Sustainability
Sustainability
The world is changing fast. Environmental social governance (ESG) requirements, shifting customer values, and investment considerations are upending the traditional ways that businesses differentiate themselves and evaluate their products. CDM Smith has decades of experience helping our clients navigate sustainability initiatives and goals through multidisciplinary expertise and sustainability analytics. We are driven to help our clients achieve success as measured by the "triple bottom line" of people, planet and profit.
CDM Smith Sustainability Report: Connecting the Environment, People and Principles
CDM Smith is committed to responsibly investing in people and technologies that advance the best practices in addressing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) standards. We are dedicated to transparently reporting the firm’s sustainability performance using consistent, comparable and reliable reporting frameworks.
Steel Manufacturing at an ESG Gold Standard
The steel industry has not been historically known for its environmentally conscious outlook, but Big River Steel sought to change that perception and affirm its commitment to sustainability. Seeking to become the first steel mill in North America to certify to a new sustainability-related standard, they turned to CDM Smith.
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Beyond Bricks and Mortar
Harvard University’s Allston campus development is a model of environmental stewardship, and our green utility delivery system will provide all thermal, electrical and wet utilities—serving as a model of sustainable design for other institutions and communities.
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A Sustainable Supply Solution
Using reverse osmosis membranes, deep-well injection and creative thinking, CDM Smith worked with a Colorado utility to develop a new sustainable potable water supply, raising industry benchmarks for performance in the process.
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Improving Air Quality in Buncombe County
By balancing the values of environmental stewardship, social responsibility and economic vitality, Asheville works to meet its residents’ current needs while upholding its responsibility to future generations.
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Rehabilitating One of the Largest Ecosystems in Southern California
Faced with an increasingly intrusive number of water quality concerns, the city of Los Angeles sought to rehabilitate its largest freshwater ecosystem by implementing a sustainable, forward-thinking improvement plan.
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From Organic Waste to Energy Independence
A forward-thinking Massachusetts water reclamation utility is taking advantage of innovative technology and state regulatory changes to achieve the goal of net-zero operation.
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Developing An Alternative Rubber Cash Crop
CDM Smith partnered with Ohio State University to advance production of a homegrown, sustainable source of natural rubber.
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Earning ISI Envision Certification for Evanston, Illinois
https://www.cityofevanston.org/Home/Components/News/News/5506/17
ISI has awarded the city of Evanston with its Envision Verified Award for the Clearwell 9 Replacement Project, an effort closely supported by CDM Smith.
CDM Smith client BUWOG's Sustainable Residential Area Wins Architecture Prize
https://blog.buwog.com/buwog-gewinnt-architekturpreis-iconic-award/
The 52 ° Nord project in Berlin-Grünau includes, as a functional and ecological heart, a striking 6,000 m² water basin.
CDM Smith Cares
The CDM Smith Cares program is a grass-roots, volunteer program that supports a number of community and charitable organizations and events.