At Arcadis, we are using our approach to innovation to inspire the thought leaders of tomorrow and support those of today. We're eager to confront the challenges posed by global change through the next generation of ideas, experiences and innovations - creating a better future with you!

We engrain sustainability into all of our innovations. This allows us to align our creativity with our pursuit of greater sustainability and resilience, helping to safeguard and improve quality of life for future generations. Our Global Sustainability Strategy aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and you will find relevant SDGs throughout this report highlighting the fabric of our innovation and sustainability culture.

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Innovation

Bold solutions for a rapidly changing world

ideas generated

200+

day investment portfolio review and adjustment

ideas incubating

30+

a week agile sprint cycles for digital area

Creativity vector 1

Pace of idea exploration/number of ideas incubating

Velocity

Innovation by the numbers and creative diversity

Arcadis, Highlands Ranch, Colorado employees

“It’s really inspiring to see not only the diverse spread of Arcadians who feel empowered to pursue their ideas, but also the true people-first impact and deep community ties their ideas have.”

ecosystem partners

40+

new digital technologies developed

20+

of Innovators at Arcadis are female

41%

of Innovators at Arcadis are from HUGs*

19%

Creativity vector 2

Range of concepts explored

Diversity

* Historically underrepresented groups

thought leadership publications

patents or other intellectual property

10+

participants in client thought leadership training

5,000+

UN SGDs alignment with innovation porfolio

Creativity vector 3

Alignment with UN SDGs

Impact

Engagement and experience of people, partners and clients

Topic relevance reflected by thought leadership and intellectual property

Team demographics (including ecosystem partners)

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Caroline Caglioni TKI Innovation Consultant

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Creative diversity

Creative diversity demonstrates the variety of ideas, groups engaged and multiple areas of our business that have contributed to notable innovation activity.

Meeting the future head on through thought leadership

At the core of our drive to innovate is a recognition that creative dialog is essential to a positive experience and the vehicle through which new ideas form and evolve. Through an inclusive culture and a robust network of partners, our people are empowered to improve client experience and co-create cutting edge solutions that address emerging challenges and create new value for customers and communities.

Supporting energy transition: We have developed a patented process to assess a residual oil zone prospect for oil production and CO2 sequestration.

Intellectual property

Arcadis continues to ensure our innovations are implemented correctly and maximized through patents and securing intellectual property. Some of our recent examples include:

Revolutionizing PFAS sampling: With PFAS present in groundwater at thousands of sites worldwide, it is critical to measure PFAS in the environment. Partnering with the College of Wooster, Arcadis has developed a breakthrough in PFAS sampling: a device that passively intercepts and retains PFAS that can be analyzed by a laboratory and that will simplify sample collection and reduce the time for sample analysis.

Books, articles, and awards

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John Horst EVP, Executive Director Technical Knowledge and Innovation Arcadis North America

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Nick Welty Innovation Director, Vice President Arcadis North America

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Maximizing Innovation

Completely updated and redesigned, “Maximizing Innovation” engagingly illustrates how we’re using our approach to innovation to inspire the thought leaders of tomorrow―creating impactful and influential problem solvers who collaborate beyond the walls of our organization. Download and share today for inspiring examples of how Arcadis is unlocking creative energy to drive better and sustainability-driven solutions.

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Innovation journeys

Allison Yanites Immersive Technology Lead

Carly Foster Urban and Community Resilience Practice Lead

Craig Devine Arcadis National Technical Expert

Allison and her team re-imagined how an environmental project uses data. Instead of static figures and maps, the team developed the industry’s first augmented reality (AR) platform for environmental conceptual site models. The result is a 3D hologram of the subsurface and thousands of sample points, allowing viewers to literally “walk” to the plume and control it with voice commands. This interactive digital experience supported site closure, saving our client millions of dollars.

An industry-first AR platform

"Every three to six months, the technology changes. We’re often the ones who bring the ideas to the table.”

Allison Yanites

Flooded road with car stopped by barricades that say road closed.

Carly Foster and the Resilience team are constantly innovating and thinking about the challenges involved in building resilience. Our resilience experts teamed with Irys, a technology start-up to provides cutting-edge, human-centric tools to support government-citizen communication and engagement. Together, we are working with citizens to identify what they value most in their community and how flooding impacts them. The Climate Change Business Journal recognized the success of that program with its 2020 Business Achievement Award.

IRYS and Arcadis partnership for resilience

"The mind is always working. Empower people, and things are going to happen."

Carly Foster

One of the most exciting ideas is a groundbreaking groundwater remediation technology, the patented Horizontal Reactive Media Treatment Well (HRX Well®). Developed by a diverse team of Arcadis experts led by National Technical Expert Craig Divine, has the potential to be the first field-demonstrated in situ destructive treatment technology for PFAS anywhere in the world.

Open innovation and the HRX Well Project

"What if we actually engineered that ... taking advantage of what we see in nature and leveraging the behavior of nature instead of fighting it?”

Craig Devine

Years at Arcadis

Age

Our people continue to be recognized for their publications and innovations from a wide variety of industry leaders. In the last two years alone, our people have written nearly 50 journal articles and books on topics ranging from digital re-invention in the environmental industry to resilience and green infrastructure.

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When improving quality of life is your stated purpose, simply responding to change isn’t sufficient. Our experts are creating a better world and leading our industry in scholarship, innovation and engagement.

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Arcadis continues to delight clients through knowledge sharing, collaboration, and digital solutions. For example, Chris Carson, Director of Program and Project Controls, has presented webinars to audiences of more than 8,000 attendees. And our client thought leadership training series currently has more than 5,000 participants.

Client engagement

30%

22%

32%

23%

28%

21%

19%

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To better represent the positive effects from innovation, we established three creativity vectors:

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Our Global Sustainability Strategy aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and you will find relevant SDGs throughout this report highlighting the fabric of our innovation and sustainability culture.

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