Annual review 2015–2016

Building a legacy
Gail McGilvray
Director
Combining renewable energy
technologies with traditional
Arabic architecture, Masdar
City is creating a sustainable
development near Abu Dhabi
International Airport. We are
helping Masdar achieve its
vision of becoming the world’s
most sustainable city through
resource management,
integrating its sustainability
objectives across our services.
Since work began in 2009, Gail
McGilvray has been leading our
strategy, working to enhance
efficiency at every stage of the
city’s development.
“By ensuring sustainability is at
the forefront of every decision we
make, we are not only supporting
specific resource efficiency targets,
but also finding ways to help
Masdar City realise its overall
goal and inspire the region and
the world.”
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offices certified to ISO 14001
Environmental Management System
Managing environmental impacts
We are committed to minimising our
carbon emissions and playing our part
in global efforts to mitigate climate
change. Our largest direct impacts are
carbon emissions from energy used in
our offices and business travel. This
year we have moved and upgraded
several hubs to more efficient, healthy
and inspiring office spaces, supporting
our carbon reduction efforts. Our new
London office space has BREEAM
Excellent certification and incorporates
comprehensive energy efficiency and
other sustainability measures.
Our people strive to support our
clients with more sustainable
outcomes and to advance industry
best practice. They offer insights into
programme and asset management
to deliver improved asset efficiency,
programme performance and wholelife
value. Gail McGilvray (pictured
left), a director in our Middle East
region, is responsible for overseeing
our services to help Masdar City
achieve its vision to be the world’s
most sustainable city.
Our people are helping to shape
environmental best practice by
supporting collaborative initiatives
and industry bodies, including green
building councils in the UK and Hong
Kong. Another key collaboration is
with the Environment Agency in the
UK, where we have supported
development of a carbon planning
tool which enables greater carbon
reduction through better planning,
calculation and monitoring of
emissions in construction, operation
and maintenance activities.
A positive impact on communities
Our people are passionate about
the role they play improving the
services and environment for local
communities and creating a positive
legacy for clients. Our long-standing
community programme is in progress
across our global business, with
£218,600 in charitable donations
achieved this year and more than
5,000 volunteer hours.
The primary focus of our community
programme is building opportunities
for children and young people to
achieve their potential. We have
established new partnerships with
local charities and community groups
across our global business to support
education. In December 2015, our
UK and Ireland offices established a
long-term partnership with Action for
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