Sustainability in the built environment
Blueprints for change
Urgently embracing sustainable solutions in the built environment is crucial in the fight against the climate and nature crisis. Approximately 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions stem from buildings, with roughly 75% coming from operational activities like heating and ventilation, and the remaining 25% from embodied emissions linked to manufacturing materials and construction.
The significance of real estate investors, developers, and occupiers cannot be overstated in expediting the decarbonisation of the built environment and achieving its net zero and nature goals. Shifting the current paradigm and harmonising profitability, sustainability, and societal well-being in the built environment is a complex task that demands a clear vision, strategic planning, and decisive action. It also entails recognising and addressing key risks and challenges along the way.
While the impact of the sector on our planet and society cannot be overlooked, it also presents a significant opportunity for organisations with clear plans and well articulated sustainability agendas to drive change in the industry and create a lasting, positive impact.
Building the future
In parallel to the growing expectations from shareholders and stakeholders, regulations and legislation will play a crucial role in supercharging the green push within the built environment
Simply Sustainable provides trusted expertise and experience to drive transformational change across your business and to make the built environment more sustainable:
- Supporting clients to measure their impact on the environment and society
- Understanding their sustainability-related risks
- Setting out clear strategies and aligning with the latest climate science
- Engaging stakeholders to be part of the change
- Reporting and compliance
Built environment case studies
Built environment insights
Meet our specialist consultants for built environment sustainability
Rosie Pidgeon
Client Strategies Partner
Rosie helps clients make sense of industry-recognised reporting frameworks to build a clear and practical vision for progressing their sustainability journey. With a strong background in business change and transformation, she has partnered with organisations across financial services, retail, transport, and healthcare to find clear and creative ways to improve daily operations and longer-term strategies.
Rosie has a BSc in Economics from the University of Bath and a qualification in Business and Climate Change from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. With her interest and experience in understanding business dynamics, and drive to see meaningful sustainability progress, Rosie brings a human-centred to engaging strategically across the environmental, social, and governance aspects of sustainability.
Sytze Dijkstra
Global Head of Client Strategies
Sytze leads Simply Sustainable’s business in the Netherlands, working with European companies on their sustainability strategy, GHG emissions plans and reporting. Sytze enjoys helping companies understand how they can integrate sustainability into their business strategies and has in-depth expertise in preparation and reporting for the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
Before joining Simply Sustainable, Sytze held various roles in sustainability research, thought leadership and consulting, advising companies and governments on strategies for accelerating the transition to sustainable business practices. He brings expertise in modelling transition scenarios, evaluating business cases and developing roadmaps, particularly in the energy sector, transport and logistics and manufacturing.
Cameron Wilson
Solutions Manager – Reporting
Cameron joined our graduate cohort in 2021 after completing his law degree and a year in the sustainability industry. Now, with over five years of experience, Cameron has utilised both his legal education and sustainability experience to specialise in sustainability risk management and reporting in line with ESG-related company law at both the local and international level. Cameron is very detail-oriented and analytical in understanding compliance requirements for laws, international standards and frameworks and helps our clients in breaking these requirements down, to produce a simple yet effective reporting solution for them for all aspects of sustainability.
Cameron now leads our Reporting Solutions team, helping an array of clients across a multitude of sectors on subjects such as sustainability report writing, understanding legislative changes, climate risk assessments and resilience. Cameron is incredibly passionate about helping businesses become more resilient, primarily by identifying and managing sustainability-related risks and opportunities, specifically climate risk, whilst showcasing progress through transparent disclosures.