The answer to why one should be sustainable in the infrastructure field is simple: to create new value. How to do this is more complex. This article by Lavery Pennell, published in the 5 March 2012 edition of Infrastructure Journal, describes the types of value created through a more sustainable approach. It goes on to discuss how to overcome the

Working with the Booz & Company Low Carbon & Sustainability team, Nick Pennell co-authored an article published in Strategy + Business looking at how the world’s cities develop their infrastructure over the next 30 years will determine the future path of global warming. Click here to read the article.

Cities today are the source of close to 80 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions and, depending on how we spend the US$350 trillion required to develop and manage our urban infrastructures during the next three decades, they could become either a force for environmental destruction or a primary source of ecological rejuvenation. Booz & Company’s Low Carbon & Sustainability team assisted the WWF with

Two thirds of the world’s population is forecast to live in cities in 2040 and cities are proving an effective scale to respond to many of the challenges of resource constraints and a changing world. Cities are therefore becoming a focus for companies interested in understanding future growth opportunities and for governments developing responses to the challenges. Some of the emergent thinking