Featured insights
Featured insights
| July 10, 2025
The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: Rewiring trade for a low-carbon economy
As reporting requirements take effect and financial obligations begin, companies across the value chain are required to rapidly adapt to a new era of carbon accountability at the border.
| July 9, 2025
District heating: The building block to Germany’s energy independence
Germany’s transition to a resilient and decarbonised heat supply comes with a price tag of more than €40 billion. It is a worthwhile investment to enhance the country’s energy independence by swapping imported fossil fuels with district energy systems powered by locally sourced renewables.
| July 3, 2025
New study reveals importance of lifecycle costs in urban planning decisions
Urban planning and infrastructure projects need to account for lifecycle costs, including maintenance expenses and associated emissions over the full lifespan of the infrastructure, which can extend beyond 100 years. How design solutions influence these long-term and recurring costs and emissions is crucial and must be carefully considered.
| July 2, 2025
Here’s how ammonia will become a key player in the future energy system
Ammonia is emerging as a key player in the energy transition, offering solutions for decarbonising industries and enabling a scalable hydrogen economy. Learn about its potential, challenges, and strategic implications.
| June 17, 2025
Strategic resilience in a circular world: The time is now for CERA
Our recent whitepaper explores why Circular Economy Risk Assessments (CERA) matters now, how it can be applied in practice, and what it means for businesses navigating the transition to a more circular, resilient, and strategic economy.
| June 17, 2025
Designing with purpose: How the Carbon Management Framework empowers engineers
Carbon is a growing priority in infrastructure development — but clear guidance is often missing. The Carbon Management Framework helps engineers turn ambition into action with a practical, structured approach.
| June 10, 2025
The circular trilemma
Managing trade-offs across material security, market competitiveness, and responsible performance
| May 21, 2025
A new way to build: Alliance contracting enables smarter German infrastructure
When it comes to delivering complex infrastructure, the model matters as much as the mission. That’s why a new rail project in northern Germany is not only important for the country’s connectivity — it’s also a breakthrough in how we collaborate, deliver, and drive value.
| May 18, 2025
Rewriting the rules of the rail market: Lessons from 11 paths to liberalisation
Rail is at the centre of Europe’s mobility ambitions — and its regulatory dilemmas. As passenger demand grows and climate targets tighten, governments are being asked to reform how rail is structured, funded, and operated. But beneath the surface of EU directives lies a much more complex and human reality: no two markets are alike, and liberalisation is not a copy-paste exercise.
| May 18, 2025
Light rail of the future – European lessons in urban mobility transformation
As European cities look to decarbonise, reduce congestion, and enhance liveability, light rail is becoming a key tool for sustainable mobility and urban transformation due to its blend of capacity, efficiency, and low-emission operations. This article explores the growing momentum for light rail across Europe through recent project experience, focusing on success factors, common challenges, and the critical importance of early public engagement and integrated planning.
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