Our work directly impacts people’s lives. Whether we’re designing a mass transit system for New York, or helping to build a bridge in Hong Kong, the ultimate purpose is to enhance quality of life.
And because we are thinkers, planners and designers, we don’t just look at the short term. We recognize that we have a responsibility to ensure that our designs take full account of long-term social, economic and environmental impacts on society.
How can we create buildings that are carbon-neutral? How can we incorporate renewable energy technologies into our designs? How can we create new water supply systems without affecting ground-water levels? Can we re-use materials when we’re building a tunnel? These are the kind of questions we routinely ask before we propose a solution to a client.
In each sector of our business, we have thought leaders. Using advanced research, they work with their teams to devise new and innovative methods of ensuring that the principles of sustainability underpin our work.
But it’s not just in our work for clients that we pursue sustainability. In virtually every AECOM office round the world, local initiatives are in place to encourage sustainable travel, and conservation of energy, water and other finite resources.
Sustainability is integral to AECOM. It’s part of our way of life now, and it’s a commitment to the future.
AECOM not only helps to design and build the physical infrastructure that enables people to travel, work and enjoy themselves. We’re also part of the fabric of the communities in which we operate.
As part of our corporate commitment to society, we have a responsibility to support these communities with funds and staff time.
The AECOM Community Trust (ACT) was set up to coordinate our charitable activities worldwide. Chaired by the Chief Executive John M. Dionisio, the ACT is funded from a special budget based on AECOM’s annual earnings.
Financial support is important, but we also encourage our staff to donate their time to community activities. AECOM people have a broad range of professional skills that can be harnessed to benefit others.
Many of our staff are already engaged with community activities. Some help out in schools, hospitals and community self-help groups. Others are actively engaged in raising funds for their chosen charities.
Through the ACT, we support all these initiatives because we believe that, as good corporate citizens, we should try to put back as much – if not more – than we take out.
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