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Integrated solutions responding to your sustainability challenges
RLB is on a journey to become a truly sustainable business in the projects we deliver and the services we provide.
We are committed to helping our clients achieve sustainable outcomes and positive societal impacts, and to improve their readiness and resilience in response to the climate emergency.
Our specialist teams support our clients to set decarbonisation and net zero goals and strategies, and develop the integrated solutions needed to achieve them. We are active in all regions globally, gather and share best practice from all sectors, and work on all scales of built environment as well as across organisations.
Net Zero, Climate Action and Carbon Management
With up to 40% of carbon emissions linked to construction and the built environment, every community, organisation and asset manager needs to take urgent, smart action to reach net zero. We will work with you to achieve your decarbonisation and ESG goals.
Our carbon management expertise supports real-world decision-making and practical delivery. Combined with our world-leading cost management capabilities, you will be uniquely placed to understand the financial impact of decarbonisation and build the business case for action.
Green Building Accreditations
With 40% of global carbon emissions linked to the built environment and growing regulatory requirements, building certifications like BREEAM, LEED and SKA are crucial to your capital and asset plans.
With emerging ESG focus on real estate assets, green building accreditation is a key reportable indicator in frameworks such as the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB).
Our sustainability experts are here to support you at every step, from estate-wide strategies to project-level certifications.
ESG and Sustainability Consultancy
Our understanding of climate risk is evolving, from growing physical climate hazards and the imperative to reach net zero, to our economic dependence on nature and working conditions in supply chains. The financial advantages of, and stakeholder preference for, ESG grows clearer by the day.
With this growing focus on ESG and sustainability, along with increasing regulation, our experts will help you research, plan, act and report against the issues, frameworks and strategies that fit the unique needs of your organisation and built assets.
Social Value Consultancy
Establishing a value model that quantifies both cost and societal values created is key to ensuring we make business decisions that are people-centred and fit for purpose throughout the project life cycle.
ESG and wellbeing must be at the core of decision-making models to make certain projects have a positive and sustainable impact on surrounding communities.
Our experts will advise you how to employ best-practice to create bespoke approaches that measure and maximise the social value impact of your projects.
Decarbonisation Delivery
A strategic, holistic approach is needed to support built asset decarbonisation plans for an individual building or a large portfolio. In line with your ESG agenda and adhering to a ‘fabric first’ approach methodology, we implement sustainable energy improvement measures and low-carbon solutions to optimise estates and comply with sustainable governance.
We will deploy digital solutions to understand the current energy performance of your assets, using the data collected to inform the planning, development, management and measurement of a decarbonisation roadmap.
Green Economy Services
Understanding how the developing green economy will affect you has never been more important. This includes the cost and financial impact of climate and ESG plans, the opportunities and risks from the energy transition, and how green finance could benefit your organisation.
As leading cost management experts, we can provide you with up-to-date ESG, net zero and climate change costs and intelligence data to support real-world financial decision-making. We will help you address the business, economic, regulatory and human impacts of climate change and ESG.
Climate Change Adaption
Extreme weather events including record-breaking temperatures and floods are the new normal, with the ever-growing physical hazards of climate change becoming more and more apparent. While it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, now is the time to act on climate adaptation.
Whether you manage built assets, organisations or a community, our experts can help you conduct climate risk assessments and implement practical interventions to meet the challenges you face.
Biodiversity Consultancy
Our future depends on nature in many ways, yet our environment is now facing rapid decline. Our ecologists and nature specialists can assist you in assessing, planning and developing an action plan to protect and enhance biodiversity.
We incorporate nature into ESG reporting, understand supply chain risks, and deal with nature in the built environment, from biodiversity net gain assessments to nature-based solutions to climate change.
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