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2025 Sustainability Delivery Awards Winners

 

Digital Innovation Award ​

Joint winner - Bentley Systems for their project Carbon Analysis Tool

Joint winner - Ramboll for their project Galago by Ramboll

Highly commended - Dar Al-Handasah Consultants for their project PARA OS

 

Circularity Award

Winner - New York City Economic Development Corporation and Jacobs for their project Clean and Circular: Design and Construction Guidelines

Highly commended - WSP for their project Coach Circularity Product Impact Calculator

 

Transformational Partnership Award

Winner - AECOM and the Gateway Development Commission for the Hudson Tunnel Project

Highly commended - ContourGlobal and ERM for their project Empowering Sustainable Transformation: ERM and ContourGlobal Partnership

 

Sustainability Impact Award

Winner - AECOM for AECOM is on a Transformational Sustainability Impact Journey to Create Sustainable Legacies

Highly commended - AECOM, IEMA, RPS, SocEnv and WSP for their project Pledge to Net Zero

 

Nature Positive Award

Joint winner - ECOncrete for their project Bio-Enhancing Concrete Solutions For Coastal & Marine Infrastructure

Joint winner - WSP for their project Abbotts Meadow Restoration

Highly commended - Ramboll for their project Empowering global specialists to be positive about biodiversity

 

Creating Resilient & Sustainable Communities Award

Joint winner - Techtronic Industries Company Limited for their project Building Resilient Communities Through Sustainable Housing Solutions​

Joint winner - WSP for their project Attawapiskat First Nation Water Shortage Emergency

Highly commended - CGI IT UK for their project Sustainability Careers Expo

 

Transportation Project of the Year Award

Joint winner - Port of Cleveland and Jacobs for their project Charting a Path Toward a Decarbonized Future for the Port of Cleveland

Joint winner - Tonkin + Taylor with NZTA Waka Kotahi, Downer NZ, HEB Construction, Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika and Ngāti Toa Rangatira for their project Te Ara Tupua Shared Cycle and Walkway​

Highly commended - AECOM and Greater Toronto Airports Authority for their project Toronto Pearson Airport: Making Air Travel More Sustainable (GTAA)

 

Energy Project of the Year Award

Winner - GHD and Evolve Power for their project Tent Mountain Pumped Hydro Energy Storage

Highly commended - Exo and Bentley Systems for their project Evergy Power Transmission Structure Stabilization

 

Water Project of the Year Award

Joint winner - SABESP and Bentley Systems for their project INTEGRA 4.0 Cultural Transformation Through Digitalization

Joint winner - VCS Denmark and Jacobs for their project VCS Denmark's Beyond Energy Neutrality Program

Highly commended - Montrose Environmental and ECT2 for their project PFAS Water Treatment Plant Solution Protects the Town of Katherine, AU

 

Remediation Project of the Year Award

Joint winner - CampbellReith for their project Kilnwood Vale: Landfill Remediation for Housing

Joint winner - REGENESIS for their project PFAS Remediation: A Sustainable, Cost-effective Solution Reduces PFAS by 99.9% at Former NAS Alameda

Highly commended - WSP, DEME and ESSO for their project Former Bowling Terminal Remediation

 

Rising Star Award

Winner - Kritika Kharbanda, Henning Larsen Architects

Highly commended - Julie Cacace, Ramboll

 

Sustainability Leader of the Year (CSO or equivalent)

Winner - Kelly Weger, RA, LEED AP, CEA, Qcells

Highly commended - Anthony Kane, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI)

 

Sustainability Solutions Leader of the Year

Winner - David Symons, WSP

Highly commended - Toyin Ogunfolaju, Jacobs

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Previous Sustainability Delivery Awards Winners

2024 Sustainability Delivery Awards Winners

Digital Innovation Award ​

Winner - GHD for their project Zero Emission Vehicle Optimization (ZEVO) tool

Highly Commended - WSP for their project SmartWhales – advancing whale protection

Sustainability Impact Award

Winner is WSP for WSP Sustainability Impact

Sustainability M&A of the Year Award

Winner - Matrix Solutions Inc., a Montrose Environmental Group Company

Highly Commended - SLR Consulting for IBIS/SLR Consulting

Transportation Project of the Year

Joint winner - Tonkin + Taylor and WSP for their project: Paving the Path to a Sustainable Future

Joint winner - Massport/AECOM for their project Boston Logan International Airport’s Terminal E: A new airport terminal grounded in social value, innovation and sustainability

Highly Commended - Jacobs for their project Welcome to the Future: Charging on the Move

Rising Star Award

Winner - Ingvild Wang from Ramboll

Highly Commended - Belinda Ng from ERM 

Circularity Award

Winner - Ramboll for their project A focus on circularity internally and with clients 

Nature Positive Award

Joint winner - WSP for their project how Blue Mussels can help save the seas and feed the world

Joint winner - AECOM for enhancing the use of nature in infrastructure design and implementation

Highly Commended - MacDonald Bentley for Witches Oak Waters Mott MacDonald Bentley

Energy Company of the Year Award

Winner - Bioenergy Devco and BGE for Maryland's Pioneering Anaerobic Digestion Bioenergy Center

Water Company of the Year Award

Winner - Salt Lake City Department of Public Utilities for Embedding ESG in Water Infrastructure Planning

Remediation Project of the Year Award

Joint winnerERM & EESI Remediation Limited UK for Insights from the Sustainable Remediation of an Agrochemical Manufacturing Facility, UK

Joint winnerStantec for Suncor Oakville Terminal Phytoremediation

Highly Commended  - Regenesis for A Way Forward to Effectively Treat PFAS Sustainably: In Situ PFAS Treatment offers 98% Smaller Carbon Footprint, Eliminates Waste, and Costs 60-65% Less

Transformational Partnership Award

Joint winner -  UK Environment Agency and Collaborative Delivery Framework Delivery Partners for Accelerating Sustainable Outcomes for England

Joint winner - Ramboll for their Open Data for Climate Initiative

Highly CommendedCadmus for their project Cadmus/USAID Jamaica Energy Resilience Alliance

Creating Resilient and Sustainable Communities Award

Winner is Cadmus for Cadmus/EPA Climate Resilience and Financial Assessment of Drinking Water and Wastewater Utilities

Highly Commended - Stantec for I-526 Lowcountry Corridor WEST Environmental Justice Outreach and Community Mitigation Plan  

Highly Commended - Jacobs and Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning for Working with diverse and/or marginalized communities across Chicagoland to achieve equitable outcomes through Local Technical Assistance’s Capital Improvement Planning

Sustainability Leader of the Year

Joint winner - Robert Beinstein, PE, ENV SP at AECOM

Joint winner - André-Martin Bouchard at WSP

2023 Sustainability Delivery Awards Winners

ESG Innovation Award ​

Winner - SURE by Ramboll

Highly Commended - RouteZero by Anthesis

ESG Innovation Award - Shortlisted SMEs

Winner - Position Green for Position Green's Full-cycle ESG Investment Solution

Sustainable Infrastructure Award​

Winner - Stantec for Stantec Clifton Wastewater Treatment Project

Highly Commended - WSP for Kenya Highway

Transformational Partnership Award

Winner - Anthesis and Tesco Plc  for Tesco Exchange

SME winner - Bioregional and Kingfisher for Redefining Sustainable Home Improvement Retail

Highly Commended - Stantec Indiana Toll Road Project

Highly Commended - WSP for Chicago CAP

Impact Award

Winner - WSP for Agents of Change

Highly Commended - AECOM for Making an Impact - Sustainable Legacies

Net Zero Accelerator Award

Winner - AECOM for Accelerating the Transition to Net Zero

Highly Commended - Jacobs for Net Zero Journey at Jacobs

Net Zero Accelerator Award - shortlisted SMEs

SME winner - CSRone for Sustainability commitments into Net Zero actions

Sustainability Leader of the Year

Winner - Jan Walstrom - Jacobs

Highly Commended - Chantelle Ludski - Anthesis

Nature Positive Award

Winner - RSK for Nature Positive, the Bespoke Environmental Consultancy

Highly Commended - Ramboll for Nature Positive Approaches, Inside and Out

Rising Star Award

WinnerLucy Bradbury - AECOM

Highly Commended  - Sade Bamimore - ERM

Creating Resilient & Sustainable Communities Award

Winner -  WSP for Microsoft - Integrating Environmental Justice into Renewable Energy Procurement

Highly CommendedSMEC for Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development, Cambodia

Next Generation Award

Winner - Arup for Early Careers Programme

Highly Commended - Jacobs for Jacobs' Contribution to Developing Early Career Professionals within the E&S Consulting Sector

Sustainability M&A of the Year Award

Winner - WSP for Acquisition of E&I

Highly Commended - Aurecon for Aurecon, Acuity and Acumen - The Triple 'A' Impact

2022 Sustainability Delivery Awards Winners

ESG Innovation Award ​

Winner - The Rio ESG platform by Rio ESG

Highly Commended - Accelerating funding for critical infrastructure to drive the resilience dividend and ESG performance with the ResilienceLensTM platform by Wood E&I

Highly Commended - ESG Fusion and CRISP (Climate Risk, Impacts & Solutions Platform by ERM

Sustainable Infrastructure Award

Winner - Thames Tideway, UK by Jacobs as part of Tideway

Highly Commended - East West Rail, UK by Arup

Transformational Partnership Award

Winner - WSP  for Mainstreaming Climate Considerations across U.S. Water Utility Business Functions

Highly Commended - SLR Consulting for Antofagasta PLC – Enhancing Climate Resilience

Highly Commended - Avieco, part of Accenture for Christie's International plc

Sustainability Delivery Award

Winner - Jacobs for Sustainability delivery

Highly Commended - RSK Group for SDGs at the core

Highly Commended - Ricardo Energy & Environment for Inclusion Matters

Net Zero Accelerator Award

Winner - Jacobs for Net zero journey (climate action plan)

Highly Commended - WSP for We exist to future-proof our cities and environments

Highly Commended - ERM for Sustainability at the heart

Sustainability Leader of the Year

Winner - Robert Spencer - AECOM

Highly Commended - Stuart McLachlan - Anthesis

Rising Star Award

WinnerIsabella Kong - ERM

Highly Commended  - Michael Bentham - Jacobs

Highly Commended  - Archana Somasekharan - ERM

Creating Resilient & Sustainable Communities Award

Winner -  SMEC for Jal Jeevan Mission

Highly CommendedRSK Group for Transforming access to safe and sustainable water in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sustainability M&A of the Year Award

Winner - WSP for A Transformational ESG-driven Acquisition of Golder

Highly Commended - Stantec for Acquisition of Cardno

Highly Commended - SLR Consulting for Corporate Citizenship

Specialized M&A of the Year Award

Winner - Position Green for Formation of the Position Green Group

Highly Commended - APEM for Woodrow Consulting

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