To meet climate targets and build at speed, the offshore wind industry should share and pool survey data by default, proposes Chris McDougall, associate director, Atkins.
UK-fronted initiative to place environmental and social sustainability at heart of the development project process to unlock sustainable infrastructure and NbS opportunities.
Dr Kate Vincent of environmental consulting firm Atkins calls for a systemic approach to implementing plans for nature, with alignment across government and industry sectors.
Year end financial reports from Ramboll, SNC-Lavalin and Capita — plus H1 for Ricardo — highlight the growing importance of decarbonisation, the energy transition and sustainable solutions to the bottom line.
Sophisticated data tech is set to transform how environmental consultancy is delivered and paid for. UK-based firm Atkins invited Will Hatchett to its London HQ, to see how and why.
Consultancies Arcadis, ERM and SNC-Lavalin stand with over 330 multinationals saying they are ‘doing their part’ but tougher rules are needed to go further and faster.
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.
Six months after the publication of Environment Analyst’s acclaimed ‘Consultancies in the race to net zero’ report – and in celebration of UK Net Zero Week – we explore how the top players are looking to advance their leadership role in the transition to a low-carbon economy.
Environment Analysts' Top 100 firms appear prominently in FT’s fifth annual rating of the UK’s leading management consultants and environmental & sustainability (E&S) advisers
Insight report: In a world facing climate and biodiversity jeopardy, which is reeling from COVID-19, EA investigates how legislation designed for UK procurement contracts is gaining international influence
SNC-Lavalin, Stantec and WSP report on financial highlights and challenges during the second quarter to complete the picture for the first six months of the year for the Canadian-headquartered triumvirate. Their experiences mark a US market proving a little slower in recovery than other COVID-impacted regions.
The largest changes to waste and recycling services in a generation are being introduced across the UK. Dr Adam Read, director of external affairs at SUEZ recycling and recovery UK and president of the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), unpicks the implications for the environmental industry
Conservationists opposing plans for a huge theme park south of the Thames, one of two UK homes for a rare jumping spider are waiting for legal protection to be officially declared
Natural capital experts from Atkins discuss the publication of natural capital principles for the water industry, and how they can be used to transform capital investment programmes
Sector hits all-time high of £1.9bn in 2019 before pandemic forces decline last year; Jacobs confirmed new market leader, then RSK, WSP, AECOM and RPS; demand for climate change & energy services surges as net zero and climate resilience efforts ramp up
Following radical changes to procurement, Atkins has made a key appointment to lead on its social value strategy in the UK. Is this a sign of things to come?
Objections to the UK’s National Policy Statements on climate change grounds are unlikely to succeed, argues a legal expert. Objectors are now turning to the NSIP regime and DCOs as the 'theatre of war'
