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Bridge Carbon Management: Accelerating Progress

Advancing current practice on the journey of decarbonization
09 October 2024

All WSP regions are engaging to reach net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions across the company’s value chain by 2040—with accelerated pledges from Australia, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Sweden and the United Kingdom to halve the carbon footprint of our designs and advice by 2030. In the following article, WSP engineers, designers and advisors provide insights into the status of decarbonization in bridge projects and the industry, and they discuss how to advance current practice toward net zero.

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Sren Gabriel
Søren Gabriel
Denmark
prf-Johan-Lindersson
Johan Lindersson
Sweden
Mungo Stacy
Mungo Stacy
Head of Profession, Civil, Bridge & Ground
United Kingdom
Lowri Swygart
Lowri Swygart
New Zealand

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