Chief Executive's Statement
Our strategy

Low-carbon economy

The transition to a low-carbon economy poses extraordinary challenges and opportunities. Our Carbon Critical Design programme is producing new ideas and ways of working. We are endeavouring to embed low-carbon design in all of our work in a marketplace that is still immature.

This encompasses all of our areas of operation as people around the world wrestle with how to approach the issue of climate change.

We are making good progress on our journey to have some 5,000 Atkins people engaging with clients on carbon issues within the next year. We are investing in carbon tools and running training courses to raise awareness of the issues among our staff. We regularly contribute to external conferences and debates on the subject.

We continue to work with governments to offer advice about the delivery of a low-carbon economy. In this financial year we have also invested to build a range of carbon calculators across most areas of our business to support us in the delivery of low-carbon design and planning.

This remains an iterative journey but one that is of fundamental importance. We will not lose sight of this even in difficult market conditions. We will continue to invest in raising awareness, developing tools and actively engaging with our clients to help them meet their carbon agendas over the next decade.