Sustainability
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We need to shake up how we promote sustainability
Sustainability has been using the same rhetoric and coming up with the same ideas for years. It’s boring and we need to stir things up, says Mandhy Senewiratne of MWH. -
Sustainability: how to create radical change
From established ways of working to relationships with suppliers, nothing should be sacred in the pursuit of your sustainability goals. Davide Stronati offers three ways to create radical change. -
Walthamstow’s Mini Holland cycling project triumphs at Cycle Planning Awards
Leadership commitment rewarded on £30M east London project as UK cycling innovation is heralded by Transport Minister and Mayor’s Cycling Commissioner as the “cycling vision” for the future of urban Britain. -
Smart technology to meet the challenge of creating liveable cities for the future
September saw North America’s first smart cities week. As mayors and city leaders from across the US descended on Washington to discuss innovations in city infrastructure development, Bechtel's Walker Kimball explains the implications for cities everywhere. -
Healthy, wealthy and wise – what makes a sustainable city?
The Gulf infrastructure sector met at Cityscape Global in Dubai this week to discuss how to create healthy, sustainable cities with worldwide carbon targets in mind. What are the options? -
Video: So what exactly is Cross Laminated timber?
Sky’s Health and Fitness Centre is the latest cross-laminated timber structure to open on its west London campus. Read the feature and watch the Trada-supported video. -
UK leaders are behind the curve on carbon
Short term horizons in the UK mean other parts of the world are taking the lead on emissions, writes Matthew Farrow. -
The Opportunities of Urbanisation
Sustainable global growth means embracing a new attitude to waste as a resource - not least as urban population rapidly expand, say Arthur Kay founder of bio bean. -
Navigating digital: Transforming transport
Twenty of the UK’s transport leaders gathered for a frank and vigorous discussion on the impacts of digital on the transport and infrastructure sectors earlier this month as part of the Global Infrastructure Initiative (GII). McKinsey's Tony Hansen assesses to outcome. -
Infrastructure for economic and social development, and a more sustainable world
The need for infrastructure development is the great global challenges of our time. For a better, greener, safer and more sustainable world the infrastructure community must unite, says Gavin English.