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Sustainability and climate have become boardroom priorities. Once viewed as aspirational, they are now driven by regulation, investor expectations, and material risk exposure. WSP brings extensive scientific and engineering expertise to help organizations make informed decisions in this complex landscape. 

Our solutions support leaders, executives, and decision makers in meeting compliance requirements, strengthening resilience, and identifying opportunities that improve performance while reducing risk and negative impacts on society and the environment. With expertise spanning finance and economics, governance, climate science, engineering, and stakeholder engagement, our teams are uniquely positioned to bridge advisory with technical execution—supporting the development of sustainability strategies that are practical and action‑oriented.
 

Navigating today’s sustainability landscape

Companies, public agencies, and investors face growing expectations to manage, deliver, and disclose on sustainability and climate commitments. Sustainability performance shapes reputation, mitigates risk, and builds resilience.

We are committed to collaborating with our clients to manage interconnected sustainability impacts and develop customized solutions that align with their strategic goals. Paired with our Future Ready® approach, our tailored services can address each client's unique needs and objectives, delivering cost savings, greater resilience, and heightened regulatory compliance through the integration of our comprehensive sustainability and climate services into their projects.

At WSP, we can help you:

  • Comply with leading sustainability frameworks and emerging regulations
  • Manage sustainability and climate risks across operations, supply chains, and investments
  • Strengthen stakeholder confidence with compliant disclosures
  • Build strategies that align regulation with opportunity and business value
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With growing scrutiny, it is critical that sustainability reporting is transparent and compliant. WSP’s mix of strategy consultants, paired with the robust technical expertise of our engineers and scientists allows us to develop and deliver strategies and reporting that is backed by data and science.

How we work with you

Every sustainability journey is unique. We tailor our support to your priorities — from regulatory compliance to full resilience strategies. Our deep experience across core environmental, social, and governance matters – from biodiversity and climate change to Indigenous relations and social impact – combined with our advisory expertise, enables us to plan, engineer, and implement end-to-end service and solutions for any complex context or challenge.

Our sustainability and climate advisory services include:

  • Strategy Development
  • Target and Goal Setting
  • Governance Systems and Policy Development
  • Transition and Action Planning
  • Risk Assessment and Materiality
  • Performance Analysis and Program Design
  • Executive Engagement and Training
  • Reporting and Disclosure  

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Why WSP

WSP combines boardroom insight with deep technical expertise, helping make sustainability strategies credible and deliverable. We connect strategy with implementation, giving organizations confidence that their goals, plans, and roadmaps will achieve measurable results.

  • Multidisciplinary expertise: Advisory, engineering, science, policy, and finance
  • Global scale, local insight: Over 75,000 experts delivering projects on every continent
  • Trusted by industry leaders: Delivering resilience and value across sectors worldwide

Our expertise

While senior leaders need clear direction, we focus on implementation to support measurable outcomes. Our technical expertise helps translate strategies into outcomes that can be measured and tracked — advisory services that lead to practical outcomes, not just deliverables and long reports that sit on a shelf. And our expertise across a wide range of environmental, social, and governance topics enable WSP to provide interdisciplinary and systems-level solutions for our clients.

WSP’s sustainability domain areas

We organize our broad range of sustainability advisory expertise into core focus areas to clearly organize and execute solutions that cross multiple disciplines.

  • Circular Economy
  • Climate Risk and Resilience 
  • Decarbonization
  • Energy Transformation
  • Nature and Biodiversity
  • Social Impact
  • Sustainability and Climate Finance
  • Water Stewardship

Our experts

Bernadette Fitzgerald
Director, Sustainability, Precincts and Infrastructure
Australia
Maeri Machado
Maeri Machado
District Director
Canada
Daniel Socha
Global Sustainability and ESG Services Lead
United States
Paul Kau
Managing Director, Earth & Environment, Asia
Hong Kong
May Faraj
Head of Environment & Sustainability, Middle East
United Arab Emirates
Rowan Dixon
Principal Professional Sustainability and Resilience
New Zealand
Marie Tibblin
Director, Environmental Management
Sweden
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Randy Simes
Associate, Global Projects, South Korea
Korea
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Dan Sobrinski
Director, Sustainability, Energy and Climate Change
United States

Dan is a vice president and supports clients with greenhouse gas (GHG) management, reporting and communications, sustainable energy strategy and climate preparedness. He is a registered professional engineer and experienced consultant with a passion for advancing innovative solutions to complex problems.

Lucila Telles
Director, Earth & Environment, Latin America & the Caribbean
David Llamas
Sustainability & ESG Director
Spain
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Frequently asked questions

How does WSP support sustainability compliance with frameworks like CSRD or IFRS?

We align governance, strategy, and planning with emerging regulations, supporting compliant disclosures. WSP’s team regulatory experts continuously monitor emerging regulations and compliance practices to help organizations develop plans aligned with recognized best practices. WSP also collaborates with regulators and policy makers worldwide to contribute to sustainability-related regulations. We work with clients to help their compliance strategies aim to create value and foster organizational cohesion and culture.

How do you help organizations manage climate and sustainability-related risks?

Through scenario planning, modeling, and resilience strategies tailored to your operations and supply chain. WSP’s advisory teams work with our technical experts and engineers to develop risk analysis and management plans to help clients develop bespoke solutions to their companies and organizations. Our approach to risk management is centered on creating focused and repeatable processes that empower clients to deeply understand and manage their risks. WSP also uses a number of digital tools to help clients create systematic and efficient workflows for managing risk.

Why is sustainability important for investor confidence?

Investors continue to focus on sustainability and climate and are becoming more savvy in their evaluations of sustainability risks and opportunities. It’s imperative for companies to ensure that their disclosures are compliant and rooted in evidence. Robust disclosures and reporting also helps clients mitigate greenwashing risks and build stakeholder trust.

How can sustainability and climate strategies create business value?

Often, sustainability strategies must account for complex and competing organizational objectives and stakeholder concerns. The best sustainability strategies are deeply embedded into an organization’s core mission. Integrating sustainability initiatives into business strategy should first and foremost focus on efficiency, resilience, and prioritization of material impacts, risks, and opportunities.

What makes WSP uniquely positioned in sustainability and climate advisory?

Our life cycle approach to sustainability consulting bridges the gap between ambitious visions and practical implementation. By connecting big-picture thinking with deep technical expertise, we provide comprehensive solutions tailored to each client’s unique needs. Whether assessing sustainable financing opportunities, developing a roadmap to achieve net zero emissions, or building more resilient infrastructure for communities and the environment, WSP’s sustainability and climate services deliver world-class solutions. By uniting local know-how with global expertise, we strive to make our strategies adaptable, relevant, and informed by best practices. This approach supports continuous improvement, stakeholder engagement, and long-term progress toward sustainability and climate goals.

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