Featured insights
Featured insights
| August 31, 2025
Building resilience in corporate decision-making: The case for sustainability foresight
Most corporate strategies rest on the illusion that the future will unfold in a steady, linear fashion with the assumption that tomorrow will look much like today. But the world no longer works in straight lines. Applying a sustainability lens, our expert, Patrick Moloney, makes the case for crafting more resilient strategies.
| August 24, 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.
| August 24, 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.
| August 24, 2025
Defining net zero targets: Understanding changes in SBTi’s V2 corporate standard
The Science Based Targets Initiative has released a new draft guidance for the net zero targets and is seeking public feedback on the proposals. In this piece, our experts review the major changes that could impact your business.
| August 24, 2025
Biodiversity in the boardroom: The business case for embracing nature
Biodiversity loss directly influences business performance. Our experts point to seven reasons why nature is a financial and strategic imperative that boards and executives should care about.
| August 3, 2025
Lord Howe Island: endangered species thrive after rodent eradication programme
Lying 400 miles from New South Wales, Australia, the World Heritage-listed Lord Howe Island was plagued by invasive rodents. Ramboll promoted biodiversity conservation supporting with community risk assessment and engagement an eradication programme that led to the recovery of endangered species.
| 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.
| 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.
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