Working with the British Red Cross, Mott MacDonald
played a major role in the reconstruction of Vilufushi, Maldives,
after the 2004 tsunami destroyed over 90% of the island’s buildings
and infrastructure
Mott MacDonald is one of the world’s leading employee-owned
management, engineering and development consultancies. With over
14,000 staff and our multi-disciplinary outlook, we are ideally
placed to develop and deliver unique and innovative solutions to
challenges posed by the sustainability agenda.
The nature of our work means that improving the living standards of
local communities and reducing impacts on the environment are high
on the project agenda across our whole business spectrum. For
example, our health and education specialists are helping reform
and develop services in many low and middle-income countries by
building partnerships at all levels of government and society,
while our transport experts look at new models for achieving
sustainable highway maintenance services.
As well as advising our customers on sustainable solutions, we also
assess our own operations and continue to build on our sustainable
approach to business – which supports our use of the EFQM
Excellence Model and our accreditation to ISO 14001. All our
offices have Local Environment Practice Plans supporting corporate
and staff activities ranging from sustainable procurement, to green
travel plans, to reducing our carbon footprint and consumption of
water and paper, as well as protecting the local environment
through other initiatives such as wildlife clubs.
Our intranet system provides the forum for numerous discussion
groups related to sustainable development. Our Group Sustainability
Forum encourages technical and social debates on current issues,
enabling our staff to exchange valuable information worldwide,
creating a global network within the company and industry as a
whole.
Through our work we have developed close working relationships with
many of other groups involved in leading the way with sustainable
development including the World Bank, IFC, Development Banks,
Multilateral Agencies, and UN Organisations.
