Environment

Successful regulatory and stakeholder approval for infrastructure projects requires a partner with demonstrated expertise in environmental planning and permitting. We combine our experience in environmental impact assessment — such as NEPA compliance in the U.S. and consenting in the U.K. — with our expertise in both community and stakeholder engagement and regenerative and nature-based solutions. This enables our clients’ projects to move from initial concept to construction and operations more efficiently and sustainably.

We provide the full range of disciplines that support these environmental approval processes, including biology and ecology surveys, landscape architecture and visual impact assessment, natural capital evaluations, socio-economic analyses, environmental justice and equity analyses and cultural and heritage solutions.

Our environmental consulting services span public and private sector infrastructure projects and industrial and commercial facilities. This includes all modes of transportation, data centers, life sciences and health facilities, industrial plants, water and energy infrastructure — including power plants, pipelines, transmission lines and renewable energy facilities. We empower this broad range of clients to achieve their missions through resilient solutions.

With changing environmental compliance and the call for greater social responsibility, today’s decision-makers face intense challenges to their organization’s daily operations and long-term plans.

We are a leader in sustainability and environmental health and safety (EHS) compliance. We combine deep knowledge of our clients’ industries and processes with global resources and knowledge gained from our decades-long track record. This includes insights across supporting environmental site assessments, auditing, compliance, asset management, air quality and acoustics analysis, integrated waste solutions, climate change, sustainability and resiliency strategies, and geospatial and environmental data management solutions.

We provide bespoke ESG advisory and sustainability services to help our clients combat the intertwined challenges of climate change, water security, waste and biodiversity.

We develop comprehensive plans for addressing ESG risks and opportunities that leverage materiality mapping and industry benchmarking. We support progress toward ESG priorities such as climate resilience, decarbonization (including carbon capture and storage technology) by using nature-positive and nature-based solutions (including blue carbon), social value and social justice and circular economy approaches. We produce effective and transparent reporting on ESG risk management to investors and other stakeholders.

Our teams draw on their profound knowledge and decades of experience to deliver innovative solutions addressing our clients' most pressing environmental cleanup challenges. Globally, we have completed thousands of site investigations, assessments and remediation projects, ranging from small and remote sites to large infrastructure programs.

We help clients manage a wide range of contaminants in all media of concern, from radionuclides and metals to various organic and emerging contaminants, importantly per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). We support our clients in managing and mitigating risks posed by complex issues such as vapor intrusion, sediment contamination, low-level radiological waste and redevelopment — all in an evolving regulatory environment.