The built environment contributes to 38%* of the world’s carbon emissions, and the role of the engineer is paramount to the successful outcome in reducing our impact on the world.

At Robert Bird Group we commit towards a sustainable future and to becoming a 1.5-degree company – adopting science-based targets to reduce our carbon emissions to net-zero by 2025.

We are leaders in driving new industry technologies and approaches to reduce the carbon footprint and responses to climate change.  We support best for planet outcomes and regularly contribute to industry papers advising on how the industry can improve.

We have formalised our commitments to climate change action and are members of numerous industry bodies including:-

Engineers Declare  Uniting all strands of the built environment engineering profession

Science Based Targets Ambitious corporate climate action – Science Based Targets

Concrete Zero Join ConcreteZero | Climate Group (theclimategroup.org)

Steel Zero  SteelZero | ResponsibleSteel

We lead our clients toward the adoption of sustainable development, design, and construction strategies for their projects.  As engineers we implement sustainability into our everyday working practices by coming up with solutions which reduce environmental impact.

Visit our website www.robertbird.com for more information about our sustainability values.

*Source: World Economic Forum, July 2021