Environmental policy, legislation and reporting

China's new water law - for which we provided international best practice advice - created a sound platform for our work now in supporting stronger water sector governanceMott MacDonald helps businesses, utilities and government bodies develop long term sustainability, environmental protection and social responsibility policies. We’ve amassed expertise in assessing compliance with national and international legislation, and developed close links with environmental lawyers and government agencies worldwide.

Our customers are responding to growing demands for information on their activities and performance beyond the simple bottom line. Mott MacDonald’s corporate sustainability services team offers customers high-value advice and consultancy on all aspects of corporate responsibility, citizenship and sustainable development.

We also help our customers improve their non-financial reporting by developing systems for the better management and reporting of environmental information. For example, we created an environmental information database of the large property portfolio of a major manufacturer, which has greatly simplified its management of environmental liabilities during property divestment.

Not only do we ensure that programmes and management systems satisfy current standards, we also help to set new ones and develop new legislation and regulations. We have been involved in the development of new legislation and regulation in China and eastern Europe.

Funded by the UK’s Department for International Development we’ve developed a strategy for an Environmental Programme for Britain’s overseas territories to match the UN Global Environmental Facility. It gives the territories access for funding for environmental improvement programmes within a clearly defined framework.

Mott MacDonald provides a range of strategy and management system services to national and local governments as they seek to manage massive growth of urban areas. We have developed strategies for waste management, urban drainage, wastewater treatment and air pollution control that have allowed the successful integration of public and private funding in countries as diverse as the UK, USA, China and India.

Services

• Corporate social responsibility
• Environmental information management
• Legislation and regulation development
• Environmental policy and strategy
• Environmental and sustainability reporting
• Waste management planning