Accelerate your ESG progress
With increasing scrutiny from investors, tenants, customers and employees, ESG is creating additional opportunities and challenges for many organisations.
Setting and incorporating environmental and social impact goals, targets and actions into all aspects of your organisation, supply chain and assets — can be complex and difficult.
With an ever-changing landscape of regulations, standards and best practice – which vary by country and sector – every organisation must draw together requirements across broad and interconnected impact areas.
Crossing the ESG chasm
Many organisations set targets and then face a chasm between their future vision and the current reality. Creating uncertainty about how best to cross.
We have developed and fine-tuned a practical ESG Framework, which we tailor for each organisation’s unique context. Our systematic approach supports you to define your vision and strategy, plan and implement changes to hit your targets. To confidently bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be. Turning risks and challenges into opportunities and business value.
Our approach is underpinned by a unique blend of consultancy and technical expertise. Combined as you need to work across your organisation — at a portfolio, campus and individual asset level.
A systematic approach
ESG is a continuous cycle of innovation. There are key milestones and achievements, but no end point as you embed ESG across your organisation’s operations.
With our systematic approach – wherever you are on the journey – you can create value today and well into the future as you execute your ESG programme.
Guiding you at every stage
Assess
Assess where you are right now and identify where you want to be for long-term sustainability and so we can start building a bridge to make your vision a reality.
Target
From your baseline, set your vision and define the business and cost drivers. Then make your commitments and set achievable targets.
Plan
Map and define required actions to make your vision and targets a reality. Ensure the plan is measurable and manageable, with flexibility to deal with change.
Implement
Deliver tangible improvements. We provide expert guidance and plans for implementing the preferred pathway across the organisation and your built assets.
Report
We will ensure you are doing what you have set out to achieve, and reporting on progress in alignment with any local regulatory policy or preferred third party frameworks such as GRESB, GRI, TCFD, SBTi and more.
What makes us different
ESG for the built environment
The built environment is responsible for 39% of our carbon footprint*. Understanding the current footprint of your assets, in terms of current operations and the embodied carbon in different development options, is far from straightforward.
Leading investors, developers, corporates, universities and public authorities rely on us to help them on their journey. Our clients are owners, operators and occupiers of assets – from offices, retail and residential properties to science and technology labs, performance venues and sports stadia.
Buro Happold supports many organisations to navigate their journey to Net Zero. Simultaneously delivering enhanced social impact, improved climate resilience and having a positive impact on nature.
With over 40 years’ of experience working on sustainable design, we know what works. What makes the greatest difference. But don’t just take our word for it. Hear from some of our clients below.
Aviva
We chose Buro Happold due to the breadth of expertise that was available behind the proposed project team. While you need the technical expertise, you also need the people skills to give stakeholders the space and time to come along with you on the journey.
Edward Dixon, Head of Responsible Investment, Aviva
Battery Park City Authority
We needed a plan for Battery Park City to refresh our commitment to sustainability and to set goals for the authority itself, but also neighbourhood wide with district sustainability goals. We found that Buro Happold brought a holistic sustainability perspective of looking at energy, water, and people
Sarah Fisher Curtin, Battery Park City Authority
Royal London Asset Management
[Buro Happold’s] strategic approach to the production of the new framework has delivered a real step change in Royal London’s ability to embed, challenge, track and report sustainability within our developments and refurbishments to the benefit of both investors and occupiers
Matthew Bird, Development Manager, Royal London Asset Management
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