting toward shared mobility: ride hailing, carpooling, short-term car leasing and single-person flexible transport. How will we safely include these new ways to get around cities?
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Compassionate Design to Reduce Stress
Urban dwellers have a 20% higher risk of developing anxiety disorders and 40% higher risk of developing mood disorders. Let’s design out some of their stress.
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Future Ready
We know the future will be different from today. Future Ready enables us to design projects that are fit for both today and the future, for the benefit of urban communities worldwide.
Five Ways We Can
Design Better Cities
For World Cities Day, we look at how innovative design makes better cities to live, play and work in.
This year’s theme for this official United Nations event is “Changing the World: Innovations and Better Life for Future Generations”. Growing density, increased loneliness, ageing population, hotter temperatures, rising rainfall, more extreme weather events – the future of cities around the world holds many challenges. Through Future ReadyTM, we bring innovative, sustainable solutions beyond traditional engineering, for thriving urban communities.