WSP

Great Grid Partnership: National Grid teams up with seven firms to speed up electricity infrastructure delivery

Energy

Great Grid Partnership: National Grid teams up with seven firms to speed up electricity infrastructure delivery

National Grid launches partnership charged with delivering its so-called Great Grid Upgrade to ramp up renewable power capacity

clock 02 May 2024 • 3 min read
We need to keep the political momentum for fast climate action

Politics

We need to keep the political momentum for fast climate action

Allowing climate to become a divisive political issue could have serious consequences for the economy, warns WSP's David Symons

clock 09 August 2023 • 3 min read
Survey: Climate conscious students want more sustainability topics taught in school

Skills

Survey: Climate conscious students want more sustainability topics taught in school

Survey finds education sector is second most popular career choice among 16-23 year olds, of which the overwhelming majority are highly concerned about climate change

clock 06 April 2023 • 2 min read
Our green future won't materialise unless we create its workforce

Skills

Our green future won't materialise unless we create its workforce

WSP's Jim Coleman sets out the case for a nationwide 'green' skills training programme that can supercharge the UK's decarbonisation efforts

clock 02 December 2022 • 5 min read
ConcreteZero: Leading firms pledge to achieve net zero concrete production by 2050

Supply chain

ConcreteZero: Leading firms pledge to achieve net zero concrete production by 2050

Major global initiative to decarbonise global concrete sector launched by Climate Group, World GBC, and WBCSD

clock 05 July 2022 • 3 min read

Policy

Survey: UK public favours stronger policies to combat nature crisis

UK adults believe neither governments nor businesses are doing enough to protect and enhance natural world, according to a new poll from WSP and Bright Blue

clock 19 July 2021 • 3 min read

Venture Capital

WSP swoops for rival environmental consultancy Golder in $1.1bn deal

Major acquisition aims to create 'leading global environmental consultancy' to capitalise on 'rapidly growing ESG trends'

clock 04 December 2020 • 1 min read

Supply chain

WSP to halve carbon footprint of engineering designs and advice by 2030

Pledge hailed as first for consultancy sector will see firm invest in skills, R&D and innovation to drive greener designs and advisory services, it said

clock 26 October 2020 • 3 min read

Infrastructure

Net Zero Festival: How to accelerate clean infrastructure deployment post-coronavirus

VIDEO: National Grid's Nicola Shaw, WSP's David Symons, and Hitachi ABB Power Grids' Ian Funnell discuss the priorities and challenges for building a green Covid-19 recovery

clock 21 October 2020 • 1 min read

Management

UK green recovery: Making it 'just' and making it happen

The UK is on the cusp of the biggest economic restructuring since the 1980s - but this time it must be managed far more fairly, writes WSP's Jim Coleman

clock 17 September 2020 • 5 min read