MPF Register of Carbon Assessors

Name of organisation: WSP Environment & Energy


How long in this field: WSP Environment & Energy has been providing environmental services since the mid 1990's and is now one of the top 5 global environmental & energy consultancies. We have established a reputation for innovation, quality and pragmatic solutions for our clients. Our development over the last few years has firmly established us as one of the world's leading and most innovative environmental and energy consultancies. Operating in the global marketplace, we advise blue-chip clients in managing environmental risks and making sustainable business improvements.


Scope of expertise relevant to the professions: The carbon and climate change agenda is redefining business operations products and services, supply chain management and real estate commitments across the world. Helping our clients respond to this changing agenda, WSP Environment & Energy provides integrated expertise that shapes corporate strategies and informs design, investment and asset management decisions. We help our clients gain competitive edge in their markets through:

  • Corporate Carbon Management
  • Benchmarking industry best practices
  • Corporate GHG quantification and analysis
  • Carbon Footprinting for products & supply chain
  • ROI and marginal cost of abatement analysis
  • Data management solutions
  • Energy Management, including efficiency audits
  • Reporting and disclosures (including CDP and CSR reports)
  • Regulatory tracking and analysis
  • Carbon Due Diligence
  • Training and seminars
  • Corporate Communications and Marketing
  • Sustainability master-planning


GHG Emissions Assessment Protocol(s) / Standard(s) used: WSP Environment & Energy has undertaken GHG Emissions Assessments utilising a range of protocols. This includes:

  • GHG Protocol (WBCSD/WRI) (Global)
  • Global Reporting Initiative (Global)
  • The Climate Registry (USA)
  • California Climate Action Registry (USA)
  • Climate Leaders (USA)

In addition to undertaken emission assessments utilising different protocols, WSP Environment & Energy has experience of delivering product and service carbon footprinting utilising the Publically Available Standard, PAS2050, which is currently being developed in the UK


Geographic scope of services: WSP Environment & Energy has a presence 65 countries across the world. Geographies covered include: Western & Eastern Europe North America, Australia, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, Africa.


Existing clients for assessment services relevant to the professions: Example clients where WSP has provided Carbon Assessment and Inventory related services include:

  • Diageo
  • DSM Nutritional
  • Princes Group
  • Guilbert
  • Palmer & Turner
  • Kesko
  • FCG
  • Hong Kong Land
  • Microsoft
  • Cisco Corporate
  • Seagate Technologies
  • Applied Materials
  • Genentech
  • Lifesize Communications
  • Aravo
  • Close the Loop
  • PG&E
  • Lexmark
  • Allergen
  • Lend Lease
  • Yorkshire Forward


What makes your organisation special: Operating in the global marketplace, we specialise in the identification, evaluation and mitigation of environmental, social and reputational risks, advising blue-chip clients in managing risks and making sustainable business improvements.

Our reputation is for the delivery of technically excellent, commercial and pragmatic advice, and for offering flexible and rapid service delivery for our clients. We are at the forefront of thinking in shaping solutions for the range of environmental issues facing global society.

Recognising that a strong local presence is important to our clients, we have built a global resource base covering North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Middle East and Australia. Our business is designed to build successful project teams around local knowledge whilst incorporating global best practice. We promote an innovative and collaborative approach to problem solving in everything that we do.

Our project teams combine technical expertise with experience drawn from a variety of professional and industrial sectors. Our delivery broadly covers the areas of: sustainability, environmental management and reporting, contaminated land analysis and land remediation, waste management, environmental planning, acoustics, corporate responsibility, health and safety, risk management and due diligence auditing.

We assist clients to manage their response and take competitive advantage from the rapidly changing environmental issues that impact on business worldwide. As part of WSP Group, we are also able to draw upon the expertise of the wider engineering and management consultancy skills within the Group.


Primary contact:
David Symons - Director
WSP Environmental Limited

Buchanan House, 24-30 Holborn, London EC1N 2HS
Tel: +44 (0) 207 314 5725
Fax: +44 (0) 207 314 5005
Mobile: +44 (0) 7795 237 107

www.wspenvironmental.com