ACM CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD

Working through iterative strategic and design stages for a major intertidal flood defence scheme in Southampton, for which we produced a Sustainability Road Map, including targets and objectives related to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (the 'what', 'why', 'how' and 'when') to guide and influence the project in pursuit of these.​ We challenged the original scheme option, making significant carbon, biodiversity and cost savings in the final option selected. The Road Map was not only used on the pilot project by the client, but also as a wider organisational tool to deliver decarbonisation (I.e. PAS2080, ERIC etc.) and other sustainable development outcomes (I.e. Biodiversity Net Gain, CEEQUAL, the UNSDGs, Environmental Net Gain) across subsequent projects in the South East Regional Hub, including within project scopes. We influenced a hub-wide biodiversity net gain target of 20%, across another four coastal protection projects on the IOW, which formed part of a press release...