Climate and Sustainability

Sustainability that drives innovation and resilience in every organisation and project.

N2 Wild Coast Toll Road development, South Africa

From concept to commissioning, we embed sustainability in every decision, reducing costs, avoiding delays, and enhancing reputational value.

Embedding sustainability across every decision

With access expertise across water, energy, transport, and land development, we redefine what it means to engineer a sustainable future, one project at a time.

A multidisciplinary approach
Bafenyi ka Bakwena ABCD project, South Africa
Stephan Jooste
Managing Director: Sustainability Africa

THE SUSTAINABILITY APPROACH

  • Thriving communities: Ensuring operations and initiatives foster social well-being and secure stakeholder trust.
  • Multidisciplinary resources: Supporting governments, the private sector, and communities in delivering sustainable infrastructure.
  • Asset stewardship: Maximising resource efficiency while minimising ecological footprints.
  • Strategic advice & technical expertise: Ensuring regulatory compliance, project success, and community acceptance.

WHY CLIENTS CHOOSE US

We go beyond compliance and become sustainability partners, embedding systems, processes, and strategic guidance that transform sustainability into a long-term organisational advantage.
  • UN Global Compact Signatory committed to the UNGC’s Ten Principles.
  • Impact on UN SDGs, through our projects, we co-create positive impact across all United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
  • Multidisciplinary expertise, strategic advice, social solutions, organisational, environmental, and climate change expertise combined in one integrated approach.
  • Fit-for-Purpose solutions, comprehensive, tailored solutions ensuring long-term resilience and stakeholder acceptance.

Our teams assist clients in embedding processes and systems to mature their sustainability functions organisation-wide.

Client
Offerings

01 Social Sustainability

Solving critical social challenges in large and complex infrastructure investments.

  • Resettlement
  • Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)
  • Community-led design
  • Livelihood restoration
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Stakeholder awareness and workshops
  • Social facilitation
  • Social research
  • Social impact assessment
  • Social performance
  • Human settlements
  • Upgrading of informal settlements
  • Housing solutions

Navigating climate risks, obligations, and strategic planning across sectors.

  • Climate change adaptation
  • Climate change resilience
  • Nationally determined contributions (NDC)
  • Paris Agreement
  • Carbon footprint
  • GHG inventories
  • Compilation of bottom-up Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 GHG emissions
  • Sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability assessments
  • Reporting and task force on climate-related financial disclosures (TCFD)

Identifying and managing environmental risks for responsible, future-ready projects.

  • Solid waste
  • Circular economies
  • Environmental impact assessments
  • Environmental risk identification
  • Regulatory planning, permitting and approvals

Enhancing effectiveness through organisational design, change management, and adoption of new strategies.

  • Sustainability (ESG) capacity building
  • Organisational improvement
  • Governance, risk, and assurance practices
  • Change management
  • Communication strategy

Partnering with you on sustainable solutions.

Climate and Sustainability Projects