Stantec’s 2021 Sustainability Report
Our vision is to create a future where infrastructure gives back, water is protected, natural systems are valued, biodiversity is prioritized, economies are circular, nothing gets wasted, development is responsible, everyone can access renewable energy, and society is just.
So far, achieved carbon neutrality for operations in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and European Union
Progress
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Carbon Neutral
Validated our science-based emissions reduction target against a 1.5°C trajectory
1.5°C
Validated Emissions Targets
Received an A- score from CDP for four consecutive years
CDP A-
Climate Leader
Environmental
We're committed to philanthropic donations of $60 million by 2030, with $31.1 million donated since 2007.
$60M
Philanthropy
We partner with 5,100+ organizations through our community engagement program.
5,100+
Community Engagement
We were named by Forbes as one of the World’s Top Female-Friendly companies and America’s Best Employers for Diversity.
Top
Diversity
We achieved global ISO certifications for environmental, quality, safety, and IT management systems.
ISO
Integrated Management System
Our executive leadership team is 38% female with 25% being women of color.
38%
Female Representation
Board-level Sustainability and Safety Committee engaged on ESG and climate action.
Board
Leadership Support
We collaborate with clients on management, infrastructure, and nature-based solutions to provide resilience against rising sea levels and extreme weather events in coastal regions across the world.
Coastal Resilience
The south shore of Staten Island has sustained decades of coastal erosion. Its condition, made worse by Superstorm Sandy, has left this community more vulnerable to the next coastal storm. Our team developed solutions that brought resilience along with natural and social enhancement to the project. All while addressing the core goal of risk reduction for future storms and ongoing coastal effects.
Supporting the SDGs
Tottenville Shoreline Protection, United States
Climate change, demographic and social shifts, evolving economics, and technological innovations are all dictating what communities must do today to be vibrant, resilient, and sustainable tomorrow. Stantec’s Company and sustainability strategies directly align to focus on that response.
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We help communities protect, restore, monitor, and respond to biodiversity loss, climate change, and environmental degradation, and support solutions that integrate both the natural and built environment.
Ecosystem Restoration
When the Town of Port Wing decommissioned its wastewater treatment system, they left behind a degraded industrial area within the Flag River estuary—a critical migratory bird stopover along the Lake Superior coast. The project succeeded in restoring hydrology and achieving high migratory bird use. Now, the site has become a treasured community destination.
Port Wing Flag River Estuary Restoration, United States
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We use technology and planning to improve urban communities through energy and resource security and conservation, improved health and well-being, accessibility, smart mobility, and reduced congestion.
Smart Cities and Urban Places
Merton is one of the southern boroughs of London with a population of around 200,000. We delivered a high-level strategy focused on needs rather than being technology- or product-led. This solution reflects Merton’s approach to risk and innovation in relation to investing public funds.
Borough of Merton—Smart City Strategy, United Kingdom
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We work with clients and communities as they advance solutions that embrace new technologies and renewable energy and adapt to a low-carbon future, positioning themselves for a new energy reality.
Energy Transition
In alignment with its decarbonatization goals, our client is developing a 4MW hydrogen production plant to test and validate innovative technologies used in the production and storage of green hydrogen. The recommendations presented by our team provided the client with a deeper understanding of current green hydrogen production costs.
4MW Green Hydrogen Plant, Italy
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The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide the world with a concise definition of what a sustainable community looks like—from gender equality and zero hunger to clean water and clean energy. For Stantec, the SDGs serve as a model for what it means to truly design with community in mind. The percentage of our gross revenue that comes from the 7 SDGs we impact most has increased from 45% in 2019 to 53% in 2021.
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(Gross Revenue)
2021 SDG Alignment
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At a Glance: ESG
Social
Governance
Stantec continues to support and protect our clients and communities with an accelerated focus through strategic investments. In 2021, we launched our Climate Solutions offerings and the Stantec Institute for Water Technology & Policy to drive forward essential new ideas, technologies, and policy changes.
Strategic Investments
To coordinate climate adaptation and mitigation-related services across our global business, we share knowledge, strengthen expertise, and collectively apply innovative solutions to climate risks and challenges.
Climate Solutions
We develop systems-based water solutions through applied research, partner with organizations that finance and develop technology, and inform regulatory and policy frameworks.
Institute for Water
Technology & Policy
We reside between the pressures you face and comprehensive, systems-based solutions to relieve those pressures. We’re here to partner with you to solve your most challenging water concerns and, in doing so, contribute to a more sustainable global water future.
At the core of a sustainable future is your ability to de-risk mitigating technology in a way that supports policy and respects the stewardship of our global water resources. The Stantec Institute of Water, Technology & Policy can enhance your problem solving with the identification, research, development, and application of novel and emerging technologies within creative water management policy.
Your partner in solution de-risking
We must elevate responsible stewardship of the water environment to new levels, being mindful of water’s role in a circular economy—ensuring no water is wasted, but instead used and reused in the management of all primary resources that support generation of energy, agricultural production, manufacturing, and more.
In devising strategies for adaptation, resiliency, and mitigation, we must think differently about our pathways to solutions. We need to identify and accelerate the implementation of technology, employ tactical applied research, and forge strategic relationships with implementation partners across the global water space.
Looking beyond the status quo
water-energy nexus, sea-level rise, and wildfires—to name some. These problems aren’t conventional, so the strategies can’t be either. Holding to the status quo is no longer acceptable. Solutions require us to employ bold approaches and embrace risk responsibly.
With this pressure and uncertainty come challenges we’ve never seen before. Your organization needs to address the influences of climate change on delivering critical water services in both the short- and long-term amidst growing concerns of widespread water scarcity, declining raw water quality, extreme weather events,
Facing unforeseen circumstances
As these challenges press down on your business, uncertainties abound—how exactly is climate change impacting you? What solutions might be available? How much might those solutions cost? What must your water delivery services be capable of in ten years?
Across the Water industry, we’re facing the undeniable effects of climate change such as water scarcity, declining raw water quality, extreme weather events, and more. There is an urgency behind finding solutions to mitigate atmospheric warming—the major causal factor. These megatrends present a host of challenges you may be struggling with as a water service provider.
Mounting pressures in water
We reside between the pressures you face and comprehensive, systems-based solutions to relieve those pressures. We’re here to partner with you to solve your most challenging water concerns and, in doing so, contribute to a more sustainable global water future.
At the core of a sustainable future is your ability to de-risk mitigating technology in a way that supports policy and respects the stewardship of our global water resources. The Stantec Institute of Water, Technology & Policy can enhance your problem solving with the identification, research, development, and application of novel and emerging technologies within creative water management policy.
Your partner in solution de-risking
We must elevate responsible stewardship of the water environment to new levels, being mindful of water’s role in a circular economy—ensuring no water is wasted, but instead used and reused in the management of all primary resources that support generation of energy, agricultural production, manufacturing, and more.
In devising strategies for adaptation, resiliency, and mitigation, we must think differently about our pathways to solutions. We need to identify and accelerate the implementation of technology, employ tactical applied research, and forge strategic relationships with implementation partners across the global water space.
Looking beyond the status quo
water-energy nexus, sea-level rise, and wildfires—to name some. These problems aren’t conventional, so the strategies can’t be either. Holding to the status quo is no longer acceptable. Solutions require us to employ bold approaches and embrace risk responsibly.
With this pressure and uncertainty come challenges we’ve never seen before. Your organization needs to address the influences of climate change on delivering critical water services in both the short- and long-term amidst growing concerns of widespread water scarcity, declining raw water quality, extreme weather events,
Facing unforeseen circumstances
As these challenges press down on your business, uncertainties abound—how exactly is climate change impacting you? What solutions might be available? How much might those solutions cost? What must your water delivery services be capable of in ten years?
Across the Water industry, we’re facing the undeniable effects of climate change such as water scarcity, declining raw water quality, extreme weather events, and more. There is an urgency behind finding solutions to mitigate atmospheric warming—the major causal factor. These megatrends present a host of challenges you may be struggling with as a water service provider.
Mounting pressures in water
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At the core of a sustainable future is your ability to
de-risk mitigating technology in a way that supports policy and respects the stewardship of our global water resources. The Stantec Institute of Water, Technology
& Policy can enhance your problem solving with the identification, research, development, and application
of novel and emerging technologies within creative water management policy.
We reside between the pressures you face and comprehensive, systems-based solutions to relieve those pressures. We’re here to partner with you to solve your most challenging water concerns and, in doing so, contribute to a more sustainable global water future.
Your partner in solution de-risking
In devising strategies for adaptation, resiliency, and mitigation, we must think differently about our pathways to solutions. We need to identify and accelerate the implementation of technology, employ tactical applied research, and forge strategic relationships with implementation partners across the global water space.
We must elevate responsible stewardship of the water environment to new levels, being mindful of water’s role in a circular economy—ensuring no water is wasted, but instead used and reused in the management of all primary resources that support generation of energy, agricultural production, manufacturing, and more.
Looking beyond the status quo
With this pressure and uncertainty come challenges we’ve never seen before. Your organization needs to address the influences of climate change on delivering critical water services in both the short- and long-term amidst growing concerns of widespread water scarcity, declining raw water quality, extreme weather events, water-energy nexus, sea-level rise, and wildfires—to name some.
These problems aren’t conventional, so the strategies can’t be either. Holding to the status quo is no longer acceptable. Solutions require us to employ bold approaches and embrace risk responsibly.
Facing unforeseen circumstances
Across the Water industry, we’re facing the undeniable effects of climate change such as water scarcity, declining raw water quality, extreme weather events, and more. There is an urgency behind finding solutions to mitigate atmospheric warming—the major causal factor. These megatrends present a host of challenges you may be struggling with as a water service provider.
As these challenges press down on your business, uncertainties abound—how exactly is climate change impacting you? What solutions might be available? How much might those solutions cost? What must your water delivery services be capable of in ten years?
Mounting pressures in water
At the core of a sustainable future is your ability to de-risk mitigating technology in a
way that supports policy
and respects the stewardship
of our global water resources,
The Stantec Institute of
Water, Technology & Policy can enhance your problem solving with the identification, research, development,
and application of novel
and emerging technologies within creative water management policy.
We reside between the pressures you face and comprehensive, systems-based solutions to relieve those pressures. We’re here
to partner with you to solve your most challenging
water concerns and, in
doing so, contribute to a
more sustainable global
water future.
Your partner in solution de-risking
In devising strategies for adaptation, resiliency, and mitigation, we must think differently about our pathways to solutions. We need to
identify and accelerate the implementation of technology, employ tactical applied research, and forge strategic relationships with implementation partners
across the global water space.
We must elevate responsible stewardship of the water environment to new levels, being mindful of water’s role
in a circular economy— ensuring no water is wasted, but instead used and reused
in the management of all primary resources that
support generation of energy, agricultural production, manufacturing, and more.
Looking beyond the status quo
With this pressure and uncertainty come challenges we’ve never seen before. Your organization needs to address the influences of climate change on delivering critical water services in both the
short- and long-term amidst growing concerns of widespread water scarcity, declining raw water quality, extreme weather events, water-energy nexus, sea-level rise, and wildfires—to name some.
These problems aren’t conventional, so the strategies can’t be either. Holding to the status quo is no longer acceptable. Solutions require
us to employ bold approaches and embrace risk responsibly.
Facing unforeseen circumstances
Across the Water industry, we’re facing the undeniable effects of climate change
such as water scarcity, declining raw water quality, extreme weather events, and more. There is an urgency behind finding solutions to mitigate atmospheric warming—the major causal factor. These megatrends present a host of challenges you may be struggling with
as a water service provider.
As these challenges press down on your business, uncertainties abound—how exactly is climate change impacting you? What solutions might be available? How much might those solutions cost? What must your water
delivery services be capable
of in ten years?
Mounting pressures in water
