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HOLLYWOOD, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AMGTA–AMGTA Elevates MTDG to Principal Member; CEO Dean Bartles Joins Board of Directors.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– #AMGTA–AMGTA Elevates MTDG to Principal Member; CEO Dean Bartles Joins Board of Directors.
TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Dutch Bros Coffee, Dutch Bros Foundation® and customers came together to donate more than $1.1M on Dutch Bros’ annual Dutch Luv Day of Giving. On Friday, February 13, the Dutch Bros Foundation donated $1 for every drink sold at Dutch Bros shops to local food organizations throughout the communities that Dutch Bros serves.
“This year’s Dutch Luv Day of Giving results are a collective effort and dedication from our customers, teams and communities, ” said Tana Davila, chief marketing officer at Dutch Bros. “Making a massive difference one cup at a time is ingrained into who we are and what we do at Dutch Bros. We’re grateful to partner with local nonprofits each year to host this giveback and support those organizations working to address food insecurity in our communities.”
Each year, nonprofit partners are selected by local operators to help make a difference in their local communities. This year’s beneficiaries include Central California Food Bank, San Antonio Food Bank, Utah Food Bank, Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona and more.
About Dutch Bros Coffee
Dutch Bros Coffee® is a fun-loving, mind-blowing drive-thru coffee company dedicated to making a massive difference one cup at a time. Dutch Bros was founded in Grants Pass, Oregon in 1992 and is now sharing its vibrant culture and fully customizable drinks at 1,136 locations and counting across 25 states. Dutch Bros serves a wide variety of unique, handcrafted beverages such as its exclusive Dutch Bros Rebel® energy drink, specialty coffee, nitrogen-infused cold brew, teas, lemonades, sodas and more.
Dutch Bros is wholeheartedly focused on radiating kindness and sharing the Dutch Luv®. In addition to its mission of speed, quality and service, the Dutch Bros Foundation® is passionate about giving back to the communities it serves. Through local giving and annual nation-wide initiatives, the Dutch Bros Foundation makes impactful contributions to causes across the country.
To learn more about Dutch Bros, visit www.dutchbros.com, follow Dutch Bros Coffee on Instagram, Facebook & TikTok, and download the Dutch Bros app to order ahead, earn points and score rewards!
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TEMPE, Ariz., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Dutch Bros Coffee, Dutch Bros Foundation® and customers came together to donate more than $1.1M on Dutch Bros’ annual Dutch Luv Day of Giving. On Friday, February 13, the Dutch Bros Foundation donated $1 for every drink sold at Dutch Bros shops to local food organizations throughout the communities that Dutch Bros serves.
“This year’s Dutch Luv Day of Giving results are a collective effort and dedication from our customers, teams and communities, ” said Tana Davila, chief marketing officer at Dutch Bros. “Making a massive difference one cup at a time is ingrained into who we are and what we do at Dutch Bros. We’re grateful to partner with local nonprofits each year to host this giveback and support those organizations working to address food insecurity in our communities.”
Each year, nonprofit partners are selected by local operators to help make a difference in their local communities. This year’s beneficiaries include Central California Food Bank, San Antonio Food Bank, Utah Food Bank, Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona and more.
About Dutch Bros Coffee
Dutch Bros Coffee® is a fun-loving, mind-blowing drive-thru coffee company dedicated to making a massive difference one cup at a time. Dutch Bros was founded in Grants Pass, Oregon in 1992 and is now sharing its vibrant culture and fully customizable drinks at 1,136 locations and counting across 25 states. Dutch Bros serves a wide variety of unique, handcrafted beverages such as its exclusive Dutch Bros Rebel® energy drink, specialty coffee, nitrogen-infused cold brew, teas, lemonades, sodas and more.
Dutch Bros is wholeheartedly focused on radiating kindness and sharing the Dutch Luv®. In addition to its mission of speed, quality and service, the Dutch Bros Foundation® is passionate about giving back to the communities it serves. Through local giving and annual nation-wide initiatives, the Dutch Bros Foundation makes impactful contributions to causes across the country.
To learn more about Dutch Bros, visit www.dutchbros.com, follow Dutch Bros Coffee on Instagram, Facebook & TikTok, and download the Dutch Bros app to order ahead, earn points and score rewards!
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This article is authored by Cal Krause, Operational Impacts Program Manager at Trane Technologies.
What exactly is embodied carbon? Well, think about an everyday item, like a fork, for instance. We use forks every day to eat, but we don’t often think about the emissions and environmental impacts associated with making them. To create a fork, metals were extracted, then transported to a smelter that used heat and energy to melt and purify them. Then, the fork had to be formed and polished, and then packaged and transported to the customer who will use it. Eventually, it will be discarded or recycled. Each of those steps creates environmental impacts and emissions, which make up that fork’s embodied carbon.
In buildings, the same concept applies at a much larger scale. From the concrete, steel, wood and glass that form the structure, to the systems that bring power, water, heating and cooling to the space, every component has a carbon footprint created long before a new building first opens its doors.
Across our sector, we’re seeing sustainable innovations that can help reduce embodied carbon throughout the built environment. From low-carbon steel used for HVAC solutions to new construction materials that could turn buildings into carbon sinks, innovative technologies and processes are making it possible to decarbonize challenging segments within our field.
For industry innovators and first movers, there has never been a better time to focus on embodied carbon.
Embodied carbon in the built environment
Embodied carbon is the term used to refer to all of the emissions generated by making, transporting and disposing of a product, whether it’s a fork or an entire building. Embodied carbon includes the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the entire lifecycle, including extraction, manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance and eventual disposal or deconstruction. The emissions created by actual use of an item or product are called operational carbon and are measured separately. Together, embodied carbon and operational carbon encompass the total carbon footprint of the item’s lifecycle.
Embodied carbon within the built environment is particularly complex. A building is composed of thousands of things, including structural materials like concrete and steel, exterior materials like glass, and all the systems inside: mechanical, electrical and plumbing.
The footprint of those systems can be significant, especially after factoring in the embodied carbon of repairs, maintenance and renovations over time. But with innovative new technologies and collaborations, we are making progress on reducing embodied carbon across our value chain.
Opportunities for embodied carbon impact: evaluating the supply chain
One of the biggest opportunities for embodied carbon reduction is through our supply chain. Trane Technologies works with a large network of suppliers, so we prioritize the highest-impact inputs and working together with the suppliers to reduce the embodied carbon of those materials. The first steps of collaborating with any supplier include understanding where they are, what strategies they already have in place and how we can help accelerate progress.
When we assessed the largest sources of embodied carbon in the materials we buy, metals like steel, aluminum and copper rose to the top. Metals are a practical starting point because the levers for improvement are relatively clear: shift to renewable electricity for manufacturing, improve energy efficiency in production, reduce high-emissions fuels and increase recycled content. Each of these steps can significantly reduce the embodied carbon of the final product.
We are also seeing momentum around innovative lower carbon steel options, including steel made with higher recycled content and produced in electric furnaces rather than traditional furnaces that rely on coal for fuel. To date, we’ve delivered over one million HVAC systems made with low-carbon steel, and have pledged to move to 100% net-zero steel by 2050.
Even daily decisions like transport choices can help cut embodied carbon. For example, Molly Swanson, a transportation management technology analyst at Trane Technologies, outlines how we now can use precise calculations for the emissions from ocean shipments to help in selecting carriers and making other decisions in planning for transport. “When we have that data, we’re able to make better decisions to help reduce our emissions,” she says.
Sector-wide innovation
Trane Technologies is not alone in prioritizing embodied carbon reduction. Exciting innovations from a broad array of industries are resulting in better solutions. Nollaig Forrest, the chief marketing and corporate affairs officer at Amrize, the largest building solutions company in North America, notes that the built environment represents 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with about one quarter tied to construction and three quarters tied to building operations like heating, cooling and power.
Forrest emphasizes the opportunity to extend building lifespans through repair and refurbishment and advancing circular construction through recycling and upcycling materials at the end of life. “The technologies to make the building stock carbon neutral and even carbon positive actually exist today,” she says. “A big part of our challenge is to bring these solutions to market at scale.”
Forrest also highlights the importance of partnering across the value chain and unlocking value for customers with new solutions. For example, Amrize launched the low-carbon concrete brand ECOPact, which performs like traditional concrete but creates 30% less CO2. Other innovations include building materials that actually store carbon and technologies that turn captured CO2 into building blocks for cement and concrete. Each step forward moves our current and future built environment closer to sustainability.
Industry-leading sustainability commitments
At Trane Technologies, we have made reducing embodied carbon central to our strategy, committing to a 40% embodied carbon reduction by 2030. We are taking a practical, strategic approach to this goal, collaborating with our supply chain to identify alternatives and innovations that can lower upstream emissions and also increasing the recycled content of our key materials.
And, while reducing embodied carbon is key, the other side of the sustainability coin is operational emissions – the greenhouse gases created while the product is actually in use. We’ve pledged to help our customers eliminate a gigaton of carbon emissions by 2030 in our Gigaton Challenge, and we’re well on our way.
Accelerating decarbonization across the value chain
Once we understand the embodied carbon behind an everyday object, like a fork, it becomes easier to visualize opportunities for decarbonizing the built environment. If we can reduce the carbon footprint of materials and products while continuing to improve operational efficiency, we unlock sustainability progress and business value in multiple ways.
But, if we want to achieve these goals, we need to achieve progress on both embodied carbon and operational emissions. From working with key suppliers to source lower-carbon materials to increasing the operational efficiency of our products, we are impacting both sides of the equation to reduce the total carbon footprint of the built environment.
By collaborating with our suppliers, customers and industry peers, we can move faster toward a net-zero built environment. Together, we can turn today’s decarbonization goals into tomorrow’s measurable sustainability progress.
Embodied Carbon: First Movers of the Built Environment – Listen to the Healthy Spaces podcast to discover how first movers are reducing embodied carbon in the built environment through sustainable innovation.
The future is ours to create – Explore careers that make an impact at Trane Technologies.
This article is authored by Cal Krause, Operational Impacts Program Manager at Trane Technologies.
What exactly is embodied carbon? Well, think about an everyday item, like a fork, for instance. We use forks every day to eat, but we don’t often think about the emissions and environmental impacts associated with making them. To create a fork, metals were extracted, then transported to a smelter that used heat and energy to melt and purify them. Then, the fork had to be formed and polished, and then packaged and transported to the customer who will use it. Eventually, it will be discarded or recycled. Each of those steps creates environmental impacts and emissions, which make up that fork’s embodied carbon.
In buildings, the same concept applies at a much larger scale. From the concrete, steel, wood and glass that form the structure, to the systems that bring power, water, heating and cooling to the space, every component has a carbon footprint created long before a new building first opens its doors.
Across our sector, we’re seeing sustainable innovations that can help reduce embodied carbon throughout the built environment. From low-carbon steel used for HVAC solutions to new construction materials that could turn buildings into carbon sinks, innovative technologies and processes are making it possible to decarbonize challenging segments within our field.
For industry innovators and first movers, there has never been a better time to focus on embodied carbon.
Embodied carbon in the built environment
Embodied carbon is the term used to refer to all of the emissions generated by making, transporting and disposing of a product, whether it’s a fork or an entire building. Embodied carbon includes the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the entire lifecycle, including extraction, manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance and eventual disposal or deconstruction. The emissions created by actual use of an item or product are called operational carbon and are measured separately. Together, embodied carbon and operational carbon encompass the total carbon footprint of the item’s lifecycle.
Embodied carbon within the built environment is particularly complex. A building is composed of thousands of things, including structural materials like concrete and steel, exterior materials like glass, and all the systems inside: mechanical, electrical and plumbing.
The footprint of those systems can be significant, especially after factoring in the embodied carbon of repairs, maintenance and renovations over time. But with innovative new technologies and collaborations, we are making progress on reducing embodied carbon across our value chain.
Opportunities for embodied carbon impact: evaluating the supply chain
One of the biggest opportunities for embodied carbon reduction is through our supply chain. Trane Technologies works with a large network of suppliers, so we prioritize the highest-impact inputs and working together with the suppliers to reduce the embodied carbon of those materials. The first steps of collaborating with any supplier include understanding where they are, what strategies they already have in place and how we can help accelerate progress.
When we assessed the largest sources of embodied carbon in the materials we buy, metals like steel, aluminum and copper rose to the top. Metals are a practical starting point because the levers for improvement are relatively clear: shift to renewable electricity for manufacturing, improve energy efficiency in production, reduce high-emissions fuels and increase recycled content. Each of these steps can significantly reduce the embodied carbon of the final product.
We are also seeing momentum around innovative lower carbon steel options, including steel made with higher recycled content and produced in electric furnaces rather than traditional furnaces that rely on coal for fuel. To date, we’ve delivered over one million HVAC systems made with low-carbon steel, and have pledged to move to 100% net-zero steel by 2050.
Even daily decisions like transport choices can help cut embodied carbon. For example, Molly Swanson, a transportation management technology analyst at Trane Technologies, outlines how we now can use precise calculations for the emissions from ocean shipments to help in selecting carriers and making other decisions in planning for transport. “When we have that data, we’re able to make better decisions to help reduce our emissions,” she says.
Sector-wide innovation
Trane Technologies is not alone in prioritizing embodied carbon reduction. Exciting innovations from a broad array of industries are resulting in better solutions. Nollaig Forrest, the chief marketing and corporate affairs officer at Amrize, the largest building solutions company in North America, notes that the built environment represents 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with about one quarter tied to construction and three quarters tied to building operations like heating, cooling and power.
Forrest emphasizes the opportunity to extend building lifespans through repair and refurbishment and advancing circular construction through recycling and upcycling materials at the end of life. “The technologies to make the building stock carbon neutral and even carbon positive actually exist today,” she says. “A big part of our challenge is to bring these solutions to market at scale.”
Forrest also highlights the importance of partnering across the value chain and unlocking value for customers with new solutions. For example, Amrize launched the low-carbon concrete brand ECOPact, which performs like traditional concrete but creates 30% less CO2. Other innovations include building materials that actually store carbon and technologies that turn captured CO2 into building blocks for cement and concrete. Each step forward moves our current and future built environment closer to sustainability.
Industry-leading sustainability commitments
At Trane Technologies, we have made reducing embodied carbon central to our strategy, committing to a 40% embodied carbon reduction by 2030. We are taking a practical, strategic approach to this goal, collaborating with our supply chain to identify alternatives and innovations that can lower upstream emissions and also increasing the recycled content of our key materials.
And, while reducing embodied carbon is key, the other side of the sustainability coin is operational emissions – the greenhouse gases created while the product is actually in use. We’ve pledged to help our customers eliminate a gigaton of carbon emissions by 2030 in our Gigaton Challenge, and we’re well on our way.
Accelerating decarbonization across the value chain
Once we understand the embodied carbon behind an everyday object, like a fork, it becomes easier to visualize opportunities for decarbonizing the built environment. If we can reduce the carbon footprint of materials and products while continuing to improve operational efficiency, we unlock sustainability progress and business value in multiple ways.
But, if we want to achieve these goals, we need to achieve progress on both embodied carbon and operational emissions. From working with key suppliers to source lower-carbon materials to increasing the operational efficiency of our products, we are impacting both sides of the equation to reduce the total carbon footprint of the built environment.
By collaborating with our suppliers, customers and industry peers, we can move faster toward a net-zero built environment. Together, we can turn today’s decarbonization goals into tomorrow’s measurable sustainability progress.
Embodied Carbon: First Movers of the Built Environment – Listen to the Healthy Spaces podcast to discover how first movers are reducing embodied carbon in the built environment through sustainable innovation.
The future is ours to create – Explore careers that make an impact at Trane Technologies.
- Mars has secured 70% of production from a newly commissioned Wind Farm in Sweden in support of extending renewable electricity across our full value chain.
- The agreement will provide approximately 670 GWh of clean electricity each year, supporting Mars direct operations and value chain partners.
- This is one of several long-term renewable electricity contracts Mars is implementing to advance its climate ambitions. Through its Renewable Acceleration Program, Mars aims to reduce its total carbon footprint by 10% by 2030, against a 2015 baseline, by extending renewable electricity to cover its full value chain.
MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mars, Incorporated, a leading snacking, food and pet care services and nutrition provider, today announced a major milestone in its sustainability journey through the Mars Renewable Acceleration Program, with a contract for the majority output of the Kölvallen Wind Farm in Sweden. Developed by Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners, a leading investment manager, the project’s partnership with Mars underscores Mars commitment to extend clean, renewable energy across its value chain and advancing progress toward its net zero ambitions.
Through a long-term agreement, Mars has secured 70% of the annual production from the Kölvallen Wind Farm, representing one of the company’s largest renewable energy commitments in Europe to date. The agreement will provide approximately 670 GWh of clean electricity each year, supporting Mars direct operations and value chain partners.
In total, the wind farm delivers 277.2 MW of installed capacity, enough renewable energy to power the equivalent of approximately 95,000 households annually, making it one of Europe’s most advanced onshore wind projects. It is expected to become climate neutral within its first months of operation.
“Our commitment to partner with Foresight Group in this Swedish wind farm is a clear demonstration of our ambition to support the renewable energy transition across Europe,” said Kevin Rabinovitch, Global VP Sustainability at Mars. “Through the Renewable Acceleration Program, we are making renewables the standard for our entire value chain, driving impactful change not only for our business but also for the communities and regions where we operate.”
Mars helped enable the project by providing the long-term commitment needed for Foresight to move forward with construction and financing. The wind farm also delivers tangible local benefits, including a community fund supported by the wind farm’s annual revenue and the creation of skilled jobs and secondary employment in the region.
Richard Thompson, Partner, Foresight Group comments: “We are delighted to partner with Mars on the delivery of one of Europe’s most advanced onshore wind developments. Kölvallen will provide meaningful environmental and economic benefits for decades to come, from substantial emissions reductions to local investment and skilled job creation. We’re proud to work alongside Mars in setting a new benchmark for impactful, community focused renewable energy projects.”
Foresight was advised by Our New Energy throughout the PPA process.
In 2025, Mars signed another European Renewable Acceleration Program contract, launching more than 100 solar projects in Poland. With each additional contract signed by Mars, the company expects Renewable Acceleration to contribute towards a 10% reduction of its total carbon footprint by 2030, against a 2015 baseline. Renewable Acceleration is part of the company’s broader sustainability strategy.
About Mars, Incorporated
Mars, Incorporated is driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. As a $65bn+ family-owned business, our diverse and expanding portfolio of leading pet care products and veterinary services support pets all around the world and our quality snacking and food products delight millions of people every day. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including ROYAL CANIN®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, CESAR®, M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, Pringles®, Cheez-It®, and BEN’S ORIGINAL™. Our international networks of pet hospitals, including BANFIELD™, BLUEPEARL™, VCA™ and ANICURA™ span preventive, general, specialty, and emergency veterinary care, and our global veterinary diagnostics business ANTECH® offers breakthrough capabilities in pet diagnostics. The Mars Five Principles — Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom — inspire our more than 170,000 Associates to act every day to help create a better world for people, pets and the planet.
For more information about Mars, please visit www.mars.com. Join us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Media Contacts: marsmediarelations@effem.com
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- Mars has secured 70% of production from a newly commissioned Wind Farm in Sweden in support of extending renewable electricity across our full value chain.
- The agreement will provide approximately 670 GWh of clean electricity each year, supporting Mars direct operations and value chain partners.
- This is one of several long-term renewable electricity contracts Mars is implementing to advance its climate ambitions. Through its Renewable Acceleration Program, Mars aims to reduce its total carbon footprint by 10% by 2030, against a 2015 baseline, by extending renewable electricity to cover its full value chain.
MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Mars, Incorporated, a leading snacking, food and pet care services and nutrition provider, today announced a major milestone in its sustainability journey through the Mars Renewable Acceleration Program, with a contract for the majority output of the Kölvallen Wind Farm in Sweden. Developed by Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners, a leading investment manager, the project’s partnership with Mars underscores Mars commitment to extend clean, renewable energy across its value chain and advancing progress toward its net zero ambitions.
Through a long-term agreement, Mars has secured 70% of the annual production from the Kölvallen Wind Farm, representing one of the company’s largest renewable energy commitments in Europe to date. The agreement will provide approximately 670 GWh of clean electricity each year, supporting Mars direct operations and value chain partners.
In total, the wind farm delivers 277.2 MW of installed capacity, enough renewable energy to power the equivalent of approximately 95,000 households annually, making it one of Europe’s most advanced onshore wind projects. It is expected to become climate neutral within its first months of operation.
“Our commitment to partner with Foresight Group in this Swedish wind farm is a clear demonstration of our ambition to support the renewable energy transition across Europe,” said Kevin Rabinovitch, Global VP Sustainability at Mars. “Through the Renewable Acceleration Program, we are making renewables the standard for our entire value chain, driving impactful change not only for our business but also for the communities and regions where we operate.”
Mars helped enable the project by providing the long-term commitment needed for Foresight to move forward with construction and financing. The wind farm also delivers tangible local benefits, including a community fund supported by the wind farm’s annual revenue and the creation of skilled jobs and secondary employment in the region.
Richard Thompson, Partner, Foresight Group comments: “We are delighted to partner with Mars on the delivery of one of Europe’s most advanced onshore wind developments. Kölvallen will provide meaningful environmental and economic benefits for decades to come, from substantial emissions reductions to local investment and skilled job creation. We’re proud to work alongside Mars in setting a new benchmark for impactful, community focused renewable energy projects.”
Foresight was advised by Our New Energy throughout the PPA process.
In 2025, Mars signed another European Renewable Acceleration Program contract, launching more than 100 solar projects in Poland. With each additional contract signed by Mars, the company expects Renewable Acceleration to contribute towards a 10% reduction of its total carbon footprint by 2030, against a 2015 baseline. Renewable Acceleration is part of the company’s broader sustainability strategy.
About Mars, Incorporated
Mars, Incorporated is driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. As a $65bn+ family-owned business, our diverse and expanding portfolio of leading pet care products and veterinary services support pets all around the world and our quality snacking and food products delight millions of people every day. We produce some of the world’s best-loved brands including ROYAL CANIN®, PEDIGREE®, WHISKAS®, CESAR®, M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, Pringles®, Cheez-It®, and BEN’S ORIGINAL™. Our international networks of pet hospitals, including BANFIELD™, BLUEPEARL™, VCA™ and ANICURA™ span preventive, general, specialty, and emergency veterinary care, and our global veterinary diagnostics business ANTECH® offers breakthrough capabilities in pet diagnostics. The Mars Five Principles — Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom — inspire our more than 170,000 Associates to act every day to help create a better world for people, pets and the planet.
For more information about Mars, please visit www.mars.com. Join us on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Media Contacts: marsmediarelations@effem.com
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Coordinated field surveys will support national environmental data – foundational to setting policy
DALLAS, Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Jacobs (NYSE: J) has been selected by Natural England and Defra (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs) to provide coordination and field delivery services for the England Ecosystem Survey. This is a cornerstone project within the U.K. government’s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment program, which is assessing England’s land, freshwater and coastal ecosystems to produce a baseline of England’s natural assets by 2029.
Coordinated field surveys will support national environmental data – foundational to setting policy.
The England Ecosystem Survey is delivered by Natural England, and Jacobs’ work will support the collection of national-scale soil, vegetation and landscape data to inform environmental policy and land management decisions.
Jacobs will work in close partnership with Southern Ecological Solutions (part of the RSK Group) to coordinate and deliver field surveys across England, mobilizing internal survey teams and multiple contractors to ensure surveys are completed consistently, safely and in line with Natural England’s field protocols.
Jacobs’ scope includes program management, procurement and oversight of survey contractors, survey logistics and land access coordination. The role also includes managing dependencies between different survey types and locations so that resulting datasets are aligned and usable at a national scale. The contract is anticipated to commence immediately, with activities expected to conclude in the first half of 2027.
Jacobs Executive Vice President Richard Sanderson said: “High-quality environmental decisions depend on consistent, reliable data. By coordinating survey delivery at a national scale, we are supporting Natural England to build a robust evidence base to understand the state of England’s ecosystems, track change over time and inform future land and nature policy.”
The work builds on Jacobs’ ongoing contribution to the England Ecosystem Survey, having undertaken soil sampling services for the program since 2024. As England’s largest ever field survey, the England Ecosystem Survey aims to build a national picture of the condition, extent and change of England’s terrestrial environment. Extensive data are being collected on habitats, vegetation, landscape features and soil properties, including physical and chemical characteristics and biological indicators. The data will facilitate national-scale ecosystem assessments and inform the provision of ecosystem services like food production and biodiversity.
Natural England is delivering the England Ecosystem Survey as part of Defra’s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) program alongside Forest Research, the Environment Agency, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee and the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. NCEA is part of the U.K. government’s Major Projects Portfolio. The program supports England’s environmental ambitions, including commitments set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan and international biodiversity frameworks, as well as progress toward net-zero goals.
At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow – delivering outcomes and solutions for the world’s most complex challenges. With approximately $12 billion in annual revenue and a team of almost 43,000, we provide end-to-end services in advanced manufacturing, cities & places, energy, environmental, life sciences, transportation and water. From advisory and consulting, feasibility, planning, design, program and lifecycle management, we’re creating a more connected and sustainable world. See how at jacobs.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, X and Facebook.
Jacobs employs more than 5,000 people across the U.K., operating from 15 core offices and over 35 additional sites. Working with U.K. government, local authorities and the private sector, Jacobs helps shape and deliver the nation’s most critical infrastructure, energy, environmental and community programs — creating social value by improving resilience, driving economic growth and enhancing quality of life.
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