Climate Change and Sustainable Development

In order to move towards a future that fosters sustainable development and climate resiliency, it is essential for organizations and businesses to implement bold and achievable target measures within their roadmaps to carbon neutrality in alignment with the federal government’s ambitious goal setting of reaching net-zero by the year 2050, with significant progress made by 2030.

We can help you better understand and reduce the environmental impacts of your activities, with mitigation and adaptation measures. The services below contribute to increasing your project’s climate resiliency:

• Greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventories and management by means of an action plan
• Development of a carbon neutrality strategy
• Life cycle analyses (LCA)
• Climate risk and vulnerability assessments (CRiVA)
• Climate lens assessments
• Climate change resiliency and adaptation plans
• Grant application support

Our team focuses on gaining a better understanding of the impact of projects on society and the environment at large, while striving for proactive decision-making in order to optimize infrastructure asset performance. Crucial decisions are made at the design stage, including the selection of materials, features, technologies, manufacturing processes, and potential suppliers to name a few. These decisions can affect up to 80% of a project’s impacts on the environment and society and are critical within sustainable and responsible engineering (SRE) practices and human-centric design principles.

We support you in your analysis and decision-making from the beginning of the project’s lifecycle to help you reduce adverse effects, while optimizing construction, maintenance, and operation costs.

The benefits of pursuing environmental certifications for your project:

• Adoption of industry best practices;
• Third-party verification;
• Powerful communication and marketing tool;
• Frame of reference to help stakeholders in the decision-making process;
• System for setting environmental goals.

Our sustainability team is well versed in pursuing such environmental certifications, with some of our in-house experience consisting of:

• Integrated design processes (IDP)
• ENVISION
• Green building rating systems (LEED, Zero Carbon Building, WELL, Passive House)
• Whole building life cycle analyses (LCA)
• Energy simulations
• Grant application support