News analysis

Rebuttal points out that a fifth of Wood’s revenues come from sustainable solutions including renewables, hydrogen and CCUS.

Group discussions at Environment Analyst’s US business summit explored M&A trends, PFAS provisions and the importance of company values for attracting new hires.

Consultants must play a part in making a new generation of infrastructure resilient to climate change, said Peter Hall of Wood, speaking at EA’s recent business summit in Denver.

EA’s latest industry data and research report reveals emergence of the sector's own ‘big four’ as environmental & sustainability consulting market sees record M&A activity and solid post-COVID recovery. 

Latest US M&A roundup shows ongoing high levels of activity, with growing interest in E&S and digital know-how from private equity and global professional services firms.

Environmental & sustainability early career professionals have their say on sector entry routes, job satisfaction, retention and the skills crisis in Environment Analyst’s latest survey.

Prospects for second half buoyed by operations momentum and order book growth as new CEO takes over.

Winners include Jacobs for transforming its internal net zero and sustainability performance; WSP’s game-changing acquisition of Golder; and RIO ESG’s role in developing an innovative AI-enabled ESG ratings platform

Environment Analyst’s Top 100 report identifies the largest E&S consultancies operating globally in 2020/21.

WSP’s agreement to purchase RPS will further Canadian-based firm’s ambition to become the premier global environmental & sustainability consultancy, with 23,000 experts worldwide.

Sale of built environment consulting business will deliver “financial flexibility” as firm looks to energy market.

We caught up with Peter Hall, vice president and global director for climate resilience & ESG at Wood, to explore the market for nature-positive investments, ahead of his contribution to Environment Analyst's global summit next month.

Retiring CEO will remain with the company until September to oversee the transition.

WSP fulfils ambition to lead the global environmental consulting industry with purchase of Wood’s built environment business for just shy of $2bn, a year after completing Golder megamerger

Wood goes into Q2 of 2022 with the sale of its built environment business close, a healthy order book and chief exec Robin Watson due to stand down

US$1.3bn revenue portion of consulting arm to be spun out to help deleverage and deliver shareholder value

Global energy and infrastructure services firm announces a strategic review of built environment part of consulting & engineering business

The COP26 climate change conference has provided a focus to boost to net zero campaigns all over the world

The world’s largest professional services firms are jockeying for position to service fast-developing global markets for the transition energy source

UK-based player reports improved order book in global consulting line, giving confidence of group's to return to growth in H2 2021

EFCG’s CFO conference included a session exploring the financial benefits that sustainability and ESG strategies can realise for consulting and engineering firms and their projects and clients. Environment Analyst reports

‘America is back’ tweeted US president Joe Biden last Thursday, launching a two-day leaders summit on climate on Earth Day, with a commitment to halve carbon emissions by 2030

Peter Hall of Wood spoke at The Economist’s Sustainability Week about how his company is transforming its approach to infrastructure projects to ensure a more climate resilient outcome

UK-based group’s broadening exposure to built environment and clean energy markets offsets greater declines inflicted by oil price trend and pandemic hurdles through 2020. Prioritising ESG leadership remains critical, states Wood CEO

UK-based consultancy agrees two-year partnership with Resilient Cities Network - a worldwide, city-led, non-profit organisation

Scottish-based global consulting and engineering company Wood has appointed Ann Rosenberg as senior vice president of sustainable development, in a move to strengthen its sustainability and climate credentials. In this role, Rosenberg will help Wood...

Energy group boss praises resilience in the eye of the COVID storm helped by energy transition and sustainable infrastructure activities

The 55,000-strong global consulting and technology group Jacobs has become the eighth member of Environment Analyst’s Sustainability Delivery Group.

A distinguished panel hosted by Environment Analyst explores how digital innovation is transforming project delivery and data management, disrupting traditional business models and accelerating the journey to net zero in a post-pandemic world

Global IT giant Microsoft is “actively collaborating” with the Scottish-headquartered professional services firm Wood to help clients position for the energy transition and deliver on sustainability commitments.