Zero Carbon Design 2030
At Cundall, we always strive to push the boundaries of the built environment and are committed to a more sustainable future. In 2020, we achieved carbon neutrality as a business, and have now set ourselves a new and even more ambitious goal; by 2030 every design project will meet our net zero carbon definition and will align with science-based targets.
With the built environment responsible for nearly 40% of the world’s carbon emissions and the need to fight against climate change intensifying, it is imperative that we work together as an industry to take responsibility for our emissions and work to eliminate them.
Zero Carbon Design 2030 (ZCD2030) is a global initiative that aims to engage everyone at Cundall – every office, every discipline, every level – to help our clients to achieve their net zero carbon goals. It is embedded as one of our core pillars and is non-negotiable part of our strategy.
Achieving zero carbon design on 100% of our projects by 2030 is a challenging target but we see it as our duty to create a more sustainable future for our planet. We have set ourselves interim targets to measure progress and celebrate the successes on the journey.
While many others in the industry have made commitments, no one else has been this ambitious. There is no existing blueprint for how this can be done, and we recognise that not every project can achieve zero carbon today, but we are committed to being industry leaders and collaborating with our clients and industry to make Zero Carbon Design 2030 a reality.
We want to collaborate with our clients and bring them along on the journey with us as we strive to achieve our goal. The first step is to issue zero carbon pathways on all our projects, and we have been working hard to achieve this. We know every region, discipline and project will have different requirements, and we want our teams to have the freedom to engage with clients and work alongside them to set out a pathway that suits the special needs of their project.
Every region, country and city that we operate in has its own journey to zero carbon, and some will face far less resistance on their paths than others. However, the most important thing to remember is that we are all aiming for the same outcome. To enable those around us, we need innovators, experts, designers, entrepreneurs, and consultants to facilitate, educate and show them the way – and that is exactly what we are doing at Cundall.
