Global Sustainability
Report 2023
Executive Summary
by Duncan Price — Partner | Global Sustainability Climate Change Lead at Buro Happold
Sustainability is a core Buro Happold value, both in how we operate and in the projects we deliver. We strongly believe in the power and influence we have across our industry.
This year’s Global Sustainability Report is an opportunity to reflect on how Buro Happold’s work supports our clients to address the most significant sustainability challenges the world faces today.
Our key achievements
This report is published at a critical time, both for Buro Happold and our clients, and for the wider world.
We have delivered over £40m of sustainability, environment and climate change consultancy work across our global team, and since since 2020 we have reduced our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 40%. We also achieved validation from the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), for our decarbonisation targets. Science-based targets enable us to work towards our long-term goal to achieve net zero operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2045.
While decarbonisation and climate change is a key focus, we continue to deliver world-leading work and offer genuine impact across our global practice via a wide range of disciplines and projects that consider sustainability challenges as holistically as possible.
Our ability to work in a multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary manner is a key strength in delivering sustainability outcomes for our clients.
This Global Sustainability Report reflects on the key areas in which we have the greatest impact: climate, nature, resources, resilience, society and ESG advisory.
Oliver Plunkett, CEO Buro Happold
