Discover the Sustainability Delivery Awards 2025 Winners
Download the free digital Winners’ Guide and view the in-depth submissions from the 2025 winning entries, with judges’ comments.
These entries reflected the breadth and depth of environmental and sustainability work being carried out today, and the critical role played by professionals across disciplines in enabling more resilient, equitable and future-ready infrastructure.
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 winner - ERM & EESI Remediation Limited UK for Insights from the Sustainable Remediation of an Agrochemical Manufacturing Facility, UK
Joint winner - Stantec 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 Commended - Cadmus 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
Winner - Lucy Bradbury - AECOM
Highly Commended - Sade Bamimore - ERM
Creating Resilient & Sustainable Communities Award
Winner - WSP for Microsoft - Integrating Environmental Justice into Renewable Energy Procurement
Highly Commended - SMEC 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
Winner - Isabella Kong - ERM
Highly Commended - Michael Bentham - Jacobs
Highly Commended - Archana Somasekharan - ERM
Creating Resilient & Sustainable Communities Award
Winner - SMEC for Jal Jeevan Mission
Highly Commended - RSK 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
2024 Photo Gallery
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Discover the 2024 Award Winners
Download the free digital Winners’ Guide and view the in-depth submissions from the 2024 winning entries, with judges’ comments.
We were blown away by the progress that has been made by the sector, and the extraordinary ingenuity and expertise shown in finding solutions to help solve the world’s most complex problems associated with the climate and biodiversity crisis, and in supporting a just and equitable transition.
