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Highlights

CLEAN REVENUES

51.5%

GHG REDUCTION (compared to 2018) – SCOPE 1 & 2

-39%

RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY (% of total electricity procured)

34%

2021 CDP CLIMATE CHANGE QUESTIONNAIRE SCORE

A-

GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT SURVEY (employee participation)

81%

FUTURE READY® TRAINING (% of employees trained)

45%

“As part of the green transition, we are advising our clients every day on how they can reduce their carbon emissions.”

André-Martin Bouchard
Global Director, Earth and Environment and Global Corporate Director, ESG

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Sustainable Projects

We help our clients achieve their Future Ready® ambitions by providing strategic advice, technical expertise, and a passion for impactful results.

Sustainable Development Goals

Companies have an important role to play in contributing to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through our client work and in our own operations, WSP contributes to these SDGs:

Environmental

We have bold ambitions for the future, and our commitments are no less important. We are committed to measuring and improving environmental performance and practices in our operations and within our supply chain.

“The need to tackle the climate crisis by addressing GHG emissions is both unequivocal and urgent. Equally important is the need to reverse nature loss and the degradation of ecological systems to deliver our climate commitments.”

Tom Butterworth
Head of Ecology, WSP in the UK

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Climate Transition Plan

Our Climate Transition Plan provides an overview of our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets, our net zero commitment and key strategies we will implement to achieve these targets.

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Water – a core business at WSP

Water is at the core of many of the global megatrends reshaping our world. Our 4,000 water professionals have a deep understanding of the issues around water sustainability across sectors and geographies.

Read about our Water Services

Social

 For societies to thrive, we must all hold ourselves accountable for tomorrow. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture for our people to thrive and giving back to the communities in which we live and work.

“Our people are driven by two things: possibility and purpose. They want to be empowered by a supportive workplace, and they want to make a difference through meaningful work in the community.”

Megan Van Pelt
Global Chief Human Resources Officer

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Engaging with Communities

Through our projects, our employee engagement initiatives, and our corporate activities, we strive to contribute positively to the places where we operate.

A good example is our work on the Manawatū Tararua Highway Stormwater Design in New Zealand, which called for the integration of Te Ao Māori values and principles.

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Leadership in Inclusion and Diversity

We believe our differences make us stronger, and challenge everyone to go beyond the conventional.

These values are exemplified by Deborah Brown, Senior Vice President and National Director of Alternative Delivery at WSP USA, who was recognized as a leader in advocating for women in transportation. Deborah aims to spotlight unconscious bias while encouraging diversity, equity and inclusion.

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Governance

The commitments we have made to ESG are fundamental and non-negotiable. We are driven by our values of leading with integrity, empowering our diverse community, and leveraging our expertise for the benefit of all our stakeholders.

Walking the Talk

Recently, we published our first standalone TCFD (Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures) Report and began formal assessment of ESG risks in our Enterprise Risk Management system.

 
Read our TCFD report

Leading by Example

We believe the best way to show leadership is by example. Moving forward, achievement of certain ESG targets will be linked to executive compensation. Read more about this announcement and how we are committed to putting our ingenuity forward in the 2022-2024 Global Strategic Action Plan.

Read our Strategic Plan

Download Centre

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Document WSP 2021 Global ESG Report
Document Managing our ESG Impacts
Document 2021 Global ESG Report - Datapack
Document Climate Transition Plan
Document GL-ESG-Statement-Letter-EN-2021-05

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