AECOM

29/08/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 29/08/2024 20:09

One Click LCA and AECOM partner to drive decarbonization across building & infrastructure projects worldwide

AECOM advances its global carbon reduction strategy by choosing One Click LCA's end-to-end sustainability platform to scale up decarbonization efforts for the projects AECOM delivers for its clients

DALLAS (August 29, 2024) - AECOM, the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, has entered into a multi-year global agreement with One Click LCA, the leading end-to-end sustainability platform for the built environment. The collaboration enhances AECOM's ScopeXTM approach to deliver a 50% carbon reduction on major client projects, utilizing One Click LCA's suite of carbon assessment and other sustainability tools for buildings and infrastructure projects, without geographic limitations.

This agreement grants AECOM access to One Click LCA's verified platform, enabling comprehensive carbon data collection and seamless integration into the ScopeX portal. This is essential for scaling up the decarbonization of AECOM's project portfolio and demonstrating measurable progress to clients.

"This partnership with One Click LCA is a key enabler for our project decarbonization efforts," said Todd Battley, AECOM's chief strategy officer. "By integrating these advanced carbon assessment tools, we are able to operationalize carbon management into our major projects and track our efforts towards our goal of significantly reducing the carbon footprint of the projects we deliver for our clients."[NI1]

"Collaborating with AECOM aligns with our commitment to powering the makers of a zero-carbon future," says Panu Pasanen, Founder and CEO of One Click LCA. "Our platform will empower AECOM to scale their decarbonization efforts and deliver measurable sustainability impact for AECOM's clients worldwide."

Since the launch of its Think and Act Globally strategy, AECOM has formalized its commitment to delivering Sustainable Legacies, which has seen it take bold steps to embed sustainability and resilience across its business. AECOM is committed to fostering a sustainable culture by implementing comprehensive sustainability training programs and a global sustainability risk framework, aligned with its Sustainable Legacies strategy. This ensures continual assessment of project and environmental risks, achieving high employee engagement, and training completion rates.

About One Click LCA

One Click LCA is the world-leading end-to-end sustainability platform for construction and manufacturing. The software platform decarbonizes and drives sustainability across the construction value chain with scientific, easy-to-use, automated life-cycle assessment (LCA) and environmental product declarations (EPDs) to calculate and reduce the environmental impacts of building, infrastructure, and renovation projects and products. The platform also allows assessment of circularity, life-cycle cost, and biodiversity. One Click LCA is used in 170+ countries, with a unique global database with +250,000 LCA datasets; supports +80 standards and certifications, including LEED, BREEAM, GRESB and other national regulations; and seamlessly integrates with +20 of the most widely used BIM software tools, including Autodesk Revit®, Tekla Structures® and Bentley iTwin®. One Click LCA was founded in Helsinki, Finland in 2001, with a team of +200 people on all continents. Learn more at: www.oneclicklca.com.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle - from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.