Abstract

Project delivery has vast potential to contribute to multiple economic, environmental and societal benefits far beyond the original stated goals of a project – nature recovery and net zero being our most urgent. The link between project delivery and tackling the nature and climate emergency is actually far greater than it might initially appear. The nature and climate emergency is a systemic problem requiring a systemic solution, and there are few things more systemic than project delivery.

However, as evidenced by multiple studies, the project delivery profession, as a whole, and wider industry are being slow to modernise and failing to learn quickly enough from experience. This is why the Infrastructure and Projects Authority is driving hard to embed the core principles of ‘Transforming Infrastructure Performance’ (TIP) into business-as-usual by 2025, and using this momentum to adopt these best-practice principles across wider project delivery.

By galvanising the project delivery community to make better and more sustainable choices every day, and collaborating on a scale not yet seen, we will make the best difference possible for the economy, the environment, and society as a whole.