Discover how we can help decarbonise your organisation and reduce climate change impacts; Discover how we can help decarbonise your organisation and reduce climate change impacts;

Decarbonisation

Collaborating with organisations, cities and nations to accelerate their transition to net zero

Collaborating with organisations, cities and nations to accelerate their transition to net zero

Net zero commitments are reshaping the business landscape worldwide. Traditional business assumptions such as costs, risks, regulatory environment, the use of materials and resources, changing consumer preferences must be rethought in a systematic way.

Carbon emissions are everywhere in today’s economic system. Taking a structured approach to their removal isn’t just good business sense, it’s vital to long term success. ” Enrico Cara headshot Enrico Zara Global Decarbonisation Leader

Decarbonisation can apply to a nation, a region, a city, a district, an organisation, an infrastructure asset, a building or a product. We work with our clients to help them understand and minimise their impacts by preparing baselines and net zero strategies and  targets, developing whole life cycle reduction pathways and supporting implementation. This can involve devising new policies, innovative business models, introducing new technology, training and cultural programmes to scale, to accelerate and manage the complexity of the transition.

At Arup we take a staged systematic approach that helps you to start where change is easiest and most affordable, working to programmes that will ensure your organisation can thrive throughout this process of change.  

These insights can shape future investment strategy, supported by credible measurement and reporting that ensures you can operate within this emerging regulatory environment.

How we work

Baseline emissions

Establish baseline emissions


We work with you to carry out an assessment and analysis of where Green House Gas (GHG) emissions are generated.This carbon footprint analysis is a baseline that will inform your decarbonisation roadmap and the sequencing of change.

Define a net zero strategy

Define a net zero strategy


We produce your net zero roadmap, defining the changes that will be required at the portfolio, asset and operational level in order to meet your goals and deadline. This is advisory work backed with deep technical insights.

Initiate and manage

Initiate and manage


Our teams help you to embed the tasks and milestones of your net zero strategy. This is a combination of practical change management and cultural shift in procurement.

Deliver monitor and reassess

Deliver, monitor and reassess


Rigorous annual reporting and reassessment are essential to ensure that milestones are met during the transition. Ongoing monitoring can establish that emissions remain at zero and that relevant local regulations continue to be met.  

Using digital to support decarbonisation

We have developed CRISP, a digital platform for property portfolio owners and investors who want to evaluate their assets for risks related to excessive carbon emissions, or the so called “stranding risk” and ultimately avoid devaluation. The platform provides data-driven, technical and economic assessments of the measures required to decarbonise assets in line with the targets set by the Paris Agreement of achieving Climate Neutrality by 2050.

Learn more on how digital is supporting our approach to sustainability

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Is your organisation ready for net zero?

Arup now offers whole life carbon assessments for every project we work on. Learn more about how this can play a part on your own journey to net zero.

Learn more about our approach

Arup now offers whole life carbon assessments for every project we work on. Learn more about how this can play a part on your own journey to net zero.

Learn more about our approach

Learn more about our net zero journey

In 2020, Arup committed to ensuring net zero across our operations by 2030. Our aim is to reduce emissions by 30%, which is equivalent to 40,800 tCO2e within 5 years of that commitment.

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